Collections

The Collections window is used to group data into collections and display search results., implement operations on all the items in a collection in one action.

Use the Collections window to generate collections of database elements which are needed to work on. Each time the Collections window is accessed, in any of the modules that use it (Draw, Modeland Spool), the data collections generated is displayed enabling elements to be easily transferred between these modules.

The contents of Collections 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 elements can be added to Collections and then switched to Draw to use the same data.

Note:
If the AVEVA_DESIGN_USER directory is shared between users, the 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 collection currently selected in the Collections grid. The Contents grid can be customized.

When a search is carried out, the upper pane is minimized to show only search results. Click Show All Collections to display more collections and to show only the current collection, click Current Collection. Relative size of each pane can be adjusted to display more or fewer collections.

To save search results as a collection rename the search results using right click menu. A new search results will be created when a new search is run. New collections are created on right click menu.