Creating a New Project

Workbench projects are created to configure back-end connections, such as connectivity, settings, and asset categories. These connections and settings enable you to create user interfaces that measure and monitor manufacturing, automated production, and process control systems. You can create multiple projects in Workbench, but only one project can be active at a time. For the Start-Up Guide, you will create a project that includes:

• Setting up user access privileges and password authentication (Security).
• Establishing data connectivity for monitoring and visualizing information (Data Connectivity).
• Defining property and equipment assets (Assets).
• Linking assets to alarms and historical data.

You will use the Quick Project Wizard to create the new project. This is a user-friendly wizard that automatically retrieves all available applications and adds them to the Project Explorer navigation tree. You can effortlessly select the necessary components, exclude those not required for the project, and connect to the SQL Server database.

The SQL Server, installed with GENESIS, manages the databases for all component configurations in Workbench. A common configuration includes one database per Workbench project.