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  • Make sure that you have defined a custom symbol folder in the Smart Instrumentation Preferences dialog for the appropriate enhanced report type before you associate a symbol with an item.

  • When you associate a symbol with an item that can have more than one possible relation to other items for which you want to display data, make sure that the symbol you select uses macros with the appropriate relations. If a macro has an incorrect relation, the software cannot display the data.

  1. In the Domain Explorer, select the required item, for example, a panel.

  2. Right-click the item and select Properties.

  3. Select the Associate Symbols tab.

  4. Select New.

  5. In the Name column, select the required report type.

  6. Beside the Symbol File column, select Browse.

  7. Navigate to the required .sym file.

  8. If you require, repeat steps 4 -7 to associate symbols with the item for other report types.

When associating symbols with a panel, for example, you will use one symbol to represent the panel in a Location Layout report, and another symbol to represent the panel in a Panel Layout report.

  • For an instrument, when you associate a symbol for Enhanced Report Utility reports, the symbol will also be displayed in other wiring reports.

  • You can associate each item with one symbol only per available report type.

  • You can associate the same symbol with more than one item if you want.

  • When using custom terminal symbols in enhanced reports, there are two ways of displaying the terminals on the drawing sheet:

    • Associating a symbol with a panel, where the symbol exactly represents the panel-strip-terminal configuration, and dragging the panel onto the drawing sheet. With this method, the software displays the entire panel.

    • Associating a symbol with each individual terminal and dragging the required terminals onto the drawing sheet. With this method, the software displays the selected terminals with their associated strips and panels, together with the appropriate macros.