The SolidWorks® Enterprise PDM Administration tool lets you manage all administrative tasks for Enterprise PDM vaults hosted by one or more available archive servers.
Users with sufficient administrative privileges can access the Administration tool from
any Enterprise PDM client computer (SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Contributor, and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Viewer).
All users have access to the Administration tool to change their passwords.
Configuring Enterprise PDM
You expand a vault node in the left pane to access the administration options for the vault.
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Add-ins
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Manage applications that are added in to Enterprise PDM, such as Dispatch. You can debug add-ins before you add them to a vault, track actions for specific add-ins, and view the history of all add-ins that have been installed.
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Enterprise PDM Add-ins
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Archive Status
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View statistics for the selected vault, including replication statistics and the number of deleted or missing files.
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Archive Status Dialog Box
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Bill of Materials
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Create or modify Bill of Materials, Weldment BOM and Weldment Cut List formats for CAD assemblies and drawings.
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Bills of Materials
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Cards
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Add and modify data cards used in the vault.
Cards show information about files and folders. Users can view and input information and use it to search the vault without needing a local copy of the file or folder.
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Data Cards
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Categories
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Create or modify categories to classify documents in the vault.
Categories contain conditions that are evaluated the first time a file is checked in so that the file is assigned to the correct category.
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Categories
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Cold Storage
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Define cold storage schemas to control how files in the vault are archived.
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Cold Storage Schemas
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Columns
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Define columns to customize the display of data in the file list or search results.
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Columns
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Data Import/Export
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Create import and export rules to exchange data with ERP systems.
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Importing Variable Values
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File Types
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Specify file type properties that control how files with references and specific file extensions behave when working in the Explorer interface.
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File Types
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Groups
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Create groups to allow multiple users to inherit the same permissions.
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Managing Users with Groups
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Indexing
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Set up the Enterprise PDM indexing service to create an index service catalog for the vault. The catalog lets users query the master index, word lists, and shadow indexes for word combinations.
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Indexing the Vault for Content Searching
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Items
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Select the serial number used to generate unique item IDs and the
variable used as the item display name.
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Items
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License
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View, add, or modify Enterprise PDM licenses.
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SolidWorks Enterprise PDM License Types
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Lists (for cards)
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Create card lists to maintain and update values for data card drop-down lists and selection boxes.
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Central Card Lists
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Message System
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Specify how vault notifications are sent.
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Message System
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Revisions
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Define the revision numbering scheme used by your company to facilitate document retrieval and control user access.
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Revision Numbers
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Serial Numbers
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Configure how serial numbers are generated to automate numbering of files, folders, and items, and to assign running values to card controls.
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Serial Numbers
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Tasks
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Configure, monitor, and run the Convert and Print tasks that ship with Enterprise PDM, and add tasks for add-ins you create using the API.
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Tasks Overview
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Templates
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Automate the creation of files and folders by adding templates to the file view right-click menu.
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Templates
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Toolbox
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Configure Enterprise PDM to manage the SolidWorks Toolbox component library and database.
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Toolbox
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Users
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Create user login credentials and assign user permissions.
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Creating User Accounts
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Variables
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Create and manage data card variables.
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Data Card Variables
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Workflows
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Define the states and transitions that represent your company's internal workflow structure.
Assign users and groups access to files based on workflow states.
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Workflows
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Modifying Local Settings
Expand the Local Settings 
node in the left pane to modify local client settings.
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Group Policies
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Use the Group Policy editor to modify or add Enterprise PDM policies on the current system.
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Group Policies
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Log File
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Display the Log File viewer to see details of problems reported by this Enterprise PDM client.
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Log File
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Settings
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Change the PDMWorks Enterprise client settings that are unique to the currently logged in Windows profile.
You can configure: - Automatic login settings
- The behavior of the Copy files to compressed archive option in the Enterprise PDM Copy Tree function
- Methods to be used to resolve CAD-file references
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Local Settings
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Managing Web Server
If Enterprise PDM Web Server is installed, use the Web Servers 
node to create web server configurations and select the parts of the vault that should be shared. See Web Server Overview.
For detailed information about configuring the Web server, see the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Web Server Guide, located in the \Support\Guide\<lang> directory of the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM CD.