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Focus on device data
Eplan Data Portal has introduced Eplan Data Portal Professional
– available locally from EPLAN Software & Service – comprising
updating, enhancing and filtering functions for device data. Us-
ers can start designing without having to go through the tedious
process of setting up master data. Users get comprehensive
functionalities to update or enrich device data, as well as sig-
nificantly expanded filtering possibilities.When device data has
been updated in the portal, the system alerts users as to which
data is more current than that found in their local database.
The advantage is that users can update their data at the push
of a button, without manually searching and replacing. The
portal’s new data enhancement functionality begins at the start
of a project, when device data is not yet available in the device
management system.
Users can send lists of devices or model numbers to the Data
Portal, and then they receive a shopping cart to downloadwith all
the found device data. Besides supplementing commercial data,
these updates also include important engineering data such as
macros, documentation and production data. Another practical
benefit is that once device data has been enhanced, the change
is accounted for during the update routine for device data.
Comprehensive filtering options such as the ability to save
prefilters can be assigned to individual persons via the inte-
grated rights administration. Components can be located more
quickly, considerably increasing the speed of the design process.
Enquiries: Johan ReynekeTel. 011 609 8294 or
email
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