Data Dictionary Builder

The Data Dictionary Builder is the specific tool used to create a new data dictionary. The default location for the executable is C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolters Kluwer\Expere Server Tools\DataDictionaryImport.

The command line to build a new data dictionary is as follows:
DataDictionaryBuilder {-create | -validate | -continue [-ddOutputPath path]}
Table 1. Arguments
Argument Definition
-create Creates new data dictionary
-validate Turns on all validate switches
-continue Opens the data dictionary for continued building
-ddOutputPath Specify to save to a different location
-ddPath Path of data dictionary
-script Specify a script with switches
-copyRight Copyright string
-url End point url
-buildFromEndpoint Builds by pulling content from an end point
-orgAdd Adds an org to the precedence structure
-orgContent Builds by pulling content from file system
-orgRequirements Creates DocumentRequirements tab imports REQ files
/makeOrgFolders Specifies to separate PDF outlines by org folder, to preserve different versions of by org
/includeChangeNotes Specifies to inlcude change notes when importing REQ files
/OrgName Specifies the org to import REQ files into
/path Specifies the path to find REQ files to import
/outlinePath Specifies the path to find PDF/HTML outlines to import
-xldd Path to the MS Access db for additional attribute metadata
-attributes Imports additional attributes from xldd
-addXpaths Imports remaining schema
-enumDesc Imports enumeration descriptions from the LDD
-sampleData Imports sample attribute values
-addOPPSA Imports OPPSAFlag attribute
-addDocViewerAttribs Imports SuppressUIFlag, OrderIndex and GroupName attributes
-validateOrgStructure Validate each orgs packages and documents against an Expere repository URL
-validateAttributes Validates attributes against the schema
-validateRequirements Validates each document in the dictionary has requirements
-validateAutoselection Validates autoselection rules against an Expere repository URL.