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A profile is an assembly of various typical items that you can use as a template for creating plant items.

You can apply a profile to any item or group of items, and the software creates and associates all the referenced items in the Electrical Index with the default data. In this way, you can quickly define common properties for a group of items of the same type, and you can associate the same type of typical circuit, control stations, cables, and typical schematic with each item in the group.

  • When you apply a profile to an item, the software can overwrite existing data. Because this process is not reversible, you should proceed with great care.

  • You should exercise even more caution when reapplying a profile to a plant item to which a profile has already been applied before. Reapplying a profile results in deleting, replacing, or overwriting of data. Also, if the reapplied profile and the previous profile do not have the same related items, unnecessary changes in item associations may occur which can lead to the loss of important correlations that can result in producing of wrong information.

  1. In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy by selecting the + icons or by double - selecting the folders.

  2. Navigate to the folder for the required equipment type.

  3. Expand the folder and select an item from the list.

    SHARED Tip You can also select more than one item by selecting a subset of item tags in the EDE.

  4. Select Tools > Apply Options.

  5. On the Apply Options dialog, select the Equipment Profile tab.

  6. Select Enable equipment profile.

    The default profile appears in the Create item based on profile box.

  7. You can select a different profile by selecting Find.

  8. On the Find box, select Find Now to display the available profiles.

  9. From the list of profiles, highlight the profile that you want to apply.

  10. Select OK.

  11. Under Apply to, select one of the following options according to the rule the software uses to apply the profile:

    All items

    Applies the profile to all the selected items.

    Items with no profile

    Applies the profile only to items without an existing profile. Use this option to add a profile only to new items among the items that you selected.

    Items with a different profile from the selection

    Changes the profile of the selected items to the current profile. Use this option to add a profile to items with a modified profile definition.

    Items with the same profile as the selection

    Updates an existing profile for the selected items.

  12. Select the Populate empty item properties check box to update only those item properties that contain null data. When you select this option, the software does not overwrite the data that is not null. Clear the check box to leave existing values of the item properties as they are, regardless of whether they contain null or not null values.

  13. Select Apply.

  • Applying a profile is a useful way of creating new items and populating large amounts of data in your plant. When you apply the profile, the software automatically applies any definitions for typical circuits, control stations, typical I/O sets, and lookup tables that you define on the other tabs of the Apply Options dialog.

  • After you apply a profile for which the software creates new items and relations successfully, the operation may still partially fail, for example if certain values of updated data conflict with a rule. In such cases, the software displays an error message and records the problem in the log file.

  • When you apply a profile, the software replaces all formerly associated items with the items specified in the current profile including any values that you have modified. The software assigns new item tags according to the naming convention.

  • If you apply a profile that contains a reference item to one or more plant items, the software populates the properties of those plant items with values copied from the reference item.

  • If you modify the components of a typical circuit that already has a reference from an item, the software does not update the change in the reference until you next apply a typical circuit or a profile to the item.

  • When an item has associated cables, and you connect the item to a circuit by applying a profile with a typical circuit, if there is more than one cable, the software associates the free ends of all the cables to the circuit.

  • If you apply a profile for a reference motor with a heater to a plant motor without a heater, the software adds a heater to the plant motor.

  • If you apply a profile for a transformer, the software applies the profile only if the reference and plant transformers have the same number of windings and where the Number of Secondaries property for the plant transformer has a value of 1 or 2. If no value appears for this property, you must type one manually in accordance with the number of secondary windings in the transformer.

  • If the item that you are applying a profile to is connected to a feeder circuit, the system replaces the circuit so that it matches the applied typical circuit as specified in the profile.

  • If the item is connected to feeder equipment other than a circuit (such as a variable frequency drive, a transformer, or a battery bank), the software does not apply the profile.

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