Bulk Modifying

What is Bulk Modifying?

Use Bulk Modifying to select and bulk edit attributes for several objects. This action is available after performing an Advanced Search.

How do I initiate a Bulk Modification?

From the Advanced Search results page:

  1. Select the objects that you want to modify.
  2. Click Actions.
  3. Select Bulk Modify. The Bulk Modify window opens and shows three columns, including Attribute, Value, and Units.
Note: If you select object sets that contain different types of objects, you can only modify the Authorization Category of these objects with the Bulk Modify feature.

What does the Bulk Modify process look like?

The Bulk Modify process has three steps:
  1. Modify the attributes on the modify page.
  2. Preview your changes and click Apply.
    Note: A progress window appears after you click Apply. If you close the progress window, the update still occurs and you can see the updated attributes in SMP, but you do not see the confirmation page.
  3. Check if you successfully modified your selected items on the confirmation page.

The following screenshots and corresponding table outline the Bulk Modify process in more detail:

Figure: Bulk Modify window - modify page
Table 1. Bulk Modify window - modify page
Attribute Each attribute has a checkbox that appears selected as soon as you start to type in the value text box, or when you change a value in the drop-down menu. Related attributes are grouped. Press Tab, or click in the Value field to navigate between attribute.
Note: The following attributes are not supported for Bulk Modify. To modify these attributes, use SMP.
  • Setpoint Reference
  • Cooling Setpoint Reference
  • Heating Setpoint Reference
  • Occupancy Reference
  • Graphic
  • Graphic Alias
  • Field Unit
  • Local Control
Value When you select a single point to Bulk Modify, the values are pre-populated. When you enter an invalid value, you receive this error message: Entered information is not valid and the Next button is disabled. Correct the value to proceed.
Units The units display when you modify a single object.
Figure: Bulk Modify window - confirmation page

Note: The confirmation page displays the total number of attempts. The counted attempts are attribute-oriented, rather than point-oriented as is the case in SMP.

When the modification process is complete, you see the updates in the object details on the Building Network dashboard, and you also see the updated attributes in SMP.