In this integrated environment, data is published to and retrieved from a central repository by applications. During a publish operation, drawings, documents, reports, and data is sent to the repository. During a retrieve operation, the drawings, documents, data, or the design basis is brought into the software and then related to an application's objects. Design basis is the term used for piping, instrumentation, electrical, and equipment data from other applications.
Before you can publish and retrieve documents from any of the authoring tools, you
must register each plant in the authoring tool with a SmartPlant Foundation plant
database.
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Publish - When the SmartPlant Enterprise authoring tools are integrated, you must publish documents containing the drawing data and relationships before the authoring tools can share this information. The publishing process involves selecting a document to publish, assigning it to a workflow (if necessary), and specifying a revision and version of the document (if necessary). For most documents, the associated data is included in the publishing process.
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Find Documents to Publish - Allows you to search for documents that have been updated since they were last published. Additionally, you can use this dialog box to terminate documents that were previously published but no longer exist in the authoring tool.
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Retrieve - When you retrieve a document, most authoring tools analyze the impact of the newly retrieved data on the existing database and then place tasks on the authoring tool's To Do List. The tasks on the To Do List allow you to create, delete, or modify items at the appropriate time in the design process.
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Revise - An officially recognized change to a document. Each revision of a document may have multiple versions.
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To Do Lists - A graphical list of tasks that require attention from the user. In SmartPlant Foundation, the To Do List contains workflow steps assigned to the user. In the authoring tools, such as Smart P&ID and Smart Instrumentation, the To Do List contains create, delete, and update tasks generated when a user retrieves a document.