After the scan is complete, locate the Reference Table (output file) and open it in Excel. In this file, you can accept or reject references that are found by the Reference Repair Utility for repair.
The name of the output file shows as: <Name of Server>_<Name of Vault Database>_<Timestamp of when the scan finished>.xml
Refer to the following table for more information about reading your results.
Column Title |
Description |
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Parent_Missing_Ref |
Full Vault path of the parent file that has the missing reference. This value should not be edited. |
Parent_Version |
Version of the parent that has the missing reference. This value should not be edited. |
Ref_In_File |
Name of the reference in the parent file. This value should not be edited. |
Matching_Ref_in_Vault |
Full Vault path to the matching reference in Vault. If no match is found in Vault, a ??? is displayed in that cell. The value in this cell can be replaced with the Vault path to some other file in Vault. |
Ref_Version |
Version of the matching reference in Vault. If you replace the matching reference with some other file in Vault, be sure to replace the value in this cell with the version of the file you've selected in Vault. |
Accept |
You can accept the matching reference by typing in TRUE (not case-sensitive). If there is only one matching reference found in the vault, its value is automatically set to TRUE. In case of AutoCAD files, if there are multiple matching references found in Vault, the utility may suggest a particular reference based on certain AutoCAD rules. A Suggested reference still has to be accepted by setting the value to TRUE. |
Parent_ID |
Unique identifier for every parent file that is missing a reference. You can use this value to filter and work on one parent at a time. This value should not be edited. |
Ref_ID |
Unique identifier for every missing reference within a given parent that has missing references. You can use this value to filter and work on one reference at a time. This value should not be edited. |
Server |
Name of the Server where the scan was run. This value should not be edited. |
Vault |
Name of the Vault scanned. This value should not be edited. |
Folder |
Vault path for the folder that was scanned. This value should not be edited. |
Source |
Authoring application (Inventor/AutoCAD) of the reference. This value should not be edited. |
Ref_Unique_ID |
Unique ID for the reference that is found in the parent file. This value should not be edited. |
The Reference Repair Utility automatically locates child files that are older than the parent file and suggests them for a relationship match. If a child file exists that is newer than the parent file, the Reference Repair Utility will not suggest this match in the results page.
You can make the Reference Repair utility acknowledge the relationship by performing a version bump on the parent file and re-running the utility.
This process makes the parent file more recent than the target child file.
The Reference Repair Utility should now suggest a relationship between the newer parent file and the child file.