UPDM - Create New Asset Type and Asset Group Tool

MarissaMijal — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:06:58 GMT

The UPDM comes with a set of asset types and groups, but these types do not cover everything needed for a pipeline database.

This new tool, in the Utility Network Package toolbox, is your new friend.

In one single tool, you can:

Add a new Asset Group, such as Bend
Add all the asset types, such as overbend, sag bend, induction bend
Add the connectivity rules, such as bend must be connected to pipe, is probably not connected to a test lead, will not be connected to a pigging structure
- Note the 'probably not' scenario. Probably not is a good option to have, when you would like to have all the pipeline data but it's legacy data and some of it doesn't exist. In that case you're lucky to have the pipe and a launcher, and are missing all the pipe in between. 'Probably Not' tells you the data is missing, but let's you continue using the database.
Do all of the behind the scenes work to add this new asset group in, correctly

The tool is easily called from a python script

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