The following table displays the main interaction stages in the action for Publish.
Action |
Result |
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User clicks SmartPlant > Publish. |
The authoring tool sends the publish command to the Common UI with the document list selected in the authoring tool. The Common UI displays the Publish dialog box for user input. |
User clicks Engineering Tool in the Publish dialog box. |
The Common UI calls the specific SmartPlant authoring tool adapter to display the specific tool user interface for document selection. User makes the appropriate document selection. The adapter returns selections to the Common UI. |
User clicks OK in the Publish dialog box. |
The Common UI retrieves data from the adapter to publish for each document and interacts with the SmartPlant Client component. The SmartPlant Client component sends published data to the SmartPlant Foundation server. SmartPlant Foundation server uses the file service to put published XML files and view files in the SmartPlant Foundation vault. |
Document reaches load step in workflow. |
SmartPlant Foundation loads objects in the data XML file into the SmartPlant Foundation database. |