Publishing Using User Interface

Data can be published from AVEVA™ Engineering in a number of ways. All of them display the Gateway window from where you can choose the publishing options. The Gateway window can also be directly opened by clicking Manage > Export group > Export > Gateway.

Through this window, you can view the items selected for publishing, change the publishing options, and view the publishing status.

From the user interface of AVEVA™ Engineering, you can publish the data in the following ways:

• For Grids:

  • If you want to publish a grid, click the Grids tab and do one of the following:

    • Navigate to the required grid in the Grids Explorer, right-click and select Publish. The grid is added to the Grids tab.

    • Select the required grid in the Grids Explorer and select Current grid from the list on the Grids tab in the Gateway window, and click the Add icon. The selected grid is added to the Grids tab.

  • If you want to publish selected rows in a grid, do one of the following:

    • Open the grid, select the rows you want to publish, right-click and select Publish. Only the selected rows are added to the Grids tab.

    • Open the grid, select the rows you want to publish. Then, on the Manage tab, in the Publish group, click Selected Grid Rows. Only the selected rows are added to the Grids tab.

  • If you want to publish all grids available in a group, do the following:

    • Select the required group in the Grids Explorer and select Current group grid members from the list in the Gateway window, and click the Add icon. The grids available in the group are added to the Grids tab.

      Note: To publish any grid or any rows of the grid, the Can be published to AVEVA AIM check box must be selected in the properties of the grid. You can use the Remove and Remove all icons to remove the selected grids.

• For Drawings:

  • If you want to publish a drawing, click the Drawings tab and do one of the following:

    • Navigate to the required drawing in the Drawings Explorer, right-click and select Publish. The drawing is added to the Drawings tab. All the sheets in the drawing are considered for publishing. The output files are created for each sheet. All connected drawings are also considered for publishing.

    • Select the drawing in the Drawings Explorer, select Current drawing from the list on the Drawings tab in the Gateway window, and click the Add icon. The drawing is added to the Drawings tab.

  • If you want to publish an active drawing, do the following:

    • Open the drawing, select Active drawing from the list on the Drawings tab in the Gateway window, and click the Add icon. The drawing is added to the Drawings tab. All the sheets in the drawing are considered for publishing. The output files are created for each sheet. All connected drawings are also considered for publishing.

      Note: You can use the Remove and Remove all icons to remove the selected drawings.

  • If you want to publish only the active sheet of the drawing, do the following:

    • Open the required sheet of the drawing you want to publish. Then, on the Manage tab, in the Publish group, click Active Drawing Sheet. The sheet that is currently open is considered for publishing. The output files are created only for the active sheet. No connected drawings are considered for publishing.

• For Datasheets:

  • If you want to publish a datasheet, click the Datasheets tab and do one of the following:

    • Open the required datasheet. On the Manage tab, in the Publish group, click Active Datasheet. The datasheet is added to the Datasheets tab. The sheet that is currently open is considered for publishing.

    • Open the required datasheet. Select Active datasheet from the list on the Datasheets tab in the Gateway window. Click the Add icon. The datasheet is added to the Datasheets tab. The sheet that is currently open is considered for publishing.

      Note: You can use the Remove and Remove all icons to remove the selected datasheets.

• For Reports:

  • If you want to publish a report, click the Reports tab and do the following:

    • Select a report from the Please select an item list. This list contains Product, Project and User options and resembles the available reports in the Home > Report > Run Reports functionality.

      Note: If you want add an additional location to the list, click the folder icon and select the folder of your choice. The location is added to the list. You can use the Remove and Remove all icons to remove the selected reports.

After you have selected the required data to be published, you can select the options for publishing.

The Publish options area contains options for processing grids, DB drawings, drawings and datasheets. The following options are available:

• Related datasheets: Selected by default, this check box enables you to include all the datasheets in which an object selected for publishing is available. If you do not want to include the related datasheets, clear this check box.

• Related drawings: Selected by default, this check box enables you to include all the drawings in which an object selected for publishing is available. If you do not want to include the related drawings, clear this check box.

• Related grids: Selected by default, this check box enables you to include all the object in the grids in which the object selected for publishing is available. If you do not want to include the related grids, clear this check box.

• Grid columns: This option enables to you specify the grid columns you want to include in the EIWM (or JSON) file. If you want to include all the available grid columns, select the All option. If you want to include only the columns that are currently visible, select the Only visible option.

• Connected drawings: This check box enables you to include the drawings that are connected to the current drawing for publishing. This check box is cleared by default. If you want to include the connected drawings, select this check box.

  Note: The options for Datasheet processing are currently not available.

The Configuration selection area lists all the configurations available. Select the Selected check box corresponding to the configurations you want to use. You can select more than one configuration. However, you must make sure that the combination of the configurations is meaningful to the user. Also, to avoid the overwriting of files, you must make sure that the staging areas within the configurations are not the same.

A tooltip provides the general information about the configuration you have currently selected. Verify the information for all the selected configurations.

After you have selected all the required options, click Publish to publish the selected data. The data is published and the output files are generated at the locations mentioned as staging areas.

Note: If you are publishing the data for AVEVA Ingestion Service, on clicking Publish, you will be prompted for your CONNECT credentials. The data is published only after the credentials are validated.

The Log view area displays the status of the publish operation. After the publish process is complete, a summary report is generated for each selected configuration and is placed in the same location as the log file. The name of the summary file is in the following format: Summary - <Configuration Name>. You can also view the summary report by clicking summary file..

Note: If you do not specify a location for the log file, then the summary file is not generated.