Exclude blueprint folder name

Jon Baier · 09/17/20

Does anyone know what this option on the Naming configuration does? I can't find any specific documentation or examples...

Thanks!

Jennifer Greenough · 09/29/20

Hello,

Unless I'm mistaken, if you click that option the folder names will not have the project name included. For example, if your project were named "ABC" and you had a folder named "Logs" the options above would yield:

Prefix: ABC - Logs

Suffix: Logs - ABC

Exclude blueprint folder name: Logs

When we set up our instance I don't recall having the prefix or suffix option for folders, so all our folders in our instance are generically named, which is OK at the project level but can be a bit confusing when you search for a given folder if you have cross-project access.

If you have multiple projects in one workspace then you most likely want to use the prefix or suffix option.

I hope that helps!

Jennifer

Jennifer Greenough · 09/29/20

Hello,

Unless I'm mistaken, if you click that option the folder names will not have the project name included. For example, if your project were named "ABC" and you had a folder named "Logs" the options above would yield:

Prefix: ABC - Logs

Suffix: Logs - ABC

Exclude blueprint folder name: Logs

When we set up our instance I don't recall having the prefix or suffix option for folders, so all our folders in our instance are generically named, which is OK at the project level but can be a bit confusing when you search for a given folder if you have cross-project access.

If you have multiple projects in one workspace then you most likely want to use the prefix or suffix option.

I hope that helps!

Jennifer

Jon Baier · 09/29/20

Thanks Jennifer. Currently we use Prefix for the Workspace name (each project in it's own workspace), and Suffix for the sheet names. But I may change to 'exclude' for the sheet names to make the name shorter. A lot of the time I end up with sheet names that get truncated due to the suffix being added.

I'll set up a test project and see what happens.

Edit: It looks like "sheets and dashboards" are prefix/suffix only, so I need the 'Exclude' option added there as well to accomplish what I was hoping. Guess I'll submit an enhancement request.