1. From the File menu, select Switching Sheet Search... from the Open option.
2. In the Search Switching Sheet dialog box, enter the desired text to search and press Enter or click the Search () button.
Notes:
• For Product configuration only the switching sheet number and the sheet's Description field value will be used to match search criteria.
• The search results will be filtered based on the sheet's master device NCG and your subscribed zones of authority. The filtering of the results, based on NCG, will not apply to Administration and Switching Request user types.
From the Work Agenda
1. Select an event from one of the Events Lists that has a switching sheet associated to it. This can be determined by checking to see whether a switching sheet number is displayed within the Plan # column for the selected event.
2. Select the Switching… option from the Tools menu. The Open or Create New Switching Sheet dialog box is displayed.
3. Select the sheet you want to load from the Pre-Created Switching Sheets list and click Open. (You can start a new sheet by selecting a sheet type and clicking Create.)
From the Event Details
1. Select Switching… from the Actions menu. The Open or Create New Switching Sheet dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the sheet you want to load from the Pre-Created Switching Sheets list and click Open. (You can start a new sheet by selecting a sheet type and clicking Create.)
From Crew Actions
1. If a crew has been placed en route to a Master switching sheet event, then select the crew in the crew list.
2. Select Switching… from the Actions menu. If only one sheet is associated with the crew, it is displayed in the Web Switching Management window. If multiple sheets are associated with the crew, the Crew to Sheet Selection List displays all associated sheets. If no sheets are associated with the crew, an error message appears.
3. Select a sheet and click Open.
From the Control Tool
1. From a Viewer, double-click a device that is involved in a switching sheet to open the Control Tool.
2. Click the Switching Plans… button.
• If the device is associated to one switching sheet (that is, it is listed in the Device field on the switching sheet's Request tab) or if it is included in one switching sheet step, that sheet will be opened in the Web Switching Management window.
• If the device is associated with multiple switching sheets and/or included in multiple switching sheet steps, the Device to Sheet Operation List window will open. Each associated sheet and/or operation will be listed in a separate row. Select a row and click Open.
Note: The Device to Sheet Operation List displays steps for active switching sheets and switching sheets that have been completed within the last 30 days. The switching sheet will be opened in the same mode that the Control Tool is in.
Copying a Switching Sheet
You can create a new switch plan that includes all of the steps in the open switching sheet by using the Copy As function. To copy an open switching sheet, do the following:
1. Select Copy As... from the Switching Sheet's File menu to open the Copy Switching Sheet As dialog box.
2. Select the new switching sheet's type:
• Planned
• Emergency
• Template
• Outage Correction
3. Click Create a Copy to create the new switching sheet.
Note: The switching sheet type will determine how the new sheet opens (for example, recording on or off, which tab is visible, and so on).
Deleting a Switching Sheet
You can mark a switching sheet as deleted if it is no longer being used. Deleted sheets are retained by the system and can be loaded in View-Only mode when hard-associated to a canceled event. Web Switching Management does not support full deletions of switching sheets from the database. A record of all activity for a switching sheet is always retained in the database.
Note the following rules regarding deleted switching sheets:
• The Delete option is only available for planned, template, outage correction, and emergency sheets that do not contain any real-time instructed or completed steps or any event associations other than canceled and manual events.
• You cannot delete a switching sheet once it has been scheduled. If you need to delete the sheet, you must Cancel it first.
• You cannot delete an outage correction sheet that has an event association.
• Deleted sheets do not appear in the Device to Sheet Operation List. (This list is displayed from the Control Tool.)
• Safety documents associated with a deleted sheet do not appear in the Device to Safety Document List. (This list is displayed from the Control Tool.)
• The Impacted Customer lists and External Document lists are cleared for deleted sheets.
• Deleted sheets are ignored by the Model Verify functionality.
To delete a switching sheet, follow these steps:
1. Click the Tracking/Audit Log tab.
2. Enter the reasons for the deletion in the Reason field to the right of the grayed Delete button. (The Delete button is not enabled until you enter text in the Reason field.)
3. Click the Delete button.
Power Flow Analysis in Switching Management
Power Flow Analysis in Switching Management helps you predict the power flow in the network before and after execution of each step in the switching plan. This feature is available only for planned switching sheets when Power Flow is licensed.