Select workgroup manager and set up workgroup

The following is a brief description of how to set up an Allplan workgroup on your network. Detailed instructions can be found in the services application Help under the keyword "workgroup manager".

How to select the workgroup manager

• You have administrator rights for the network in question
• You have installed Allplan 2023 on the first workstation in the network (see "First-time installation in a network")

1. Immediately after installing the first Allplan workstation on the network, select the Workgroup Manager via Allplan Diagnostics.

   To do this, start Allplan 2023 and click Allplan Diagnostics in the Help menu.

   Or:

   To do this, start < N_CurVer> and click Allplan Diagnostics in the Service menu.

2. In Allplan Diagnostics, select the Settings tab and click Find in the Workgroup Settings area next to NetPath.

   

3. Set int he dialog box that opens the UNC address of the central file storage folder.

   To do this, click on the folder shared with the intended users for central file storage under \\computer name.

   This will automatically copy the UNC path to the path specification text box in the format \\computer name\...\Central File Storage Folder.

   

   Note: If the Central File Storage Folder is not displayed under \\computer name, then the folder has not been shared. In this case, close Allplan Diagnostics, release the folder and start again from step 1.

   Please note! Even if the central file storage folder is located locally on the same computer, the path must be specified as a UNC address in this way.

4. Click OK.
5. In the Workgroup Settings area, select the Workgroup Manager check box and click Apply next to NetPath.

   

   Now the workgroup manager is selected. Close the NetManager log, if it is open.

   Note: For more information on Allplan Diagnostics, see Allplan Help. Just press the F1 key or click Help in the lower left corner.

6. Exit Allplan Diagnostics by clicking Close.

   Services application now also contains the workgroup manager menu.

   

How to set up an Allplan Workgroup

• Sie sind als Allplan Administrator angemeldet
• Allplan 2023 is installed on all workstations that are to be included in the workgroup
• The workgroup manager is running (see above)

1. Start the Services application 2023.
2. If necessary, include additional computers in the workgroup on which projects are to be stored. Share the folder on the computer you want to add.

   To do this, click Administer projects and computer in the Workgroup manager menu.

3. Set up the users specifying which computer the user should access. Only after a user is set up here can they start Allplan.

   To do this, click Administer users in the Workgroup manager menu.

   Please note! Make sure that the Allplan usernames you assign are in compliance with ISO 9660.

   Note: For more information about the workgroup manager, see Services application Help. Just click Help in the Help menu.

4. Start Allplan 2023 at the relevant workstation and finally set the office standard.

   Note: When a user logs on to the operating system with his user name, he is automatically logged on to Allplan 2023 as a user with the same name or as a user set up in the workgroup manager.