3.1           Object History

During the project planning phase, projects are revised multiple times and the objects contained therein are changed. To get an overview of the changes that have been made, Engineering Base allows you to record the changes with its History function. For the changes, either the user or the user's department will be saved. Moreover, the date and time of the change as well as the changed attribute or the changed role will be saved together with its old and new values.

 On copying an object, its history will not be copied. In contrast to that, you can select whether a project is to be copied together with its history data on copying it via Paste Special.

Preconditions for the use of the Object History:

·            Enable the history function in the Database properties under General/History and specify whether the user name or the user’s department is to be displayed as user information.

·            If the user management is enabled for the database, the user must obtain the permissions Enable History and View History under Project Properties/General/Access Control.

·            Enable the history function in the Project properties/History.

The object history can be displayed for the following objects:

·            Project

·            Subfolders in the project folder Equipment, unit and equipment

·            Subfolders in the project folder Functions and function

·            Subfolders in the project folder Locations and location

·            Subfolders in the project folder Documents, drawing and sheet

·            Subfolders in the project folder Messages and message

·            Folder Specifications, subfolder and object in the folder Specifications

·            Folder Hook-Ups, subfolder and object in the folder Hook-Ups

·            Subfolders in the project folder Execution Tasks and execution task

To display the object history

1.      In the Engineering Base Explorer, mark one of the above-mentioned objects and select Object History on the shortcut menu.

The worksheet Object History is displayed.

The following actions in the project are recorded in the history:

·            Creating new objects

·            Moving objects

·            Copying objects. The history will not be copied.

·            Deleting and restoring objects

·            If a deleted object is deleted from the recycle bin, all entries on this object will also be deleted from the history of the superordinate object.

·            Changing the attribute contents

·            Changing attribute flags

·            Changing aggregations; these changes are recorded in the history of both the source and the target object.

·            Changing associations which are visible in the dialog or in the object tree. These changes are recorded in the history of both the source and the target object.

·            Changes which are carried out by assistants such as Smart Excel.

·            Entries in the comment field.