Table Group

Selection Tables (specification) are general purpose tables which can be used to control the choice of components available for selection by populating the table with specific General Parts (GPARTs) for use in the Design. Refer to Selection Tables for further information.

Use table group functionality to create administrative elements for the purpose of selecting equipment and equipment electrical components using specifications. Refer to Selection Table Hierarchy for further information.

The Create Table Group window creates a new table group element which is an administrative element in the catalog hierarchy. The functionality is common throughout all disciplines, refer to Multi-Purpose Windows for further information.

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A Table Group (TABGRO element) must be created below a Specification World (SPWL).

Once the new table group administrative element is created, the TABGRO window is displayed. The TABGRO window acts as a task hub for all the tasks associated with the creation and modification of selection table(s) (CTABLE).

Table Attributes

Use the Table Attributes part of the table group window to define the general attributes for the selection table. It is recommended to give individual selection tables a unique description.

Table Header

Use the Add Heading part of the TABGRO window to define a description for the table header (TABHEA) element, as there can be many selection tables within one group it is recommended to give each selection table in the group an unique description.

Once the description has been defined, the window is then displayed as Edit Heading. The description previously defined is displayed along with an auto generated name. The Purpose defines in which discipline the selection table will be displayed, by default it is blank.

Use the Edit Questions part of the TABGRO window to add, remove or modify TABHEAQ elements.

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The selection criteria or filters are defined by the questions and answers in the CTABLE, the table header element holds the question (TABHEAQ) column heading) and the table items (TABITE) elements have the answers (TABITEM) entry in table row).

Table Item

Table items (TABITE) have a reference to the corresponding part and hold the selection answers for that part (TABITEM).

Use the search criteria to find the GPART elements that will appear in the table, click Add Items (Search), the functionality available is common throughout AVEVA products. Refer to Search for further information.

To add the currently selected GPART items in the Catalogue Explorer to the list of TABITE elements in the table, click Add Items (from CE) or navigate to a GPART element or to a Part Hierarchy Element (PRTELE) element that owns GPARTelements and select these. For a detailed explanation of GPARTS refer to Create Part Family for more information.

Add the selection data (answers (entry in table rows)) to columns (questions (column headers)) in the table. Select one or more entries in the list of table items. Click Edit Selection to display the Edit Items part of the TABGRO window which allows answer values to be set for each of the selected table items.

In the answer field enter a value if desired, such as VPUMP, this will appear in the selection table presented in the Equipment discipline and can be used for filtering the selection of equipment items available to design users.

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There is a special case for a Question with Purpose TYPE. This will be used by the equipment selection application to filter automatically on User Defined Element Type. For example, if the project has a User Defined Element Type (UDET) :VPUMP, then the Equipment application user will be presented only with Table Items that have answer VPUMP to the TYPE question.