Considerations for ProjectWise Users

Bentley ProjectWise provides managed access to FlowMaster content within a work- group, across a distributed organization, or among collaborating professionals. When ProjectWise is integrated with FlowMaster, project files can be accessed quickly, checked out for use, and checked back in directly from within FlowMaster.

If ProjectWise is installed on your system, FlowMaster automatically installs all the components necessary for you to use ProjectWise to store and share your FlowMaster projects.

To learn more about ProjectWise, refer to the ProjectWise online help.

To learn more about using ProjectWise with FlowMaster, see the following topics:

• “General Guidelines for using ProjectWise with FlowMaster” on page 3-115

• “Performing ProjectWise Operations from within FlowMaster” on page 3-116

3.27.1

General Guidelines for using ProjectWise with

FlowMaster

Follow these guidelines when using FlowMaster with ProjectWise:

• Use the File > ProjectWise commands to perform ProjectWise file operations, such as Save, Open, and Change Datasource.

• The first time you choose one of the File > ProjectWise menu commands in your current FlowMaster session, you are prompted to log into a ProjectWise data- source. The datasource you log into remains the current datasource until you change it using the File > ProjectWise > Change Datasource command.

• Use FlowMaster’s File > New command to create a new project. The project is not stored in ProjectWise until you select File > ProjectWise > Save As.

• Use FlowMaster’s File > Open command to open a local copy of the current project.

• Use FlowMaster’s File > Save command to save a copy of the current project to your local computer.

• When you Close a project already stored in ProjectWise using File > Close, you are prompted to select one of the following options:

– Check In—Updates the project in ProjectWise with your latest changes and

unlocks the project so other ProjectWise users can edit it.

– Unlock—Unlocks the project so other ProjectWise users can edit it but does

not update the project in ProjectWise. Note that this will abandon any changes you have made since the last server update.

– Leave Out—Leaves the project checked out so others cannot edit it and

retains any changes you have made since the last server update to the files on your local computer. Select this option if you want to exit Bentley Flow- Master but continue working on the project later.

• In the FlowMaster Options dialog box, there is a ProjectWise tab with the Update server on Save check box. This option, when turned on, can significantly affect performance, especially for large, complex projects. When this is checked, any time you save your FlowMaster project locally using the File > Save menu command, the files on your ProjectWise server will also be updated and all changes to the files will immediately become visible to other ProjectWise users. This option is turned off by default.

• In this release of FlowMaster, calculation result files are not managed inside ProjectWise. A local copy of reulsts is maintained on your computer, but to ensure accurate results you should recalculate projects when you first open them from ProjectWise.

• FlowMaster projects associated with ProjectWise appear in the Most Recently Used Files list (at the bottom of the File menu) in the following format: pwname://PointServer:_TestDatasource/Documents/TestFolder/Test1.prj

3.27.2

Performing ProjectWise Operations from within

FlowMaster

You can quickly tell whether or not the current FlowMaster project is in ProjectWise or not by looking at the title bar and the status bar of the FlowMaster window. If the current project is in ProjectWise, “pwname://” will appear in front of the file name in the title bar, and a ProjectWise icon will appear on the far right side of the status bar, as shown below.

You can perform the following ProjectWise operations from within FlowMaster:

To save an open FlowMaster project to ProjectWise:

1. In FlowMaster, select File > ProjectWise > Save As.

2. If you haven’t already logged into ProjectWise, you are prompted to do so. Select a ProjectWise datasource, type your ProjectWise user name and password, then click Log in.

3. In the ProjectWise Save Document dialog box, enter the following information: a. Click Change next to the Folder field, then select a folder in the current

ProjectWise datasource in which to store your project.

b. Type the name of your FlowMaster project in the Name field. We recommend that you keep the ProjectWise name the same as or as close to the FlowMaster project name as possible.

c. Keep the default entries for the rest of the fields in the dialog box d. Click OK.

To open a FlowMaster project from a ProjectWise datasource:

1. Select File > ProjectWise > Open.

2. If you haven’t already logged into ProjectWise, you are prompted to do so. Select a ProjectWise datasource, type your ProjectWise user name and password, then click Log in.

3. In the ProjectWise Select Document dialog box, perform these steps:

a. From the Folder drop-down menu, select a folder that contains FlowMaster projects.

b. In the Document list box, select a FlowMaster project.

c. Keep the default entries for the rest of the fields in the dialog box d. Click Open.

To copy an open FlowMaster project from one ProjectWise datasource to another:

1. Select File > ProjectWise > Open to open a project stored in ProjectWise. 2. Select File > ProjectWise > Change Datasource.

3. In the ProjectWise Log in dialog box, select a different ProjectWise datasource, then click Log in.

4. Select File > ProjectWise > Save As.

5. In the ProjectWise Save Document dialog box, change information about the project as required, then click OK.

To make a local copy of a FlowMaster project stored in a ProjectWise data- source:

1. Select File > ProjectWise > Open.

2. If you haven’t already logged into ProjectWise, you are prompted to do so. Select a ProjectWise datasource, type your ProjectWise user name and password, then click Log in.