Bulk Load Tool

This article describes the Equipment Model Bulk Load Tool

Introduction

This bulk load tool is created to increase users' productivity in Equipment Modeling. Equipment models can be created in any spreadsheet application, such as Excel, LibreOffice Calc, etc. Spreadsheet styles don't affect parsing processes, thus leaves users visually appealing works in their favorite application. Currently, xlsx file format is supported.

Description

The modeling format is simple, everything is tables. A table consists of a header and body.

There are two kinds of tables: Model and Instance. The model table describes the model's properties and its relationship with other's models. Instance table is a list of instances of a model.

To distinguish between model table and instance table, three keywords are reserved: Class, AbstractClass and Instance. If a header has Class or AbstractClass that means the table is model. Instance means instance table.

Tutorials

  • Equipment Model Bulk Load Tool - Getting Started: Please see tutorial here.
  • Equipment Model Bulk Load Tool - Reference: Please see tutorial here.