Smart Interop Publisher publishes exported and translated PDS or AVEVA PDMS documents and their associated data, tagged items, and view files into specified plants in the SmartPlant Foundation database. You can configure Smart Interop Publisher or SmartPlant Foundation to place the documents into workflows. Once the documents are in the database, you can attach the documents to workflows, correlate tagged items to other items in the database, and view the associated models and drawings in SmartPlant Foundation.
Smart Interop Publisher can be used to publish data from PDS or AVEVA PDMS, but cannot be used to retrieve data into PDS or PDMS.
For more information about using PDS in an integrated environment, refer to the following topics: