Survey Database - End of Period Pit Surfaces

To access this screen:

Display the Project Data control bar and expand Survey Database. An End of Period Pit Surfaces sub-folder is available at global, pit, or area level, depending on the Data Scope setting.

Data Usage

Any End of Period Pit Surfaces folder within Survey Database contains pit shell overlays based on surface data loaded from your Studio Survey database. Loaded local files do not appear in this folder, only database-bound information.

These files represent an End-of Period Surface for the selected reporting period. This surface data is used in the Plan Compliance reporting tool, which compares the actual end-of-period surface to planned and scheduled surfaces produced by planning engineers, for example, in Studio OP. This highlights where the plan was not adhered to and the extent to which longer-term strategic planning is being honored.

Note: End of period pit surfaces are added to your survey database using the Add to Database tool.

Global, Pit- and Area-level Data

Data of this type can be found at one of three levels in the Survey Database 'tree':

Global: data that can be accessed regardless of the current Pit or Area setting. Data at this level will be used if data of the same type cannot be found (for the given survey date) at the Pit or Area level.
Pit: data at this level can be accessed regardless of the current area setting, providing an area-specific version cannot be found.
Area: the most specific data definition; data added to the Survey Database at this level is only accessible for a specific Pit and Area combination.

Within each folder, one more date folders may appear. These represent the date associated with the data when it was added to the database.

Loading 3D Survey Data

You can load data from any date folder at any level, and load surfaces from multiple dates for visual comparison.

End of Period Pit Surfaces are added to your survey database by using the Add to Database tool.

End of Period Pit Surfaces - Survey Database Locations

Depending on the selected Data Scope, data is found in the database at one of the following locations:

Survey Database

(Path to Survey Database)
- End of Period Pit Surfaces (Global Data Scope)
- Pits
  - End of Period Pit Surfaces (Pit-level Data Scope)
  - [Pit Name]
    - Areas
      - [Area Name]
        
        End of Period Pit Surfaces (Area-level Data Scope)

Each data folder is further categorized by a date sub-folder. This contains data that relates to a specific generation date.

See Survey Database folder.