New/Edit Deployment Area Dialog Box

The New Work Area dialog box allows you to create a deployment area, and assign users or groups to that area.

Field | Description | Rules and Guidelines
ID | The name of the area. | Required Up to 25 characters
Description | A description for the Area. | Up to 240 characters.
Network node | Select the name of the network node for the machine on which the area is to be. | Required.
Directory | The drive and directory name for the area. | Required.
Node user ID | The O/S username that will be used to access the area on the node. You can also enter a credential set. For details see the Administration Guide. |
Node password | The password that will be used to access the area on the node. | Not required if you are using credential sets.
Stage ID | The lifecycle stage for which files are transferred when the item revisions are actioned to the corresponding state. | Choose a stage from the list.
Area owner | The Dimensions CM user that will be able to edit the area details (contained in this dialog box). | Required. Default is the current user.
Area Filter | Specifies the filter used to control the types of item files that are copied to the deployment area. CAUTION! Audit and area filters can easily be confused. See Correct Use of Area and Audit Filters. | Choose a filter from the list.
Pre-event Transfer Script | A file containing a script to be performed before a transfer takes place. For details of configuring and using area transfer scripts, see "Deployment Area Scripts" in the Developer's API Reference. |
Post-event Transfer Script | A file containing a script to be performed after a transfer takes place. |
Fail-event Transfer Script | A file containing a script to be performed if a transfer fails to complete successfully. |
Is this area currently offline? | Check this box if you want to currently exclude the area from any file transfer operations. |

Related Topics

Creating Areas

Modifying Areas