Publishing to the file system
You can publish to the file system to export data from the CSDB.
About this task
The publishing options that are available in your publishing configuration may vary.
Procedure
- In Contenta S1000D, select the desired Configuration, Project, or PModule object.
Note: If you select a Project, you will only be able to publish PMs in that project.Remember: To publish from a project, the configuration must be on the user's desktop.
- Click Tools, and then click S1000D Publish.
- In the Publications field, select one or more PMs that you want to publish.
- If any of the selected PMs has applicability, perform the following steps:
- Click Set Applicability.
The Publication Module Applicability window opens.Note: When using an ACT Catalog DM, the Publication Module Applicability window will take longer to open.
- Select a PM.
- Indicate the content that you want to be included.
If a check box is not selected or a text field does not contain a valid value, the content with that applicability will be included.
- Click Apply Applicability.
The applicability that you select here applies until you close the browser.
Note: The information that is displayed in the Applicability window is based on the contents of the ACT DM that is referenced by the PM being published. If that ACT DM in turn references a PCT and a CCT, the content of those DMs will also be included. - Click Set Applicability.
- In the Formats section, click Contenta to File System.
- Select the Resolve CIR References check box to resolve references to CIR items, which are available in S1000D Issue 4.1 and later. Clear this check box (which is selected by default) if your publication does not include CIRs or if you don't need to resolve CIRs during this publish.
Resolving CIR references in a larger publication can slow down the publish process.
- Select the Get Latest Content check box to obtain the latest versions of reusable components (warnings, cautions, support equipment, supplies, spares) from the CSDB repository. Clear this check box (which is selected by default) to output the versions of reusable components in each data module, which may not be the latest versions, or if your site is not using the Contenta S1000D reusable components functionality, that is, not storing reusable components in the CSDB repository.
- Optional: In the File System Settings section, click Create Zip of Export Directory if you would like to create a .zip archive of this directory and its contents, which include all of the S1000D modules and graphics in the selected publication.
- Click Publish.
While Publish is running, progress messages are displayed in the Publish window.
- After Publish completes, click View Log, then scroll to the bottom of the publish log to find the location of either the publish export directory or the .zip archive.