Managed Configuration Setup Guide

Before You Begin

The purpose of this document is to walk you through the process of setting up a managed configuration in ProjectWise CONNECT Edition using your MicroStation CONNECT Edition configurations. This document is a suggested setup and follows the WorkSpace > WorkSet format provided from MicroStation.

ProjectWise CONNECT Edition continues to support managed workspaces using MicroStation V8i, which is documented in the ProjectWise Administrator help.

Requirements

Managed configurations are supported in ProjectWise CONNECT Edition Update 2 and later. See the Requirements section of your ProjectWise readme to see which versions of MicroStation CONNECT Edition are supported with the version of ProjectWise CONNECT Edition you are using.

This setup assumes a fully operational ProjectWise server and datasource, and that you have already installed:

  • ProjectWise Design Integration Server
  • ProjectWise Administrator
  • MicroStation
  • ProjectWise Explorer with the iDesktop Integration > Bentley Application Base Integration installation option turned on.

ProjectWise managed configuration requires an active connection to a ProjectWise server, and does not support an offline or briefcase mode.

ProjectWise managed configuration requires MicroStation integration with ProjectWise Explorer, and is therefore not supported with ProjectWise Web Parts.

Recommendations

It is recommended that ProjectWise administrators and users turn on their user setting, Document > Leave local copy on check in. This will improve performance for large projects. If changes in files are detected, ProjectWise will synchronize as required.

MicroStation Integration

ProjectWise Explorer must be installed with iDesktop Integration > Bentley Application Base Integration turned on.

Install and configure MicroStation onto a client workstation. This will ensure that the application WorkSpace has all the required components for your application prior to importing it into ProjectWise. Use this client workstation to complete the instructions in this document.

The MicroStation CONNECT Edition installer automatically installs the components for ProjectWise desktop integration, so that when MicroStation is installed on the same computer as ProjectWise Explorer, launching MicroStation from an application shortcut opens the ProjectWise Log in dialog to select a datasource to log into, instead of the standard MicroStation Welcome page.

Local Disc Space

In a managed configuration, documents from the ProjectWise server are downloaded to the user's computer (working directory) and made available to the intended applications. The user's computer may require a significant amount of available disk space to accommodate several projects, datasets and other supporting documents.

Once project documents are local, the exchange between the ProjectWise server and the user's computer is done using delta file transfer. Delta file transfer is a ProjectWise technology that improves performance when sending large files over networks by only sending the changes needed to update the file, rather than the entire file. Use the Local Document Organizer dialog in ProjectWise Explorer (Tools > Local Document Organizer) to view the managed configuration documents that have been downloaded from the server.  

Limitations

  • The WorkSpace and WorkSet configuration files must be included in the ProjectWise managed configuration. Meaning, the CONFIGURATION (root)/WORKSPACENAME/WORKSETNAME along with the associated configuration files must be stored in ProjectWise.
  • WorkSpace and WorkSet configuration files located in ProjectWise are automatically processed and are incorporated as part of the ProjectWise managed configuration. Diligence is required to ensure the configuration files contained within ProjectWise do not contaminate the ProjectWise managed configuration.