Extending The Plant Hierarchy By Adding Neutral Folders - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

Procedure in the SIMATIC Manager
1. Select a "unit" hierarchy folder in the Plant view.
2. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
3. Change to the "S-88 type definition" tab.
4. Select the "Successor/Predecessor" button. In the dialog shown, all units that you type
defined as unit are displayed.
5. Assign the successor for the current unit. To do this, select the desired successor in the
"Available Units" window and click the "Arrow right" button. The units are moved to the
"Successor" window and has the "Successor" attribute.
6. Confirm your settings with "OK".
Result
A successor is inserted as a hierarchy folder with a link in the current project if it is not already
contained in this project or another project in the multiproject.
Removing a successor
You can remove the successor attribute by selecting the unit in the "Successor" window and
clicking the "Arrow left" button to move it back to the "Available units" window. If a hierarchy
folder with a link was created for this successor, this nevertheless remains in the project and
you will need to delete it manually if required.
Predecessor
If this is a successor for the selected unit, the hierarchy folder for the immediate predecessor
is shown in the "Predecessor" window. Similar to the successor, there can be several
predecessors.
Working in the multiproject
Note
Ensure that the hierarchy folders of the "Process cell" object type have the same name in the
individual projects of the multiproject.
7.1.3.10

Extending the plant hierarchy by adding neutral folders

Neutral folders
As already mentioned, the three-stage hierarchy for SIMATIC BATCH can be extended by
adding neutral folders to improve the structuring of the project, for example to divide units into
groups. The neutral folders can be created at any level. The total number of possible levels
(batch hierarchy levels, levels with neutral folders) is limited to eight.
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