Create a project from a remote repository

Create a remote project from a remote location to collaborate with other users, or back up a version of the project to a remote repository.

Creating a project from a remote location creates the local project and the local repository. It also configures the associated remote repository URL. Commit changes locally and then push and pull changes so make the latest changes available to you and others.

Prerequisites

Create a remote repository for a project.
To create a project from a remote repository
  1. If there is an open project, select Project and then select Close Project.
  2. Select Close or if there are changes to save, select Save and close.
  3. On the Start page, select New and then select Remote.
  4. Complete:
    1. Remote URL. Enter the URL of your remote repository. This is the location that stores projects remotely. If you do not know the URL, ask your System Administrator.
    2. Location. Enter the folder on your local computer where you will save and commit changes before pushing them to the remote repository. The default location is C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Rockwell Automation\FactoryTalk Optix. Select Browse files to browse for a different location.
      Tip: If you are signed in to FactoryTalk Optix Studio, you do not have to know the Remote URL or Location. Create a new project automatically displays all remote projects that you can open.
  5. Select Open.
    Opening project from remote appears in the status bar and the new project opens with the same name as the remote repository.