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ProjectWise Design Integration Forum ProjectWise managed workspace downloading too many files
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    ProjectWise managed workspace downloading too many files

    Alain Magnan
    Offline Alain Magnan over 6 years ago

    Hi All,

    Here is the problem when opening a simple 3D model file:

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    • Opening with MicroStation V8i using a managed workspace. The application used has no impact on the result. It does the same thing with OpenPlant Modeler.
    • Folder has 84 documents and many of them have a lot of versions.

    What happens

    • All files from the folder, including all versions of all the files, are downloaded. Even if they have nothing to do with the model being opened.
    • The total number of files downloaded is about 2900 files.
    • It takes a very long time to open the model.

    Has anyone seen something like this? Would you have some suggestions how to debug this?

    Questions:

    • Why does it download all the files from the folder?
    • Why does it download all the revisions of all the files?

    Using

    • ProjectWise Explorer 08.11.11.590
    • ProjectWise Integration Server 08.11.11.605

    Regards

    Alain

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    • Peter Willmen
      0 Offline Peter Willmen Wed, Sep 13 2017 4:22 PM

      Hi Alain,

      There may be a variable defined in your workspace related to the folder where the file resides. This variable needs to be added to the Managed workspace 'Variables to exclude from the copy-out' list.

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    • Gary Mansager
      0 Offline Gary Mansager Thu, Sep 14 2017 1:58 PM

      Once the files are cached, it shouldn't take as long the second time open. Unless of course you click the Free button from the first check in dialog that appears. This button is different than all other methods of checking files in, as it not only frees the active file, but also all of the other references copied out. Why this behavior? IDK, we have been trying to get Bentley to address this and make it consistent with other methods for more than a decade with no success.

       We call this "the Dastardly Free" button.

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    • Alain Magnan
      0 Offline Alain Magnan Fri, Sep 22 2017 2:49 PM in reply to Peter Willmen

      Hi Peter,

      Thank you for your reply. Under the managed workspace section in PW Admin, there is sub section "Variables to exclude from copy-out". Is that what you're referring to? My list of variables into that section is the default one. I've tried adding variable _DGNDIR with no effect. It's downloading all the files (and versions) from the folder where the document is opened from.

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    • Alain Magnan
      0 Offline Alain Magnan Fri, Sep 22 2017 2:56 PM

      At Bentley's recommendation, I’ve done some testing on our managed workspaces adding each CSB one by one until I can reproduce the problem. It looks like it happens when the application CSB is added. The only thing happening in that CSB is that variables _USTN_WORKSPACEROOT and _USTN_SITE are re-assigned to ProjectWise folders. I can’t see why that would cause every files (including all versions) in the opened document folder to be downloaded.

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    • Kevin van Haaren
      0 Offline Kevin van Haaren Mon, Sep 25 2017 4:05 PM in reply to Alain Magnan

      is there a reason you're setting those variables at all? And why in the application level? Are you pointing them to the folder where the opened document is at?

       

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