Export All Control Files

This function in the GainSeeker Utility module lets you export multiple GainSeeker items from the current configuration to a .zip file.

 

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How to export all control files

  1. In the GainSeeker Utility module, change to the configuration for which to export control files by clicking the File menu and choosing Login or Change configuration.

    Then click the File menu and choose Export All Control Files. (This function is only available to GainSeeker users with permission to launch the System Administration module.)

  2. When prompted, enter the folder and filename for the .zip file you want to create.

    For the current configuration, GainSeeker will export multiple items and then display a summary of the items that were exported.

Exported items

The .zip file will include items such as those listed below:

Items:

Details

_cfg.txt

  • Tables and File paths for the configuration

  • Non-default configuration settings used by the configuration, formatted for use in SQL queries (INSERT or UPDATE)

_trace.txt

Traceability labels for the configuration

_map.txt

Flat file names matched with internal GainSeeker names - used by older file formats such as filters, templates, etc.

Custom Statistics

Can be imported from the Custom Statistics List window in the GainSeeker Administration module

Control Detail Columns

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Data Columns

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Data Grid Detail and Title Rows

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Filters

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Statistics Filters

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Statistics Lists

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

DPU Detail Columns

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

OEE Detail Columns

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Pareto Detail Columns

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Chart Skins

Can be imported from the Report Transfer Utility in the GainSeeker Utility module

Python Scripts for PC Collect and GSConsole

Can be imported from the Manage Python button in the GainSeeker Inspections module

RS232 Device Profiles

Can be created in a Numeric Input test in the GainSeeker Inspections module

Inspections

Can be imported from the Manage Inspections window in the GainSeeker Inspections module (and then edited and published)

Planned Inspections

Can be imported from the Manage Planned Inspections window in the GainSeeker Inspections module

Templates

Can be imported from the File menu in the SPC Designer module

Python Scripts for Dashboard Retrievals, Dynamic Desktops, and External Data

Can be imported by charting External Data from a Python script in the GainSeeker Charts module

Dashboard Retrievals

Can be imported from the Dashboard Control Retrieval window in the GainSeeker Charts module

Python Scripts for Python Dashboard Controls

Can be imported by editing the PythonScript property for a Python Dashboard Control in the GainSeeker Charts module

Dashboards (in the GainSeeker Charts module)

Can be imported from the Open Dashboard window in the GainSeeker Charts module

Desktops (in the GainSeeker Charts module)

Can be imported from the Open Desktop window in the GainSeeker Charts module

Desktop Priority Lists

Can be created in the Priority List Editor in the GainSeeker Utility module

Dynamic Reports

Can be imported from the File menu in the Dynamic Reports module

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