The Data Store Manager provides the following controls for data store configurations.

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New configuration; then choose whether an empty configuration (without datastore, profile As is only) or a new default configuration should be created.

The default configuration consists of a pre-configured timebased datastore (data file). All signals in the I/O configuration will be selected and assigned to the profile As is.

Opens an existing configuration file (XML-file .ds or .zip).

Opens an existing configuration file (.ds or .zip) in simulation mode. The loaded configuration is not aligned with the current licenses an cannot be applied. The simulation mode only provides for display of any datastore configuration.

Opens access to the automatically saved backups of the datastore configuration in the path %ProgramData%iba\ibaPDA\Backup on the ibaPDA-Server computer. In a dialog window you can select and load the desired backup. Furthermore, you can use the dialog to delete a backup.

Saves the current, full datastore configuration in an XML-file. You can select or enter the path and filename in the following dialog. The file extension .ds is added automatically.




These buttons are disabled, unless you can move selected datastores. Move the selected datastore by one position up or down in the tree.




Go forward/backward buttons: Navigate to the previous or following step in the configuration.