Message Management

Message Management

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Configuring Project Checks.........................................................................3

Checking Project Data..................................................................................5

2.1

Check offline .............................................................................................5

2.2

Check online .............................................................................................6

Viewing and Editing Messages....................................................................8

3.1

View messages.........................................................................................8

3.2

Filter messages.........................................................................................8

3.3

Edit messages ........................................................................................10

3.4

Update the display ..................................................................................12

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Configuring Project Checks

Precondition:
You have opened a project. You have selected one or more pages or a project in the
page navigator, or you have opened a page in the graphical editor.
Project data > Messages > Check project
1. Click [...] next to the Settings field of the Check project dialog.

2. In the dialog Settings: Messages and checks, select a user-defined scheme

from the dropdown list, or create one using the toolbar.

3. Select a message class on the left in the list.

In the table on the right side of the dialog, the messages possible for this
class are displayed.

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4. Use the drop-down list in the Category field to determine whether the
message should be displayed as an error, a warning, or a note.

5. Use the drop-down list in the Type of check field to determine whether the
check should be run both online and offline (setting "Online / offline") or only
offline (setting "Offline"), or whether the corresponding check should not be
run (setting "No").

6. Click [OK].
The settings will be saved in the selected scheme.

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Checking Project Data

You can check projects online or offline. For online checking, the list of messages in
message management is filled directly during project planning. If you check particular
pages or want to update the display of message management, it is necessary to start
a check run.

2.1

Check offline

Precondition:
You have opened a project. You have selected one or more pages or a project in the
page navigator, or you have opened a page in the graphical editor.
Project data > Messages > Check project
1. In the Check project dialog, select a scheme from the Setting drop-down list,
which specifies the settings for the check run. Via [...] open the Settings:
Messages and checks dialog, where you can define your own scheme.

2. If you have selected individual pages for the check or have called the dialog
from the graphical editor, you can still extend the check run to the entire
project. To do so, select the Apply to entire project check box.

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3. Click [OK].
EPLAN checks the project or the selected pages according to the settings
specified in the scheme. The results of the check run are written to the
message database. The results of any previous check run are removed.
If messages occur during the check (because certain checks could not be
executed, for instance), these are written into the list of system messages. A
notification informs you of this fact.

4. Select the menu item Project data > Messages > Management.
The messages stored in the message database are displayed in the
Message management - <Project name> dialog.

5. If systems messages occurred during the check run, open the list of system
messages using Utilities > System messages.
The system messages which occurred are displayed in the System
messages dialog.

2.2

Check online

Preconditions:

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In the Settings: Messages and checks dialog, certain function areas are

assigned the check type "Online / offline".

You have opened a schematic page in the graphical editor.

1. Select the menu item Project data > Messages > Management.
If messages are already stored in the message database, they are
displayed in the Message management - <Project name> dialog.

2. Execute the processing steps in the project.

EPLAN checks all check criteria assigned the check type "Online / offline"
in the project settings. Any messages occurring are written to the message
database and displayed in the Message management - <Project name>
dialog immediately.

Notes:
For processed messages, you can select the Completed check box and filter on

this property in order to hide them.

To remove processed messages from message management, execute a check

run.

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Viewing and Editing Messages

In the Message management - <Project name> dialog, the messages of the

currently selected project are listed. The project name is displayed in the title bar of
the dialog. If the dialog is opened and you select a different project in the page
navigator, the display of messages is updated.
The messages are marked with icons depending on the type of error. Critical
messages can therefore be identified immediately, even if the messages in the table
are not sorted or filtered.

3.1

View messages

Precondition:
You have selected one or more pages or a project in the page navigator, or you have
opened a page in the graphical editor.
1. Select the menu item Project data > Messages > Management.
In the Message management - <Project name> dialog, all messages are
shown which are present in the message database at that time.

2. Double-click the column headings to sort the messages. By clicking multiple

times, you can switch between ascending and descending sort orders.

Note:
Use the [F1] key to call up thorough help for each message, including examples and
suggestions for correction.

3.2

Filter messages

Project data > Messages > Management

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1. In the Message management - <Project name> dialog next to the Filter field,
click [...].

2. In the Filter: Messages dialog, specify the message classes in the table for
which messages should be displayed, e.g. terminals, plugs, cables, etc. To do
this, select the Selection check box in the column.

3. Using the check boxes below the table, specify the trades from which
messages should be displayed (Electrical engineering, Fluid power, and
General).

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4. Specify the categories (error, warning, note) to be displayed. Check the
corresponding check boxes.

5. Select the Completed messages check box if you also would like to display
messages already flagged as resolved.

6. Click [OK].

7. In the Message management - <Project name> dialog, select the Active

check box so that only those messages will be displayed which correspond to
the filter.
The last filter criteria selected also remain in effect after the dialog is
closed, and are again active when the dialog is reopened.

Note:
When opening a project or switching projects, the current state of project-wide
messages is always displayed when message management is called up. However,
the existing filters can influence this display.

3.3

Edit messages

Project data > Messages > Management

1. Select a message in the table.

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2. Double-click the message.
The erroneous object is selected in the graphical editor and the cursor is
placed on the insertion point of the object.

3. Double-click the selected object in the graphical editor.

The Properties <...> dialog is opened.

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4. Change the data which caused the error and click [OK].

5. Use Project data > Messages > Check project to start a new check run to
check whether the error has been resolved.
The message display is updated in the Message management - <Project
name> dialog.

3.4

Update the display

Project data > Messages > Management

1. Choose Popup menu > Refresh.
All messages present in the project are read in again. The updating of the
project messages always applies to the entire project, and in multi-user
operation, for all users working on the project.

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