PLM Mechanic specializes in Oracle's Agile PLM solution, offering services like installations, upgrades, maintenance, and customization. The document discusses how to enhance file load speed using a custom vault, which simplifies the process by only referencing files instead of loading them directly. Steps for setting up a custom vault and preparing a file load file are provided to optimize data migration efforts.

1. Is File Load Taking
Too Long?

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Is File Load Taking Too Long?
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3. Consider using a custom vault
If your company is in the midst of a data migration to Agile
PLM and has been around for a while, chances are you have
quite a few attachments to migrate over. While the
mechanics of file load are not difficult, it can be a time
consuming process. This blog aims to speed up your import by
walking through the use of a custom file vault.
So what is a custom vault? A custom vault is a read only file
system that is attached to the file manager. Files can be
checked out, but when they are checked in, they are copied to
the primary read/write location of the vault. The load process
for a custom vault is much faster because only the reference
to the file is made in the database as compared to adding a
reference as well as the file.

4. Setting up a Custom File Vault
1. Copy the attachments to the File Manager and note the path of
the top level directory
2. Log into the Java Client
3. Navigate to Admin Tab | Server Settings | Locations | File
Manager tab
4. Double click the file manager that will host the custom vault
5. Click the plus button to add a new vault.
6. In the Vault Type field, select Custom
7. In the Description field, type a description of the vault
8. In the Base Storage Directory field, enter the path from step 1
9. Click OK
10. Restart File Manager

5. Setting up a Custom File Vault

6. Preparing the File Load file
Once the vault is configured, it is time to load the references to
the file to add. The big differentiator is that the flag used is
INPLACE not FILE. Here is a very basic sample file:
ITEM,PLMMECH1,,folder1/file1.txt,INPLACE,Sample File 1
ITEM,PLMMECH2,,folder2/file2.txt,INPLACE,Sample File 2
ITEM,PLMMECH3,,folder2/file3.txt,INPLACE,Sample File 3
One thing to note is the path. Normally with file loads, the full
path of the file to be added would be included, but our files are
already part of our Agile deployment due to the inclusion of the
custom vault above. Therefore, all we need to do is provide the
relative location of that file for it to be associated to the Agile
object.

7. Preparing the File Load file
Here is a view of our custom vault that was referenced:
Now that the vault is attached and the load file created, the file
load can be executed from the Java Client as you would do any
other file load.

8. Preparing the File Load file
As you can see from the screen shot below, after attaching the
files, they are now available in Agile.

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 Blog: http://www.plmmechanic.com/blog
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 Email: sales@plmmechanic.com
 Phone: 512-827-2262
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