referencing DCRs across branches

If I have DCRs in one branch, can I refer it in a tpl from another branch?

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Do you mean within the DCT or the TPL?

Within a TPL, you may be able to use iw_load_dcr. I have not used it in this way before, you can read more about it at:
<your-teamsite-server>/iw/help/tst/pt/TeamSite__PT__iw_load_dcr.html

Within a DCT, I think you would have to use a callout to browse in other branches and locate DCRs.

John Narbaitz
john.narbaitz@interwoven.com
Senior Sales Engineer
Interwoven

Bowker

I believe a <iw_load_dcr ...> with a mode of cwd will allow you to open a DCR in one branch from a presentation template in a different branch.

james1

> I believe a <iw_load_dcr ...> with a mode of cwd will allow
> you to open a DCR in one branch from a presentation
> template in a different branch.

Just a caution:

When you do something like this, you need to be very careful about what area you are pulling the DCR out of.

(1) If it is a workarea, are you guaranteed that the workarea will always exist? If it doesn't, what will your PT do?
(2) If it is a workarea, does anyone work in that workarea? If so, there is a chance that you will pick up a work-in-progress DCR -- is that OK?
(3) If it is a workarea, how often does a get latest occur? Is it OK to pick up a DCR that is N revs behind the latest, where N is a number that the PT may not be in control of?
(4) If it is a staging area, is it OK to always have the absolute latest and greatest revision?
(5) If it is an edition, are you guaranteed that the edition will always exist?
(6) If it is an edition, is it OK to never automatically get revised versions of the file (e.g., a fix to a typo)?
(7) If it is an edition, how often will you change the edition you point to, and are you willing to change your PT that often?

Just something to think about.

It may or may not be easier (or less error-prone) to use workflow to push the DCR from one branch to another, so that the workflow can enforce some rules governing what version of what DCR the PT on the different branch has access to.

Hope this helps.
-- James