Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 82)

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3. Select the file type.
4. Select the drive and directory where the file resides, or type the path
and file name in the File Name box. You can select more than one file
at a time.
5. Click the Open button.
The status bar displays each file as it is imported. When completed, a
message displays the number of files successfully imported. If errors
occurred during the import process, a message box is displayed at the
end of the import process showing the number of errors. You can
check the message log from the Status Report icon at the bottom of
your display.
Depending on the size, some files may take several minutes to import.
When a trend is successfully imported, a new Text display showing the full
file name is added to the ProcessBook. Each trend is added as a
subordinate display and retains its original trend name. For graphics, the
VAX display name becomes the Display name. Once converted, graphics
and trends can be edited like any other display.
File Sharing Capability
Several users may access the same ProcessBook file at the same time.
However, if one person makes changes to a particular display entry and
saves the changes, then other users are blocked from saving changes in that
display. This protects against accidental saving conflicts.
If a user has already changed a display, the second user who wishes to
make changes to the display receives an error message explaining that
someone else has already edited and saved the display. The second user
then has two options:
 Save the changes under a different ProcessBook name, thus creating
two ProcessBooks,