Using the Update Many Method

  To update a folder of Interactive Reporting documents:

1. Open Dashboard Development Services Update Utility.

2. From Update Method, select Update Many.

3. Select the preferred backup option.

   • Selecting Place Updates in the Update Folder, creates an Update folder in the source path and the updated documents are saved to this folder (If a document with an identical name exists in the Update folder, a timestamp is added to the document currently being updated. The original document in the Update folder is not overwritten)

   • Selecting Place Originals in Backup Folder, creates a Backup folder in the source path (The original documents are saved to the Backup folder with a timestamp added to the file name. The updated documents are saved to the source path and take the name of the original documents)

   When the option to create a backup of the documents is selected, the original documents must not be set to read-only.

4. Click (next to JavaScript Configuration File), to locate the configuration file.

   The JavaScript configuration file determines the sections to replace, add, delete, or preserve in the specified document to update. A configuration file is provided by default.

   Note: To add the Layout Manager to your updated documents, click Browse and select JavaScriptUpdateResizeOn_dds.js from the \DDS\scripts\DDSUpdate directory as the configuration file.

5. Click (next to New Sections File), to locate newsections.bqy.

   A new sections file is provided by default, which contains the latest version of the infrastructure sections.

6. Click (next to Document Folder to Update), to locate the folder to update.

   The save path of the updated documents is generated in Save Path of Updated Document(s).

7. Click Update.

   When the update process is complete, a report confirms a successful or unsuccessful update.

8. Click View to open the updated folder.