The software allows you to archive a registered report in your Smart Electrical database. This option then makes it possible to compare the current data of the report (that is stored in the database) with the data of an archived report. Before comparing an archived version of a report, you can select View to open it for viewing. To enable the archiving option, make sure that your Project Administrator switches on the archiving option in Options Manager. After the archiving option is switched on, the software automatically archives every added or modified revision whether you did it for a single report or used the Global Revision feature for multiple reports.
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Open a registered report.
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Modify the report as you require.
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Save the report.
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Select Edit > Document Properties.
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Add a revision and select OK on the Document Properties dialog.
Repeat the above procedure as many times as required to add archived versions of
the report to the database.
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In the Electrical Index, expand the Documents >Registered Reports folder hierarchy to display the names of the existing registered reports.
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Select the report that you require.
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Select Actions > Compare Documents to open the Compare Documents dialog.
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Select an archived version of the report and select Compare.
Before selecting Compare, you can select View to open the selected report that you want to compare.
The software opens the archived report in view mode only.
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The software generates a tabular report where it shows all the changes.
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The software opens two Excel files. One of the Excel files displays changed data with a blue shading. The second file is a summary of all changes and it is called Registered Comparison Report. This report displays the previous and current data for each tag that has undergone a change. Note that you can compare a registered report only if this is a simple tabular report.
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To improve the performance of the compare mechanism, in the report template, do the following to add a property that holds a unique value, for example, SP_ID:
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Start a new customized report or edit an existing report (shipped or customized).
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In Microsoft Excel, click
on the SmartPlant Reports toolbar.
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On the Define Report Contents dialog box, select the item type for which the new report is intended and click Define.
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On the Define Report Item dialog box, from the Available properties list, select the SP_ID property and click the right arrow to add it to the Selected properties list and click OK.
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Close the Define Report Contents dialog box.
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In Microsoft Excel, click in the cell that will contain the SP_ID property.
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Click Map Properties on the SmartPlant Reports toolbar and point to the SP_ID property.
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Select a cell that is located above the mapped SP_ID cell.
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Click in the Name Box of Microsoft Excel and type SP_ID.
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Save the report.