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How does Alfresco translate to FileNet functionality?

omermx — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:39:35 GMT

Hi all, I have recently downloaded the latest version of Alfresco labs and am keen to develop a proof of concept for an application. I was hoping to get some quick answers without spending too much time trawling through documention! 1. Does Alfresco support custom document types like in FileNet.

Re: How does Alfresco translate to FileNet functionality?

vikrasharma — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:05:08 GMT

Omer,

Alfresco is one of the most flexible and extensible ECM solutions out there, it has mostly all the features of FileNet and Documentum in addition to some extras. As we all know different systems use different terminology so it becomes confusing etc.

One of the reasons to have different document types in FileNet is to have custom properties (meta-data), in Alfresco you can accomplish this (custom properties) a couple of ways:
- Custom aspect: you can create a custom aspect and have your additional properties there. You can then attach this aspect to a space (folder) using business rules to capture this data when document gets uploaded in that space (meta-data)
- Custom content types: By default Alfresco comes with content type (base type) you can extend this to create you own type.

Both of these customizations can be accomplished by extending model.

Please let me know if this helps. Also, let me know if you need examples for the above

Re: How does Alfresco translate to FileNet functionality?

omermx — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:15:34 GMT

Hi thanks for your response, this is a good starting point. I will definitely be in touch.

Omer