This topic lists and describes all the prerequisites you must meet before using Smart P&ID to import data into Smart Instrumentation. In addition to Smart P&ID-specific prerequisites, make sure you have completed the general prerequisites, for details, see Data Import Prerequisites.
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Before being able to import data, the predefined import links for Smart P&ID must be available. To make the links available, you need to import the appropriate system interfaces into Smart Instrumentation from the Administration module, for details, see Import System Interfaces.
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Smart P&ID must be closed before starting the import session, to ensure that any modifications made to the drawings are properly imported to Smart Instrumentation.
Setup and Database Platform Prerequisites
The following prerequisites address installation, software version, and database and connection issues:
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Install Smart P&ID on the same computer where you want to perform the import using the Import Utility.
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Make sure that both Smart P&ID and Smart Instrumentation are of the same version.
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Make sure you have access rights for the .ini file associated with the site having the source Smart P&ID.
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If you want to connect to a Smart P&ID database in Oracle, you must have an Oracle client installed on the computer where you run the Import Utility. You must define the alias to the Oracle instance in which the source Smart P&ID plant resides.
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If you want to connect to a Smart P&ID database in SQL Server, you do not need to install an SQL Server client to access the source Smart P&ID site in SQL Server if Smart Instrumentation is not installed in SQL Server.
Smart P&ID Prerequisite
To be able to import P&ID drawing names, make sure you have at least one item of type 'Instrument' in your drawing in the source Smart P&ID plant.
Smart P&ID must be closed before starting the import session, to ensure that any modifications
made to the drawings are properly imported to Smart Instrumentation.