topic Re: searching on preset creation date in Alfresco Archive

searching on preset creation date

tbee — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:30:26 GMT

I'm searching for a way to create a shortcut for the search instruction "any documents that we added today" or yesterday, or last week. I know I can do this using the advanced search screen, but I need a simple link.1. Saving a search doesn't help, because the dates there are absolute ("march 6") an

Re: searching on preset creation date

sselvan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:36:08 GMT

You might have to write a WebScript which will take input as your date; search and retrieve to get the results.
Also you might want a dashlet which would show the results.

Hope this helps!

Re: searching on preset creation date

tbee — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:57:25 GMT

You might have to write a WebScript which will take input as your date; search and retrieve to get the results.
Also you might want a dashlet which would show the results.

Agreed. I think the only way to go is to write a webscript myself, duplicating the keywords search functionality and extending it to allow for attribute search. There is an example in the webscript wiki on how to go about this. I'll attempt this tonight.