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Publish (deploy to the running system)

At this point in our exercises, LytPractice and DspPractice are not available in the running system because they have not been published. Publishing, a command initiated by users, authorizes graphics configuration and DeltaV Live workstation configuration to be deployed for use online and to all DeltaV Live workstations that should have it. Workstations that are not communicating retrieve published configuration when the workstations begin communicating.

In the Graphics Explorer pane, note the green Publish icon next to Dsp_Practice. This icon indicates that this display has publishable changes pending. Also note that the Displays folder has a similar Publish icon next to it. This icon indicates that the folder contains at least one item with publishable changes pending. The publish indication bubbles up to the top of the hierarchy to facilitate identifying the location of items that need publishing.

Graphics configuration can be published from the ribbon, in context from the item, or from the Quick Access toolbar. Several publishing options are available, including publishing only selected items, publishing all items contained in a folder, or publishing all items with changes pending.

This topic covers the following procedures:
  1. Publishing a display and layout
  2. Setting a display as a work in progress

Publishing graphics configuration

In this exercise, we will publish the configurations we have created.

  1. In the Graphics Explorer pane, select both LytPractice and DspPractice (use the Ctrl key to multi-select).
  2. On the ribbon's Home tab, in the Graphics group, click Publish.
    Selecting a publish command opens the Publish dialog. In the dialog, the check boxes are automatically selected next to all items that are eligible for publishing. If any of the selected items are not ready to be published, you can deselect the check box next to them. It is also possible to publish to a specific workstation by selecting it from the Choose Destinations option in the bottom left corner of the Publish dialog. Publishing to a specific workstation is called targeted publish.
  3. Note that in the Publish dialog, the two items are automatically selected.
  4. Click Publish.

Set a display as a work in progress

But what if a display is not ready to be published and you want to be sure that it does not get deployed to the running system before it is ready?

If a new or modified display is not ready to be published, you can set it as a 'work in progress'. If a user attempts to publish a display marked as a work in progress, then in the Publish dialog, the WORK IN PROGRESS column shows Yes for that display, and the display's Publish check box is automatically deselected. The 'work in progress' display, however, can still be published by selecting its Publish check box.

Conversely, if you want to alert another user that a display needs to be published, you can set it as Publish Needed. When a display is marked as Publish Needed, another user can publish it from any workstation in the system.

In this exercise, we will modify DspPractice and then set it as a work in progress.

  1. Add a new shape to the display.
  2. Click anywhere in the display area (with no elements selected).
  3. In the ribbon, click the Format / Display Tools tab.
  4. Click Set Work in Progress.
  5. In the Set Work In Progress dialog, enter a reason for why you are setting it as a work in progress.
  6. In the dialog, click Set Work in Progress.
  7. With the DspPractice document tab still active, click the Publish icon in the Quick Access toolbar.
  8. In the Publish dialog, note that the DspPractice check box is not selected and that the WORK IN PROGRESS column indicates this display is marked as a work in progress.
  9. Close the Publish dialog by clicking the X in the top right corner.