Getting Started with AVEVA E3D
Introduction : Functions : Modules : Project Administration Modules
Project Administration Modules
ADMIN
Large plants designed using AVEVA E3D™ will usually be broken down into individual areas (either physical areas or design areas), depending on the physical size, complexity and configuration of the plant. On a large project, the System Administrator will first agree with Project and Design Management, the breakdown of the AVEVA E3D™ project into sections which:
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Are relevant to the needs of project reporting and control.
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Form reasonable design subdivisions with sensible match-lines and design content.
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Enable enough designers to work in parallel with simultaneous access to carry out their design tasks.
In much the same way as in a design office (with its section leader, draftspeople, etc.), AVEVA E3D™ has Teams, the members of which are called Users. These Teams can consist of any number of Users and can be organised by discipline or physical work areas.
The main features are:
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Access Control (Teams and Users)
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Databases
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Multiple Databases (MDBs)
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Database management functionality
ADMIN includes a database integrity checking utility, used to check for inconsistencies in the contents of the databases and to derive statistical information about the use of the database storage capacity.
ADMIN also allows the System Administrator to reconfigure a project, which may be necessary to:
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compact databases at intervals, freeing disk space
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upgrade AVEVA E3D™ projects when the database structure changes
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compare the contents of two similar databases; for example, to create a modification record.
Refer to Project Administration for further information.
LEXICON
LEXICON is supplied as a module within the AVEVA suite of products and allows the system administrator to:
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Create and modify User Defined Attributes and User Defined Element Types.
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Group similar elements for administrative ease.
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Delete elements.
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View all available elements in a Explorer window.
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Create and modify Database Views.
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Create and modify the schema for distributed attributes.
Refer to Guide Structure for further information.
MONITOR
The MONITOR Module is commonly used to query the status of a projects users and access rights. MONITOR allows basic querying of database information which normally can only be obtained using the ADMIN Module (which can only be accessed by a Free user).
MONITOR can also be used to quickly change a password of the currently logged in user or completely switch to another user (if the user credentials are known).
Depending on the user type (Free or General), MONITOR can be used to change access rights and defer databases.
Batch processing and simply messaging can also be achieved.
If there is a problem with a project that inhibits another Plant module from loading, then the software will automatically load the MONITOR Module allowing simple diagnostics to be conducted via its command line interface.
Refer to Using MONITOR for further information.
 
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