Upload On-premises Dabacon Project to CONNECT Project

The Project Upload utility allows the upload of an existing on-premises Dabacon Project to CONNECT cloud-based storage. After upload, the project can be associated with one or more edge connectors to make it available for use with AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Administration.

This is a one-off upload per on-premises Dabacon Project.

Compatible foreign/reference projects can either be uploaded or the on-premises projects used. The following parts of a Dabacon project are uploaded to CONNECT Cloud Storage:

• Dabacon files. For example, all files in the project folder APS000.

• Dabacon project files. For example, all files in the folders APSDFLTS, APSDIA, APSDWG, APSGCD, APSINFO, APSISO, APSMAC, APSPIC, APSPSI, APSSTE, APSTPL.

• Dabacon Reference number information which enables reference numbers to be correctly generated when Dabacon elements are created.

The following do not need to be uploaded:

• Compatible foreign/reference projects.

• PML files and other customizations which reside outside of the standard project folders.

Prerequisites

Before uploading a project, AVEVA recommends the following:

• For a Global Dabacon project, all data must be migrated to the hub and all satellites shut down.

• The database must not be an update (non multiwrite).

• All users must exit the project.

• A DICE check must be run on the project.

Depending on company workflows, either first create an empty Dabacon project using the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard and then upload the project using the Project Upload utility, or create the project directly as part of the upload process using the Project Upload utility.

CONNECT functionality is available to set up users with privileges to create projects, and other users to upload into those projects, but not create them.

The example displays the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard and the available projects.

The dashboard displays the status of each project:

• Ready - the project is uploaded and available for use.

• Deleting - the project is deleted and not available for use.

• Pending - An empty Dabacon project is created, a project can be uploaded using the Project Upload utility.

Upload Project

To upload the current project to CONNECT, in AVEVA Administration, select Project > Upload to AVEVA Connect to display the Upload to AVEVA Connect window.

Note:
The functionality is not available if the current project is already uploaded to CONNECT.

Use existing (pending) Project

Uploads a project to an empty Dabacon project on the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard. By default, the Projects list is populated with the first (alphabetically) available pending project created on the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard. All available pending projects, with the same project code as the current project, are available for selection.

The example displays the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard with a pending project.

Create Project

To create a project directly on the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard, click + on the dashboard.

Note:
The necessary CONNECT permissions are required to directly create a project.

Project code

Displays the code for the current project and cannot be modified.

Name

Input a name for the CONNECT project.

Description

Input a description for the CONNECT project.

Upload

Uploads the current project to the cloud.

During conversion, a progress bar displays upload information. Large projects can take some time to upload.

A log file is generated and located in the Windows TEMP Path, for example: D:\Views\TMP\AVEVASpectrum- Project\UploadLog-UKCAMD5359-20230210-104837.log

If the upload process is successful, a message displays.

The uploaded Dabacon project can be associated with an edge connector in the AVEVA Unified Engineering - Spectrum Administration dashboard in preparation for use in AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Administration.

If the upload process is not successful, an error message displays. The issues must be resolved before the project can be uploaded and subsequently used in AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Administration.