SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM can import variable values from an XML file into a vault database. In the vault, existing files or items that match import criteria acquire the
values at specified points in the file workflow.
At a high level, the process works as
follows:
- You:
- Write an XML file containing variable values.
- Create an import rule and import transition action.
- The system:
- Regularly polls for XML files that contain new variable values.
- Matches new XML content with
existing files or items in the vault.
- Writes the new content to a temporary table
in the database.
- When files or items move through a workflow transition with
an import action, the system copies new content from the temporary table to the file
or item card.