Multi-Tabbed View
Overview
The multi-tabbed is a default component of the Logic Builder screen.
It contains the following tabs:
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: Contains the , , and controllers that can be inserted in your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.
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: Contains the , , and the , , , and devices that can be inserted in your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project. It also allows you to insert devices by using a device template.
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: Contains the and devices that can be inserted in your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.
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: Contains third-party devices that can be inserted in your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.
The content of the individual tabs depends on the project. If the controllers integrated in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert project do not support, for example, CANopen, then CANopen devices are not displayed in the catalogs.
You can extend this view by the via the menu .
The buttons 
and 
in the toolbar allow you to display or hide the catalog views.
You can add the elements from the catalogs to the project by drag and drop as described in the Adding Devices by Drag and Drop chapter.
Searching Within Catalogs
Each tab of the catalog view contains a search box. The sublists of the tab are analyzed for the string you enter in the search box. In open sublists, the identified entries are marked yellow. Any other items of the list that do not correspond to the search string are hidden. The number of items found in closed sublists is displayed in bold in the title bar of each sublist.
By default, the search is executed on the names of the items in the lists. But EcoStruxure Machine Expert also supports the tagging mechanism. It allows you to assign search strings of your choice to any item included in the view.
List
Each tab of the catalog view contains a list. To provide quick access, you can add frequently used elements to this list by drag and drop.
Adding Devices From Device Templates in the Tab
The tab contains the option at the bottom. Activate this option to display the available templates of field devices in the lists of the tab. Add them to the as described in the Adding Devices from Template chapter.