Step 2.2. Define Parameter Attributes
1 | Display parameter attribute columns. |
2 | Enter attribute values. |
3 | (Optional) Remove parameter attributes. |
Display parameter attribute columns.
- (Optional) Expand the Parameters tree.
The list of seven available attribute categories displays in the Recipeconfig window left pane.
- Do one of the following.
- Right-click one of the attributes in the list; select View on the Popup menu.
- Right-click the Parameters Attributes folder; select View All on the Popup menu.
- Double-click a selected attribute.
Result: The selected attribute columns display in the table.
- Attribute cells are blank the first time you display the columns, except the Data Type column, which displays Text as the default value.
- The icon that displays to the left of an attribute in the Recipeconfig window left pane identifies whether the attribute's column is hidden or visible, as follows.
Icon | Attribute's Column is: |
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Hidden. | |
Visible |
Enter attribute values.
A | ID | (Optional) Identifies the Parameter. |
B | Data Type |
(Required) Parameter's data type of the Parameter.
The following options are in the field's drop down list.
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C | Units | (Optional) Engineering units that this Parameter's value refers to. |
D | Low Limit | (Optional) The lowest value allowed for the selected parameter. |
E | High Limit | (Optional) The highest value allowed for the selected parameter. |
F | Default Value | (Optional) Default value for the selected parameter. Once you specify a default value, new Recipes will automatically use this value as a starting point. If you change the default value, existing Recipes are not updated with the new default value. |
G | Default Source Point |
(Optional) Default source point for the selected parameter.
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(Optional) Remove Parameter Attributes
You can remove parameters from your recipe group.
- Click the number of the row you want to remove.
Shift key | Adjacent rows. |
Ctrl key | Non-adjacent rows |
- Do one of the following:
- Click the right mouse button; select Delete Parameters on the Popup menu.
- Click Grid>Delete Parameters on the RecipeConfig window menu bar.
- Confirm your selection.
Result: The selected parameter row or rows are deleted. The parameters are also deleted from all recipes and maps in the group.