Compare and Update Data

The Compare/Update facility in AVEVA P&ID Reports can compare and update data either from other locally installed AVEVA applications (AVEVA Electrical, Instrumentation, Engineering and Schematics) and Excel spreadsheets, or data provided by a service from another AVEVA P&ID project, or an Excel spreadsheet.

If required, differences in data in these other sources can be used to update data in the current project.

Before using the facility compare/update configurations must be set-up, e.g. attribute mappings between the AVEVA P&ID project and the data source, data filters etc. These are created and edited using the Compare/Update tab of the Options dialog. Any required groups of configurations must also be set up using the same dialog.

If comparing data from a service rather than a locally installed AVEVA product or Excel spreadsheet, this service must also be configured. See the AVEVA Integration Service User Guide for details.

To access the facility, select the Compare/Update tab.

Note: This tab is only available if the user logs into AVEVA P&ID Reports with ADMIN or IMPORT access rights.

Note: Compare/Update should be used to import/update only MAIN pipes in AVEVA P&ID. The user must make sure that the pipe/lines source data is filtered appropriately, for example, that only MAIN pipe information is available.