Copying the structure of existing plants that are projects or workshare-enabled is possible. Certain restrictions apply and some changes are made to the content of both project-enabled and Workshare-enabled plants during and after the Copy Plant Structure process.
Projects
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As-Built plants are copied, but their projects are not. The Save Plant Structure command is disabled when a project is selected.
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All copied As-Built drawings revert to read/write in the target folder.
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Drawings that are locked in the As-Built for any reason will be re-created in the copied plant upon opening for the first time.
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The new-copied plant appears as a Greenfield plant and projects will not be enabled.
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Claim data is not copied to the new plant.
Workshare
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A Workshare host can be copied, though the newly-copied plant will not be workshare-enabled. Satellite slots, both connected and standalone, are not copied to the new plant.
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A Workshare satellite cannot be copied. The Save Plant Structure command is disabled for satellites.
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All drawings in the Workshare host, when copied to the target plant, revert to read/write.
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Drawings that existed only in a Workshare satellite do not appear in the drawing tables of the new target plant.
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Restricted items copied from the Workshare host to the new plant, become read/write enabled in the new plant.
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Plant Item Groups flagged as "is shared = true" in their properties, revert to their default setting "is shared = false" in the new target plant.
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Workshare host drawings with Off Page Connectors (OPCs) that point to a drawing in a satellite, have a new OPC-mate created in the plant stockpile of the new target plant (this might require running Update Drawing to change the OPC information).
Because of differences between the SQL and Oracle column data type fields, when you
copy a plant from a SQL database to an Oracle database that contains more than 2000
characters in the column data type fields, the copy process might fail if the SQL
database contains non-ASCII characters. You can copy a plant from an Oracle database
to an Oracle database, from an Oracle database to a SQL database, and from a SQL database
to a SQL database without any problems. Contact Customer Support.