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Use

You can export the following parts of an SXS version, save them locally and import them again:

Individual XStep nodes of an SXS version

The entire XStep tree of an SXS version

The contents and structure of the exported XStep trees are stored as XML documents.

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Note the following during the import:

The XStep tree is inserted as an XStep node and no longer as an XStep tree. Parameters that you have defined initally for the XStep tree are connected to the subordinated XStep node after importing, and no longer to the tree itself.

When you export the XSteps, and then subsequently import them into another system and another plant, ensure that the control recipe destination plant is the same plant, as the one into which the XStep tree has been imported.

Activities

Export XStep

Select an XStep tree or a subordinate XStep node and choose XSteps -> Export from the menu.

The Export XSteps dialog box appears.

Enter a name for the exported file and choose the desired directory.

Save your data.

The system creates a XML file with the exported XSteps in the specified directory.

Import XStep

Create a standard XStep, in which you want to import the XStep.

Select an XStep node in the standard XStep and choose XSteps Import.

The Export XSteps dialog box appears.

Open the XML file that is to be imported.

The system creates the imported XStep below the XStep tree as an XStep node.