Uploading Files without the Applet

If the checkin applet is not installed, you must select files individually. When uploading files to create a DesignSync document, you can only upload one file at a time.

If you need to upload files larger than 2.5 GB, you must use the checkin applet.

Before you begin:

  1. Initiate the create, upload, or checkin process. This screen shows the page for uploading files to a Common Document Model object:



    This screen shows the page for uploading a file for a DesignSync document:



  2. Click Browse and navigate to the file you want to check in. For common documents, repeat for each file you want to check in.

    Note: When creating documents for Program Central objects such as deliverables or attachments, you are not required to check in a file now. You can upload a file to the document later.

  3. For common documents, select the format from the drop-down menu.

    You cannot checkin the same filename (that is, 2 files with the same name and file extension) to different formats. If you do, the second file checked in becomes the next version of that file, even if it is checked into a different format that the first file.

  4. Type any Comments about each file.

  5. Click Done.

    When uploading to a DesignSync document, the file or the folder you selected is checked into the DesignSync server and an ENOVIA business object is created to contain the metadata needed to access that file or folder. During checkin of a folder, the compressed file is expanded and its contents are placed in the DesignSync server. A combination of factors like the folder information provided in the DesignSync server, the Path, and the folders within the compressed file determine how the contents of the compressed file are unpacked in the server. When you checkin a file, the file is connected to the newly-created business object. When you checkin a folder, the DesignSync folder (not the folder that you uploaded) is connected to the newly-created business object.