Composite Data Management > Harness Level Definitions

Importing

Harness Level Definitions

You can import harness level definitions for one or more harnesses in XML format. The system saves harness levels as definitions in the database.

Note

You should consider how the “Sort harness levels alphanumerically” project preference is set for your project. When you import harness levels, this preference controls the sort order of the imported physical harness levels. See the description for the preference near the bottom of the topic “Project Preferences for Capital Systems Integrator Designs” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.

Prerequisites

Options and vehicle models referenced in the XML file must exist in the project already. If they do not, they will not be created automatically.

Procedure

Decide whether you are importing levels for one or more harnesses. If you want to...

Do the following:

Import harness levels for one harness

Select the harness in the Design Browser (Design tab).

Do one of the following: Right-click the selected harness and choose Define Harness Levels

Press Space Bar and enter Levels, choose the Automate > Complexity

Levels ribbon action.

The Define Harness Levels Dialog Box displays.

Click the Import Levels from level definition file button () on the Define Harness Levels dialog box. The Import Levels dialog box displays.

Specify whether you want to “Retain existing levels”. Note If you select the “Retain existing levels” option, existing levels with the same name as an imported level are overwritten and existing levels with a different name from all of the imported levels are retained. If you do not select this. existing levels with the same name as an imported level are overwritten but existing levels with a different name from all of the imported levels are deleted.

Import harness levels for multiple harnesses

Select the harnesses in the Design Browser (Design tab).

Press Space Bar and enter Import Levels, choose the Capital > Files

Import Levels ribbon action. The “Select file to import levels from” dialog box displays.

Note When doing this, existing levels with the same name as an imported level are overwritten and existing levels with a different name from all of the imported levels are retained. This is the same behavior as when “Retain existing levels” is selected during the import of harness levels for a single harness (as described in the previous table row).

Navigate to the XML file containing the harness level definitions.
Click Import.

Results

If you are doing this via the Define Harness Levels Dialog Box, the harness levels display in that dialog box. Any previously defined harness levels are retained, deleted or updated as appropriate. The “Set as Active” setting for any matching levels does not change.

To apply the imported levels, click the OK button. If you do not want to apply the imported harness levels, click the Cancel button.

Note

If you doing this via Capital

Files > Import Levels, you can open the Define Harness Levels dialog box to view the results for a harness but the changes are already applied and you cannot cancel them.

Parent Topic:

Harness Level Definitions