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Product Release Letter

AVEVA Administration 1.4TM
Release 52418
Windows 7 / Windows 8.1
Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012 R2
Dear Customer
This letter introduces and describes this release, which is supported on the indicated platform(s).

This Release Contains

A full release of AVEVA Administration, which replaces the Administration module as released in AVEVA
Everything3D 1.1, AVEVA PDMS12.1.SP4 and AVEVA Marine 12.1.SP4, Administration 1.3.

The separately licensed products or product components installable from or upgraded by this release are
as follows:

Product Version
Product Name
Code Number
V00FN231 AVEVA AdministrationTM 1.4

Prerequisite for this release - operating system:

Minimum Supported O/S Version
(for each supported platform)
Mandatory O/S Patches
(for each supported platform)
Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit preferred)
with Microsoft .NET 4.0 (supplied)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Server 2012 R2
None

Build Operating System Windows Server 2012

Build AVEVA Core 1.2.2

Note: AVEVA Administration 1.4 is not supported on Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012

Please note that recommended/supported hardware and software configurations are constantly subject to review, so please
consult the AVEVA support web pages for the latest recommendations.

For further information please contact your local AVEVA support office, which can be found at
http://support.aveva.com

This document has been prepared and approved by the following:

Job Title Name
Product Owner John Durward
System Test Manager Vaseem A Jameel
Head of Product Gavin Watton
TPS Representative Bryn Tootell

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Prerequisite for this release - products:
AVEVA Licensing System 2.0 or later - with an appropriate License File.

Note:
This product version does NOT work with AVEVA Flexman.

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit) is required for some functions:

Optimum operation of the AVEVA Administration GUI requires Arial Unicode MS font, supplied
with Microsoft Office (2000 onwards) and also with Microsoft Office Visio.
Microsoft Office Excel import requires .NET Programmability Support enabled when Office is
installed. This can be found under Advanced customization of applications and installs the
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll; without this, Excel import will not work.
To get the performance benefits given by the AVEVA Cache Service, which is installed with AVEVA
Administration, you need to enable Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). This is achieved using the
Windows Components feature of Windows Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.

Works (is compatible) with:

A full and up to date compatibility matrix can be found on the AVEVA website
AVEVA Everything3DTM 2.1
AVEVA Catalogue 2.1
AVEVA Engineering 14.1.1
AVEVA Diagrams 14.1
AVEVA Diagrams 12.1.sp4
AVEVA Plant 12.1.SP4 (see notes below)
AVEVA Marine 12.1.SP4 (see notes below)
AVEVA Global 12.1.SP4 and AVEVA Global 3.2.1 (see note below)
LFM Server 4.4.
AVEVA PML Publisher 2.2

Note (PDMS12.1.sp4): Patch 26 or above must be applied.

Also, DBSETs are not supported in PDMS and any attempt to use an MDB containing these will force a
return to Monitor. No attempt to manipulate the MDB should be undertaken.

Note (Marine12.1.SP4): Administration 1.4 has full compatibility with AVEVA Marine 12.1.SP4. However; if
using AVEVA Marine 12.1.SP4.fix1-7 a change is required to the marine.bat file to call the
set_forward_compatibility.bat. This can be called from anywhere in the marine.bat file. If using AVEVA
Marine 12.1.SP4.8 or above then marine.bat already calls set_forward_compatibility.bat, so there is no
need to make any changes.

Note (Marine Projects): Folder names containing spaces should be avoid for Marine projects

Note (Global): AVEVA Global 3.2.1 has been released to support AVEVA Everything3DTM 2.1, AVEVA
Engineering 14.1.1 and AVEVA Administration 1.4 products, but is also compatible with all listed versions
above. Administration of Global projects can be undertaken by the Administration module of AVEVA

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PDMS12.1.SP4 however, if the features in AVEVA Administration 1.4 and Engineering 14.1.1 are utilised
then all locations in the Global project should be upgraded to use Global 3.2.1

Supersedes:
This release supersedes the AVEVA Administration product installed by the release 52072 Everything3D
1.1 and AVEVA Administration 1.3

To install product release:

Please read the installation guide, which is visible on the product installation setup screen when the
setup.exe file is started.

