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Topics
• ProjectWise Explorer Tricks
• Saved Searches
• Creating Lists from the Database
• Managed Workspace Tips
• Important Configuration Variables
ProjectWise Explorer
• Click Spacebar to Display Properties
• Drag a file from an email attachment direct to PW Explore
• Get List of Files to Excel:
1. Select All files in PW Explorer (Control-A)
2. Execute command “Copy List to Clipboard Tab Separated”
3. Paste it values to Excel
Global Saved Searches
• Documents checked out for more than 7 days:
Global Saved Searches
• Files updated in the last 7 days:
• Files updated in the last day:
Managed Workspaces
• System, Application, and Site Configurations May Be Either Files or Blocks
• Configuration Blocks May Point to Files Inside or Outside of ProjectWise
ProjectWise Configuration Variables
• Affect ProjectWise Behavior Inside MicroStation
• Set in mcm.cfg, a configuration file, a configuration block or in personal workspace
ProjectWise Workspace Variables
• _MCM_PROMPTFORWORKSPACE = 1
• _MCM_RELOAD_WORKSPACE = {1,2}
ProjectWise File Variables
• PW_CHECKINOPT = [0 (no check-in,1 (check-in)]
• PW_DONT_RESOLVE_APPLICATION = 1
ProjectWise Reference Variables
• PW_REFERENCE_TIMER = 1 (in minutes)
• PW_REFERENCE_MODE = [1 -> bring up dialog, 2 -> do it silently, 3 -> don’t update]
