Export #
| Description | Allows the export of all variable names and values from a PLC data block. The export can be saved in a CSV, XLSX or XML file |
| Required License | Standard |
With the help of this trigger action, we can easily create a backup. We can save recipes for later use or document changes. We simply specify a file in the action itself. XML, CSV and XLSX (Excel) files are supported. We specify XML files via their path, while we add CSV and XLSX files via the Excel files menu and then select them. We then specify from which controller and which DB we are exporting.
For example, we can use this function to create an image of our DB when an error occurs so that we can track it more easily. Or we can simply save recipes and read them in again later.
Import #
| Description | Allows all variable values to be imported into a PLC data block from a previously created export. |
| Required License | Standard |
With the help of this trigger action, we can easily load a backup of our data block. We can load recipes for our PLC or load a previous backup if there have been unwanted changes in our DB. In the action itself, we simply specify a file. XML, CSV and XLSX (Excel) files are supported. We specify XML files via their path while we add CSV and XLSX files via the Excel files menu and then select them. Finally, we select the controller and the DB to which we want to load this backup.
For example, we can use this function to load a previous state of our DB if an error occurs or we can load prefabricated DBs.
