Designing functional and logical architectures > Reusing standard components from centralized libraries
Create attribute dictionary definitions for the Signals library
Procedure
- Open Classification Admin.
Note: You must have administrator privileges to open Classification Admin.
- In the Hierarchy pane, navigate to the storage class for the Signals library to which you want to add attribute definitions.
- Right-click the storage class and choose Select.
- Click the Dictionary tab next to the Hierarchy pane.
- In the Classification Admin toolbar, click Create a new Instance.
- In the New Attribute ID dialog box, either type a unique identifier or click Assign to automatically create a unique identifier for the attribute.
Warning: The value assigned as an attribute identifier must be either greater than 999 or less than -999. The numbers that fall within -999 and 999 are reserved for Siemens Digital Industries Software functionality.
- Click OK.
- In the Dictionary pane:
- Type a descriptive name for the attribute in the Name box.
- Define the units and format for the attribute.
- Complete additional values for the attribute dictionary definition, as needed.
- In the Classification Admin toolbar, click Save current Instance.
The dictionary definition is created for the Signals library in the selected storage class.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.plm00038/xid608175 · retrieved Fri Jul 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)