AVEVA E3D Design

To configure AVEVA™ Integration Service (Service) for AVEVA™ E3D Design:

1. Start Integration Settings Editor.

2. For the Select Product list, select the version of the product.

3. Select the module for Module Name list.

4. Click Add Configuration. A dialog box which contains AVEVA E3D Design as the data source is displayed.

   Note: Depending on the version of AVEVA™ E3D Design, the options available on the dialog box vary. If your AVEVA™ E3D Design version supports CONNECT authentication, an option to configure the data source using CONNECT authentication is provided. For the list of AVEVA™ E3D Design versions that support CONNECT authentication, see Data Sources Supporting CONNECT Authentication. The following image shows the dialog box for an AVEVA™ E3D Design version that supports CONNECT authentication.

   

5. In the Datasource Name box, specify a name for the data source.

   Note: The data source name must be unique and must not contain special characters other than _ (underscore), - (hyphen), and space.

6. If your AVEVA™ E3D Design version supports CONNECT authentication, do one of the following:

   • If you want to connect using a project user, select the Connect as AVEVA Project User option.

   • If you want to connect using CONNECT authentication, select the Connect using AVEVA Connect option.

7. Click Get Projects to load all the Projects, Users and MDBs from the selected product.

8. Select the required project, provide the username, and select the required MDB.

   Note: If you have chosen the Connect as AVEVA Project User option and want users to be authenticated at the time of retrieving data, you must provide the credentials of a Free user account to log in. For information about Free user account, see User Account Types in AVEVA Integration Service. If you have chosen the Connect using AVEVA Connect option, your CONNECT user ID must have been mapped to a Project user. In such cases, the password is not required. For more information about this prerequisite, see Data Sources Supporting CONNECT Authentication.

9. Click Login.

10. If you have selected the Connect as AVEVA Project User option, the data source is added to Integration Settings Editor. If you have selected the Connect using AVEVA Connect option, the CONNECT Sign In dialog box is displayed. Provide your CONNECT credentials. The data source is added to Integration Settings Editor after the CONNECT credentials are validated.

    Note: For data sources using the CONNECT authentication, the Authentication column in Integration Settings Editor is set to CONNECT and is not editable. For more information about the Authentication column, see Authentication in Integration Settings Editor.

11. Click Save to save the data source.

    Note: The list of element types currently supported for AVEVA™ E3D Design is as follows:

    Module	Supported Element Types
    AVEVA Catalogue	All PIPE specifications
    AVEVA Design	All elements of type EQUIPMENT, PIPE
    AVEVA Draw	All elements of type DRWG

If you want to retrieve data of other element types, you must create a DB view or a PML function. For information on how to retrieve data using PML functions, see Fetching Data Using PML Functions.

Keep Connection Alive

For AVEVA™ E3D Design 2.1, 3.1, and 4.0, you have an option to improve the performance of the Service by keeping the connection alive. For information about this feature, see Keep Connection Alive for Dabacon Data Sources.

Upgrade Notes

After upgrading the Service to version 2.1.0.2 or later, data cannot be retrieved from data sources created using 2.1.0.1 or earlier versions of the Service whose Authentication is set to User and that have been created using a General user account. Such data sources must be recreated using a Free user account so that User authentication can be applied. However, you can continue to use the data source if the Authentication is set to No. For more information about the Authentication column, see Authentication in Integration Settings Editor.