The following section will provide a short summary of features and functionality related to the Power Plan Management functionality on Windows System. Using the functionality described below an end user will be able to customize and manage Windows Power Plan/s

You can open Power Plan Management form by doing one of the following:

• Clicking Power button on the toolbar
• Going to Options -> Power Plan Management
• Pressing Ctrl+Shift+P

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The Power Plan Settings section lists all the settings that can be found in the selected power plan. By default all the settings are grouped by power scheme Subgroup Id (can be seen on the group row above the grid columns).

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This section provides the following functionality:

1. View Settings for selected power plan: using combobox control on the right side of the form choose one of the available power plans to view the settings
2. Edit selected power setting: after selecting specific power setting (selected row) from the data-grid, you can use one of three different options to open “Edit power setting”dialog
   1. By double-clicking selected row
   2. By pressing “Edit setting” button
   3. By pressing Ctrl+Enter
3. Editable setting values: it is possible to modify/edit the following setting values:
   1. Name
   2. Description
   3. Value AC (Plugged In)
   4. Value DC (On Battery)
4. View setting values description: this option is available for settings with “complex” (number and description) setting values. To view available value options press (+) on the left side of the setting
5. Column data options for (sorting, grouping, choosing & hiding the columns: right click on one of the grid columns and choose from one of the following options from the pop-up context menu:
   1. Sort Ascending
   2. Sort Descending
   3. Group By Column (the view will be grouped by selected column considering that grouping for this column is allowed)
   4. Hide Group Box
   5. Hide Column (you can simply drag a column away from the grid to hide it)
   6. Column Chooser (this dialog will show all of the columns that were previously hidden)
   7. Filter Editor (Create or Edit Columd data filters)
   8. Best Fit (rearranges width for the selected column )
   9. Best Fit All Columns (rearranges width for all the columns)
6. Column filter editor
   1. Create Filters for power settings data
   2. Create filters for integer and string data
   3. Combine and aggregate multiple filters
7. Perform text search: using find control on the right side of the form, you can perform a text or value search across the entire data set.
8. Expand and collapse subgroups: right click on the group header to show the context menu with the following options
   1. Full Expand
   2. Full Collapse
   3. Clear Grouping
9. Export to file settings: by expanding menu on “Export to” button you will be able to export your power plan settings to the following file formats (PDF, HTML, CSV)
10. Backup selected power plan: use “Backup scheme” button to export selected power plan settings to power scheme M(.pow) file

The Power Plan Management section allows an end user to view and manage system power plans available on the computer. This functionality consists of two separate sections:

• Available Power Schemes: lists all non-hidden power schemes available to the user.
• System Default Power Schemes:System Default Power Schemes: application is using a predefined list of known system power schemes, to search the user machine and see if any or all of them are available. If the power plan is found it will be added to the System Default Power Schemes list.

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This section provides the following functionality:

1. Reset All: this option will restore default power plans. This change will remove all the custom power plans and restore all the settings to default.
2. Activate: this option will activate selected power plan
3. Delete: this option will delete the selected power plan. NOTE: Currently active power plan cannot be deleted. In order to delete currently active power plan you ‘ll need to choose and activate a different power plan instead
4. Rename: this option can be used to rename power plan name and description
5. Clone: this option can be used to create a new power plan base on the existing (selected) power plan
6. Export: export selected power plan to (.pow) file
7. Import: import power plan from (.pow) file
8. Duplicate and Activate: this option will attempt to re-import selected system power plan, if the previous operation is successful duplicated power plan will be automatically be activated

Compare Power Plans section allows an end user to compare setting and values (AC/DC) for two different power plans. This section will display information about all the differences found in power plans being compared

• Total number of settings that don't match: shows the number of Power Plan settings where AC or DC values don't match
• Total number of AC values that don't match: shows the number of AC values (only) that don't match
• Total number of DC values that don't match: shows the number of DC values (only) that don't match

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Merge Power Plan Settings

Merge Power Plan settings dialog allows an end user to Merge non-matching Power Plan settings from one Power Plan to another.

To open the Merge Power Plan settings dialog you can do the following:

• Double-click on non-matching setting grid row (shown in Green / Yellow color scheme)
• Select (highlight) non-matching setting grid row and click Merge Settings button in bottom right corner

Merge Power Plan settings dialog functionality:

• Use Rotate button to choose a primary Power Plan (Merge From), from which setting values (AC/DC) will be merged into a secondary (Merge To) Power Plan.
• Use check-boxes (below the Merge From Power Plan) to select if one or both setting values (AC/DC) should be merged. If one of the values (AC or DC) are identical on both Power Plans, check-box control representing identical value (AC or DC) will be disabled.
• Click the Merge button to complete the merge process.

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