The Browser Manager enables you to define and modify the settings for the following Browser Views:
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Fieldbus Tag Number List Browser, under the Instrument Index
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Specifications Browser
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DDP (Dimensional Data for Piping) Browser
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Document Binder Browser
The core of the Browser module is the Browser Manager that contains the above predefined browsers categorized by data type. Each of the above browsers is associated with a particular Smart Instrumentation module. In addition to the predefined browsers, you can also create custom browsers such as specification form browsers and Document Binder browsers. The browsers are grouped according to their category. Such a group is referred to as a browser group.
You access and manipulate module data and various items by creating customized browser views for each of the predefined and custom browsers in the Browser Manager. You customize each browser view by defining its style, sorting sequence, and filter. You can define a number of different browser views for each browser to organize your data according to different requirements. Each browser view will have its own style settings, sorting sequence, and filter to present your instrument index data in the most efficient and informative manner. The browser view style settings determine which columns and items will be displayed. The sorting sequence organizes the selected fields in a particular order and the filter lets you display the data filtered according to the condition you define.
In addition to the database fields provided to you by default, the Browser Manager also allows you to display custom fields, which you can use to complement data attributes not supported by the given database fields in a particular module. You can modify the names of custom fields, as needed.
For some browser views, the Browser Manager allows you to compare two report revisions or compare the currently previewed report
with a report revision. This option is available only for some browser viewers for
which this functionality exists and if the Mark Changes and History options have not been selected.