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Publishing to the file system

You can publish to the file system to export data from the CSDB.

About this task

When you publish to the file system you select the publication modules, applicability, format, and other options.

The publishing options that are available in your publishing configuration may vary.

Procedure

  1. In Contenta S1000D, select the desired Configuration, Project, or PModule object.
  2. Click Tools, and then click S1000D Publish.
  3. In the Publications field, select one or more PMs that you want to publish.
  4. If any of the selected PMs has applicability, perform the following steps:
    1. Click Set Applicability.
    2. Select a PM.

      If the referenced ACT DM is an ACT Catalog DM (available in Issue 4.1 or higher), a message is displayed indicating that ACT Catalog DMs are not supported, and the Publication Module Applicability window is not displayed. (ACT Catalog DMs have an infocode of 0A3, whereas ACT DMs have an infocode of 00W.)

    3. 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.
    4. Click Apply Applicability.
      The applicability that you select here applies until you close the browser.
  5. In the Formats section, click Contenta to File System.
  6. Check the Get Latest Content check box to obtain the latest versions of reusable components (warnings, cautions, support equipment, supplies, spares) from the CSDB repository. Uncheck this check box to output the versions of reusable components that are in each data module, which may not be the latest versions, or if your site is not using the SDL Contenta S1000D reusable components functionality, that is, not storing reusable components in the CSDB repository. Defaults to checked.
  7. 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.
  8. Click Publish.
    While Publish is running, progress messages are displayed in the Publish window.
  9. 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.