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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>How to export PLC I/O Text</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/utility_network_analysis___design/w/utility_network_analysis_and_design_wiki/53013/how-to-export-plc-i-o-text</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>How to export PLC I/O Text</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/utility_network_analysis___design/w/utility_network_analysis_and_design_wiki/53013/how-to-export-plc-i-o-text</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:48:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7bb50be7-eb8a-42bb-8958-3fb56a30793b</guid><dc:creator>Avanti Khandalkar</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/utility_network_analysis___design/w/utility_network_analysis_and_design_wiki/53013/how-to-export-plc-i-o-text#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to OpenUtilities Wiki by Avanti Khandalkar on 1/29/2021 10:48:55 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to export PLC I/O text?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It can be useful to export PLC text such as I/O addresses and function text for the purpose of importing into other software such as the PLC programming software. This helps avoid discrepancies in PLC text between the two applications. Alternatively, it is possible to import PLC text into Promis.e or Bentley Substation in &lt;strong&gt;Options&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt; Project Options &amp;gt; PLC Settings&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Steps to Accomplish&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Open a page in the project from which the data is to be exported.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Select the &lt;strong&gt;Run Reports&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;tool.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;em&gt;Run Reports &lt;/em&gt;dialog, expand the &lt;strong&gt;PLC List&lt;/strong&gt; category.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preview&lt;/strong&gt; the various templates in the &lt;strong&gt;PLC List&lt;/strong&gt; category to find the most appropriate one.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Set the check box next to the chosen template.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Set the &lt;strong&gt;Output To File&lt;/strong&gt; check box.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Specify a &lt;strong&gt;Destination Folder&lt;/strong&gt; and a &lt;strong&gt;File Name&lt;/strong&gt; with no file extension.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Set the &lt;strong&gt;CSV &lt;/strong&gt;check box. The CSV format can be opened in Excel and typically has a &amp;quot;cleaner&amp;quot; output whereas the XLS format may have extra rows and columns to preserve WYSIWYG.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;Run&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/700x700/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-62/10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If exporting PLC text is a frequent task and the output from the supplied templates has to be cleaned up before importing into the other application, consider customizing a report template using &lt;strong&gt;Report Template Designer&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to reduce or eliminate the amount of cleanup required.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Avanti_K&lt;/td&gt;
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