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  • BOM Report Job

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    To celebrate the release of Vault 2015 R2, I wrote an app that lets you generate BOM reports automatically through the Vault job server. If you are not already aware, Vault 2015 R2 has a BOM Report feature. From any BOM view, you can run the Report command and it will generate a report of…

  • Custom Jobs without Job Processor

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    If you are building your own custom job, you do not have to plug-in to Job Processor if you don’t want to. The job queue can be accessed through the Vault web services API, just like with files and folders. The recommended approach is to use Job Processor. That approach is what you see in…

  • 6 Hours of video on the Vault API

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    My webinar series on the Vault API is over. As promised, here are all the recordings. These videos will take you from the basics (how to connect to the Vault Server) up to advanced topics (event handling). The downloads are broken up into the presentation portion and the sample code demonstration, which doubles as a…

  • Vault API Webinar Series

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    If you are getting started with the Vault API, there is a lot of information out there. Unfortunately, it’s all over the place. Some of it is on this blog, some of it is on AU Virtual, some of it is on ADN. Here is my attempt to fix all that. I’ll be doing a…

  • Watch Folder 2012

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    Looking for that perfect gift to give this year? Why not give the gift of Watch Folder?! I just updated it to work with Vault 2012, and I added in support for HTML style emails.

  • Q-Tools

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    Update:  The Vault 2012 version of this app is now available. Q-Tools for Autodesk Vault is my attempt to fix job server issues that I have heard about or experienced myself.  The utility is a Windows service that contains various features that you can turn on or off depending on how you want to use…

  • Watch Folder

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    Wouldn't it be nice if Vault could email you when a file was added or changed?  Wouldn't it be even nicer if somebody were to program that feature and post it on his blog?  If the answer is yes and yes, then go out and buy a lottery ticket because today is your lucky day.…

  • Lifecycle event jobs

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    Here are some important things you need to know about the new Vault 2011 feature that allows you to queue up a job on a lifecycle state change. Configuring the system Obviously you need to have the Job Server enabled.  So that's the first step.  You can enable this feature in the Global admin settings.…