Defining an Item Library for an Item Type

Purpose

Follow this procedure when you want to create or edit the Item Library Definition for a specific item type. This will override the default library.

PRIVILEGES Manage Libraries

To define an item library:

From the Object Types main window, select the item type for which you want to define a library in the navigation pane. Make sure the Item Libraries section is displayed in the content pane.
Do one of the following:

If there is no item library set up for the specific item type, click the left-most button on the left of the content pane. (The left-most button will be grayed out). The Add Specific Library dialog box appears.
If there is an item library set up for the specific item type, click the left-most button on the left of the content pane. (The left-most button will be grayed out). The Edit Specific Library dialog box appears.

Select the network node that holds the item library from the HostName list.
Enter the directory path to the item library on the host node in the Directory Path field.

CAUTION! Item libraries must not reside in the root directories of Windows drives or shares! This is unsupported, and may cause many operations to fail.

CAUTION! When the Dimensions server is installed on Windows 2008 server, item libraries cannot be located in the folders beneath the Program Files folder.

Optionally, complete the rest of the fields in the dialog box.
When you have finished, click OK to commit the details.

NOTE If you change the location of an item library, Dimensions CM does not relocate the contents of the existing library to reflect this change. You will need to move the library files manually to the new location.