The Oracle Aconex integration allows you to connect your Common Data Environment to Sensat to automatically access files so they can be visualised together seamlessly with all your other project data. This allows you to maintain a single source of truth in Aconex and have confidence that content visualised in Sensat is always up-to-date, covers all disciplines, and retains its metadata.
How it works
An administrator must first enable the integration and configure which files to sync from Aconex to Sensat.
Changes made to files in Aconex will sync to Sensat every hour. This includes new files, revisions, changes to file attributes, and deletions.
The following file types will be automatically synchronised:
Pointclouds: .laz, .las
Orthomosaics: .tif, .tiff
3D meshes: .dgn, .dwg, .glb, .ifc, .dxf, .rvt, .nwd,
2D vectors: .kml, .geojson
Documents: .pdf
Images: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .avif, .webp
If other files are present in your ACC folders, they will not be visible in Sensat.
Once files have been synchronised to Sensat they can be visualised in the same way as manually uploaded files.
Set-up and configuration
Please contact your Customer Success representative who will guide you through enabling the Sensat integration and configuring which files you want to sync between Aconex and Sensat.
One set of search criteria can be mapped to one Sensat folder. e.g.
Type = ‘Drawing’ AND Discipline = “Electrical” AND Status = “Approved”
Search criteria can be set up in any specified folder structure within Sensat.
A Sensat project can have multiple folders synced from different Aconex projects & organisations.
All attributes present on the files will be synchronised and visible in Sensat.
What you will see
Synced folders will be displayed in Content. They can be identified by the "sync" icon
You can click on synced files to view their attributes
Mandatory fields in Aconex will always be shown (e.g. "Date Modified", "Type", "Version").
Other attributes will only be shown if they are populated in Aconex.
To add a synced file to your workspace follow the usual add content flow. Learn how here.
Working with synced content in Sensat
Viewing synced folders in Content
Synced folders will be displayed in Content. They can be identified by the "sync" icon
You can click on synced files to view their attributes
The ‘Last Updated’ and ‘Version’ attributes will always be shown.
Due to limitations of the ACC API, the ‘Description’ attribute cannot be synchronised.
Other attributes will only be shown if they are populated in ACC.
To add a synced file to your workspace follow the usual add content flow. Learn how here.
Adding+ removing synced content to Workspaces
When you add layers to a Workspace that are synced from a Common Data Environment (CDE), they stay synced with the source. Here's how updates and removals are handled:
Automatic updates
If a synced layer is updated in the CDE (e.g., a new version is available), those changes will automatically appear in all associated workspaces too. This happens the next time the CDE syncs with Sensat.
Adding new files
New files added to the CDE won’t automatically appear in your workspace. You'll need to add these manually.
Removing files
If a file is deleted from the CDE, it will be automatically removed from the Content page and any workspaces it's been added to. This happens the next time the CDE syncs with Sensat.
Access levels for synced content
Content synced from a CDE has limited access options compared to uploaded content (e.g., it cannot be edited). However, its settings are managed in Content and apply across all Workspaces, just like other project content. Learn more about content permissions here.
| Full access | Can edit | Can view | No access |
Can view in Workspaces | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | X |
Can download / export | ✔️ | ✔️ | X | X |
Can manage access | ✔️ | X | X | X |
Can move folder in Content | ✔️ | X | X | X |
Can edit | X | X | X | X |
Can add content to the folder | X | X | X | X |
Can organise content or create subfolders | X | X | X | X |
Can delete from project | X | X | X | X |