ETAP exports its project data in XML format. ETAP users can select all the project data or specific items (see the documentation in ETAP on how to make this selection).
In order to preserve the electrical associations that exist in ETAP, before publishing
to Smart Electrical, make sure that all the relevant electrical items are connected to a power source
in ETAP. The power source items themselves, however, need not be included in the publish.
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On the Smart Electrical menu bar, select Tools > ETAP Interface > Retrieve.
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Navigate to the appropriate ETAP project .xml file and select Open.
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The retrieve process starts only if the ETAP project name specified in the selected .xml file is the one specified in Options Manager. If the project name specified in Options Manager is different from the one in the selected .xml file, the software rejects the retrieval and displays a warning message.
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The software checks the mapping table revision number, which is also part of the ETAP project .xml file. If the mapping has been modified in ETAP and no new mapping has been done, the software displays a warning. You can continue the retrieval if you want to do so.
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After the retrieve is completed, it results in a To Do List action similar to the one used in Smart Electrical in integration. You can examine each task before committing the whole action list to your Smart Electrical database.
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On the Smart Electrical menu bar, select SmartPlant > To Do List.
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In the To Do List window, double-click a task to check what data is going to be populated in your database.
The following types of task can appear in the To Do List:
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Create: New items will be created in Smart Electrical if the items are totally new in Smart Electrical. A new item in Smart Electrical is an item that the software cannot identify by its Smart Electrical ID (SP_ID), ETAP IID, or Smart Electrical item tag. Note that if the retrieved item is a disconnect equipment item, the software does not check for the item tag property.
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Update: Existing items will be updated if Smart Electrical can identify them by one of the properties mentioned above.
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Delete: Items deleted in ETAP will be deleted in Smart Electrical. Note that this type of task is only possible when performing a Full Retrieve from ETAP.
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Select the tasks you want to run and select Run
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You can change the feeder-incomer circuit connections which are created after retrieving
data from ETAP to coupler-riser connections. You can change the type of these circuits
on the Common Propertied of the relevant feeder. From the Circuit type list, select COUPLER. After making this change, the type of the connected circuit
also changes from an incomer to a bus riser. You can perform the same procedure in
the Common Properties of an incomer and change it to feeder.