Software Technical Notes

Copy Plant Function

V 2007.2 August 2007 SPPID_08100701

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 Software Technical Note

Title: Copy Plant Function

Abstract: This document contains documentation regarding the procedure used

to copy a plant structure

Document Information:

Number: SPPID_08100701
Product: SmartPlant P&ID
Version: V 2007.2
Discipline: SPPID Administrators
Level/Type: Advanced/Informational
Prepared By: Margaret Walker/Astrid McIntosh
History: August 10, 2007 Original
Copy a Plant Structure: An Overview
The copy plant structure procedure allows you to make a copy of an existing plant structure
and use this copy as a template to create new plant structures in your site. It will be
possible to copy plants from a SQL Server site to on Oracle site and vice versa and between
different Oracle versions and charactersets.

Copy plant has three stages. The first two are in Engineering Manager and the last one is
in Drawing Manager.

In Engineering Manager:

1. Save Plant Structure - You use this command to save the plant structure you want to
copy from.
2. Load Plant Structure - This wizard guides you through the process of loading and
renaming the plant structure that you want to copy.

In Drawing Manager:

3. Finish Load Plant Structure Processing - Renames all item IDs, of all the drawings, of
the plant that you have copied and loaded using the Load Plant Structure Wizard.

Notes

To clean up any possible data corruption you should run cleanDB

(DelOrpModItems.dll) and the Database Constraint report (Database Constraint
Report.exe) before you save the plant structure.

Roles are not copied with the plant. After you load the plant structure you will need
to create a role that allows you to finish load plant structure processing in Drawing
Manager. This role needs to have full privileges to Options Manager.

Projects of an As-Built plant are not copied when using the copy plant structure
procedure. Only the As-built may be copied and all As-built drawings will be made
read/write in the target plant. The target plant will appear as a greenfield plant with
projects not enabled.

You may not use the copy plant procedure on a satellite plant structure. Copy Plant
will be disabled for all workshare satellites (connected and standalone). Only the
Workshare Host may be copied and all drawings in the target plant will be made
read/write.

You may not change the hierarchy of the copied plant.

1. Save a Plant Structure(In SPEM)
1. In SmartPlant Engineering Manager, in the tree view, right click the plant structure
you want to Save, and from the shortcut menu, select Save Plant Structure.

2. On the Save Plant Structure dialog box, next to the Export plant to location
field, browse to where you want to save the plant structure.

3. Click OK.

2. Loading the Plant Structure Wizard(In SPEM)

The Load Plant Structure wizard steps you through loading a plant structure. To start this
wizard, right-click the Plant Structures root in the Tree view and then click Load Plant
Structure. Once you have finished the Load Plant Structure process, you will need to
create a new role with Full Control privileges to Options Manager to perform the Finish
Load Plant Structure Processing command in Drawing Manager.

Zip file of plant Allows you to select the saved plant structure zip file.
 Plant group type Notes the root plant group type for the hierarchy of the plant
structure. This field is not editable.

Name Allows you to specify a different name for the copied plant structure.

Description Allows you to enter a description for the plant structure.

Applications to associate

Allows you to specify which applications you want for the copied plant structure. Only those
applications that were associated when the Save plant structure was performed will be
available in this dialog. You do not have to select all applications that were previously
associated with the plant. In addition, if you choose, you may associate an additional
application after the Load Plant Structure has completed.

Plant structure path Allows you to specify the location for the plant structure
files.

Backup location Allows you to specify the location for the plant backups. (Note:
The default setting is the site backup location or the Default settings specified with
Tools > Default Settings is specified and Use Default Settings was selected.)

Seed location Location of SmartPlant Engineering Manager seed files. (Note:

The default location is the folder where the Engineering Manager software has been
loaded.)
 Oracle alias Allows you to specify the Oracle service for the copied plant
structure. If the plant is a SQL server plant this screen and the following screens will
display SQL server settings.

System user Allows you to specify a system user in Oracle or one with equivalent
privileges.

System password Password for the system user.

Oracle tablespace Allows you to specify the default tablespace for the plant schema
Oracle temp tablespace Allows you to specify the temporary tablespace for the plant
schema.

Database username Allows you to specify the database username for the plant schema.
Database user names and passwords are auto generated using the same method as is used
when you create a plant structure.

Database password Allows you to specify the database password for the database
username.

Oracle tablespace Allows you to specify the default tablespace for the plant data
dictionary schema.

Oracle temp tablespace Allows you to specify the temporary tablespace for the plant
data dictionary schema.

Database username Allows you to specify the database username for the plant data
dictionary schema.

Database password Allows you to specify the database password for the database
username.
Oracle tablespace Allows you to specify the default tablespace for the sppid schema.

Oracle temp tablespace Allows you to specify the temporary tablespace for the sppid
schema.

Database username Allows you to specify the database username for the sppid schema.

Database password Allows you to specify the database password for the database
username.

SmartPlant P&ID reference data path Allows you to browse and specify the location
for the reference data for the copied plant. (This should be a UNC path.)
Oracle tablespace Allows you to specify the default tablespace for the sppid data
dictionary schema.

Oracle temp tablespace Allows you to specify the temporary tablespace for the sppid
data dictionary schema.

Database username Allows you to specify the database username for the sppid data
dictionary schema.

Database password Allows you to specify the database password for the database
username.
In the final dialog, you may review the information you have entered. You may click the
Back button to make any corrections.

When the Load Plant Structure process has finished you should get a message indicating the
successful completion of the operation.

3. Finish Load Plant Structure Processing(In Drawing Manager)

The Finish Load Plant Structure Processing command is the last stage for a plant that
has SmartPlant P&ID associated. In this stage, the software renames all item IDs, of all the
drawings, of the plant that you have copied and loaded using the Load Plant Structure
Wizard.

Important

This operation can only be carried out by an administrator with Full Control
Permissions to Options Manager.

Note

It is not possible to open the copied plant structure in SmartPlant P&ID or Drawing Manager
before completing this process.

Running the Finish Load Plant Structure Processing command:

1. With the plant selected in Drawing Manager, click Tools > Finish Load Plant Structure
Processing.
2. You will see the Finish Load Plant Structuring dialog box.

The process is complete when all drawings have a green check mark.