Setting the Preferred File Store for a Company

Each top-level company can have a preferred file store set for it and all its business units using the File Store Symbolic Name attribute on the company's business object. This attribute should only be set by host company administrators.

The File Store Symbolic Name attribute is specified for an entire Company. When users log into the system, the system finds the Organization connected via the Employee relationship. If this Organization is not a Company (for example, it is a Business Unit), the system navigates up the Organization relationship structure until it finds the top-level Company business object. If the File Store Symbolic Name attribute has a value, it overrides the value determined by the business object's governing policy.

  1. Use System or MQL to create a store for a company. For details on file stores, see the System Manager Guide.

  2. Register the store and assign it a symbolic name as described in Registering Your Own Administrative Objects.

  3. Change the default store defined for your company. See Editing Details about a Company.

    When a file is checked into the ENOVIA platform using a general client, such as the ENOVIA Matrix Navigator, the store set in the policy (as defined in System or MQL) is used; when using an ENOVIA product to check in a file, the person or company default store is used regardless of the store set by the policy.