Issue Tab

The Issue tab is used to select the format of major and minor revision identifiers, assigned to records when they are issued (refer to Issue Records).

• From the Major Revision Format and Minor Revision Format lists, select the required formats (upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and various combinations of these: A, a, 0, 00, 1, AA, aa, A1, a1, 1A, 1a).

• If a list of revision values is to include null (blank) values, check the appropriate Include Null Values checkbox.

  Note: Only the initial major revision may ever be null (for example, when there are no issued records for the its row in database).

  Note: If the user selects the Use List Of Values For Major Revision option and also selects the Include Null Values option for major revisions, the user will only be able to create major revisions with a null value. The user can only create minor revisions as the major revision will always be null.

  Note: If the Use List Of Values For Major Revision checkbox is checked, the Major Revision Format list is disabled.
  If the Use List Of Values For Minor Revision checkbox is checked, the Minor Revision Format list is disabled.

• If minor revisions are not required, for example, all revisions are to be major revisions, select NONE from the Minor Revision Format list. No minor revisions will be then issued. All issues are automatically set to major issues during the issue process, refer to Issue Records.

  Note: Major revision identifiers cannot be selected from lists of values if the NONE minor revision format is selected. They will be automatically incremented.

  If a revision format is changed, the following warning message is displayed:

  

  Click Yes to implement the change.

• If revision related entities are to be deleted from the revision layer (AS_REVCLOUD) when a drawing is issued, check the Remove From Drawing - Revision Triangles, Clouds and Entities on Layer 'AS_REVCLOUD' checkbox.

• The identifier of the current major revision can have a character appended to it if required. Select the symbol from the Append Current Major Revision With list.

  Note: Once a selection has been made and saved, it cannot be changed.

  Example of a major revision number on a drawing, with a character appended:

  

• If the Refresh Table on Revision checkbox is checked, a dynamic table, for example, for example, a revision table (as set up in the AVEVA P&ID Administration Program), can be set to be updated when a revision takes place. Select the table in question from the adjacent list.

• By default, the record status of records (new, updated, or deleted) is maintained for records between major revisions, for example, they will not be overwritten by consolidations, only when a major revision is issued. This is indicated by the checked state of the Preserve Status Changes Between Revisions checkbox.

  To set record statuses to be overwritten by consolidations, uncheck the Preserve Status Changes Between Revisions checkbox.

• By default, minor revisions do not result in record statuses being overwritten, only major issues as explained above. To have minor revision update record statues, check the Change Status for Minor Revisions checkbox.

• If the major revision identifiers of drawings are to be taken from a list of values, instead of assigned in accordance with a selected major revision format (see above), check the Use List Of Values For Major Revision checkbox.

• If the minor revision identifiers of drawings are to be taken from a list of values, instead of assigned in accordance with a selected minor revision format (see above), check the Use List Of Values For Minor Revision checkbox.

  The lists of values are set up in the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program. If a Use List Of Values... checkbox is checked, when a drawing revision is issued, the identifier of the new revision can be selected from the appropriate list.

• If the issued status of items is to be set to their latest revision values, if they have one (e.g. instead of ‘WORKING’, ‘REVISED’ and so on., check the Issue Status Same As Revision Value checkbox.

  For example:

  

• If required, different labels for the attributes of revisions in the Add issue revision details dialog may be specified. These aliases are entered in the grid at the bottom of the tab.

• For example, if "Created By" was entered in the Alias column adjacent to "Drawn By" in the Name column, then Created By will be displayed in the Add issue revision details dialog instead of Drawn By.

• If the drawings are to be locked after a major revision, check the Lock Working Drawing After Major Revision checkbox. Selecting a user group from the adjacent list gives members of the user group permission to unlock the drawing after a major revision is issued.

  The user groups are set up in the AVEVA P&ID Security Manager application.