Property Definitions

AVEVA Instrumentation supports User-defined properties for use when creating instrument datasheets and when defining instruments. These properties enable you to create meaningful attribute names for data that has no other logical property or field within the Project Database (DB). Properties can belong to one of two Property Type groups:

• Instrument Properties

• Process Properties

Once created, a new property can be assigned to a catalog datasheet. When datasheets based on that catalog datasheet are created, data can be assigned to that property.

The new property will also be displayed on the Properties tab of the Instrument and Catalog Instrument Details windows and in the Process Data grid in Instrumentation Process Engineer, enabling data to assigned to that property for an instrument. It can also be added to data grids using the List Manager facility (see the AVEVA Instrumentation Common Functionality User Guide for details), and will be available as a DataLink to be assigned to drawings in the Instrumentation Designer module.

Note: If you have a Catalog datasheet open at the same time as creating a new field, the new field does not display until the datasheet is closed and then re-opened.

To display the Property Definitions window

1. Select Setup > Property Definitions from the Project tab:

   

2. Select InstrumentData from the Object Type list to view instrument properties and ProcessData to view process properties.

3. Use the New button to create new property definitions. Continue at Add New Property Definition.

4. Use the Edit button to edit existing property definitions. Continue at Edit Property Definition.

5. Use the Delete button to delete property definitions. Continue at Delete Property Definition.

6. Use the Merge Properties button to merge property definitions. Continue at Merge Property Definitions.

7. Use the Import button to import property definitions from another project. Continue at Import Property Definitions.

8. Use the Preferences button to set the suffix for the names of automatically generated units for process property definitions with units. Continue at Preferences.