Register a CONNECTED Project

Organizations can enable CONNECTED Users to register and collaborate on CONNECTED Projects. These projects contain project information such as Project Name, Asset Industry, Asset Type, Location etc. While creating a file in a CONNECT Edition product, you can associate it to a CONNECTED Project where the project information is included in the data files as properties.

Note: Project files, such as DGN files and library files are not stored on the cloud. They can be stored locally, on a network, or in ProjectWise.

What is the CONNECTED Project Registration Utility?

The Project Registration utility is an administrative interface for registering an Organization’s projects with Bentley. Registered projects are referred to as CONNECTED Projects. CONNECTED Projects provide information regarding the project themselves, as well as serving as a focal point for tying together other sources of project information.

For example, user and product usage for reporting and access to services available for each project.

Who can register a CONNECTED Project?

To register a CONNECTED Project a user must have Administrator or Co-administrator privileges associated with their Bentley account. These privileges are required because registered CONNECTED Projects are Organization-wide resources that represent real-world projects and are used in many different locations for information organization and reporting. Therefore, access is limited to those members of an Organization with sufficient privileges to ensure that only recognized and permitted CONNECTED Projects be registered on behalf of an Organization.

Note: Users within the organization who were not designated as an Administrator or Co-Administrator who are requesting rights should contact their organizations Administrator. Bentley does not fulfill these requests.

To Register a CONNECTED Project

The Project Registration utility is used to provide information about a project as well as manage previously registered projects.

Note: Only users with Admin/Co-admin roles can register a project.

From the Assign Project dialog:

Click Register Project. The Register a Project page opens in your browser.

Type or select the required items (marked with an asterisk, "*"):

Number	Project ID officially used in Organization for tracking project internally (e.g., EAP id, like DMO-063 VP 778).
Name	Common name for project within an Organization (e.g. I-565 Interchange at County Line Road).
Asset industry	An Industry is a group of like organizations with a common business function centered on a like set of infrastructure assets. Example, Electric Utility.
Asset type	An Asset Type is a set of related Assets. Example, the Asset Class Electric Network is comprised of the following Assets: Distribution Network, Substation, and Transmission Network.
Location	Geographic location of the Project (Example, city/state/country, Latitude/longitude)
Status	Project state, either Active meaning the project is open for participation or inactive, closed for participation.

Click Save. A list of registered projects within your organization opens. The newly created project is highlighted in green.