The Electrical Index is the repository of all your plant electrical items. You create and manage the electrical
inventory of your plant using edit, duplicate, and delete operations. The electrical
items in the Electrical Index are organized by item type categories in a parent-child relationship. This parent-child
relationship is illustrated in the following example for a current transformer. To
see an existing current transformer, expand the following hierarchy in the Electrical Index:
Electrical Equipment > Converting Equipment > Transformers > a transformer item >
Metering Equipment > a current transformer item. See Creating and Modifying Plant Electrical Items.
You can create electrical associations by dragging an electrical item from the Electrical Index to the Electrical Index. For details, see Electrical Engineer.
The Electrical Index window contains the following sections:
Toolbar
Tree view pane
List view pane
These sections are described below:
Toolbar
The toolbar contains the following options:
Find
Opens the Find dialog so you can search for a specific item based on the search parameters that you define. The items that are available depend on the object from which you invoke the Find command.
Refresh
Updates the display of the current window. This feature is useful where multiple users are working on the same set of data.
Views
Toggles through different views of the items in the list view pane. The arrow beside the icon allows you to select a specific view.
Buttons
Shows or hides existing buttons. Also enables you to create a shortcut to an item or a group of items. To create a button for the currently selected item or folder, select the arrow and then select Add Button. To remove a button, select the button to remove, then select the arrow, and then select Remove Button. Note that if you do not select any button to remove, the software removes the uppermost button in the list.
Tree View Pane
The tree view pane of the Electrical Index shows the equipment in your inventory organized by folders. Smart Electrical defines standard folders in the database. You cannot move, delete or rename these folders, nor can you add new folders. However, you can create a custom folder inside a specific item type folder. Each folder contains a particular item type, and the options available on the menus depend on the currently selected item type.
Expand or collapse the hierarchy by selecting the + and - icons respectively or by double-clicking a folder.
For equipment items that are connected in parallel, the software uses a special indicator
next to the equipment items that are connected in parallel.
The indicator is 
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In the Documents folder, double-clicking a drawing or any other document opens the document Common Properties dialog.
When you select a folder, the number of items in the folder appears in the status bar. You can customize the sort sequence of items in the folders.
List View Pane
The list view pane of the Electrical Index displays items, other than folders, that are contained in the currently selected folder or item in the tree view pane.
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You can open several instances of the Electrical Index by selecting Window > New > Electrical Index.
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You can right-click any item in the Electrical Index to find it in the Electrical Engineer or select an item in the Electrical Engineer to find it in the Electrical Index. Both the Electrical Engineer and the Electrical Index have to be open if you want to use this feature.
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After exiting Smart Electrical, and starting a new session, the software retains the size and position of all the windows that were open in the previous session.