Method, databank system and computer program product for designing a technical facility
OwnerKlaus Albert, Ewald Herrmann +1inventors
InventorsKlaus Albert, Ewald Herrmann, Andreas Wiblishauser
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Abstract
Using the specification of facility components and modifications thereof stored in a file, working data stock is marked as current reference data stock upon a first request by the user. The working data stock is automatically compared with the current reference data stock by a retrievable comparison. Modifications are identified and the working data stock is then marked as new reference data stock upon a second request by the user. A novel data bank system is used in carrying out the method by a computer program.
Claims11
A method for configuring a technical installation having a number of installation components using the following steps:
- a) a specification (7) for each installation component is respectively stored as a data record (10) in an electronic database (5), and the data records are used to form a working data stock,
- b) during the configuration, specification changes for one or more installation components in the database (5) are transferred to the working data stock (15),
- c) a first user request (30) prompts the working data stock (15) to be identified as the current reference data stock (25),
- d) the working data stock (15) in the database is reserved for a retrievable automatic comparison with the current reference data stock (25), and retrieval of the automatic comparison prompts identification of those data in the working data stock (15) which are different in relation to the current reference data stock (25), and
- e) a second user request prompts the working data stock (15) to be identified as the new current reference data stock (25).
A database system (5) for configuring a technical installation having a number of installation components, characterized in that
- a) a specification (7) for each installation component can be respectively stored as a data record (10) in a file (15) in a database system (5),
- b) specification changes for one or more installation components can be stored in the file (10),
- c) a first user request (30) prompts storage of the file (15) as the current reference file (25), and
- d) the database system is capable, in response to a second user request (31), of automatically comparing the file (15) with the current reference file (25) and of identifying those data in the file (15) which are different than the data in the current reference file (25).
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