PDF publish location and enforced workspace

[-niels-]

I'm finally getting close to upgrading our Vault to 2021 and i'm testing the new PDF functionality.

We would like to have the pdf's in a single network location, accessible to everyone. (outside the local CAD workspace)

I've set up Vault to enforce a local workspace for the people working with Inventor, PDF's get created automatically on release in a separate folder at the root of the vault.

I've set the PDF publish location to a network folder:

Now, if i "get" the pdf's in the PDF folder they get downloaded to the set publish location, so that works.

But, because it isn't the working folder, i can't see if there is a local version.

So i tried changing the working folder for the PDF folder, but i get the following:

Is there any way to override the preset for a single folder?

This feels like a bit of an oversight, given that you can publish outside of a workspace location but not keep the working folder linked for synchronization.

[gandhey]

Hello,

Actually the error dialog you see - is because of the 'Enforce consistent working folder for all clients' option set.

Please check the Vault help content :

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/vault-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/EN...

Map a Vault Folder to a Different Working Folder ::  "Note: While you can override the default working folder location, if the administrator is enforcing the location, it cannot be changed."

Regards,

Yogeshwar

(Vault team)

[-niels-]

@gandhey Thank you for your fast reply.

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@gandhey wrote:

Actually the error dialog you see - is because of the 'Enforce consistent working folder for all clients' option set.

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I know this, i said i did so near the beginning of my post.

What i'm asking is if i can change this for a single folder, while logged in as the administrator.

I wouldn't mind if it was only possible for the administrator account, i would just like a means to verify if the generated pdf's are up to date and available without having to perform a "get" on the entire folder just to make sure.

I know if i don't enforce the workspace i can choose different mappings, but i don't want the users to have this freedom and i only need to set it for this specific folder since it has the option for a different publish location.

[gandhey]

Hello,

Sorry, as of now such override for a single folder is not supported when working folder is enforced.

Please submit an idea in the Vault ideastation.

Regards,

Yogeshwar

[-niels- · Accepted solution]

@gandhey Ok, thank you.

I've added this to the idea board, to everyone reading this: please add your vote here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-ideas/enforced-workspace-folder-override/idi-p/9791324