Allows you to specify the item tag configuration of available item types for the active plant.
Property — Select the properties to be used in the item tag definition. The contents of the list depend on the selected Item Type value.
Separator — If required, choose a character from the list or type your own character to be used as a separator following the chosen property.
Fixed length string — If required, choose a value between 2 and 9 for the maximum number of characters allowed for the property in the item tag.
Padding character — For fixed length string fields, select from the list or type a padding character to be displayed. If the value for the property string has fewer characters than the specified fixed length, the padding characters will appear in the spaces to the left or to the right of the string, depending on the Alignment value specified for the property.
Alignment — Select the value Left or Right for fixed length string fields. Padding characters appear to the right of left-aligned fields and to the left of right-aligned fields.
ProgID — If a selected property already has a validation program associated with it in Data Dictionary Manager, copy the Validation ID value for that property from the Data Dictionary Manager to this field. For example, if you select Nominal Diameter as one of the properties used in the item tag and the Validation ID value ValidateNomDiam.ForeignCalc appears for this property in Data Dictionary Manager, then that value should be copied to the ProgID field. The item tag function will then call ValidateNomDiam.ForeignCalc when it runs.
Main Option — Available options are:
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Item Type — Select the item type whose item tag you want to configure. Available item types depend on the application associated with the plant. The following item types are available for configuration in Smart P&ID:
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Duct Run
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Ducting Component
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Equipment
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Instrument
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Instrument Loop
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Nozzle
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Pipe Run
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Piping Component (see NOTE below)
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Relief Device (see NOTE below)
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Room
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Specialty Component (see NOTE below)
Although defined in the software as piping components, relief devices, and specialty
components have separate custom item tag definitions from those of other piping components.
The following criteria are used to determine whether a particular piping component
is treated as a piping component, a relief device, or a specialty component when configuring
the item tag:
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ReliefDevice — All Piping Components where PipingCompSubclass = "Relief Device".
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SpecialtyComp — All Piping Components where PipingCompSubclass = "In-Line Specialty Component". The IsSpecialtyItem="True" flag is ignored when defining a piping component as a specialty component.
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PipingComp — All Piping Components except those Piping Components where PipingCompSubclass = "Relief Device" OR PipingCompSubclass = "In-Line Specialty Component".
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Field Number — Specify the number of fields (properties) to be used in the item tag format. The selected value must be a number between 2 and 12.
Duplication Option — Specifies how item tag uniqueness is validated by the ItemTag.dll file. The available options are as follows (not all these options may be available for some item types):
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No duplicated Item Tag allowed — All item tags must have unique values. If a new item tag is found to be a duplicate, the behavior depends on the item type:
Equipment: The user is prompted to allow assignment of the next available tag sequence number. If the user clicks No at the prompt, the tag sequence number is not incremented and the previous value is retained.
Instrument: The next available tag sequence number is automatically assigned.
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Check Child items against all Equipment items — When this check box is selected, child Item Tag uniqueness is verified against all equipment items. When cleared, child Item Tag uniqueness is verified only against other children belonging to the same equipment parent.
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Duplicated Item Tag allowed with Auto TagSeqNo — If a new item tag is found to be a duplicate, the user is prompted to allow assignment of the next available tag sequence number. If the user clicks No at the prompt, the tag sequence number is not incremented and the duplicate item tag is retained.
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Duplicated Item Tag allowed w/o Auto TagSeqNo — Not in use.
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Check Against Items Belonging to Same Parent — Applies to item types such as equipment components placed on a piece of equipment, where uniqueness is validated only with respect to the particular equipment item.
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Duplicated Item Tag allowed without Check — Not in use.
OK — Saves the changes you make to the item tag definition for the selected item type.
Exit — Closes the Configure Item Tag Utility dialog box.