You can export the production statuses of particular projects from Tekla PowerFab to another Tekla product, SDS/2, or Advance Steel.

1. Go to Maintenance > Automated Events.

   The Automated Events dialog opens.

2. Click New Event.

   The Automated Event Details dialog opens.

3. Type a title and a description for the event.
4. In the Event Type list, select Production Status Export.
5. To send an email if the automated production status export fails:
   1. Click Failure Notifications.
   2. If you have not yet defined the outgoing email settings, do so on the Outgoing SMTP Server tab.

      See Define outgoing email settings.

   3. On the Failure Notifications tab, type the email addresses to which you want to send a message if the production status export fails.
      Note: You need to type each email address on a separate line.
   4. Click Save.
6. To define the details of the automated event, click Event Properties.
7. If you want to export the production statuses of only particular projects, set filters:
   1. Click Set Filter.
   2. In the Project Management Report Filters dialog, select a filter type in the Type list, and click Select.
   3. In the Filter dialog, click the arrow buttons to move the jobs or job groups whose statuses you want to export to the Included list.
   4. Click OK to save the filter.

      Repeat steps a to b to d to set all necessary filters.

   5. When you have set all necessary filters, click OK to apply the filters.
8. In the Export Recipient list, select the software to which you want to export the production status information.
9. Click ... on the right side of the Export Directory field, browse to and select the folder where you want to export the production status information, and click OK.
10. If you want to include a time stamp in the file name, select Include Timestamp in Export Filename checkbox.
11. Click Save to save the event details.
12. Set the reporting frequency.

    For details, see Set the reporting frequency.

13. To allow Tekla PowerFab to perform the event automatically, ensure that the Event Enabled checkbox is selected.
14. In Save History, define how long the history is saved.

    0 days: The history is kept forever.

15. Click Save to create the automated event.