EPLAN Collaboration Apps: comprehensive access, easy collaboration
EPLAN means next-level solutions for electrical engineering. But this isn’t just about developing highly specialised products, it’s much more about designing and creating efficient processes. This is also the goal for our Collaboration Apps, which enable location-independent collaboration and direct access to EPLAN Projects and relevant data. Depending on the expansion level chosen, the Collaboration Apps are automatically included in the scope of services for EPLAN Electric P8, EPLAN Pro Panel and EPLAN Preplanning.
Starting with the EPLAN Platform 2026, the corresponding, previously optional extensions are now automatically included, and users will be able to use the collaboration apps to make their processes more efficient and consistent. This applies to all project phases and different industries – from basic to detailed engineering and manufacturing to commissioning and operation. Collaboration will thus become even easier and more efficient.
These are our Collaboration Apps
Data management – eMANAGE
Data management – eMANAGE is a cloud-based environment for collaborating on current projects and related data. This Collaboration App allows data to be shared quickly and securely with employees within your company, partners, suppliers or customers.
Parts management – eSTOCK
Parts management – eSTOCK is a tool for managing device data across multiple locations. With this Collaboration App, users can view and edit EPLAN device data centrally in their web browser and share it with colleagues, business partners and service providers. A revised feature also makes it possible to connect parts to the EPLAN Data Portal and update them. Templates can be created and decisions made about which properties and macros should be imported. It is also possible to save and use different templates for articles simultaneously.
Project viewer – eVIEW
The idea behind the Project viewer – eVIEW is to digitalize review processes in engineering. This means that even project documentation for maintenance and repair is paperless and always up to date. The Project viewer allows documentation to be visualized and accessed via a browser. At the same time, notes can be added and a change process can be triggered by redlining.
Your added value with our Collaboration Apps
Sharing data relevant for EPLAN
Your projects are clearly organised and available from a central location, so searching for specific contents is possible, you have access to the current product documentation and changes are visible for all project participants.
First glance into engineering with the Collaboration Apps
Sharing – with other users or teams
Sharing dialogue: The Data management (formerly eMANAGE) enables the sharing of EPLAN Projects with other users or entire teams. This applies both for within companies – for people who belong to a company’s cloud organisation – as well as for external stakeholders such as project partners or suppliers.
Sharing – with other users or teams
Version independent
Using the “Save as” function, current EPLAN Projects can be provided in the formats of previous versions. This means that collaboration is possible no matter what version of EPLAN the project partners are using.
Version independent
Joint reviewing processes
View of an EPLAN Project in the Project viewer (formerly eVIEW). Everyone can review the project with the assistance of redlining and greenlining functions, which is even possible without having a licence for the EPLAN Platform. The Project viewer runs on a browser – and can therefore also be used on a tablet.
Joint reviewing processes
Share with a pre-defined group of people
The share dialogue in the Project viewer (formerly eVIEW). Invited people can use the Collaboration App to view and comment on the EPLAN Project, even without a licence for the EPLAN Platform.
Share with a pre-defined group of people
Simply upload local data
Local device data can be uploaded to the Parts management (formerly eSTOCK).
Simply upload local data
Secure sharing of device data
Using the Parts management (formerly eSTOCK), you can publish device data via a release process in the cloud, thereby allowing you to share only final data packages with other users.
Secure sharing of device data
Update parts
Attractive offering
We provide users of the EPLAN Cloud with a free version of the Data management, allowing you to easily and securely share EPLAN Projects through this application. Additional functionality is available with the full version – for example, projects (ZW1) can also be provided in the project data backup format of earlier platform versions (“Save as function”).
Notes on availability
In the EPLAN Cloud, the Data management is only visible by default to the administrators of the respective cloud organisation. In order to see and use this application, users must be assigned roles in the organisation. Connection to the device data in the Project viewer is available to users with a subscription licence to the EPLAN Platform 2023 (and higher versions) free of additional charges. The application can be used in the EPLAN Platform 2023 software environment or via a web browser after logging in. The login requires an EPLAN ID connected to your company organisation.
