Import a single XML display file

Select the
Single display import file
 option in the
Import File Type
 dialog box to import a single graphic display file.
You cannot create new objects and update existing objects with the same file import. If the display is open, the import cannot occur.
Canceling during import does not return the display to its previous state. If you cancel the operation before it is completed, any changes that have already been made to the display will be retained.
When you export graphic displays, an XML file with the same name as the display and the file extension .XML, is created for each display exported. In addition, a batch import file is created that is given the name
BatchImport_
<HMI server name>
.XML
where
<HMI server name>
 is the name of the HMI server where the graphic display resides.
TIP:
If importing an older XML file (created with FactoryTalk View SE version 6.1 or older) into version 7.0 or newer, and it contains Trends:
  • If there is more than one
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     server configured in FactoryTalk Directory, the first
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     server name will be saved into the trend Model name (on the Pens tab) as <
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     server name>.
  • If there are no
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     servers configured in
    FactoryTalk Directory
     when copying, the Trend version will be converted to the new version but the
    FactoryTalk Historian
     server name will not be saved and the Model name is NULL (on the Pens tab).
To import a single graphic display file:
  1. In the
    Import Single File
     dialog box, beside the
    Select the single display import file
     field, click the browse button
    (...)
    .
  2. In the
    Select Single Display Import File
     dialog box, locate and then click the XML file you plan to import, and then click
    Open
    . The name of the selected file is copied to the text box in the
    Single Import File
     dialog box.
  3. In the
    Single Import File
     dialog box, beside the
    Select the display to import into
     field, click the down arrow and then click the display to import the file into.
  4. In the
    When importing
     field, click
    Create new objects on the display
     or
    Update existing objects on the display
    .
  5. Click
    Finish
     to complete the import. A progress bar with a Cancel button monitors the import process.
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