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Use this procedure to connect to a PDS database and select the data for import.

  • Before using this procedure, make sure you meet all the prerequisites. For details, see Prerequisites for Importing PDS Data.

  • When importing PDS data, you must always use the PDS interface to connect to the source data files before you can run the links from the Link Explorer. You cannot create and run links outside of the interface.

  1. Select Options > PDS .

  2. On the PDS dialog, from the DBMS list, select a database platform.

  3. In the Name box, do one of the following:

    • If you chose one of the Oracle database platforms, type a connection string.

    • If you chose an ODBC platform, select the profile name from the list.

  4. In the Project control database section, do the following:

    1. In the Name box, type the appropriate PDS Control Database Project name where the source unit and drawing number data is located (for example pds_control_db).

    2. In the Password box, type the password required to connect to the PDS Control Database Project.

  5. In the P&ID source database section, do the following:

    1. In the Name box, type the appropriate PDS P&ID source database name where the source loop, tag number, and wiring data is located (for example pds_source_db).

    2. In the Password box, type the password required to connect to the PDS P&ID source database.

  6. Use the PDS codes section for importing fields that are defined in PDS by code numbers only. The PDS application generates the export files which are used to translate the PDS codes into data that can be recognized by Smart Instrumentation.

    • The PDS export files must be located in two sub-folders: the first sub-folder, named Data, contains a file called Attributes (with or without a .txt extension) and the second sub-folder, named Codes, contains a set of list files with the field names referenced by the Attributes file. (For an explanation of the contents of these files, see Code Translation Example.)

    • Both sub-folders must be in the same parent folder.

  7. Under PDS codes, select Browse to navigate to the full path of the PDS code description file, for example:

    C:\SmartPlant\Instrumentation\Import\Code\Attributes.txt

  8. Select the Use code description check box to replace the PDS codes with their descriptions, after selecting the appropriate PDS code description file in the previous step.

    • If you choose to use the code description option and an equivalent for the code in Smart Instrumentation is not found, the field code will be imported from the PDS database.

    • If you know that Smart Instrumentation will recognize all the source field names, clear the Use code description check box, so that the software will not check the Attribute and Codes files, thus speeding up the import process.

  9. Select Connect to connect to the database specified in the PDS dialog.

    If the connection fails, an appropriate message is displayed, in which case you need to correct the database logon information.

  10. On the Drawing Selection dialog, select the drawings that contain PDS data to be imported as follows:

    1. From the Unit list, select the source PDS Unit. This displays the P&ID drawings in this PDS unit in the Drawings pane.

    2. Do one of the following:

      • Select the Select all check box to select all the P&ID drawings so that all data in the PDS unit will be imported.

      • Select any P&ID drawings that you want to include in the import process. Use CTRL or SHIFT to make multiple selections.

    Smart Instrumentation will only import the data in the selected drawings.

  11. You can translate (expand) P&ID tags to instrument tags as follows:

    1. Select Macro to define associations between PDS macros and Smart Instrumentation typical tags.

    2. Select Additional tags based on macros to use the macro association definitions to create new tags in Smart Instrumentation based on the imported data. On selecting this option, you can also select the Insert original PDS tag check box to include in the import the P&ID tags that were expanded.

    3. Select Use measured variable to use the measured variable in the PDS database (in the instr_comp table) to modify the typical tag name when creating the instrument type in Smart Instrumentation. Clear the check box to use the typical tag name as is.

    SHARED Tip An instrument type will be created for the tag only if it has a unique description in the Smart Instrumentation database.

  12. Do one of the following:

    • Clear Run link group automatically if you need to modify any of the links before importing the data.

    • Select Run link group automatically to select a link group and run all the links in it automatically.

  13. Select OK to continue the import process.

  • If you selected to run the link groups automatically, the Select Link Group dialog opens for you to select the group of PDS links to import.

  • If you selected not to run the link groups automatically, the Drawing Selection dialog is minimized and you can:

    • Open a link to modify it.

    • Run a single import link or a group of links.

  • You can select to execute a previously saved link group or link. In these cases the Import Utility automatically selects all the required drawing data of the source PDS Unit.

See Also

Importing Smart P&ID Component Data