DriveApp Administration (DriveWorks Documentation)

DriveApp Administration

DriveApps are provided to add out of the box functionality to your current Group.

Available DriveApps include:

Dashboard
Set up links to websites, DriveWorks Projects, KPI's and other dashboards.
CPQ (Fully released for DriveWorks v18.2)
The Configure Price Quote DriveApp has been created to make it easy for manufacturing companies to quickly leverage the benefits of online selling.
Scheduler
Set up Jobs to be run by the Schedule Connector inside DriveWorks Autopilot.

Add A DriveApp

To Add a DriveApp:

Click the Add button from the command bar.
From the Add DriveApp wizard, select the DriveApp to add. Click Next.
Enter an alias for the DriveApp.
Each DriveApp needs an alias. This is the name that will be shown to users.
Multiple Instances of each DriveApp can be set up. Aliasing each DriveApp identifies each instance.
Select the Default Project.
The Default Project is the entry point to the DriveApp for users. Depending on the DriveApp, this may be configurable.
This could also become configurable once the DriveApp has been set up and initialized.
Enter the Start Parameter.
The Start Parameter sets additional data for the DriveApp. Depending on the DriveApp, this may be configurable.
See Start Parameter below, for more information.
Click Next.
Select the Microsoft SQL Server where the DriveApp data is to be located.
Some DriveApps may not require a database connection.
If this applies to the chosen DriveApp:
Click Finish
If connecting to Azure enter the Azure connection string in the Location field.
Microsoft Azure
DriveWorks v20 SP2 onwards support DriveApps being provisioned on an Azure database.
However, we have found Azure will default to a database that is over-provisioned and expensive to run.
We recommend you review the costs of the vCore purchasing model and select the model that matches your requirements.
We recommend switching this to the DTU based purchasing model, 10 DTU's is perfectly suitable for most scenarios
Click Next.
Select the Authentication method for the SQL Server.
If using SQL Server Authentication, enter a valid User Name and Password.
Select an Existing or New Database to hold the data for the DriveApp.
The DriveApp will create the database, schema and default data when the DriveApp is run for the first time.
Multiple DriveApps can share the same SQL Server and database if required.
When multiple DriveApps share the same database, any customization settings will apply to all DriveApps in the database.
Click Finish.

Start Parameter

The DriveApp Start Parameter is declared when adding or editing a DriveApp.

The Start Parameter sets additional data for the DriveApp. Depending on the DriveApp, this may be configurable.

Dashboard - Can be configured.
Default Value: Home|AllUserTeams=TRUE
CPQ - Can be configured.
Default Value: CPQ|AllUserTeams=TRUE
Scheduler - Not configurable.

Configurable Start Parameters are required to be in the following format:

DashboardName

This is the name of the dashboard the DriveApp will start in when launched.

A list of available dashboards can be found in the Dashboard Manager available from the settings of the DriveApp.

See the following for information on accessing DriveApp settings

Dashboard - Customizing the Dashboard.
CPQ - Customizing the Dashboard.

TilePermsissions

This sets the Team membership permissions.

FALSE - Users will only see the Tiles available to the Team they have selected on the Dashboard.
TRUE - Users will be able to see Tiles for all teams they are a member of.

Edit A DriveApp

Click Edit to change the options applied when the DriveApp was added (as above).

Delete A DriveApp

Click Delete to remove the DriveApp.

Deleting will remove the DriveApp from the Group only.

The database and data will not be removed.

Adding the DriveApp back and attaching to the same database will restore all data.

To delete the database, use SQL Management Studio.

Security

Click Security to select the Teams that will have the ability to run the DriveApp.

Teams are created in Security Settings.

The DriveApp Team Security dialog has two options:

All teams can run the DriveApp
This option should be selected if all current teams, and teams subsequently added, will have the ability to run the DriveApp.
Custom
This option should be selected to choose the teams with the ability to run the DriveApp.
Teams subsequently added will not have access to run the DriveApp.

Enabled

Click Enabled from the command bar, or Enable from the DriveApp tile to enable the DriveApp.

DriveApps must be enabled for them to be seen and run from the DriveApps task.

The enabled setting is maintained when closing and re-opening the Group.

When DriveWorks has been upgraded from an earlier version, the DriveApp may require upgrading.

If this is the case, the Enabled button will change to Upgrade.

See Upgrading a DriveApp below.

Upgrading a DriveApp

When a DriveApp requires upgrading the tile will display an Upgrade button.

Click this to upgrade the DriveApp.

Once the upgrade is complete the DriveApp can be enabled.

Each DriveApp may also require the database to be upgraded, please see Upgraded DriveApps for more information.

Initializing a DriveApp

When a DriveApp has been added and enabled, a one time Initializing process is required.

Please see DriveApps for more information.

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