You can include environment variables in your paths in the Location Manager. This can be particularly useful where users are required to file to services like:


  • Google drive
  • Dropbox
  • Box
  • OneDrive
  • BIM 360
  • and other services that use some sort of desktop connector software to expose cloud based folders via a local folder.


For example we can edit this path for a 'Box' folder...


C:\users\John Dow\Box\Project 936\email


to replace the user's name with %USERNAME%...


C:\users\%USERNAME%\Box\Project 936\email


It will now work for all users of Box that have the Box desktop client installed.


Take a look at the video tutorial on Connecting to Cloud Storage Systems for a step-by-step example.