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    Configuring the Datasets Root Folder Location

      Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer
      Version(s): CONNECT Edition
      Environment: N/A
      Area: Datasets and Content
      Subarea: Configuration

    In the configuration scenario where an organization takes ownership of a regional dataset and locates it in a Custom Configuration alongside the Organization and WorkSpaces folders, a small configuration change is required.

    The path to the Dataset root folder in a Custom Configuration is set as follows (using W:/OBD/Configuration/ as an example location):

    Update 6 and Earlier

    On the C:\ drive set the location of a Custom Configuration in the ConfigurationSetup.cfg file, [General] section

    _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION = W:/OBD/Configuration/

    This will result in _USTN_CONFIGURATION being resolved to W:/OBD/Configuration/

    In the root of the Custom Configuration, in this example: W:/OBD/Configuration/, modify WorkSpaceSetup.cfg (this can either be a copy of our delivered file, or simply a new file with that name containing only the required statements).

    Unless other statements are appropriate in this file, all that is needed are these two lines:

    %undef _TF_WORKSPACEROOT
    _TF_WORKSPACEROOT =  $(_USTN_CONFIGURATION)

    The first line clears the existing definition of _TF_WORKSPACEROOT, the second applies the required definition.

    Without the %undef statement the application will always use the delivered datasets.

    Notes:

    • Do not include a copy of ConfigurationSetup.cfg in this location, it should only exist on the c: drive.
    • This file must be called WorkSpaceSetup.cfg.

    Update 7 and later

    In Update 7 this behaviour is reversed:

    Use datasets in Custom Configuration:

    Simply defining a Custom Configuration location will make OBD look for the Dataset root in the Custom Configuration (and to be clear, this only applies when a Custom Configuration is defined). In that use case existing instances of the statements described above can be omitted from WorkSpaceSetup.cfg.

    To use delivered datasets on C:\ drive:

    If you have a Custom Configuration that does not include a Datasets folder OpenBuildings Designer Update 7 will not find the Datasets folder on the C:\ drive without this small configuration change.

    To use the delivered Datasets on the C:\ drive; the statements in the WorkSpaceSetup.cfg at the root of the Custom Configuration will need to be as shown in red below:

    #----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Support for ProStructures Application Integration
    #----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Update 7 and later to use delivered datasets
    %undef _TF_WORKSPACEROOT
    _TF_WORKSPACEROOT : $(_USTN_INSTALLED_CONFIGURATION)
    TF_DATASETS : $(_TF_WORKSPACEROOT)Datasets/
    TFDIR : $(TF_DATASETS)$(TF_DATASETNAME)/

    This includes the default statements needed to enable integration with standalone ProStructures applications.

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    • Marc Thomas Created by Bentley Colleague Marc Thomas
    • When: Tue, Aug 18 2020 12:41 PM
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    • When: Wed, Sep 9 2020 9:27 AM
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