Pinning Elements in the Data Portal with a Script

Pinning Elements in the Data Portal with a Script

Use Pins in the Data Portal to always display specified groups and channels regardless of the enabled Filters. Pinned groups and channels are identified with a yellow pin. To pin all channels of the first channel group with a script, complete the following steps:

1. Select DIAdem SCRIPT.

2. Select File»New»VBS Script to create a new script.

3. Enter or copy the following text into the script editor:

   VBScript

   Python

    

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   Dim oMyChannels, oMyChannel
   Set oMyChannels = Data.Root.ChannelGroups(1).Channels
   For Each oMyChannel in oMyChannels
     Call Portal.Structure.Pin(oMyChannel,TRUE)
   Next

   Copy script

   oMyChannels = dd.Data.Root.ChannelGroups(1).Channels 
   for oMyChannel in oMyChannels: 
       dd.Portal.Structure.Pin(oMyChannel,True) 

4. Select Script»Run VBS Script to start the script. All channels of the first channel group are now pinned in the Data Portal.

5. Type or copy the following text into the Script Editor to automatically pin new channels in the Data Portal when the Data Portal displays only pinned channels.

   VBScript

   Python

    

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   Portal.Structure.UseAutoPins = True

   Copy script

   Portal.Structure.UseAutoPins = True