Create SCADA Points

You can create SCADA points from the objects displayed for the selected OPC UA Device.

To create SCADA points:

  1. Select the objects.
    Note: To select the children of a node, right-click the node, and then select Select all children. Alternately, to select the children of a node, you can double-click the node.

    To clear the children of a node, right-click the node, and then select Clear children selection. Alternately, to clear the children of a node, you can press and hold Alt, and double-click the node.

  2. Select Create Points.
  3. (Optional) You can use the following fields to perform specific actions:
    • NAME PREFIX: Enter a prefix to the name of the points that will be created.
    • NUMBER OF LEVELS TO STRIP: Enter the number of levels in the namespace to be stripped off from the beginning of the point IDs.
    • SEARCH: Enter text to display point IDs that contain the entered text.

    When the project is running, if you turn on the Dynamic mode toggle key, the points that are created will be available immediately. If you turn off the Dynamic mode toggle key, the points that are created will become available only after the project restarts.

    Note: In a redundant system, for dynamic configuration to work, the CIMPLICITY Configuration Microservice should run as the same user with the same password configured in the redundant pair of systems.
  4. Select Create (number of points selected) Points.
    The points are created, and the results are displayed.
    You can view the points that were not created by filtering the results based on the icon associated with the points.
    You can filter the failed points based on the type of failure associated with each point.
    Note: You can view the created points in Workbench under the Points section.