Import from AVEVA P&ID

After a connection with an AVEVA P&ID project has been established (see above), select a configuration from the lower list in the Source Selection group:

The Compare process in then initiated. Data from the selected source is compared to that in the Engineering database. The results are displayed in the Compare/Update window:

Note: Only drawing data that has been exported and consolidated using the Exporting Data to a P&ID Reports and/or AVEVA Engineering Database procedure can be imported.

To refresh the imported data with changes made since the connection to the P&ID project was established, select Refresh from the Source group.

To view comparison process statistics and options, and to apply updates to Engineering database data, select Update Database from the Destination group of the tab.

The Update Engineering Database dialog is then displayed:

Refer to Compare and Update for further details of this dialog.

Click Update to update the Engineering database. The updates are then applied and the results of the process are displayed: