Add or Edit an Export Data Area

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Users in a role with the required permissions can create an Export Data Area, a type of Data Area associated with a Connector that supports read/write operations. Export Data Areas serve as destinations for data exported from an Organization's Projects. Only read/write Connectors can be used to create Export Data Areas.

After you add an Export Data Area, the Organization's Export Data Areas are listed, and you can select the new Export Data Area (or any other) to edit certain fields, validate it, or delete it..

Note: If you are planning to use Export Volume Encryption, you may also want to define an Export Data Area for this purpose. As long as you configure an Export Data Area for that purpose before setting up your Export, you can select it as part of the Export setup process.

Supply the following information for a new Export Data Area:

• Name The unique name of an item. For many items, the name can have up to 100 characters. Some items, such as a Connector name, can have up to 255 characters. An Excluded Content Block name is limited to 32 characters. (required) — Assign a name that will be used to represent the Export Data Area. The case-sensitive name must be unique across all Data Areas within the Organization. If the name and path (Folder) selection are unique as a pair, the Data Area is created using the specified name (if valid). If the name and path (Folder) selection are not unique as a pair, the Data Area is generated using the specified name with a numerical suffix (for example, my-export-data-area_1). The Export Data Area name can include alphanumeric characters and some supported characters (such as a hyphen, period, or underscore), as well as characters from some foreign languages (for example, Korean). However, spaces and the following characters are not supported: ! " ' # $ % & * + / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ { | } ~ “ ”.

• Description Provides a helpful description of an item. A description can have up to 255 characters. — Assign a helpful description of this Export Data Area.
• Connector (required) — Select a Connector from the list of available read/write Connectors (NFS or CIFS). When you select a Connector, the appropriate Folder hierarchy appears to the right. Each Connector has the following information:
  • Connector Name – A descriptive name that appears in lists to identify the Connector.
  • Description – A helpful description of the Connector.
  • Type – The type of Connector (in this case, NFS).

  • Mode – Displays the mode of the Connector, either Read/Write or Read Only. The Connector mode cannot be edited.

  • Server — Displays the IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name of the mount point.
  • Path — Displays the Connector path (mount information).

• Folder — After you select a Connector, you can use this box to view the list of available Folders and make a selection, which populates the Path field.

• Path — Selecting a Folder location for the Export Data Area populates the Path field. If you do not select a Folder location, the Export Data Area is created at the Connector root. If you want, you can edit this path. If you specify a subdirectory that has not been created yet, validation fails, but you can still create the Data Area.

Note: When a review-integrated Project is created, a dedicated Export Data Area is created for it, and is always used for data promoted (exported) to the review system from that Project. Dedicated review system Export Data Areas are not listed with Reef ECA Export Data Areas. For more information about review platform integration integration, see Review Platform Integration Overview.