Allows you to select the applications you want to associate with the selected plant structure. Any combination can be made, that is, one or both applications can be selected. This selection determines the order in which the software opens the wizard pages. The wizard pages and the options displayed in the pages are application-specific and depend on the order in which you select the applications.
Applications to associate — Select the application that you want to associate with the plant structure. If a particular application has already been associated with the plant structure, the option for that application is disabled.
SmartPlant P&ID reference data path — Type or browse to the reference data path (in UNC format) for the application options (the path is limited to 255 characters). This field is enabled only if SmartPlant P&ID is selected in the Applications to associate options above. If SmartPlant P&ID has already been associated with the plant structure, this field is disabled and shows the default reference data path, even if the reference data was installed to a path other than the default.
SmartPlant Electrical reference data path — Type or browse to the reference data path (in UNC format) for the application options (the path is limited to 255 characters). This field is enabled only if SmartPlant Electrical is selected in the Applications to associate options above. If SmartPlant Electrical has already been associated with the plant structure, this field is disabled and shows the default reference data path, even if the reference data was installed to a path other than the default.
Specify reference data paths outside the plant structure path to avoid duplicate
sets of reference data and longer process times when saving or backing up your plant
and also to avoid deleting the reference data if you delete the plant. For example,
if the Plant structure path is \\siteserver\sitename\plantname, do not set the reference data path to \\siteserver\sitename\plantname\refdata.
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If you want associate SmartPlant Instrumentation, you must first configure the SmartPlant Instrumentation database for the site server. For details, see Configuring a SmartPlant Instrumentation Database (see ).
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If you already have two applications associated with your plant structure, this page is not shown when you start the wizard to associate the third application. If the remaining application is SmartPlant P&ID, the software opens the page Data Dictionary Source (Associate Applications Wizard). If the remaining application is SmartPlant Electrical, the software opens the page Data Dictionary (Associate Applications Wizard). If the remaining application is SmartPlant Instrumentation, the software opens the page Domain Definitions (Associate Applications Wizard).
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For SmartPlant Electrical or SmartPlant P&ID, the reference data path replaces entries originally set to node\share\... in the T_OptionSettings table.