to the right of the field indicates that there are instructions or errors associated with the device name. Hover over the icon to display the text and take appropriate action.You can change the display names of devices and groups without losing any of the real-time or historical data associated with them.
The implementation of this renaming function has resulted in the following changes in the Devices pane of
Group and Name are separate columns.
The Name column is always displayed.
The Group column is displayed by default, but you can use the Column Selector to remove it from the display area. You can now drag and drop the Group column to the Group By Box area to show the devices organized within each group.
System Name and Data Availability are new columns that you can select for inclusion in the display area.
System Name shows the internal name in group.name format.
Data Availability indicates All for devices that are active and have real-time and historical data, and Historical only for devices that have been deleted and only provide historical data. Historical devices are included in the devices displayed when you select the Show historical devices checkbox.
The Show historical devices option displays devices that have been deleted . Since the data for these devices still exists in the system, they can be displayed when you select this option.
Complete the following steps to change the display name of a device. The system (internal) name is not affected by this name change.
Right-click the device name in the Devices pane of
Enter the new name for the device.
The appearance of the exclamation icon to the right of the field indicates that there are instructions or errors associated with the device name. Hover over the icon to display the text and take appropriate action.
Click OK to rename the device.
Change a group name as follows:
Right-click a single group name or select multiple group names (Ctrl + left mouse click) in the Devices pane of
Enter a new group name or select a group name from the list of group names currently used in the system.
The appearance of the exclamation icon to the right of the field indicates that there are instructions or errors associated with the group name. Hover over the icon to display the text and take appropriate action.
Click OK to change the group name.
Note the following when you rename a device or a group:
Complete any configuration tasks in progress, such as working in
Restart any open components such as
Regenerate network diagrams in
Update OPC data mapping after device renaming by selecting the Update OPC Server option in
System (internal) names, not display names, continue to appear in System Log Events in