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The following comparisons may be useful when making the decision about whether to use projects or Workshare or both.

Category

Projects

Workshare

Topology

Each plant can have many projects. Each project belongs to exactly one plant.

Each Workshare host can have many satellites. Each satellite belongs to exactly one host.

Identity

Objects that are transferred between a plant and a project maintain their identity.

Objects that are transferred between a host and a satellite maintain their identity.

Reference Data

One set of reference data is used for a plant and all its projects. Changes can be made only through the Plant. Since all projects use the same reference data as the Plant, all projects immediately see changes to the reference data.

The reference data must be the same for a host and its satellites. Changes can be made only through the host. Changes are propagated to the satellites by means of the synchronize reference data commands in Drawing Manager.

Physical Separation

A plant and all its projects must exist on the same server and within the same database instance.

Connected Workshare allows data to be distributed to multiple database instances on separate servers that may be remote from the host server.

Standalone Workshare allows data to be distributed between separate database types.

Organization

Projects are suited to dividing up work that will be done within a single organization.

Workshare is suitable for dividing up work among multiple organizations.

Work Off-Site at a Satellite Site?

No. In a projects/Workshare scenario, claim records are stored in the P&ID schema at the host site. If the database link goes down, claimed items at the satellite site will not recognize the claim status. However, the claim status of newly placed items will be recognized when the database link is re-established.

Yes, in a connected Workshare configuration (without projects), work can continue when the database link goes down. Standalone Workshare does not require any database connections.

When to Use?

When the work to be done must be divided into subsets, but it is all done by the same organization and can use the same server.

When an As-Built facility model is to be built and the changes to that model need to be managed.

When a master database is to be used for the approved design and a task database is to be used for the ongoing design work.

When the work to be done must be divided into subsets and assigned to different organizations.

When the subsets of work must be done on servers that are physically separated.