24.4.2 Group Folder Manager

FileShare-GroupFolder

The Group Folder Manager is designed for managing files in the group folder for the group leader machines. It allows you to copy Origin files from user files folder to the group folder to share them with the client machines. You can also remove files from the group folder so that they will not be published to clients any more. This tool can also delete files from the user files folder. When you find a file in your user files folder that is not updated (the version of this file is older than the one in the group folder), you can use this tool to get the updated file from the group folder.

Opening the Group Folder Manager

To open the Group Folder Manager:

• Select Preferences: Group Folder Manager from the Origin menu.

View files

There are seven check boxes in the dialog to specify whether to show certain file types in the lists.

Two Folder Panel

There are two panels in the dialog User Files Folder panel on the left and Group Folder panel on the right. When a file type is selected in the View check box, both panels list all files of this type in two folders.

Files with the same name but located in these two different folders are compared. The up-to-date status is marked by the color of file names.

Note: The Add button or Remove button will be available when selecting the files with status Newer, Older or New File. After the files are added to another folder, the color of the file names becomes Blue both in User Files Folder list or Group Folder list.

Publishing Files

To publish files, you need to copy the files from your user files folder to the group folder. You can follow these steps in the Group Folder Manager:

1. Select the file type of the files to be shared in the View file check boxes. Files of the selected type in the user files folder are listed in the User Files Folder panel.
2. Select the files (hold down the Shift key or the Ctrl key for selecting multiple files if desired) in the User Files Folder panel.
3. Click on the button. The selected files will be added to the Group Folder panel.
4. Click on the Publish button to publish the files and close the dialog.

Publish Files to Multiple Groups

From Origin 2019b, you can publish different files to different groups.

To switch between groups,

1. Select the desired group folder from Group Folder drop-down list on Group Folder panel.

To publish a file to multiple groups,

1. Select the desired file on the User Files Folder panel
2. Click Add to Multiple Folders button. In the dialog that opens, select all the group folders you want to add to, and click OK.
3. Click Publish to perform publishing for all changed folders.

If an Origin is member of multiple groups, it will be notified when any of these groups have new files and can receive files of all groups.

Copying Files from Group Folder to User Files Folder

When a file that exists in the group folder is missing in the user files folder, or when the file in the user files folder is older than its counterpart in group folder, you may want to copy the file in the group folder to your user files folder.

To do this in the Group Folder Manager:

1. Select the file you want to copy in the Group Folder panel. To select multiple files, hold the Shift key or the Ctrl key and click.
2. Click on the button.

Removing Files from the Group Folder

To remove the files from the group folder with the Group Folder Manager:

1. Select the file type of the files to be removed in the View file check boxes. Files of the selected type in the group folders are listed on the Group Folder panel.
2. Select the files (hold down the Shift key or the Ctrl key for selecting multiple files if desired) in the Group Folder panel.
3. Click on the Delete button below the Group Folder panel to remove the files from the group folder.
4. Click on the Publish button to perform publishing and close the dialog.

Deleting Files from the User Files Folder

To delete files from the user files folder with the Group Folder Manager:

1. Select the file type for the file to be deleted in the View file check boxes. Files of the selected type in the user files folder are listed on the User Files Folder panel.
2. Select the files (hold down the Shift key or the Ctrl key for selecting multiple files if desired) in the User Files Folder panel.
3. Click on the Delete button below the User Files panel to delete the files from the user files folder.
4. Click on the Publish button to perform publishing and close the dialog.