Vault folder structure sync

TYoung_Combi — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:23:54 GMT

Short of performing a 'get' from Vault, is there a way to synchronize the complete Vault folder structure to the local working folder?

Long story short, the Vault wasn't set up optimally where I work and I'm trying to remedy that, but in the interim I need an easy way to perform this sync.

Re: Vault folder structure sync

gandhey — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:46:03 GMT

Hello,

I guess you want to get the Vault folder structure without actually doing the Vault 'Get' command.

No, what you are looking for looks quite close to the idea in Vault ideastation:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-ideas/get-full-vault-folder-structure/idi-p/8684458

If yes, please vote.

Regards,

Yogeshwar

(Vault team)

Re: Vault folder structure sync

TYoung_Combi — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:20:31 GMT

Yes, that is what I am looking for. Thank you for the link to the 'ideas' page; I voted it up and added my own comments.

Re: Vault folder structure sync

greggeorgi — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:13:19 GMT

Hello there, I know this is somewhat old, but i found a need for having the folder tree as well. Since my company uses Inventor predominantly, i wrote an iLogic Rule to do just this and can be run by any user with Inventor+Vault. You or any other users that happen across this will just have to modify the local path to what you use.

If you don't have/use inventor, then it could be converted to a standalone application, vault extension, powershell script, or other, would have to change the login code at the very least. However, my current knowledge is limited to running it through inventor and I have no need to expand it, so i wont convert it myself.

AddReference "Autodesk.DataManagement.Client.Framework.Vault.dll" AddReference "Autodesk.DataManagement.Client.Framework.dll" AddReference "Connectivity.Application.VaultBase.dll" Imports VDF = Autodesk.DataManagement.Client.Framework Imports VB = Connectivity.Application.VaultBase ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''' Author: greg ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''' Syncs entire folder structure of vault to local workspace. Creates folders only, does not get any files Sub Main() 'get active vaultconnection Dim mVltCon As VDF.Vault.Currency.Connections.Connection = VB.ConnectionManager.Instance.Connection 'check if user is logged in If mVltCon Is Nothing OrElse mVltCon.UserName Is Nothing OrElse mVltCon.UserName = "" Then MessageBox.Show("Not Logged In to Vault! - Login first and repeat executing this rule.") Exit Sub End If 'get vault root folder Dim root As VDF.Vault.Currency.Entities.Folder = mVltCon.FolderManager.RootFolder 'get full list of folders, using recurse parameter. Downselect to the folder name Dim vaultPaths As IEnumerable(Of String) = mVltCon.FolderManager.GetChildFolders(root, True, False).Select(Function(c) c.FullName) 'modify vault paths into windows local paths Dim localPaths As IEnumerable(Of String) = vaultPaths.Select(Function(c) c.Replace("$/", "C:\Workspace\").Replace("/", "\")) Dim errs As New ArrayList 'make directories if not existing For Each dr As String In localPaths Try If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(dr) Then System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(dr) End If Catch errs.Add("Could not make folder: " & dr) End Try Next 'show errors if any If errs.Count > 0 Then MsgBox(String.Join(vbCrLf, errs.ToArray)) End Sub

Re: Vault folder structure sync

davis.j — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:48:15 GMT

@greggeorgi Thanks for your help, works wonderfully. 😎

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