BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2018 Configuration Guide

Configuring the vault settings

The scripted integration link between Meridian Enterprise and Meridian Enterprise is controlled by settings that are stored in the vault configuration.

Before you begin    

You must have the Change Configuration privilege in the Meridian Enterprise vault and access to the Meridian Enterprise Configurator program to configure the settings.

To configure the Meridian Enterprise scripted integration link:

  1. In Meridian Enterprise Configurator, expand Environment in the configuration tree and select Vault Settings. The vault’s settings appear in property pages in the right pane.
  2. Click the Edit button to make changes.
  3. On the Settings page, locate the [Meridian360] section.
  4. Type settings on the right side of each statement using the descriptions in the following table.
  5. Click OK.
Meridian Enterprise link settings
Setting Description

UserName

User account for communications between Meridian Enterprise and Meridian Enterprise.

Password

Password for the account specified in UserName.

URL

URL of the Meridian Enterprise server.

ProjectNumberProperty

Meridian Enterprise property that contains the linked Meridian Enterprise project ID. The property must be specified as <PropertySet>.<PropertyName>.

DocumentNumberProperty

Meridian Enterprise property that contains the document identifier to show in Meridian Enterprise. It is also used to identify source documents when revisions are imported back into the vault from packages (except review packages). The property must be specified as <PropertySet>.<PropertyName>. If this setting is not specified, errors can occur during package transfers.

LocalExePath

Path to Meridian local files. When downloading of packages is scheduled as a Windows task, this path is searched for the program BCRunScript.exe. If this setting is missing, the following path is used: C:\BC-Meridian Extensions\<Vault>\M360.

WarnOnOutdatedRendition

If this setting is 1, show a warning message if the rendition is outdated.

IncludeOutdatedRendition

If this setting is 1, include outdated renditions in packages.

ColumnMapPath

Path in the vault to a Microsoft Excel document that contains the transmittal column mapping. If this setting is missing, the transmittal will be empty.

TransmittalDocumentSheets

Comma-separated list of worksheets in document specified for ColumnMapPath that contain data.

DocumentTableName

Name of the table defined in the document specified for ColumnMapPath that contains a list of documents.

GenericResourcePath

Vault path to resource files if ProjectResourcePath is not defined.

ProjectResourcePath

Relative path to project resource files, the distribution matrix, for example.

ProxyServer

URL of the proxy server to use to connect to the Meridian Enterprise server. This setting is read from the file M360.Meridian.Web.Client.dll.config by default. If specified here, this setting overrides the setting in the file.

ProxyUser

User account with permission to connect to the proxy server. This setting is read from the file M360.Meridian.Web.Client.dll.config by default. If specified here, this setting overrides the setting in the file.

ProxyUserPassword

Password for the account specified in ProxyUser. This setting is read from the file M360.Meridian.Web.Client.dll.config by default. If specified here, this setting overrides the setting in the file.

ReferencesToInclude

Comma-separated list of Meridian Enterprise reference types to include in packages exchanged by the link. References can be further filtered by specifying the reference direction as either In or Out. For example, AutoCAD External Reference:Out,AutoCAD Overlaid Reference:Out will include only the outgoing references of the specified types.

FailedTransferWorkflowState

Workflow state to route packages to that fail to transfer.

ReviewPackageTemplateKeyWord

A keyword (for example, Review) that, if found in the names of defined package templates, identifies the templates as review packages templates. Template names that do not contain this keyword are considered normal package templates.

  1. On the Meridian Enterprise Server computer, open the following file in any text editor. The file does not exist until after Meridian Enterprise Server has been configured as described in the preceding steps.

    C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Meridian360Portal.dat
  2. If necessary, modify the settings described in the following table.
Meridian import settings
Setting Description

PollPackagesInterval

Interval in minutes to check for and receive packages from Meridian.

ScanReceivedPackages

If set to true, scan all received Meridian packages.