Side-by-Side Installation

Starting with the release of OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 , side-by-side installation will be supported for Major Releases. This means:

Major Releases can be installed alongside each other.
Minor Release updates will upgrade a Major Release. Therefore, Major and Minor Releases of the same version cannot be installed side-by-side.

You can simultaneously run OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 and OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition version on the same machine. By default, OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 will install alongside any previous OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition. To remove previous versions of OpenPlant Project Administrator , a manual uninstall is required. Please refer to The application version naming FAQ for more information on major and minor releases.

Note: OPM - OPIM in-session integration only works if you have a matching major versions of the two products, or else the generated in-session option remains gray out in pipeline manager.

Configuration and Installation

The default installation directory and configuration for OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 will be different from previous releases. When installing side-by-side, you can work on two distinct configurations, defined during the OpenPlant Project Administrator CONNECT Edition and OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 installations.

Note: OpenPlant configuration is version specific. It is recommended that two or more side-by-side installations do not share a common configuration. If you wish to carry forward content (datasets or WorkSet files) into the newly installed version, follow the guidance for migrating and upgrading datasets and WorkSets. Once upgraded, all users should use the same version of the application on a WorkSet.

Default Installation Path

OpenPlant Project Administrator 2024 follows the same installation pattern for its major components and shipped configurations as previous releases, with the release year included for differentiation. This allows for side-by-side installations.

Default Preference Folder Path

A preference folder is created for each installed version. These folders are identified by the Major Release version number. For example:

C:\Users\<user.name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\<product_name>\24.0.0\