Develop a NetLogic that creates objects from a CSV file

This design-time script creates objects in the
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
 project based on the data from a
CSV
 file.
TIP:
You can download a sample project from:
 ExampleApplication-ObjectsFromCSV.zip
Prerequisites
In the following example, the
CSV
 file contains information about alarms and model variables used by these alarms. 
variable,var1,boolean
variable,var2,uint32
alarm,alarm1,digital,var
alarm,alarm2,analog,var2
CSV
 columns description
#1 column
#2 column
#3 column
#4 column
Indicates whether you need to create a project variable (keyword
variable
) or an alarm (keyword
alarm
).
Indicates the name of the node to be created.
Indicates the datatype to use to create the variable:
  • Digital (keyword
    digital
    )
  • Limit (keyword
    analog
    )
Indicates the variable to point the alarm to.
TIP: The
CSV
 file is a part of the sample
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
 project. You can also download the
CSV
 file individually from: alarms.csv
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