Enables you to connect to a source database and import data from an off-site project to a target project you selected in the Project Activities dialog box.
To access this dialog box, in the Project Activities dialog box, select a project and click Import.
Source database definition
Database type — Allows you to select the Smart Instrumentation database type from the list.
Server — Allows you to enter your database server name.
Admin schema logon name (on Oracle or SQL Server) — Displays the default logon name. If your source domain with an off-site project resides in a different database, you must type the Admin schema name of the source database to which you want to connect.
Admin schema logon password (on Oracle or SQL Server) — Displays the default logon password. If your source domain with an off-site project resides in a different database, you must type the Admin schema password of the source database to which you want to connect.
Connect — Connects to the source database.
Source project
Domain — Allows you to select a source domain from the list.
Project — Displays the name of the project from which you want to import data. After selecting a domain, the software displays the source project automatically if the database ID of the source and the target projects are identical.
Import only items marked as 'Merge Now' in the project at the EPC location — For a project in an Owner Operator domain or EPC-Project Mode, import from the selected project only those items that are marked as 'Merge Now'.
Delete items from target if not found in source — Select this option if you want to delete items in the target database where they do not exist in the source. Clear this check box if you do not want to delete the items from the target database.
Log File — Opens a dialog box where you can define the log file name and path. Click this button after connecting to the source database, and before importing data.
Report — Opens a dialog box where you can view the list of items in the projects of the target domain that will appear as duplicate in the target project after import. Click this button after connecting to the source database, selecting the source domain, and before importing data.
Mapping — This command opens the Map Plant Hierarchy Items dialog box, which allows you to map <units> in the source plant hierarchy to one or more target <units>. This option only applies where the source domain type is Engineering company.
Import — Starts the import process.