One of the main functions of ADMIN is creating and managing the AVEVA E3D™ Admin elements. The fundamental elements are Teams, Users, DBs (databases) and MDBs (multiple databases).

DBs and Teams are closely related: a DB must be owned by a Team, and only the Users who are members of the owning Team have write access to the DB.

MDBs are collections of DBs. When you enter an AVEVA E3D™ constructor module (MODEL, SPOOL, DRAFT or ISODRAFT) you must specify an MDB, and this defines which DBs you will be able to access. The System Administrator must set up MDBs in each project so that users can access all the DBs they require.

Users are defined by an identifier and password, which allows them to enter AVEVA E3D™. Users are normally members of Teams, which gives them write access to DBs owned by the Team, but a user who only needs read access does not have to be a member of a Team.

Extract Databases, including Working Extracts, allow users to Claim elements from a master DB, then Issue work back to the master DB when they are satisfied with the changes they have made. Variant databases allow users to try out different designs: the best can then be merged back into the master database.

Stamps are used to mark database sessions at a specific time and date, enabling key dates to be more easily identified.

Roles and Scopes are combined into Access Control Rights (ACRs), which give more precise control over users' access to databases.

DB Sets are collections of DBs which can be handled as a single entity. For example, you could make a DB set containing several catalogue databases, which could then be added to MDBs all together.