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SmartPlant Markup Plus Version
10.0 (2019)
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2020 (15.0)

The authoring tools publish data in XML format. The publishing process places the XML file in the appropriate vault and loads the data from the XML files to the SmartPlant Foundation plant. After the document is published, users can retrieve the data from the XML file in the SmartPlant Foundation vault into other authoring tools.

When you publish documents, the software:

  • Creates a new master document and the first revision on the initial publish for a particular document. From that point on, the software creates new versions and revisions when the document is subsequently published. The software relates revisions to the master document. You can publish subsequent revisions into a workflow, which can be a different workflow than assigned in the original publish. Changes in the document status of a related revision change the status of the subsequently published versions and revisions of the document.

  • Publishes a visual representation of the document that you can view without the authoring tool. For many Hexagon applications, this is the application's native format. The viewable file can also be an Excel workbook or another viewable file type, such as PDF or DOC. You can review the visual representation of the document, which is attached to the document revision, using SmartPlant Markup Plus or Smart Review. You can also mark up the visual representation of the document using SmartPlant Markup Plus.

  • Publishes associated data, depending on workflow approval. If the data is approved and loaded, it is used for reporting and subsequent retrieval by downstream applications when the authoring tools retrieve the latest data. The published data is not enough to re-create the document in the originating authoring tool. Some document types are published without the associated data, such as reports from authoring tools (for example, instrument specification sheets in Smart Instrumentation). You can submit documents published without data to workflows just like documents with data. The document types and data that you can publish depend on the authoring tool you are using.

  • Places the published XML file and any view files in the appropriate SmartPlant Foundation vault. This XML file can be retrieved when users in the authoring tools retrieve as-published data.

  • Sends notification to the publishing tool.