Integration with AVEVA P&ID

An AVEVA P&ID Reports database is populated with data generated by the synchronisation process in AVEVA P&ID, using one of the following methods:

• The synchronization process may export "consolidated" data directly into the AVEVA P&ID Reports database. The data will be displayed in P&ID Reports the next time the database is opened or the grids refreshed.

• The synchronization process may export "unconsolidated" data to an intermediate or "raw" database. The data must then be consolidated and will then be added to the P&ID Reports database proper and displayed in the grids. Refer to Consolidate AVEVA P&ID Data.

"Consolidated" data is drawing data in which lines that appear in multiple drawings in AVEVA P&ID are consolidated into a single line in an AVEVA P&ID Reports database.

When data is exported into a P&ID Reports database (rather than just to output files), the database is specified in the configuration settings for the AVEVA P&ID project. By default, data will be exported to the default database (PidReports) which is created automatically when a new project is created or when an existing project is upgraded from a previous version of AVEVA P&ID. However, using the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program, another database may be created and selected as the destination for exported drawing data.

Another project configuration setting specifies whether or not UDA values are to be displayed on the same tabs as the items they are associated with (assuming there are fields available for them to be displayed in), as well as on the UDA tab.

The P&ID Reports database with which the AVEVA P&ID project is linked can also be launched from AVEVA P&ID.

If the database has been logged into in AVEVA P&ID, there is no need to do so again when the database is opened in P&ID Reports, whether it is opened from AVEVA P&ID or not.