Key macros allow you to assign a key combination on the keyboard to a specific action in DeltaV Operate that you can execute in operator displays at run time. You can use key macros to automate routine tasks or to group multiple sequential tasks into one function. Some of the functions that you can use key macros for include:
Customizing navigation through pictures
Initiating a backup
Printing a report
Acknowledging an alarm
Toggling a digital point
Controlling database blocks
Starting other applications
You can associate key macros:
With shapes or Dynamos inside a picture
With DeltaV Operate pictures
Across all pictures
For example, you can use one key macro to acknowledge an alarm in a display, and then other key macros to switch views between different pictures of your plant. The key macro feature lets you add custom functionality to objects within a single operator display, to the display itself, or to all operator displays.