Data Management - Publishing Destinations

Parent Page: Accessing, Defining & Managing System Preferences

The Data Management - Publishing Destinations page of the Preferences dialog

Summary

The Data Management – Publishing Destinations page of the Preferences dialog provides controls to set up publishing destinations or storage spaces where data can be published. Publishing Destinations offer you the ability to publish release data for a revision of a PCB Fabrication Data Item, PCB Assembly Data Item, or PCB Project Design Item, directly from a managed content server, or Output Job, to storage space - such as Box.com, Amazon S3, an FTP server, or a simple folder location on a shared network.

Access

The Data Management –  Publishing Destinations page is part of the main Preferences dialog that is accessed by clicking the  control in the upper-right corner of the workspace then selecting the Publishing Destinations entry under the Data Management folder.

Options/Controls

• Publishing Destinations - lists the name, type, and status of any existing Publishing Destinations. Double-click on an entry to open the Edit Connection dialog for that publishing destination.
• Add Destination - click to select one of the following options:
  • Amazon S3 - select to open the Add Amazon S3 Publishing Destination dialog, which allows you to enter information for their Amazon Web Services Account in order to set the account as a publishing destination.
  • Box.com - select to open the Add Box.com Publishing Destination dialog, which allows you to enter information for an existing Box.com account for use with Altium NEXUS as a publishing destination.
  • Folder - select to open the Add Folder Publishing Destination dialog, which allows you to enter information for a new or existing root folder location to be used as a publishing destination.
  • FTP - select to open the Add FTP Publishing Destination dialog, which allows you to enter information for an FTP server to be used as a publishing destination.
• Edit Connection - select a publishing destination from the table then click this button to edit information for that entry in the Edit Connection dialog.
• Remove - select an entry from the publishing destination table then click this button to remove that entry. Only one entry can be removed at a time.