The status for a project displays in the List view when the Projects node is selected in the Plant. The project status is set in Smart P&ID Drawing Manager or in Smart Electrical. For details of how to modify the project status, see the following topics:
The following diagram shows the four possible project states: Active, Completed, Merged, and Canceled states.
Active
Indicates that the project is ready for design work to proceed. When a project is created, it automatically becomes active and remains in this state until it is either completed or canceled. While a project is active, all the various project design activities, such as checking out and revising drawings, checking in drawings, and so forth, can be performed.
Completed
Indicates that work on the project has come to an end. All drawings checked out to the project are verified for check-in by Drawing Manager when the project is promoted to Completed. Work in a completed project is not allowed. You can reactivate a completed project and do more work, but to finish the project, you must change the status back to Completed.
Merged
Indicates that a project is complete and that all project data has been merged back into the Plant. When the project is promoted to Merged, Drawing Manager checks in all drawings and merges all project data back into the Plant.
Canceled
Indicates that the project can no longer be worked on. In this state, drawings cannot be checked into or out of the Plant. Canceling a project releases all claimed items and reverses the checkout of all drawings. A canceled project can be deleted in Smart Engineering Manager.