Meaning of icons after the device descriptions have been read in and before they have been 
integrated
Icon Meaning
The device description has been read in without any errors but has not yet been 
integrated. 
The device information is incomplete in the imported device description. The device 
description cannot be integrated correctly. 
You can find information on correcting this in the section "Completing a device 
description (Page 41)".
An identical or newer version of the device description is integrated.
The device description is in the process of being integrated.
The device description has been integrated successfully.
Errors occurred while reading in the device description. The device description cannot 
be integrated.
For details regarding the error messages, see the message window.
Warnings generated. The device description has been read in and can be integrated. 
Meaning of the icons after integration of the device description
Icon Meaning
The device description has not been integrated because the user did not select it for 
integration.
The device description was not integrated because an identical or a newer version was 
already installed. 
The device description has been successfully integrated without errors. 
The device description has been successfully integrated without errors. Warnings 
occurred during the semantic check.
The device description has been successfully integrated without errors. Errors occurred 
during the semantic check.
An attempt was made to integrate the device description. The device description could 
not be integrated due to an error.
● Error messages:
For details, please refer to the message window.
● Potential cause: Device information incomplete during integration.
 
The device description has been integrated. The warnings indicate potential 
inconsistencies. 
Sorting
You can sort the contents of the table. Click on the cell in the header of the column based on 
which the contents should be sorted. Clicking on this cell again changes the sorting direction 
(ascending/descending).
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