Create an AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop

This section describes the procedure to create an AVEVA Unified Engineering on CONNECT (AVEVA Unified Engineering) desktop.

To create your AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop:

1. If you are already signed in, sign out from CONNECT.

2. Open the email with the invitation to the CONNECT account, and click SIGN IN. The CONNECT Sign-in page is displayed.

   Note: If you are a first-time user of CONNECT, the CONNECT Register page is displayed instead. In such cases, you must first register with CONNECT. For information on how to register with CONNECT, see Register with CONNECT.

3. If you are added to more than one account, select the account you are added to for accessing AVEVA Unified Engineering. After your credentials are validated, the CONNECT page with the AVEVA Unified Engineering tile is displayed.

   Note: The account you are added to is mentioned in the email. You do not need to provide the password.

4. Navigate to the desired CONNECT Folder in which the AVEVA Unified Engineering service has been enabled by your Administrator.

5. Click the Unified Engineering tile. The Welcome page is displayed.

   Note: If you do not see a tile when expected, it may be your Administrator has not assigned your user to the correct CONNECT Groups in CONNECT User Management.

6. Follow the instructions on the page:

   1. For Step 1, do the following:

      1. Click Go to Amazon. The Amazon WorkSpaces Client Download page is displayed.

      2. Download and install Amazon WorkSpaces client for Windows. For more information, see Install Amazon WorkSpaces Client.

      3. After installing Amazon WorkSpaces, return to the CONNECT page, and click Next.

   2. For Step 2, do the following:

      4. Click Download to download the AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop app.

      5. After the download is complete, open the file to run it. For more information on how to install the AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop app, see Install the AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop App.

      6. After installing the AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop app, return to the CONNECT page.

   3. Click Finish to complete the steps.

7. After you complete the above steps, the process of creating the desktop begins. This process takes about 20 minutes. Do not close your web browser during this time. After the above process is complete, a message that your desktop is ready to be launched is displayed.

8. Click Start. The Open AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop? dialog box is displayed.

   

9. Click Open AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop. The Amazon WorkSpaces client with your AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop is displayed.

   Note: You can click Cancel on the Open AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop? dialog box if you want to reinstall or repair the Amazon WorkSpaces client or the AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop app. The page provides links for doing so.

If you change your computer, the Amazon WorkSpaces client application and the AVEVA Unified Engineering Desktop app need to be installed on that computer for you to be able to run the AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop. The webpage for starting the AVEVA Unified Engineering desktop provides the links for installing the same.