Workflow for Extending the Schema - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

When you need to extend the SmartPlant schema, such as when new properties or select list entries are added, you or an administrator must take steps to update the data in Smart Instrumentation. The overall steps include:

1. Generate component schemas using the Schema Editor.

2. Run the Smart Instrumentation Schema Configuration Wizard to extend the configuration of the Smart Instrumentation data model, which provides a view of your data.
   The wizard output is a schema hierarchy with the following structure:

      Schema name
         Document type
             Object type (class)
                 Interface
                     Properties

   The following example illustrates how the hierarchy is organized for two object types, 'Loop' and 'Instrument', both belonging to the document type 'InstrumentIndex':

     TEFPublish(publish)
        InstrumentIndex
            Loop
                ILoop
                    LOOP_NAME
                    LOOP_SERV
            Instrument
                IInstrument
                    CMPNT_NAME
                    CMPNT_SERV

   For details of the procedure, see Define a Schema for SmartPlant Instrumentation.

3. Using the Schema Editor, open the newly-created tool map class and synchronize it with the Smart Instrumentation tool schema. For more information, see Synchronizing Schemas.

To be able to publish data that includes the new classes, you need to rename the target .xml file to 'INtoolsMap.xml'.