Add Global Revisions - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

This option enables you to add a global revision to items that belong to any of the following modules: Specifications, Process Data, Calculation, Loop Drawings, Hook-Ups, Wiring, and Dimensional Data.

1. In the main window of any Smart Instrumentation module, select Tools > Global Revisions.

2. On the Settings tab of the Global Revisions dialog, from the Activity list, select Add revision.

3. In the Revision field, enter the revision value.

4. Do the following to enter the revision details:

   • In the Revised by field, enter the initials of the person performing the revision. The default is the current user's initials, if previously defined by the System Administrator.

   • In the Date field, enter the date of revision, if required.

   • Fill out the other fields as needed.

5. Select one of the following tabs: Specifications, Process Data, Calculations, Loops, Hook-Ups, Wiring, or Dimensional Data.

   

   • If you accessed the Global Revisions dialog from the main Smart Instrumentation window, tabs for multiple modules are available; if you accessed the dialog from a specific module, then only the Settings tab and the tab for that module are available.

   • If you are working in an integrated environment, then regardless of where you access this dialog from, the following tabs are disabled: Specifications, Process Data, Loops, and Dimensional Data.

6. In the data window, filter the items as needed. For details, see Filter Items for Global Revisions.

7. In the data window, select the items for which you want to add a global revision defined on the Settings tab by doing one of the following:

   • Select the tag numbers (hold down CTRL or SHIFT to make multiple selections).

   • Select the Select all check box to select all the tag numbers in the data window.

8. Select Apply to add a revision to each of the selected items.

If you want to add revisions for other modules, repeat the appropriate steps for each module.

Items that have archive options defined as Save to database; any revisions are only saved to the archive after closing the Global Revisions dialog. Adding a revision and then deleting the revision, before closing the dialog, results in the revision not being archived.