Areas

All AVEVA Engineering items in AVEVA Instrumentation must be assigned to a Plant Area. The first task once the project is setup is to add areas to the project database. For further information on project setup, refer to Installation.

Notes: An Area can be a sub-area of another area.

Access control restrictions to Plant Areas may be setup in the Security Manager module, which may restrict the access of users to certain Plant Areas. For details, refer to Area-Based Access Control.

1. Select Setup > Add/Edit Plant Areas from the Project Tab in AVEVA Instrumentation to display the Areas window. If Areas already exist in the Project, these will be displayed in the Areas window grid view.

   

2. To add a new Plant Area, click New to display the Area Information window.

   

3. Enter a number for the new Area in the Area No field.

4. Areas with the same number cannot be created within the same parent Area, nor can "root" Areas (Areas with no parent areas) have identical numbers. If duplicate numbers are detected, an error message will be displayed.

5. Select the Area Type from the drop-down list or create a new Area Type by clicking the arrow next to the Area Type field. For further information, refer to Area Types.

6. The Parent Area field allows the new Area Type to be placed within an existing Area Type by selecting from the drop-down list. The Parent Area field will not become active if a criterion associated with the Area Type is set to Must be Root. For further information, refer to Area Types.

7. Complete the Description and Short Description if required.

   Note: The short description can be used in AVEVA Instrumentation documents such as datasheets and loop lists if the full Area description is too long to be used in those documents.

8. Click Save to create the new Area and return to the Areas window.

   The new Area displays in the Areas window grid view.

9. Click Cancel to return to the Areas window without creating a new Area.

10. To delete an Area, select it from the grid list and click Delete.

    

11. Click Yes to confirm the deletion and return to the Areas window.

    The Area will be deleted and removed from the grid view.

12. Click No to cancel the deletion and return to the Areas window.

13. Clicking Close on the Areas window closes the window and returns you back to your original view.

14. In a grid view, the available Plant Areas can be viewed by clicking on any cell in the Area (or Area No) column, and clicking the button that is displayed to the right of the column.

    A drop-down list of the Plant Areas is displayed.