Check in and delete all files from workspace.

[aurel_e]

Hi all

Maybe I am asking too much here but I am struggling to find the right workflow to keep my workspace clean. I end up with tons of files just by opening old assemblies to check something. So I was thinking about a Ilogic rule to open check in and delete all cad files at the end of the date.

Is it possible? (Inventor and Vault professional 2020) 

[yan.gauthier]

Possible, yes.

But I would recommend instead using a search in your vault. Search using the rule checked out by <your username>. Filter by date and simply check-in the files while having the Delete working copies option selected.

[aurel_e]

Yes I know... but I don't know why I end up with so many files with green icon and impossible to check in from vault.

Also (surely I'm doing something wrong) many files "not in vault". I thought Vault was supposed to ask you every time you close a file if you want to check in, but is not. I think when you open a step file and save and close it, it is not asking. Also when you close the drawing. 

[yan.gauthier]

My understanding is that the vault modifies files to trace where it is used. In reality the file was not modified by a user.

The vault will not offer you to check in a file which is not vaulted yet. This is why your imports and drawing doesn't prompt to check in.