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Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

djpme — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:10:38 GMT

I have approximately 30 documents, pdf, spreadsheets, etc that currently exist on the same computer box that I have just installed Alfresco.I want to know if it's possilble to do a bulk upload of these 30 documents, pdfs, and spreadsheets to Alfresco? If so, how? thanks.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

mikeh — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:11:09 GMT

Sure, there are a number of ways depending on what you've configured:

1 - zip them up then use import from the Alfresco Explorer web client
2 - use WebDAV (at /alfresco/webdav)
3 - use CIFS
4 - use FTP

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

djpme — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:49:20 GMT

MikeH, I believe that works in the event that I want the files to appear in Alfresco as a zip file. Rather I need them to appear in Alfresco as 30 separate files and not 1 zip.

I am using the web client and I believe the web client allows one file upload at a time. Is there maybe a way to upload these files using a batch script…If so, to what directory(ies) would they be stored?

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

chemeddl — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:22:28 GMT

Use the Import in the More Actions menu. The ZIP file will be unZIPped by Alfresco into the individual files in the space you are in when you choose the Import action.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

djpme — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:28:32 GMT

Thanks MikeH and chemeddl…it worked better than I expected.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

djpme — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:09:33 GMT

Hey MikeH and chemeddl,

Is there a file size limit to the file upload function in the web client? or is this less of an alfresco issue and more of a tomcat issue–if so, what in tomcat should I tweak to allow large file uploads. Thx again.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

balamurugan_p — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:58:45 GMT

Use the Import in the More Actions menu. The ZIP file will be unZIPped by Alfresco into the individual files in the space you are in when you choose the Import action.

I import a zip file but that zip file is not extracted as files and folders in the alfresco space. It was uploaded as a file, when i import a zip file.

please help me.

if any one know please help me.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

balamurugan_p — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:38 GMT

Thanks MikeH and chemeddl…it worked better than I expected.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

chemeddl — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:22:49 GMT

balamurugan.p,

Make sure to do the import by using the Import item from the More Actions drop down menu that is found in Alfresco Explorer with the Add Content, Create, More Actions, and Details View items near the top of the content area of the page.

I hope this helps.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

prinan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:42:04 GMT

Hi djpme,

Did you find a resolution to the upload file size issue? Is there a limitation on maximum volume that can be uploaded to a space? I am using the labs3 stable version on RHEL 5 and my database is MySQL 5. I am facing problems in importing file size more than 130 MB (mostly documents and images). Did anyone else face similar issues? Any response will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Prinan

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

jhuie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:26:28 GMT

Yes, I have the ssame issue. I can not get it to work with a large zip file. Also, FTP bombs out, as does CIFS loads. The only way I can see around this is to break up my file into small chunks which would take forever.

Re: Bulk upload of documents to Alfresco?

beren — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:30:25 GMT

What are you settings for heap and stack on tomcat? I would suggest increasing them and try again. Set them to 256 MB each and see the effect.

Do you get any exceptions in the logs?