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This topic provides general information about the mapping in Smart Instrumentation.

Smart Instrumentation Adapter

Each authoring tool has an adapter that processes information during the publish and retrieve operations. One of the adapter's functions is to map information between SmartPlant Integration and the authoring tool. The Smart Instrumentation adapter is a component that belongs to Smart Instrumentation and requires installation of Smart Instrumentation Version 2016 or higher on one of the following database platforms:

  • Oracle 12c

  • SQL Server 2014 SP2

  • SQL Server 2016

Any communication between SmartPlant Foundation and Smart Instrumentation is performed via this adapter, which sends information to SmartPlant Integration through the Common UI where the user is shown the appropriate user interface and data available.

The adapter does not handle tool schema files directly, but uses them indirectly. The tool schema files are used to define the retrieve map file, which is then used by the adapter. Direct use of the schema files would mean that the adapter accessed them directly to do its work. Both retrieve and publish operations only work through map files.

Mapping Configuration

The Smart Instrumentation adapter uses the tool schema map file and the Schema Editor, delivered with the SmartPlant Schema Component, to perform mapping between the Smart Instrumentation object structure and the structure of objects in SmartPlant integration. The map file is installed with Smart Instrumentation Setup. This file includes all objects that are mapped for SmartPlant integration (not the entire set of objects in Smart Instrumentation, nor all properties, but only those that are relevant for other applications that use SmartPlant Integration).

Tool Schema Location

The names of the Smart Instrumentation tool schema files are: INtoolsMap.xml, ContextMap.xml, and NamingConventionMap.xml. Smart Instrumentation uses these files for all types of published and retrieved documents. They are installed by default in the path <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\XML\ and should be treated as installation files. If you move or copy these .xml files to a different folder, the System Administrator can specify the location in the Administration module, Domain Definition window, by typing it in the Path for SmartPlant XML files box. This allows you to specify a different tool schema for each domain.