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Integrating projects

Component type WinCC flexible is available for SIMATIC WinCC flexible projects in octoplant in the Siemens/HMI software directory.

Component types can be customized in the AdminClient in the Component type editor module.

To integrate your project data into octoplant, proceed as follows:

  1. Create a new component in the UserClient with the component type mentioned above.
  2. Open the working directory of the component using the button or the context menu item Show in file manager (Ctrl+E).
  3. Move the desired project data into the working directory of the component.
  4. Check-In the component using the Create base version and Check-In button.
  5. You can now manage the project in octoplant.

If you do not have any project data, you can still create a component that can be used to create a job, to create a backup. You can then create a version of the project data from the backup that is created in this job on the server.

Proceed as follows:

  1. Create a new component in the UserClient with the component type mentioned above.
  2. Click on the Check-In without base version.
  3. Create a job for this component in the AdminClient and execute it.
  4. Open the UserClient and navigate to your component.
  5. In the Jobs tab, select the backup and click Copy backup to directory and copy the backup to the working directory.
  6. Create a new version of the component and check it in.

Please note:

  • The backup/previous backup comparison in the runtime can only be displayed as a binary comparison.
  • The version/backup comparison in the runtime is not possible.

This means that you will not see a Detailed comparison for the runtime, but an Emergency recovery (disaster recovery) is possible in any case, i.e. you can use the backup created to restore the runtime.

FAQ

Versioning under a restricted Windows user account fails

Error messages/error codes: 31102
21053
21055
21053

Explanation The logged-in user lacks certain rights that are required to edit the SQL database instance. The user with restricted access rights must be assigned the SysAdmin role of the SQL server. In other words: The configuration described below must be performed from an administrator account or another account with corresponding authorizations.

Solution A For WinCC flexible 2007 with SQL server 2005, please proceed as follows:

  • Open the SQL server Management Studio and connect to the WinCC flexible instance.
  • Open Container Security > Logins.
  • Right-click on Logins and select the entry New Login.
  • Enter the user including computer name or domain affiliation or select the user via the search function.
  • Assign the SysAdmin role to this user on the Server Roles page.
  • Close the dialog and log in to Windows Server again.

Versioning now works with this user. If there are other user accounts with restricted rights, these must also be created in the same way as these instructions.

Solution B

  1. Make the user with restricted rights a member of a corresponding group (group with versioning authorization).
  2. In WinCC flexible, a corresponding database instance is created and an associated group.
  3. The users with restricted rights must be members of the above-mentioned group.
  4. To add members to the system, go to: Button Start > Menu item Control Panel > Administration > Computer Administration > Users and Groups.