After the Plant Administrator has scoped the project, you can start specifying which items will be available for viewing in the project. This selection is called scoping items.
You scope items by selecting the required items in As-Built. The selection can be one of the following:
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Individual items in the Electrical Engineer.
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Individual items in the Electrical Index.
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Multiple items in the EDE.
You can select loads, converting equipment, power sources, free cables, PDBs, and so forth. Note that the software automatically scopes all the items that are associated with the scoped items. These items are called related items. Related items are those items that have an electrical or functional relationship to a main item. Related items may include control stations, associated cables, circuits, and signals.
In addition to the items that are included in the scoped plant groups, you can also scope items that belong to unscoped plant groups. However, you will not be able to claim these items or edit them in the project.
When scoping, the software follows certain rules that govern which items become available for viewing in the project. For details, see Rules for Scoping Items.