Adding a Pipeline Information Record

Use the Information grid in Edit ROW Detail to add an information record for a pipeline selected in the Select ROWs window. Adding an information record allows you to maintain history records when important permanent information changes, such as when a pipeline is taken out of service or is sold to another business.

Note: If you are working with the optional Telluric Compensation feature, the required field labeled Telluric Compensation Required must be added in the Information grid and enabled for each pipeline segment requiring telluric compensation. For more information refer to Adding a Layout Theme.

To add a pipeline information record, follow these steps:

1 Click the Select ROWs button

to open the Select ROWs window (Figure 4-12).

2 Select one or more pipeline segments you want to work with by clicking the check box for each pipeline segment. Click

Save to close the window.

Note: A check mark inside a check box indicates a selection. To clear a selection, click the check box again to remove the check mark. A shaded check box indicates selection of some, not all, child folders, ROWs, and pipelines.

3 Open the Edit ROW Detail grid. Click Data Entry > Edit ROW Detail (Figure 4-13).

4 If you want to collapse the Selected ROWs panel to view more of the grid, click the Selected ROWs bar. Clicking the bar again expands the panel.

5 If the Information grid is not visible, click the Information tab

Hint: Alternatively, you can use a keyboard shortcut key to add records. Press F4 to add an information record for an existing pipeline in the grid.

7 Select the pipeline in the dialog box that you want to add an information record. For example, pipeline IS-0767-01 is selected in Figure 4-14.

8 Click

Save to display required field(s) for data entry (Figure 4-15).

9 Type a date in the Effective Date field using the format MM/DD/YYYY to indicate the month, day, and year. Or click the down arrow in the field and select a date using a calendar.

Effective Date is the date a history record becomes effective, such as when a pipeline becomes inactive or is taken out of service. See Creating History Records Using an Effective Date for more information.

10 Click

Save to close the Add Record dialog box and add the new information record in the grid for the existing pipeline (Figure 4-15).

11 Provide other pipeline data in the grid as needed, such as Permanent Comments.