Process Analyst View Synchronization

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Process Analyst View Synchronization

The Process Analyst implements a basic level of file synchronization for Process Analyst views (.pav files). This feature causes the Process Analyst to try and obtain the latest version of a .pav file before displaying it to the operator.

To achieve this, an engineer needs to first configure the Process Analyst to support Primary and Standby server locations for Analyst Views; for details, see Configuring server paths.

With these file servers in place, the Process Analyst now has a central location from which to obtain Process Analyst views. If one of the locations is unavailable, the operator can try the alternate location. When a client saves or loads a Process Analyst view, only that view on the Primary and Standby server locations will be synchronized to verify they are the same.

The table below outlines the rules of synchronization and privilege for the storage locations and client modes when loading and saving Process Analyst views.

Action	Mode	Privilege	Available Storage Locations*
Load	Normal client	Both**	The Primary and Standby options appear as configured as well as My Documents. If either are invalid or unavailable paths, they do not appear. If both are invalid or unavailable, the Local option appears. Default order is Primary, Standby, My Documents, and Local, My Documents respectively. Synchronization occurs when loading from a Primary or Standby location.
Load	Web client	Both**	The Local and My Documents options are the only ones available. Local maps to the project directory\Analyst Views. The default order is Local, My Documents.
Save	Normal client	Privileged	The Local and My Documents options are the only ones available. Local however will attempt to save to every server location as well as the project directory. The .pav file will be saved to available locations from primary, standby and project directories. Default order: Local, My Documents.
Save	Normal client	Unprivileged	The My Documents option is the only one available.
Save	Normal client	Both**	The My Documents option is the only one available.

* Refers to the Look in menu on SaveView and Load View dialog boxes.

** Means both privileged and un-privileged.

When setting up file-servers to store Process Analyst views, verify that each client machine has privileges enabling it the desired read/write access to those locations.