10 Replies Latest reply on Aug 22, 2016 4:32 PM by Mike Price

Latest on Get Latest Version

Mike Price Aug 19, 2016 9:47 AM

Hi all,

So I'm getting more involved with EPDM here where I work. I am not extremely familiar with it at the moment so please be patient I have looked in the forum and didn't see a concrete example of how to insure the latest version is procured when checking out a file. I personally have been burnt by this and would like to prevent this from happening for all users.

Is there a software method that is reliable for insuring that the latest version of a file is procured?

Also, can someone please explain to me if I am logged into the vault, how would I be able to even have a prior version and not the latest version of a file. My understanding is that when I "get" a file, I get a locally cached version of that file and am not looking at the actual file in the vault, but a local copy. So, if I then check out the file, I am checking out the local version and not necessarily the latest version.......?

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Latest on Get Latest Version

Stephen Lapic Aug 19, 2016 10:51 AM (in response to Mike Price)

You can do this within settings. If you have a group that everyone is in or individually go to their settings in the admin window. Select Reference Dialog from the right and the second check box is "Always work with latest version of files."
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Re: Latest on Get Latest Version

Craig Schultz Aug 19, 2016 10:55 AM (in response to Mike Price)

Go into your groups....settings (bottom left)

then
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  Mike Price Aug 19, 2016 11:23 AM (in response to Craig Schultz)
  
  I was reading that this isn't always reliable. Is that true?
  
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    Stephen Lapic Aug 19, 2016 11:33 AM (in response to Mike Price)
    
    At where I work all the engineers are set up to get latest manually. This is because at times they may need older information to either review or to build from. All non-engineers are set up to get latest automatically since they don't normally need old information. I do know that new engineers sometimes forget to get the latest but they learn. I have not heard anything negative from the non-engineers that they didn't have the correct information.
    
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      Craig Schultz Aug 19, 2016 11:42 AM (in response to Stephen Lapic)
      
      It's similar here. I set it up to get latest for everyone. But then a select few are allowed to get older versions through SW add-in. It's just safer that way to make sure everyone's up to date on the assemblies.
      
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  Mike Price Aug 22, 2016 4:12 PM (in response to Craig Schultz)
  
  So I am still seeing a local revision that is an older rev than the latest version. I went into settings and changed this, but am wondering why I would still see this?
  
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    Craig Schultz Aug 22, 2016 4:16 PM (in response to Mike Price)
    
    Even after you open it? As soon as I open the files it gets latest.
    
    Local version = the latest version in your cache. Latest version = the one in the vault. That tab is the worst thing....especially the local revision part of it.
    
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      Mike Price Aug 22, 2016 4:32 PM (in response to Craig Schultz)
      
      OK, it indexed up to the latest version. Even if I CTRL-C the file, it will index it to the latest version too. Thanks!
      
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Re: Latest on Get Latest Version

Mike Price Aug 19, 2016 12:02 PM (in response to Mike Price)

Thank you both for the information. I would like to give you both the correct answer, but can't.....

Either of you really, really, want the "correct answer"?
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  Craig Schultz Aug 19, 2016 12:09 PM (in response to Mike Price)
  
  I will be crushed if I can't boost up the leader boards of SW....
  
  Give it to Stephen. It's not like we can turn in the points for some cheap toys like a skee-ball game.
  
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