Installations using setup.exe will install in C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA\Administration1.4.0 by default.

The individual .msi files will use the drive with most free space by default.

Once you have completed the installation, you will be given the option to install the latest sample AVEVA
Plant projects, by checking a Download the latest Projects tick-box.

It is important that any files, including configuration files or sample data, that need to be updated by users
are accessible for read, write etc. so they are not by default installed with the software. This is particularly
important when installing in Program Files due to the introduction of User Account Control (UAC). In
particular, this makes it important to ensure that files that need to be written are accessible by users
without Administrator privileges. This applies to folders specified by environment variables such as
AVEVA_DESIGN_WORK and AVEVA_DESIGN_USER. The AVEVA Everything3D and with AVEVA
Engineering installers have been designed to allow the separate definition of suitable folders, with
different defaults.

NOTES:
It is not recommended that any combination of AVEVA products are installed in the same folder
because AVEVA does not guarantee runtime compatibility between Separate Products on different
release cycles, and the uninstall of one of them subsequently damaging the other.
The default location for projects is influenced by earlier setup and download of E3D2.1 projects which
defaults to C:\Users\Public\Documents\AVEVA\Projects\e3d2.1
To enable the AVEVA Administration Product to locate the E3D2.1 project the default project location
should be set on install, otherwise changed in the evars.bat or custom_evars.bat files.

First released on:

This product release is available from the download site. Release number 52418-1

List of Enhancements
This AVEVA Administration 1.4 version has the following new features.

Additional database types.

DBSETs can now have selection criteria to enable dynamic updating

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List of Fault Corrections

This release addresses defects arising from the following support incidents:

In this release
Incident Defect Description
number number
55307 92483 Admin: Import (of XLS) is not able to handle line feeds in cells (as it
was exported to XLS)
66528 126705 ADMIN 1.2 Global Scheduler Internal Error:- Missing or null
arguments.
68150 134496 Collections: Failed to load resource file '_CollectionsDefinitionSet_'
error in upon Savework
70564 141662 PDMS 12.1.SP4 - Lexicon - No Utilities such as EXPORT
71363 144280 remove DB file number field option from DB creation form in Admin
71943 146180 Search Results empty after MDB NOUPDATE although there are
objects found
75511 155957 Admin 1.3 - Name textbox in the Create Database form does not
appear to be of the correct height
76281 158288 Update required to Create Database Form
83240 177083 Ability to set environment variables within a session
85184 181462 ADM1.4 - Admin - Stamp will not work with Dynamic Database Sets
86228 184006 Admin 1.4 - New Project Crashes

PRODUCT QUALITY STATEMENT

The development, maintenance and testing of AVEVA Solutions software products is carried out in
accordance with the companys KEYSTONE lifecycle processes and this document includes a summary of
the testing carried out on this release and a list of significant defects known to exist at the time of release.

Development Testing
Developers have carried out unit testing of each enhancement and/or fix in the development environment
to verify that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been
corrected.

Regression tests have been run in the development environment to verify that enhancements and/or fixes
have not adversely affected the integrity of the product.

System Testing
Independent system testing has been carried out on the product, as released, to verify that it installs
correctly in all supported configurations and that product functionality operates as intended, subject to
any known exceptions listed below.

Acceptance Testing
This document has been prepared before Acceptance Testing. This product release will be subjected to an
acceptance test by AVEVAs Training and Product Support Group.

Any exceptions found during Acceptance Testing or after release will be reported in the Product Release
Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/52418/w52418.pdf.

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Exceptions Significant Defects and Recommended Workarounds
AVEVA intends to fix the defects listed below in a fix release or service pack as soon as reasonably possible.
Incident Defect Description Recommended
number number Workaround
175877 User will not be able to work in 12.1SP4 Paragon module
using MDB having Multiwrite PROP db.
175908 'Read-only mode' error is displayed even though user
has RW access to PROP db in Paragon module of
Catalogue2.1 when working on 12.1SP4 MAR project

For the latest list of exceptions and other updates, please see the Product Release Latest Update Note on
AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/52418/w52418.pdf.

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