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Path Repair Tool
Path Repair Tool
Assets in Cascade Server cache their path in the site to speed up certain operations in the system. Normally these paths are updated as the assets and their ancestors are moved, but they have been known to get out of sync. Situations that cause this problem are corrected as they are found, but in the case that the database is already in this state the Path Repair Tool can be used to correct it. Diagnosing this situation, however, is not possible through the Cascade Server interface so the tool should only be done under the explicit direction by Hannon Hill support.
The Path Repair Tool is accessible only by Administrators by default (the "Path Repair Tool" ability in the "Tools" section). The tool edits all inconsistent assets across all sites, including the global area. Before running the tool, the database should be backed up.
Path Repair Tool
To Access the Path Repair Tool
- When logged in as a user with access to the "Path Repair Tool" ability, select the System Menu from the top left navigation bar.
- Select Utilities from the drop-down menu.
- Select Path Repair Tool.
- After reading the warning (and making sure to backup the database), click Submit.
Path Repair Tool Report
- After running the Path Repair Tool, a report is given detailing the status of the repair.
- The properties section gives the timestamp of when the tool was started and the status of the attempt (whether any inconsistent paths were found and if they were updated successfully).
- The section labeled Successfully Repaired lists all of the assets which were found to have incorrect paths and were repaired without problems, along with the site to which they belonged.
- The Errors section lists any assets which were not able to be repaired. Each item also includes the error which was encountered during the repair. A common problem is that the asset fails validation, e.g. a page without a configuration set or content type, which must be corrected before the path is repaired.
