Newforma Project Administrators and IT folks please take notice:

Newforma has recently identified some additional information regarding the “Project Move” process which expands upon a couple of earlier posts entitled Dissolving “Project Move” myths and Project Move.

The nature of the latest finding revolves around moving Newforma projects manually.  In the past there was documentation in our Help system which provided steps for moving projects and project data and then manually informing the Newforma Project Center Server where the new location of the Newforma project file (.npr) was located as well as manually adjusting the location of the project data within the Newforma project file.  For many use cases, like moving completed or obsolete projects to an archive server, this process was fine.  However, for projects that had transfers pending on the Info Exchange server, the process of moving a project manually could break the link to those transfers.

As a result, Newforma has updated its documentation to ensure that the “project move” and “project repath” utility is used for all project move occurrences to ensure that all of the links and associated data are properly maintained.  The help documents are located here:

  • Move a Project to a New Location on the Network and Repair Broken Links
  • Batch Repair Broken Project Folder Links

It remains critical that the steps in these processes are followed to the letter, specifically around the concept of truly “moving” data rather than “copying” it as this tool is designed for projects which have been moved on your network, not copied!  This is a critical distinction and can cause the process to generate more work for you if the proper steps are not followed.  There is a Learn Topic on the Newformant called Dissolving “Project Move” myths which describes the process in-full and explains how to manage the caveat of copied data as opposed to moved data.