Enterprise Administration > ProjectWise Drive

Note: Works with ProjectWise Drive version 2022.1.x and later.

The actual location on each user's computer where documents from the synced project are downloaded to is known as the ProjectWise Drive file location. (This is similar to the working directory for ProjectWise Explorer users.)

The default ProjectWise Drive file location for every organization is:

%userprofile%\ProjectWise\<organization_name>\<project_name>

Where:

%userprofile%\ProjectWise is the ProjectWise Drive root folder, and where %userprofile% (which typically expands to C:\Users\<user.name>) is the user profile location for the user you are logged in to the computer as.
<organization_name> is the folder that is named after the organization that owns the ProjectWise project
<project_name> is folder that is named after the ProjectWise project that is being synced.

The default ProjectWise Drive file location can be used as is, or it can be changed as needed from the Enterprise Administration page in ProjectWise 365 (https://projectwise365.bentley.com/).

Specifically, the administrator can:

Set a different ProjectWise Drive root folder - The administrator can change the default root folder from %userprofile%\ProjectWise to an absolute path (for example C:\PWDrive). This might be required for applications that need to access related files using a stored absolute path (for example, linked Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, engineering design and calculation apps, etc).
Edit the organization name - If the organization's name is long or contains multiple words (for example, "Bentley Systems Inc") the administrator can shorten the name used in the file location (for example, to just Bentley) for the sake of having a simpler file path.
Use the project number instead of the project name for the project folder - The project folder is named after the project name by default, but can be changed so that it will be named after the project number instead.

Any file location settings that you change can be set back to the default if needed.

Defining the File Location for Your Organization

Open ProjectWise 365 (https://projectwise365.bentley.com/).
In the upper right corner, click the Enterprise Administration button.

On the Enterprise Administration page, click the ProjectWise Drive tab.

Note: You can also get to this tab directly by pointing your browser to https://projectwise365.bentley.com/enterprise-administration/projectwise-drive.

Setting	Description
Project File Location	This field shows the current ProjectWise Drive root file location. To change the root file location, turn off Use default and enter a new file path. For example, set the root file location to be an absolute path, such as C:\PWDrive. To use the default location, turn on Use default. If you were using a different location, turning on Use default resets the default location back to %userprofile%\ProjectWise.
Organization Name	This field shows the full name of the organization. To change the name of the organization as used in the file location path, turn off Use default and edit the name of the organization. To use the full name of the organization in the file location path, turn on Use default. If you had edited the name, turning on Use default resets the name to the full name of the organization.
Folders for projects will be named ... Using project name / Using project number	To use the name of the project as the name of the project folder in the file location path, turn on Folders for projects will be named > Using project name (default). To use the number of the project as the name of the project folder in the file location path, turn on Folders for projects will be named > Using project number.

When finished changing file location settings, click Save.
A confirmation dialog opens, letting you know that your changes will affect users who are currently synchronizing projects belonging to this organization, and that these users will have to resynchronize their projects.
Click Confirm.
After you change the file location for your organization, all users who are currently synchronizing projects belonging to this organization will get a notification in their ProjectWise Drive app window (shown below), telling them that the administrator has changed the organization's file location, and that they will need to resynchronize their projects to use the new file location. These users should check in any checked out documents first, and then click the link provided in their ProjectWise Drive app window when they are ready to resynchronize their projects.