Managing In-Sight® Spreadsheet Jobs

A job A job is a user-configured program in In-Sight Spreadsheet consisting of functions and designed for specific applications. You can create and edit jobs using the In-Sight Spreadsheet interface, and load them on a vision system for deployment in a live environment. is a set of vision tools configured for a specific machine vision application, stored as a job file.

After connecting to a device with In-Sight Spreadsheet, you can start a new job or open an existing job, then save the job with the same name or a new name:

  1. Ensure that the In-Sight vision system is not Online.
  2. Click the New Job icon in the top left corner of the toolbar, click File > New Job in the menu, or press CTRL + N, all of which open the New Job dialog.
  3. In the New Job dialog, click Yes to clear all data from the current job.　If you want to save the current job data, click No in the dialog, press CTRL + S and complete the save process before starting a new job.
Note: The name of the new job does not display in the Current Job: field in the Sensor Information group box until you name and save the job.
  1. Ensure that the In-Sight vision system is not Online.
  2. To open the job, drag-and-drop the job file into the Spreadsheet window or browse the file from the Open dialog:

    • Drag-and-drop the job file from the file explorer onto the spreadsheet area of the Spreadsheet window.

    • To open the job with the Open dialog:
      1. Open the Open dialog in one of the following ways: click the Open Job icon in the top left corner of the toolbar, click File > Open Job in the menu, or press CTRL + O.
      2. In the Open dialog, navigate to the job file.
      3. Double-click on the job or select the file and click Open.
  3. The Open Job dialog appears. In the Open Job dialog, click Yes to clear all data from the current job. If you want to save the data, click No in the dialog, press CTRL + S and complete the save process before opening another job.

The name of the job you opened displays in the Current Job field.

  1. Use any of the following methods to open the Save As dialog:
    • Click the Save icon in the top left corner of the toolbar.
    • Click File > Save Job in the menu.
    • Click File > Save Job As in the menu.
    • Press CTRL + S.
    • Press F12.
  2. In the dialog, navigate to the location where you want to save the job.
  3. Name the job.
  4. Click Save in the dialog.

To save the current job with the same name, do any of the following:

  • Click the Save icon in the top left corner of the toolbar.
  • Click File > Save Job in the menu.
  • Press CTRL + S.

To save the current job with a new name, do any of the following:

  • Click File > Save Job As in the menu.
  • Press F12.

Saving a job only saves the tool settings and the information specific to that job. The In-Sight Spreadsheet does not provide automatic save functionality, so any new changes will be lost if power is cycled on the In-Sight vision system.

If a job has not been saved before, the Save function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. operates identically to the Save As function, which opens the Save As dialog.