Running the FBDI Batch

This task describes you how to use the FBDI solution, integrated into the PLM Batch Monitor.

To migrate CATIA and non-CATIA documents, you can use the FBDI Batch.

The FBDI Batch uses the data access services of this infrastructure to read file-based documents. It also uses the connection services of this infrastructure in order to write V6 data in database.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:

The Batch Monitor is the batch platform for CATIA V6 and can be launched:


  • from an interactive CATIA session: Tools > Utility...

  • or outside a CATIA session by launching CATUTIL directly.

FBDI Batch, like the others, can also be launched in Batch Monitor without loading its User interface. The process toolbox helps tracking the Batch.

FBDI Batch User Interface

This section describes the FBDI Batch User Interface.

  1. Open the Batch Monitor:



  2. Double-click the FBDI line in order to open the FBDI dialog box.

    Note: All the parameters except Use Light Mode option in Select the files to Import dialog box are retained from the previous session of FBDI Import.



  3. Click in the Object Selection section to choose the Input data

    The ENOVIA V6 Object Management dialog box opens.

    The following options are available in the Input Options section:

    • Select Member... to open the CATIAFileBox (browser) window. Select one or several CATIA documents and click Open. The selected object will be listed in the FBDI window.
    • You can select the following:

      • Select pointed documents

      • Extend selection to sub-directories

      • Select pointed documents

      • Select by modification version

    • Add documents. This option is always checked by default.

    Note: Both options Add documents and Replace documents are not taken into account by FBDI since the FBDI tool creates new components in ENOVIA database.

    In the Output Options section of the File > ENOVIA V6 Object Management window, you can define:


    • the Environment of the database in which data will be saved (in our example: "VPM")

    • the Identification String that will be added on all the saved components.

  4. Click OK.

    The FBDI window is open, with the selected object you want to migrate in the Object Selection area.

  5. In the Selected Operation: Execution Mode: area of FBDI dialog box, select one of the three FBDI parameters:


    Context name: choose a context in the list to import data based on the context map selected. For more information, see About Context Administration.

  6. Click the Isolate Broken Links option to migrate documents even though some links are broken (missing target document or missing target feature). Import from V5 becomes possible if the corresponding link can be isolated.

    For more information about this setting, please read About FBDI Principles.

    The Batch solution for FBDI migration allows Asynchronous Migration. For more information about this mode, see About FBDI Principles. Select the Use Mapping Tables options to launch an Asynchronous Import.

  7. Click the Use Light Mode option to migrate only the necessary core data of a document.

    A warning message is displayed. For more information about this setting, please read About Light Import.

  8. Similar documents options section has Newer Files, Identical Files, and Older Files options.

    For each option, you can select one of the following:

    • Update
    • No re-import

    For more details on this setting, see Importing V5 Data by using Mapping Tables.

FBDI Batch Report

This section describes how to generate FBDI Batch Report .

  1. In the Report section, you can choose the Output data.


    • Report directory: the directory in which the migration report will be stored. You can type a path or browse it by clicking .

    • Report name: GlobalResults.hm.

    • Suffix for object report: .htm.

    For more information about these report options and the Licensing Setup, see Running Batches Using the Batch Monitor section, in the Infrastructure User 's Guide.

  2. Once you have selected these parameters, the Run button becomes active. Select it and the migration starts.

  3. Open the Global Results Report in your Output directory or click Open HTML Report .

    Note: This button is activated only when a report has been generated, otherwise it is grayed out.



  4. Click OK to have more details about the migration results: FBDI and Save status.

    The Results page opens:

  5. If you have chosen an Asynchronous migration, the information is also visible in the GlobalResults.htm report:



  6. You can find more information about the FBDI Report by selecting File-based Design Import Report: migration status per document.



    The content is the same as in the Report of FBDI used in Interactive Mode. When the migration is OK, the migrated documents are saved in the ENOVIA database.

  7. If a migration status is KO in the Global Results, open the File-based Design Import Report to identify the problem.



    There is however a limitation: if several documents have been selected as Input data and if the migration of one of them failed, all the statuses are shown as FAILED in GlobalResults.htm. See the Report to get more details on the cause of the problem.