Manage a scheduled export

What it does

Acts on one scheduled export of the active model, given by id or by name:

• elimina (delete): removes the schedule from the export preset;
• spegni (turn off): keeps the schedule but it no longer runs;
• accendi (turn on): turns the schedule back on;
• esegui_ora (run now): exports right away, with the model's settings at this moment, and returns the result, the report and the folder. Running now does not use up a "once" schedule: it stays on for its date.

How it works

1. Your AI finds the schedule (usually first with Scheduled exports) and asks for the action.
2. BIMit looks up the schedule by id or name in the export preset linked to the model, applies the action and saves the preset. With "esegui_ora" it exports the schedule's sheets and views, as it would at the set time.
3. You see the updated state of the schedule; with "esegui_ora", also how many files succeeded and how many failed.

Example requests

• "Turn off the Friday schedule until we close the revision."
• "Run the scheduled export 'Structural issue' now."
• "Delete the schedule 'Night before the issue', we no longer need it."

What changes and how to undo

The Revit model does not change: the export preset linked to the model does. Every change to the model can be undone with Ctrl+Z in Revit, but these actions are undone like this:

• turning off and turning on cancel each other out;
• a deleted schedule does not come back: create it again with Schedule an export;
• with "esegui_ora" the files are written to the export folder and the export goes into the history and the report; remove the files from the folder if you do not need them.

Limits

• "esegui_ora" does not start while Revit has an operation in progress: finish it and try again.
• If no format is active, the folder is missing or there is nothing new to export, the result says so and no file is created.

Parameters

Related tools

• Scheduled exports
• Schedule an export