Context mode is a workspace setting that determines if the autofill process will respond to equipment on higher and lower levels of the equipment hierarchy when context changes.
There are three context modes you can use:
The Context Mode setting should be consistent across all clients in a system.
See Autofill for configuration examples.
If your project was created using the Situational Awareness Starter Project, the ContextMode parameter will already be included as a database parameter with a default value of 3 (CurrentThenUpThenDown). To configure the parameter:
If you set (or change) parameters in the project database, you need to re-compile the project before the new parameter settings are used.
For a description of a workspace, see Key Components of a Situational Awareness Project.
Published June 2018