# Hydration Tool

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## Automatic Dehydration via Policy <a href="#automatic-dehydration-via-policy" id="automatic-dehydration-via-policy"></a>

\[RE]DESIGN can automatically dehydrate folders based on location, filename, and date. A typical example would be something like this:

"Dehydrate all files in /Deliveries folder older than 2 weeks"\
"Dehydrate all ZIP files in /Assets/\<assetname>/LIDAR folder"\
"Dehydrate all files ending with "\_prores.mov" older than 1 month"

To create a Hydration policy, please send in a ticket at [support@artistanywhere.io](mailto://support@artistanywhere.io).

## Manual Dehydration <a href="#manual-dehydration" id="manual-dehydration"></a>

The Hydration tool allows users to send backup, dehydration and hydration requests to the Pixit Ngenea node and let the user track the status of their requests.

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## How to use <a href="#how-to-use" id="how-to-use"></a>

### Choosing Facility​​​​​​​ <a href="#h_01he6nt4rpp1arb908rzqdvrg2" id="h_01he6nt4rpp1arb908rzqdvrg2"></a>

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1. If multiple facilities are available, user has to select the current facility if running the tool for the first time (refer to image above)
2. Current facility can be changed afterwards also by using change facility button on top right corner

### Sending Request <a href="#h_01hff6k7vrm857ry7wy19m0phs" id="h_01hff6k7vrm857ry7wy19m0phs"></a>

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1. To send a request, the user needs to drag and drop target files or a directory into the drag and drop area.
2. The tool processes all sub-files and sub-directories of directories dropped
3. Paths which are not configured in Shotgun's Site Preferences will be marked red with prefix Unconfigured. These paths will be skipped from the process. The tool only accepts paths which are part of Pixit storage and configured in Shotgun configuration accordingly.
4. Dropped entries can be deleted by simply pressing delete key with target items selected
5. Once done with appending files and directories to the list, user can press either:
   1. Backup Now Button - Target files will be uploaded to S3 if they haven't been already
   2. Dehydration Button - Target files will be uploaded to S3 if necessary and the local copy of file will be just a 0K placeholder containing no data
   3. Hydration Button - Target dehydrated files will be downloaded from S3, making them available for use

### Tracking Requests <a href="#h_01hff6rqe98sc5pm12v86r60tr" id="h_01hff6rqe98sc5pm12v86r60tr"></a>

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1. Requests made by the user can be tracked in past request area.
2. User can delete entries from the request table which he does not want to track by pressing delete key with target items selected.
3. All requests get queued in a first in first out queue, with single handler so status will updated once the request reaches the top of the queue


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