Displayname Naming Tool

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Problem Statement:
With use of the OPC UA Libraries the nested variables of a datatype structure has to be renamed separately for each instance call. This can be a time consuming and hectic Job.

Solution:
We made a tool which can help us with the display names for each variable and objects.

  1. Place the following tools in the project root folder

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  2. Run the ExportNames.exe. It will generate a Export.csv file.

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  3. Open the Export File. There are 3 columns 1. Browse Name, 2. Display Name and 3. Description.

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  4. The structure variables are represented by ‘.’ e.g., A Variable ABC has 3 different sub variables x,y,z they will be represented as ABC.x, ABC.y, ABC.z .

  5. The user can give/change the desired display name and description, then save and close the Export.csv

  6. run the ImportNames.exe and its done.
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Anyone interested in testing the tool please drop me a message.
Thanks and regards

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Nice one.
Do you also use EngineeringUnits in your OPC-UA files?
Is the tool capable of importing units as well?

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Hi Stefan,

Thanks, no we are not using the engineering units in our OPC UA.
The tool is not capable of importing the units but with little tweaking we can achieve that as well.

Thanks and regards