DD4T install-template.bat Error Invalid URI

Question

I am trying to install the DD4T templating code to my cms sever (See https://github.com/dd4t/DD4T.TridionTemplates/releases). I am having an issues when it asks for "Enter the URI of the folder where you want to store the DD4T template building blocks:".

I have tried \Tridion\bin\client and many different URI combinations. I have tried remoting in through cmd from a my local machine and directly running the bat file (install-templates.bat) on the server itself. But every time I get invalid URI.

Does anyone know what to put in here for the URI if: 1. I am running the install-templates.bat from remote machine? 2. Or on the server itself?

Thanks, Robert

Answer 1

Apparently it needs to be the tcm uri of the folder Example: tcm:7-2056-2

Answer 2

This isn't intended as a specific answer but the comment size/format was is too restrictive - and I feel could still be useful if anyone stumbles across this specific question.

The answer - as noted by Robert is that the TCM URI (the fully qualified Tridion ID tcm : publication_id - internal_id - type_id) is usually expected in the scripts.

The use of the TCM URI will usually be the case for any 'references' in scripted files used for Tridion; sometimes you can substitute for the WebDAV URL.

The WebDAV URL is preferable if you change the script internally rather than rely on human input - given the WebDAV path doesn't change through Content Porter but the TCM IDs can. This would allow you to execute the same script through your environments without intervention/risk of typos.

CAN -> if you see the same TCM ID throughout environments it's simply down to

• chance - usually for the earliest created items such as initial Publications etc. or
• copied data - where a specific environment was backed-up and restored to another environment
  • noting that once new items are created in each environment they will have IDs (the centre part of the TCM URI) relative the sequence in which they are created

Answer 3

Yes, "URI" often refers to the tcm ID.

Another thing that can trip you up - if using localhost, you may need to add "http://" in front to get a valid prefix for the URI. In my case, it was http://localhost:81/ that I needed (not localhost:81, as it appears in the CME)