Collections window

The Collections window is used to group data into collections and display Search Results. You can then implement operations on all the items in a collection a single action.

The Collections window allows you to generate collections of database elements which you need to work on. Each time you access the Collections window, in any of the modules that use it (Draw, Model and Spool), generated collection data is displayed which enables elements to be easily transferred between the modules.

The contents of the Collections window persists between applications and module switching, as well as between sessions. The data stored is per user, per project in the AVEVA_DESIGN_USER directory, for example, in Model you can add elements to a collection and then switch to Draw to use the same data.

Note:
If the AVEVA_DESIGN_USER directory is shared between users, different users are able to view the same data.

The Collections window consists of two parts:

The top part of the window is the Collections grid and displays the Collections folders.

The lower part of the window is the Contents grid which displays the status of each item in the currently selected collection in the Collections grid. The Contents grid can be customized. Refer to Search Results for further information.