Method and system for cross discipline data validation checking in a multidisciplinary engineering system

A multidisciplinary engineering system comprising:

• a server configured to store a multidisciplinary data validation rule including requirements for engineered data objects representing a device according to how the device should be modeled in different engineering applications on different workstations for different engineering disciplines with different roles in the multidisciplinary engineering system, wherein the engineered data objects represent different engineered characteristics of the device in the different engineering applications, wherein the multidisciplinary data validation rule references a released working state for an engineered data object indicating that an engineer has finished configuring the engineered data object;
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• a workstation in communication with the server over a network, the workstation configured to execute an engineering application requesting from the server a cross-discipline data validation check of data consistency between the engineered data objects in the different engineering applications, wherein, in response to the request for the cross-discipline data validation check, the server is configured to perform a validation check on the engineered data objects, and to provide a response to the workstation whether the engineered data objects satisfy the multidisciplinary data validation rule, wherein the validation check includes checking that each application data object is instantiated in every one of the different engineering applications and identifying instances of engineered data objects that are not configured to the released working state across all of the different engineering disciplines.

A computer program product for cross-discipline data validation checking in a multidisciplinary engineering system, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to:
• receive a request for a cross-discipline data validation check;
• access, in response to the request, a predetermined multidisciplinary data validation rule, wherein the rule includes requirements for a plurality of application data objects representing a device according to how the device should be modeled in different engineering applications on different computers for different engineering disciplines with different roles in the multidisciplinary engineering system, wherein the application data objects represent different engineered characteristics of the device in the different engineering applications, wherein the multidisciplinary data validation rule references a released working state for an application data object indicating that an engineer has finished configuring the application data object;
• transmit, over a network, a request to the different engineering applications referenced in the rule to perform data validation checks that application data objects associated with the different engineering applications satisfy the rule, wherein the data validation checks includes checking that each application data object is instantiated in every one of the different engineering applications and identifies instances of application data objects that are not configured to the released workings state across all of the different engineering disciplines;
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• receive, over the network, responses from the engineering applications indicating the result of the data validation checks.