topic Re: Getting Content rules to run automatically? in Alfresco Archive

Getting Content rules to run automatically?

shikarishambu — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:17:51 GMT

I have created a few content rules to extract metadata from documents in the space since we tend to drop documents into the space through CIFS share rather than the Alfresco web client (which, automatically pulls the information). I have set the content rule to run in the background. However, I find

Re: Getting Content rules to run automatically?

norgan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:39:30 GMT

The contentrules are always run automatically, when one of three events happens :
a) content is added
b) content is updated
c) content is removed

Whichever you choose upon creation of the rule. If you did choose "update" and nothing happens even when you edit some metadata and save again - then there is a bug. If you choose "add" and content is processed, when added via explorer but not via CIFS, that may be a bug.

In both cases - raise an issue at issues.alfresco.com and post the link here in the forum and add the issue number in the "subject" line of the thread.

if nothing happens when you add somthing via webinterface, your role is faulty.

Hope that helped,
Norgan

Re: Getting Content rules to run automatically?

_sax — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:46:28 GMT

"Run rule in the background" left unchecked does mean that if you're uploading something via browser, your wizard will only continue to the next step after all rules are run. If it is checked, then it will run the rule and before it's ended, present you with the next step.
Most rules will be done fastly enough to not let this option make a noticeable change.