A root path that applies whenever any user specifies a new path in Smart Instrumentation. After the System Administrator sets a global path, Smart Instrumentation can only specify new paths within the global path folder. In boxes provided for new path definitions, the software only displays path settings as relative path strings. For example, if the global path is \\app_server\smartplant\instrumentation\, and a user navigates to the psr folder, the users’ path is displayed as \psr.