Before you can work with Options Manager, you need to connect to a plant group. A plant group is a specific group available within a plant hierarchy, for example, Plant1, Area1, Unit1. Plant, area and unit are examples of plant group types. The available plant group types depend on the plant hierarchy you define in Engineering Manager.
You can open a plant structure and then connect to the required plant group. Also, if you have appropriate access rights, you can connect to a plant group located on a different site server. You can only connect to one plant group at a time.
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Select File > Open Plant Group. If the Open Plant Group command is not accessible, close all Options Manager windows.
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Expand the plant hierarchy and then select the required plant group located on the lowest hierarchy level.
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Select Select Plant and then, under Available plant structures, select a plant to connect. If you want to connect to a plant in a different database, in the Open Plant Structure dialog, select Site Server and from the Files of type list, select the required .ini file.