Data Management - Publishing Destinations

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Applies to Altium Designer versions: 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1

The Data Management - Publishing Destinations page of the Preferences dialog.
The Data Management - Publishing Destinations page of the Preferences dialog.

Summary

As its name suggests, the Data Management – Publishing Destinations page of the Preferences dialog allow designers to set up publishing destinations, or storage spaces where data can be published.

Access

The Data Management –  Publishing Destinations page is part of the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences) and is accessed by clicking the Publishing Destinations entry under the Data Management folder, in the left hand pane of the dialog.

Options/Controls

  • Publishing Destinations table - This table lists the name, type, and status of any existing Publishing Destinations. Double clicking on an entry will bring up the Edit Connections dialog for that publishing destination.
  • Add Destination - Click to select one of the below options:
    • Amazon S3 - Select to open the Add Amazon S3 Publishing Destination dialog, which allows designers 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 designers to enter information for an existing Box.com account for use with Altium Designer as a publishing destination.
    • Folder - Select to open the Add Folder Publishing Destination dialog, which allow designers 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 designers to enter information for an FTP server to be used as a publishing destination.
  • Edit Connection - Select a publishing destination from the table and click this button to edit information for that entry.
  • Remove - Select an entry from the publishing destination table and click this button to remove that entry. Only one entry can be removed at a time.
The Publishing option on the System - Network Activity page of the Preferences dialog allows designers to disable access to specified Publishing Destinations when working offline.
Note

The features available depend on your level of Altium Designer Software Subscription.