The Manual Step Addition form allows you to add steps to a switching sheet without using the Control Tool. To add a step manually, complete the following steps:
1. Click the Manual Step Addition button () to display the Manual Step Addition form.
2. Add asset information to the Asset field using one of these methods:
• Select the asset in the Viewer and click the Set Asset () button. The asset field will be populated with the asset alias of the selected asset.
Note: This method is not available to the Switching Request user type.
• Enter a partial asset alias and search for it by clicking the Search () button to open the Select Asset dialog box. Select the asset and click OK.
• Enter an asset alias directly. When you tab out of the field, the system will validate that the asset; if the asset is not valid, the field will be highlighted to indicate that it should be corrected.
Click the Show in Viewer button () to focus the Viewer on the selected asset.
3. Add the Operation. The operation is made up of two fields: a short operation code and an operation description. Click in either field and click the Search button () to open the Select Operation dialog box, which is filtered to only display operations (and the corresponding operation code) valid for the asset type. Select an operation and click OK to add the operation or click Cancel to close the dialog box without a selection.
Note: If you know the operation code, you may enter it directly. If the operation code is invalid, the background of both fields will be red and the second text field will be blank. If the operation code is valid, the background of both fields will be white and the second field will display the operation description corresponding to the typed in operation code.
4. Click the Add Step button () to add the manual step to the switching steps.