Creating a New Project

Note:
SQL Server Administration rights are required to create a SQL project database. The Server Name is also required.

The Create a New AVEVA Electrical Project window is displayed either after a Workgroup file has been selected as described previously, or when New is clicked on the Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window (accessed from the Open Project option in the Setup tab of Engineering modules).

Project Name or No

Enter the Project name or number.

Project Fields

Populate the other project fields such as Project Description, Plant Name, Client Name.

Share with Instrumentation

If project equipment and cables are to be shared with an AVEVA Instrumentation project, check this checkbox.

Note:
Once sharing has been selected, it cannot be deselected.

Note:
If the Demo Project is selected, the project will be shared automatically. The checkbox will be checked and cannot be unchecked.

SQL Server

Click the ... button to display the SQL Server login window, used to create the new project database on a selected SQL Server. Refer to SQL Server Setup for further information.

Copy

Select one of the following options as required:

Empty Project

The default option. A new blank project with no project data and the default security settings will be created if this option is selected.

Demo Project:

AVEVA Electrical includes a ‘Demo Project’ database which can be copied for the purposes of evaluating or testing AVEVA Electrical. Select this option if the new project is to be a copy of the AVEVA Electrical Demo Project.

Note:
If this option is selected, the project will automatically be shared with AVEVA Instrumentation. A message is displayed to inform the user of this.

Packaged Project

Projects can be "packaged", that is saved to a single package (.pkg) file. When new projects are created, a packaged project can be selected. Project settings and data are copied from the packaged project.

Note:
Refer to the Security Manager documentation for the procedure for packaging projects.

When the Packaged Project option is selected, the Package File field and ... button become active. Click the ... button to browse for and select the required package file. The location and file name of the selected file is the displayed in the Package File field.

Project Folder

This is the ‘root’ project folder. By default, once entered (or browsed to), the other project folder names are automatically completed using this root. These can subsequently be edited if required.

If the project is a copy of the demo or of a packaged project, most of these fields will be automatically completed. They may be amended if required.

Note:
AVEVA Electrical will create all the project folders if they do not already exist when Save is clicked.

File Locations (Folders)

Design Database

The SQL Server Database Name.

Note:
If multiple AVEVA Electrical users are to work on the project then these folders should be located on a common network drive accessible to all these users and the mapped drive letter must be the same for all these users.

Other Folders

All other folder names are user definable but (logically) should reside under the same root folder for ease of management. Although in theory everything could be located in the same folder this would be difficult to manage as the number of files grows. Therefore it is recommended that each group of files is located in a different sub-folder.

When the project details have been entered, click Save.

AVEVA Electrical will then create the new project database on the nominated Server. AVEVA Electrical will also create all the project folders if they do not already exist.

If a packaged project was selected to copy from, a window displaying the progress of the extraction of data from the package file is displayed:

Once created AVEVA Electrical will show the new project in the Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window.

When an AVEVA Electrical module is started, if only a single project has been created (that means is listed in the Workgroup file), this project will be automatically selected and opened.

If more than one project has been created, then the Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window is displayed, from which the required project can be selected:

To create further projects, select the New button on the Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window. The Create a New AVEVA Electrical Project window is then displayed, and should be completed as described above.

The Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window can also be opened by selecting the Open Project option from the Project tab of AVEVA Electrical modules.

Note:
To remove a project from the list in the Select an AVEVA Electrical Project window, delete it using the Projects > Edit Projects facility of the Electrical Security Manager. Simply select a project from the form that opens and press the keyboard Delete key. The SQL server database on the database server will not be affected.

The project details, including project folders, may be edited after a project has been created by selecting the Edit Project option from the Project tab of AVEVA Electrical modules (once a user has logged on to the project). However, AVEVA Electrical will not move any existing files to any new folders. After folder creation, this must be done manually.