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Building a Database

4. Building a Database

Before adding any organizations, plants and/or assets to the database, it is usually
helpful to plan what structure of the database will be most helpful for you to organize the
data. A database to organize company-wide data from dozens of assets is very different
from a database that contains data from a couple of assets at a single plant. The database
structure can be as complicated or as simple as needed. The only restriction is that there
must be at least one organization or plant.

Figure 4-1 Sample Database Structures

4.1. Adding Organizations
To add an organization to the database:

• Select the node that the organization will be a part of in the database. This can be
any of the main database node, a plant node or another organization node.

• Press the ‘New Organization’ button on the ribbon or right-click on the node and
select ‘Add Organization’ in the context menu. This will bring up the organization
properties.

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