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ProjectWise Design Integration Forum Processing DOT .cfg Workspaces into ProjectWise CSB managed Workspaces.
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    Processing DOT .cfg Workspaces into ProjectWise CSB managed Workspaces.

    Ronald Koons
    Offline Ronald Koons over 1 year ago

    I am looking for other user / developer insight into a sort of "Best Practice" when it comes to adapting DOT Workstation / Server WorkSpaces into ProjectWise CSB based Managed Workspaces.

    I'm sure there must be something out there in the digital ether detailing an answer to this simple question. Or, possibly it’s all a matter of opinion and project specific needs and requirements.

    My thoughts specific to this discussion are simple:

    Like most of us, I am starting from a collection of standard Bentley .cfg files, designed to execute starting with the running of a program on a workstation to open a file on a server, triggering local and server based .cfg files, all probably accessing server based common resources.

    I have to take these and make them all work properly in a ProjectWise CSB Managed WorkSpace. Usually, I need to keep it as simple as possible AND, complete the conversion as quickly as possible.

    As I see it, there are basically three camps of thinking:

    1. Convert every single variable into either a ProjectWise folder or document assignment in ProjectWise Administrator using Managed WorkSpaces.
    2. Convert only those major variables that are the basis for all other variables into ProjectWise folder assignments, leaving most others as variables that now depend upon these main variables being assigned to a specific folder in ProjectWise. These variables would be in a CSB, NOT kept as a .cfg.
    3. Use Dynamic Managed Workspaces (Which is simply a more complex version of the second option above).

    Reviewing what I could find online, I can see no real official discussion on what is a best practice. In fact, with the development and advancement of Dynamic Managed Workspaces, it seems that a more mixed bag of CSB and .cfg files is becoming the norm.

    My basic thoughts are:

    Many persons I work for and with are of the first camp: convert every line into a ProjectWise directed folder or document assignment. The thinking, I believe, is that this takes full advantage of the flexibility and adaptability of the CSB system in ProjectWise.

    My thinking is that if I follow the second option above, it allows me to make sure the main variables are assigned and managed completely by the CSB system in ProjectWise, AND, makes the bulk of the conversion of the DOT WorkSpace much quicker by simply importing the .cfg files and then doing a little cleanup. By following this, the process of setting it up is quicker. Making changes is also quicker as the original intent of most of the variables are preserved.

    To me, doing the first option adds an additional layer of complexity in the conversion process that makes setup and troubleshooting that much harder.

    My shortcoming in this is:

    I am told that the second option eliminates the advantage and the “Power” of the CSB system. If this is true, based upon how I am trying to set this up in option two, I don’t understand why.

    Finally, and in all fairness to those persons I work with and for who might read this: I am not apposed to whatever way my company wants it done. I just prefer to understand the “whys” of it all better than just “It’s always been done that way”.

    Thanks to all for your thoughts!!

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