Standard Import

Click Import Data > Import Data. The compare operation will then take place. The results of this are then displayed in the Compare/Update window. For example:

The imported objects shown in the tab named after the selected data source.

By default, 1000 records are displayed at once. Use the Next button to view the next page of records, and the Previous button to view the previous page. The current page and total number of pages is displayed next to these buttons.

Note:
The number of records displayed per page is controlled by the No of records per page setting on the Integration Settings tab of the Options window in Electrical Engineer.

Note:
The background colours of the object rows indicates the status of the data in the rows. Refer to Specify Compare/Update Row Colours for the meaning of these colours and how to change then.

To view all the attributes of a specific object, select the All Mapped Attributes option from the Side-by-Side View menu. To view only attributes that have different source and target values, select the Differences Only option instead.

To select an object to be imported, check its Accept checkbox. Click Accept All to check all the Accept checkboxes.

The attributes of all the objects are shown in the Attribute Details tab.

This tab displays the attributes of source objects alongside the attributes of the source (AVEVA Electrical) objects.

The Accept checkboxes of objects that have their Accept checkboxes checked on the other tab are checked automatically. Check and uncheck attribute checkboxes as required.

When all required Accept checkboxes are checked, click Update Database to import the selected data.

The Update database window is then displayed:

The window displays a summary of the changes that will be made to the database. To implement these changes, select the UpdateDB button.

The update then takes place. A summary of the changes is then displayed:

Click Close to exit the window.