Use the Database Bar to Display a Mimic

You can use the Database Bar in ViewX to access Mimics and their various display options (see Display an Explorer Bar in ViewX in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to ViewX and Virtual ViewX Clients).

There are several ways of displaying a Mimic from the Database Bar:

• Double-click on the Mimic that you want to display (if your User account has the Configure permission for the Mimic and has the Double Click Edits Documents feature enabled, the Mimic will display in Design Mode; if Double Click Edits Documents is disabled or you do not have the Configure permission, the Mimic is displayed in Run Mode).

  For more information on permissions, see Permissions for Database Items in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Security. For details on the Double Click Edits Documents feature, see Define the General Settings for a User in ViewX in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Security.

• Right-click on the Mimic that you want to display, then select the Display Mimic option to display a Mimic in Run Mode. Alternatively, select the Edit Mimic option to display a Mimic in Design Mode (see Run Mode and Design Mode). The Edit Mimic option is only available if you have the Configure permission.
• Right-click on a Group, Group Template or Group Instance that contains the default view Mimic you want to display, then select the Display Default View option. You can only display a Mimic in this way if the Group, Group Template or Group Instance has been configured to have a Default View.
• Right-click on a database item for which an alarm has been raised, then select the Display Alarm View option. This will display the Mimic that has been defined as the Alarm View for the database item. You can only display a Mimic in this way if the selected database item has an active alarm and has been configured to have a Alarm View.
• Right-click on a database item for which a Help View Mimic has been defined, then select the Display Help View option. This will display the Mimic that has been defined as the Help View for the database item. You can only display a Mimic in this way if the selected database item has been configured to have a Help View.
• Right-click on a database item then select the Display <Extra Link Field> option, where <Extra Link Field> is the name of a metadata field (custom field) that has been configured to provide access to a Mimic. Selecting a metadata field of this type will only display the Mimic that is associated with the metadata field.
• If a database item references a Mimic, you can use the Display References pick action for the item to gain access to the Mimic. The Display References pick action is available from the context-sensitive menu for relevant database items.

  When you select the Display References pick action for an item, a References window is displayed. The References window contains a list of all of the database items that the selected item references, including Mimics. You can display any of the listed Mimics by double-clicking on the name of the required Mimic in the list of references. For more information, see Displaying a Database Item’s References in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration.