The COMPASS software is a Microsoft® Windows® MDI (Multiple Document Interface) application. Data entry and analysis are performed in separate windows that you view simultaneously within a central application area. The COMPASS software itself is composed of the distinct tool areas shown below.
Using the Well Explorer
The Well Explorer is a combined browser and status window for navigating, managing, and launching COMPASS data.
The Status View browser is divided into three sections, and a pull-down Recent Selections list. The section located on the left of the window is the Status window. The top right section of the window is the Browser window, and the bottom right section of the window is the Data Viewer.
The Status View browser is always available. You can minimize it, but you cannot close it.
Menu Bar Toolbar
Datums Reference
MDI Document Area. Will display any number of screens simultaneously.
Status Bar Recent Bar
Well Explorer
Viewing Preferences
Filter Bar Change History indicated by color change
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These are the essential components of Well Explorer:
Status Window
The Status window displays the following information:
• the currently open data set including the company, project, site, well, wellbore, and design
• status box stating which company, project, site, well, wellbore, or design is open
• drawing of vertical datum reference with elevation information for the open wellbore
• drawing of the slot position with north arrow for coordinate information for the open well
• vertical section origin and angle
• Browser window (data tree)
Status Window Recent Bar
Browser Window
Associated Data Viewer Filter Bar
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Viewing Preferences
Use the viewing preferences to configure many of the items shown on the Status window.
Browser Window
The Browser window is located in the upper right section of the Well Explorer.
You can use the browser to search for the main COMPASS data items like Companies, Projects, Sites, Wells, Wellbores, Surveys, and Plans.
The currently open context is shown in bold.
The browser operates like the Windows Explorer and operates over the COMPASS data hierarchy in a similar fashion to a directory tree. For more detailed information, search on Well Explorer in the online help.
• Right-click to access a context-sensitive menu. Depending on the hierarchical level you have highlighted (Company, Project, Site, Well, or Wellbore), the menu populates with all of the relevant options from the main menu (such as New, Open, Edit, Delete, Export, Import, Report, and so on).
• To use the Browser window to select additional plans and surveys for graphs, select the check boxes associated with the item you want to include on the graph.
• You can use the browser to drag-and-drop data between
hierarchical levels. For example, you can select a project associated with one company and copy it to another company.
Select the unit system you
Select the datum you want to use from the pull-down list. Specify datums by selecting File >
Properties > Well > Properties.
Select the TVDs to System check box if you want true vertical depths (TVD) referenced to the system datum. If the check box is not selected, TVD is displayed relative to the datum selected in the Datum pull-down list.
Measured depths are always relative
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Locked Data Items
Both the Status and Browser areas in the Status window indicate whether data at a particular level has been locked by displaying padlock or key icons adjacent to the data. Companies, projects, sites, wells, wellbores, and designs can be locked, as well as individual plans and surveys. Locking prevents data from being mistakenly modified or deleted.
The following graphic depicts Status window locked data icons or padlocks:
Concurrency Control
In a multi-user database, different users can use the COMPASS software at the same time to access the same data source. In this environment, it is useful to know if another user is currently using a data set. The Browser window indicates when someone is using a design by placing a SAM icon ( ) next to the design name in the list so that users know when someone else is accessing it.
Interpreting the SAM Color
If SAM is red, one or more users have the design open, and you are restricted to accessing the design in Read-only mode.
If SAM is blue, one or more users have the design open, but you still have full read/write access to the design.
A padlock indicates a locked item.
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Data Viewer
The Data Viewer is located in the bottom portion of the right side of the Status View browser. It displays information about data belonging to the current open item (in the Browser window), such as templates, targets, tool codes, casings, formations datum, and annotations.
Recent Bar or Recent Selections List
Recent Selections lists recently opened items. The COMPASS software always opens the last selection, but you may use this list to open companies, projects, sites, wells, wellbores, and designs that were edited previously.
Filter Bar
The Filter bar lists previously defined searches and allows you to create new ones. Searches can be created with any number and combination of parameters.
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