Explorer

Upon opening FactoryTalk Administration Console, the

Explorer

is docked on the leftmost side of the main window. The

Explorer

shows the contents of the

FactoryTalk

network directory or

FactoryTalk

local directory in a tree view.

Select

View > Explorer Window

to show or hide this window.

To work with the options available for any item in the

Explorer

, expand the tree and right-click the item to open a context menu. The

FactoryTalk Directory

icon appears at the top of the tree, followed by the

FactoryTalk

application folders and the

System

folder.

An application folder contains the editors and components for developing an application and may optionally contain areas that group together application resources such as data servers, HMI servers, and device servers. If using

FactoryTalk Administration Console

to create and manage applications, all applications that are contained in the

FactoryTalk Directory

are listed in the

Explorer

.

The

System

folder contains a list of users, computers, and group accounts, passwords, system-wide policy settings, and system-wide security settings. All items in the

System

folder apply to every application in the

FactoryTalk Directory

.