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Fix the errors and warnings of a Boss’nX schema

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Boss’nX on a computer: schema editor, Issues panel and saving

In the Boss’nX schema editor, the Issues panel flags the incomplete elements of a drawing: schema without a name, empty Image element, button without data, link without destination, datapoint not found. Locate each flagged element, fix it or mark it decorative if it is purely visual, then save knowing which messages remain.

Intended for administrators and installers who edit schemas. To find the elements associated with a datapoint, use Used datapoints instead: the two panels serve different purposes, finding where a piece of data is used or examining the reported issues.

  • Your role allows View schemas and Edit schemas.
  • You are working on a computer, in a supervision opened directly or from the hypervision.

Open the Issues panel and find the element

Section titled “Open the Issues panel and find the element”
  1. Open Schemas in the header bar or in the Menu. On the schema row, open Actions → Edit schema, then wait for the name and the drawing to load.
  2. If Issues appears at the bottom right of the drawing area, click it. Its counters distinguish errors, in red, from warnings, in orange.
  3. In Detected issues, read the message and the layer shown. The issues of the active layer are grouped first; an issue concerning the whole schema, such as its name, appears in the Schema group.
  4. If necessary, click the header of a group to expand it.
  5. For an issue linked to an element, click Locate on its row. The layer concerned is displayed and the element can be examined in Configuration.
  6. If the layer changes without Configuration opening, wait for it to load, then click Locate again, on the same row.

On the drawing, small red ! badges flag the errors of the active layer. The orange warning badges appear when the Issues panel is open. Hover over a badge to read its message; clicking it locates the element, without fixing it.

The Close cross closes the panel without fixing the issues. The button and the panel disappear when no issue is reported. After a change, give the message time to update.

MessageLevelFix
The schema has no name.ErrorEnter the schema name, as described below.
No image loaded for this element.ErrorUpload the image of the Image element, as described below.
No datapoint selected. If this element is purely visual, mark it decorative.WarningLink data or mark the element decorative according to its purpose, as described below.
The bound datapoint cannot be found — its equipment may have been deleted.ErrorLocate the element and identify the expected data. The deletion of the equipment is a possibility mentioned by the message, not a certain cause: do not recreate equipment on this basis alone.
Dynamic text with no datapoint selected.ErrorIdentify the data that this text must display. The decorative status does not replace this selection for a dynamic text.
The navigation link has no valid destination.ErrorIdentify the schema or layer that the link must open, then configure its destination. Saving does not choose it for you.
Conditional rules are defined but no datapoint is being watched.WarningIdentify the data that must drive these rules before changing other elements.
No component selected for this card.WarningIdentify the expected equipment in the card: its presence in the drawing does not mean that equipment is selected in it.

To create an element from existing data or place a component card, see the Datapoints palette. If the selection or the necessary fix remains uncertain, note the exact message, the element type and the intended result before contacting support. Do not attribute a cause to the issue without having established it.

In Schema name, at the top of the left panel, enter a non-empty name. Fictitious example: Reception plan. Spaces alone are not enough. The message about the name should disappear; other issues may remain. Then save the schema.

A drawing that is still empty may not show this message in Issues: the name is still required to save.

The message No image loaded for this element. concerns an Image element placed in the drawing, not the background image of the layer.

  1. In Detected issues, click Locate on the row of the image, or click its red ! badge.
  2. In Configuration, open the Style tab, scroll if necessary to the Image section, then click Upload image.
  3. Choose an image file available on your computer, preferably a small one. For this element import, a file larger than 10 MB is not accepted; the layer background uses a different path, with a different limit.
  4. Wait for the preview of the image in Configuration and for the message to disappear for this element. Only this preview confirms the import.
  5. Click Save in the left panel, review the confirmation, then confirm the save.

If no preview appears, check that the file is really an image, that its size respects the limit and that it opens normally on your computer. Then try a small image that you can open.

The message No datapoint selected. If this element is purely visual, mark it decorative. flags an interactive element with no data selected. Choose what to do next according to its purpose:

  • For a pictogram or an intentionally visual element, with no data to control or display, the decorative status may be appropriate.
  • For an element that must control a device or display data, keep that purpose and associate the expected data; for an Icon button, follow Configuration → Interaction → Linked data. The decorative status does not create this binding.

To mark an intentionally visual element:

  1. In Detected issues, find its warning. If it is in another layer, first click Locate to display that layer.
  2. Click Mark decorative on the row of the element. This action is offered for the relevant types, on the active layer. If Configuration covers this button, close Configuration with its Close cross, then continue in Detected issues.
  3. A message confirms that the element is marked as decorative and the warning concerned disappears. Other errors or warnings may remain.
  4. This change still belongs to the draft: save the schema to keep it. Before saving, Undo (Ctrl+Z) then Redo (Ctrl+Y), in the bottom bar, let you go back on this local change.

You can also select the element, open Configuration → Interaction, then use the Decorative element switch. Turning it off does not create a binding: the warning comes back if no data is chosen. Some interaction settings are unavailable in decorative mode.

If data is already linked to a functional element, the switch can be disabled with the message Remove the datapoint binding to mark this element decorative. Do not remove a useful binding just to make a warning disappear.

For a purely visual test on a drawing you are allowed to edit, search for Icon button in Search elements…, in the palette on the left, then click its tile: the element is added and its configuration opens. Then configure it according to its purpose and save it to keep it. It does not automatically create a command linked to a device.

The Save schema? box can show a number of errors and warnings. With errors, the confirmation button becomes Save anyway.

  • Cancel closes this confirmation and keeps the draft so you can fix the elements.
  • Save anyway can save the incomplete drawing: for example, an Image element without an image is found again with the same message when reopening. This action fixes no element, and the saved drawing may not be operational.
  1. After the fixes you want, save, then read the result messages and the layer summary.
  2. Reopen the right schema and explicitly select the right layer.
  3. Check that the fixed messages no longer appear in Issues and, for an Image element, that the image is displayed.

When the Issues button disappears, the editor no longer detects any incomplete element in the drawing. The operation of the installation is checked separately.

  • If the save does not succeed, see save troubleshooting.
  • If a message remains hard to interpret, see the errors and warnings FAQ.
  • If Locate still does not open Configuration after a second click, or if the image still does not appear with a small valid image, note the message and your attempts.
  • If you cannot set up the intended configuration for an element that must control or display data, note the element and the expected data.

If the problem persists, contact support@can-nx.com, quoting the exact message, the schema and layer, the element type, the intended result and what you have already tried; for an image, add the type and size of the file. Do not send sensitive content.

French labels: Problèmes for Issues, Problèmes détectés for Detected issues, Schéma and calque actif for Schema and active layer, Localiser for Locate, Fermer for Close, Marquer décoratif for Mark decorative, Élément décoratif for Decorative element, Aucune image chargée pour cet élément. for No image loaded for this element., Importer une image for Upload image, Sauvegarder quand même for Save anyway, Annuler and Sauvegarder for Cancel and Save.