Configuring Asset Catalogs

Configuring Asset Catalogs and working with Catalog Items

Each row represents a Catalog Item that can be used to drive an Asset’s properties. Each column, with the exception of “Name” and “Preferred” corresponds to an Asset property. When an Asset is Catalog driven all the values in the chosen Catalog Item will be used to set the properties of that Asset. The properties that can be set by a Catalog Item are either Physical Attributes or Attributes and their behavior can be configured as described below.

Column	Type	Description
Name	Name	The first column always contains the name of the Catalog Item. Typically the name contains some information about the dimensions of the Catalog Item to make browsing easier for the user.
Preferred	Preferred	The “Preferred” column is used by the Catalog’s “Closest Match” feature. The “Closest Match” feature looks at an existing Asset and compares its Physical Attributes to those stored in the Catalog to determine which Catalog Item matches that existing Asset. In the event that more than one Catalog Items are considered to be a match then the Catalog Item with a “Preferred” value of “Yes” will be used. For example: If an existing Elbow has a Diameter of 60 mm then the “Closest Match” feature will return two Catalog Items – “2”-NB-OD-60mm-1.0” and “2”-NB-OD-60mm-1.5”. If both Catalog Items have the same “Preferred” value then either one of them may be chosen by the “Closest Match” feature. However, because the Catalog Item “2”-NB-OD-60mm-1.5” is considered to be “Preferred” and “2”-NB-OD-60mm-1.0” is not then “2”-NB-OD-60mm-1.5” will always be returned as the Closest Match.
Type, Rating	Catalog Item Keys	Catalog Item Keys are shown in bold. They can be used to filter the Catalog Items, see Asset Property Dialogs to see an example of how this works.
Pipe Diameter	Closest Match Properties	Closest Match Properties are shown in blue. They are used by the “Closest Match” feature, see Asset Property Dialogs to see an example of how this works.
FaceToFace, ValveDiameter	Read-Only Properties	Read-Only properties are shown as not italic. When an Asset is being driven by this Catalog Item these properties will be read-only. For example, the “Type”, “Rating”, “PipeDiameter”, “FaceToFace” and “ValveDiameter” are all read-only properties because they are strictly defined by the Catalog and all “4.0”-#150-BALL” instances will have the same “FaceToFace”, etc.
HandleLength, HandleLeverLength	Initial Properties	Initial Properties are shown in italic. When an Asset is being driven by this Catalog Item these properties will initially be set to the specified value but can still be modified by the user. For example: The “HandleLength” and “HandleLeverLength” are not strictly defined by the Catalog and may vary from one manufacturer to another so different “4.0”-#150-BALL” instances may have different “HandleLength”, etc.

The Catalog Items can be sorted based on any of columns – the user simply has to click on the desired column header.

Clicking on the same column header twice switches from ascending to descending order.

The Toolbar

Icon	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a new Catalog Item.
	Remove	Removes the currently selected Catalog Item.
	Modify	Allows the currently selected Catalog Item to be modified.