Engineer's Desktop Software Suite
The Engineer's Desktop™ (EDT™ ) offers many utilities that provide useful tools for the transfer, edit, analysis, migration, validation, and publishing of data. Other tools assist with report generation and database administration.
Click on the links below for details about each utility:
The Catalog Editor manages collates a list of available equipment components and their properties. Catalogs are shared by various EDM applications as selection lists for various equipment types, such as Drill Pipes, Drill Collars, Centralizers, Mud Motors and MWD tools.
This editor is launched from the EDM Administration utility and enables the administrator to define the specific data quality rules applied to a field in the EDM database by the OpenWells Data Validator.
The EDM Administration Utility is provided with the Engineer's Desktop EDM database. This utility allows the EDM Administrator to customize and configure Landmark's Drilling and Well Services applications which use the EDM database.
For more information on the EDM Administration Utility refer to the EDM Administration Utility help system.
The EDM Data Migration Toolkit consists of three tools, EDM Field Mapping, Drilling Data Migration, and Data Merging. Each tool performs one of the three steps needed in the data migration process of the following legacy software product databases to the current EDM databases: DIMS™, COMPASS™, and WELLPLAN™ (StressCheck™ data and CasingSeat™ data is imported within those applications when running against the EDM database).
The EDM Data Migration Toolkit migrates legacy DIMS, COMPASS, and WELLPLAN data to the EDM database using the three-step process of:
mapping fields,
migrating data, and
merging data.
The EDM Database Creation tool uses editable scripts to create an EDM instance on a Microsoft® SQL Server or Oracle® Database Server.
The EDM Publishing Service is a standalone application shipped with the Engineer's Desktop software suite. It enables automated or manual printing, or email distribution, or file generation, of OpenWells Reports. It generates OpenWells Reports in printed (hard copy) format or electronic (.PDF) format. It is comprised of the following components:
LGC EDM Publishing - a Microsoft Windows® Service that runs in the background
EDM Publishing Service application - front end application to configure the service
The Microsoft Windows Service (LGC EDM Publishing) automatically detects Reports that have been received and appended by the Field Office Data Transfer application and generates printed or electronic copies without requiring user interaction. Other services include:
LGC EDM Data Receiver (Email) - monitors email for the presence of data transfer files on the receiving machine
LGC EDM Data Receiver (File System) - monitors a specified file location for data transfer files
The Engineer's Desktop installs Microsoft Windows services that run in the background of the Operating System. The EDM Services Controller is the central administrator for all EDM services. Each EDM service is an integral part of many Engineer's Desktop features. The EDM Services Controller allows administrators to configure, start, stop, and pause EDM services.
The EDM-OpenWorks Link enables you to associate Wellbores in the selected EDM database to wells in the selected OpenWorks database. This association between databases is called "mapping". After a Wellbore is mapped to a Well in OpenWorks software, you can use the Engineer's Link application to transfer data from the EDM database to the OpenWorks application.
The Field Office Data Transfer application is used to transfer various types of data to the Office from a remote site. This application allows for the transfer of data, such as the entire database hierarchy, wells, Wellbores, events, and reports. It also allows for the import and export of EDM system customizations and picklist metadata tables. The Field Office Data Transfer application supports compression of all transfer files, Tight Group security, and file encryption.
Note: If the AutoSync system setting has been turned on by the EDM™ Administrator, this feature will not be available. The EDM AutoSync application synchronizes all data from the main application toolbar. For more information see the EDM AutoSync Client topic.
Landmark's SQL Server utility manages the EDM SQL Server 2005 database's ODBC connection. This tool installs a SQL Server 2005 Express database server if one is not present on the local machine, installs a blank EDM database file (edm5000.mdf), attaches the EDM database file to the SQL Server database, creates default user (username: EDM, password: Landmark1), creates the default administrator account (username: sa, password: Landmark1), and creates default ODBC Data Source Name (DSN) for EDM (EDM 5000.1 Single User Db).
This utility is located within the OpenWells application and applies defined Rule Books against Data Entry Forms and Property dialogs.
The OpenWells Performance Reviews application provides engineers with a data management and format utility that extracts data for each Drilling and Completions operation which can then be submitted to Rushmore Reviews. These data extractions are fixed format spreadsheets consisting of numerous performance criteria used to measure and compare known Well operations performance against industry performance.
The EDM Property Loader application is used to transfer Wells and Well data from a third-party business systems into the EDM database with minimal data entry and reconciliation between the two systems. Property Loader takes staged data from the third-party system and uses it to create new Wells in Cases where the Well does not already exist; or creates new Events for Wells that do exist. These Wells and Events are then available through the OpenWells application interface.
The PSA CDRS Report Generator generates information on daily drilling activities from OpenWells software and uses this information to create specially formatted ASCII data files to the Common Daily Drilling Report System (CDRS) format. These files are then sent to the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority on a daily basis to be added to their Drilling Data repository.
The Rig Editor exposes the Well Explorer Contractor hierarchy. This hierarchy contains a tally of contractors, rigs, work units and their rig equipment, Air Packages, and associated Rig Operations. The Rig Editor is used to browse, open, copy, delete, and manage Contractors, Air Packages, Rigs, Rig Operations and Equipment.
The Symbol Manager utility is used to create and manage the symbols used by PROFILE software to create schematic drawings. It provides a comprehensive and customizable editor for all types of downhole equipment and well operation symbols, including multi-dimensional symbols with cutaways.
The Unit Converter enables you to convert or view data in any equivalent unit without changing the unit systems presently in use.
Use this utility to migrate WELLPLAN 2000 wfw data files into the EDM database. Single or multiple Cases can be migrated.
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Engineer's Desktop Drilling Applications