Link a project to a P4 Server classic depot

  • You must be a P4 DAM administrator or the project administrator to link a project to a classic depot.

  • User permissions for assets in linked classic depots are managed by P4 Server. To set permissions for project members, see Authorizing access in P4 Server Administration Documentation.

P4 DAM can manage assets held in your existing P4 Server classic depots by linking them to projects in P4 DAM. Classic depot linking can be used for projects created with auto depot creation disabled. See Create a project. For information on classic depots, also known as local depots, see Local depots in the P4 Server Administration Documentation .

When you link a project to a classic depot, it is displayed in the P4 DAM project as a repository. The branches are displayed in the repository as collections. Folders in collections contain the assets and may contain subfolders.

  1. Open the project you want to link a classic depot to.

  2. Below your avatar, click Link to depots and click Link to classic depot.

  3. In the Link to classic depot dialog box, enter a P4 DAM repository display name for the P4 DAM repository. The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters, but it can contain the minus (-) and underscore (_) characters.

  4. Enter a Branch display name for the P4 DAM collection. The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters, but it can contain the minus (-) and underscore (_) characters.

  5. Enter the File path for the branch to link to.

    • The file path must start with // followed by an existing depot name.

    • Wildcards should not be used. The only exception is that the branch file path can end with the P4 Server wildcard ...

    • Branch file paths are case sensitive.

    • If using multiple file paths, add each path on a separate line.

    • Branch paths are processed in order, starting with the first file path in the list.

    Example:

      //depot/game1/assets/...

      //depot/game1/test/ResultSummary.html

      The first path includes all of the directories and files under //depot/game1/assets/... in the branch.

      The second path includes the ResultSummary.html file from the //depot/game1/test/ directory.

  6. Click Create.

    The repository is added to the project and up to four collections are displayed in the new repository. To see all collections in the repository, click the repository to expand it.

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