Add a Rule

To set up a new rule within a rule set:

1. From the Item Type field, select either Equipment, Instrument, Pipe, Valve or Drawing, depending on the type of items to be re-coloured.

2. In the Matching Criteria window, select the AVEVA P&ID property of the items to be re-coloured from the list in the Property Name field.

   

   As well as basic item properties, the list includes Dataset and User-Defined Attribute (for example, non-Dataset UDA) names and values. The list also includes an option to add a rule for pipes drawn with graphical tracing.

   A user may therefore, for example, choose to re-colour items based on their association with a specific dataset value, as well as their basic AVEVA P&ID properties.

3. Select the required the condition from the Condition field. Equals, NotEquals, In, NotIn, GreaterThan and SmallThan conditions may also be selected.

   

4. In the Value field, enter the value of the selected property that the selected condition is to be applied to.

5. Click Choose Colour and from the dialog that is then displayed, choose the colour that items will be re-coloured in. The colour of the button will change to that of the selected colour:

   

6. The colouring criteria may consist of multiple rows, each defining a different criteria. Once the details of the first row are completed (by specifying a value in the Value field), another row of fields is then displayed underneath the first in the Matching Criteria window, which can be used for specifying another rule criteria.

   Set up this criteria in the new row as described above. In addition, in the Join Criteria field, select "And" or "Or" as appropriate.

   

7. Once all rule criteria have been defined, click Add Rule. The rule is then added to the list of rules in the rule set displayed in lower window: