Upgrading Model Manager Status Data

This section suggests an approach to upgrading status data created by AVEVA Model Manager.

For Model Manager, the equivalent to a Status Definition is a list of values for a particular controlled object type and is defined in VPE. Individual controlled objects then hold one of these values in a specified attribute, e.g. :mmstatus.

A Status Definition could be created for each list of values, applied to the particular controlled object type. Where the controlled object type is qualified by a filter, e.g. PIPE with PURP 'Civils', this could be implemented as a UDET, e.g. :CivilsPipe.

An allowable transition should be set from the initial value to each other value in the definition, to support the next stage (some of these transitions could be removed later).

A macro would then be written, to loop through each controlled object, assign its appropriate status definition then set it to the equivalent status value for its Model Manager status data.