Get item from Serena Dimensions without knowing Item Specification

Question

I want to download a file from serena dimensions with script. I found from the manual that the command is FI

I am writing it like this

FI "" /USER_FILENAME="C:\path_to_my_file" /NOEXPAND /OVERWRITE

And i got this error: PCM0005518E Error: Item not uniquely identified

Is there any way that with just the filename i can fetch the file?

Answer 1

Try something like this

FI /ROOT_PROJECT="PROD_NAME:PROJECT_NAME" /FILENAME="DIMENSION_PORJECT/PATH/FILENAME" - /USER_FILENAME="C:\path_local\set_filename.ext" /NOEXPAND /OVERWRITE

What is being done here is using ROOT_PROJECT we are limiting the search area to product and project. Then we are providing the full path of file in dimensions using the /FILENAME and then we are providing the local copy path in the /USER_FILENAME. This is where the file from the dimensions will be copied to.

In scenario your file in dimension has global scope or is in $GENRIC:$GLOBAL scope then you can get away by only the /FILENAME.