In an integrated environment, SmartPlant Enterprise publishes and retrieves data through a central repository, SmartPlant Foundation (SPF). A global workshare configuration (GWC) environment shares all data within one model with multiple remote sites. You can combine the two environments, allowing the use of a central repository at remote sites. A typical configuration is shown below:
The software supports publishing to SPF for all levels of access, write or read-only. For example, you can publish documents in permission groups owned by a Satellite on the GWC Host or another Satellite even if you do not have write permissions in those permission groups.
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Revise and Update are available only if you have write access permissions.
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When publishing from other locations, read-only documents cannot be updated with the last published timestamp. The software detects these drawings as new.
The following practices must be followed for effective coordination of SPF and GWC:
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All data retrieval must be performed on one GWC Host or Satellite. The permission group used for retrieval must only be available on that same Host or Satellite. This prevents a design basis object from being moved so that it has ownership in multiple permission groups and on multiple GWC sites. If this design basis object is later modified, it fails. Despite this restriction, GWC replicates all retrieved objects to all sites. For more information, see Retrieving Data and Permission Groups.
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Smart 3D model registration with the SPF site must be performed on the GWC Host. For more information, see Register.
For more information, see Publishing 3D Data and Permission Groups and Global Workshare.