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Wizards and other Actions
Import Instance(s) Wizard
18 min
the import instance(s) wizard allows users to search for digital twin instance(s) on a litmus edge and select which of these instance(s) they want to import the instance settings into the dt instance management tool open the import instance(s) wizard to open the import instance(s) wizard, press the import instance(s) button from the litmusconfiguration ribbon notes to open the import instance(s) wizard, the tool will verify that it is not in the status offline digitaltwin not responding no le set no api key if the tool found to be in one of these states, a message is displayed setting up the search filter to search for digital twin instance(s), the user can setup a filter to apply to the search this allows them to reduce the list for potentially imports to only the instance(s) they are truly interested in select the le device ip tool set to one le if the tool is set to connect to one le , the user will not be able to change or select the le device ip tool set to multiple le if the tool is set to connect to multiple le, the user can select which litmus edge to search for, provided that more than one target litmus edge ip has been defined additionally users can also enter a litmus edge ipv4 which is not yet present in the sheet the tool will check if it does have an api key for the litmus edge ipv4 address if no api key is found, it will notify the user and request the api key press the yes button, provide the api key and press the save button set search option the tool provides a number of filter options the user can select from the include all do not apply any filter and return all instance(s) defined in digitaltwin on the selected litmus edge equal to select all instance (s) whith a instance name equal to my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask not equal to select all instance (s) whith a instance name not equal to my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask contains select all instance (s) where the instance name contains the value from my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask does not contain select all instance (s) where the instance name does not contain the value from my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask begins with select all instance (s) where the instance name begins with the value from my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask ends with select all instance (s) where the instance name ends with the value from my import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask notes all search options except all , require a value for the import instance(s) wizard /#define the instance name mask define the instance name mask for any search option except all , a mask is required to apply to the instance name example selected search option set to equal to and instance name mask set to test define the digital twin model select if you want to search for instance(s) only from a specific digital twin model or over all (field is empty) model(s) the import wizard will show what filter will be applied initiate the search if all settings are correctly set, the search button will be set to green and allows to initiate the search to initiate the search press the green search button notes if the filter is invalid, the search button will be grayed out and can not be used example no instance name mask has been defined for the search option equal to importing instance(s) after the search has been initiated, the results are shown in a list box the user will see the model name as well as the instance name notes in case a filter returned no instance(s), the user is informed and can initiate a new search selecting all instance(s) to select all instance(s) for import, check the checkbox of the header row unselecting all instance(s) to unselect all instance(s) for import, uncheck the checkbox of the header row select individual instance(s) to select individual instance(s) for import, check their respective row or checkbox unselect individual instance(s) to unselect individual instance(s) for import, uncheck their respective checkbox or row import instance(s) if at least one instance has been selected from the list, the import button will change to green and an import can be initiated to initiate an import press the green import button if no instance(s) have been selected, the import button will be greyed out notes the import wizard will show how many instance(s) have been selected in the left lower corner after an import finished once all the selected instance(s) have been imported, the user is informed about the result and has three further options close the wizard this will end the import and the user can proceed with their desired actions on the sheet set up a new import instance(s) wizard /#setting up the search filter to execute a new search import instance(s) wizard /#importing instances from the list they previously hadn't selected for another import