Engineering apparatus, engineering method, and storage medium

An engineering method using an engineering apparatus that is used for supporting engineering of facilities in an industrial plant and comprises a storage storing a first data file group including first data files, the first data files including element information indicating one or a plurality of functional blocks that are constituent elements of a control logic for controlling operation of the industrial plant, the engineering method comprising:

• changing the element information included in the first data files;
• acquiring, as differential files, a changed first data file group including changed first data files among the first data files included in the first data file group, the changed first data file group including changed element information changed by the engineering apparatus, and a changed second data file group including changed second data files, the changed second data files including the changed element information changed by another engineering apparatus;
• generating an updated file group by aggregating the differential files and unchanged data files of the first data file group that do not include changed information;
• and
• determining whether there is mismatching between functional blocks indicated by the element information included in the updated file group,
• wherein
• the engineering method further comprising determining whether there is mismatching in an input and output path between the functional blocks,
• the mismatch of the input and output path between the functional blocks indicates a state including at least one of overlapping and missing of functional blocks that are input or output connection targets designated in the input and output path,
• determining whether there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks comprises determining that there is overlapping between the names of the input and output paths and there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks in a case where a plurality of input and output paths having a common name are included in an application module belonging to the updated file group, and
• determining whether there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks comprises determining that there is no overlapping between the input and output paths and there is no mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks in a case where there is no plurality of input and output paths having a common name in the application module belonging to the updated file group.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, which when executed by a computer of an engineering apparatus that is used for supporting engineering of facilities in an industrial plant and comprises a storage storing a first data file group including first data files, the first data files including element information indicating one or a plurality of functional blocks that are constituent elements of a control logic for controlling operation of the industrial plant, causes the computer to:

• change the element information included in the first data files;
• acquire, as differential files, a changed first data file group including changed first data files among the first data files included in the first data file group, the changed first data file group including changed element information changed by the engineering apparatus, and a changed second data file group including changed second data files, the changed second data files including the changed element information changed by another engineering apparatus;
• generate an updated file group by aggregating the differential files and unchanged data files of the first data file group that do not include changed information;
• and
• determine whether there is mismatching between functional blocks indicated by the element information included in the updated file group,
• wherein the program further causes the computer to determine whether there is mismatching in an input and output path between the functional blocks,
• the mismatch of the input and output path between the functional blocks indicates a state including at least one of overlapping and missing of functional blocks that are input or output connection targets designated in the input and output path,
• determining whether there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks comprises determining that there is overlapping between the names of the input and output paths and there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks in a case where a plurality of input and output paths having a common name are included in an application module belonging to the updated file group, and
• determining whether there is mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks comprises determining that there is no overlapping between the input and output paths and there is no mismatching in the input and output path between the functional blocks in a case where there is no plurality of input and output paths having a common name in the application module belonging to the updated file group.