# 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.

Parent topic: Command Line Options