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Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:49:46 GMT

Hi,I'm trying send by email the document description property. If i use document.properties["description"] in a Presentation Template works ok but not in email templates. any idea?thanks

Re: Document description in a mail template

kbonnet — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:24:14 GMT

Shouldnt you be using document.properties["cm:description"]?

Koen

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:02:42 GMT

It doesn't works. I'll try with document.properties.description too, but nothing happens.

Re: Document description in a mail template

jayjayecl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:10:41 GMT

could you describe how you're sending the email (which page you browse, which button you click etc …)?

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:20:18 GMT

I'm sending the message when i upload a document into a folder (the email predefined action when you defined a rule with the rules assistant). I only change the email template

Re: Document description in a mail template

thestorm — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:32:12 GMT

can u attach the ftl template for the email?

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:56:23 GMT

It is this:

A new document '${document.properties.description}', is available in the '${space.name}' space, it was added by '${person.properties.firstName}<#if person.properties.lastName?exists> ${person.properties.lastName}</#if>'.

You can view it through this link:
http://yourserver:8080/alfresco${document.url}

Or through the Alfresco client:
<#assign ref=space.nodeRef>
<#assign workspace=ref[0..ref?index_of("://")-1]>
<#assign storenode=ref[ref?index_of("://")+3..]>
http://yourserver:8080/alfresco/navigate/browse/${workspace}/${storenode}

Regards

Alfresco

Re: Document description in a mail template

thestorm — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:44:41 GMT

how is the email looking that u get?

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:01:39 GMT

alfresco does not send any mail, it fails because don´t find this property.

Re: Document description in a mail template

thestorm — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:00:05 GMT

do u get emails with the standard template?

if so please show the error log (guess its in catalina.out)

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:43:35 GMT

Maybe this can be a clue.

I have this ftl template:

<b>Name:</b> ${document.name}<br>
<b><#if document.properties.description?exists>${document.properties.description}</#if><br>

<b>Ref:</b> ${document.nodeRef}<br>
<b>Type:</b> ${document.type}<br>
<b>Content URL:</b> <a href="/alfresco${document.url}">/alfresco${document.url}</a><br>
<b>Locked:</b> <#if document.isLocked>Yes<#else>No</#if><br>
<b>Aspects:</b>
<table>
<#list document.aspects as aspect>
    <tr><td>${aspect}</td></tr>
</#list>
</table>

<table>
<#– Get a list of all the property names for the document –>
<#assign props = document.properties?keys>
<#list props as t>
    <#– If the property exists –>
    <#if document.properties[t]?exists>
       <#– If it is a date, format it accordingly–>
       <#if document.properties[t]?is_date>
       <tr><td>${t} = ${document.properties[t]?date}</td></tr>

       <#– If it is a boolean, format it accordingly–>
       <#elseif document.properties[t]?is_boolean>
       <tr><td>${t} = ${document.properties[t]?string("yes", "no")}</td></tr>

       <#– Otherwise treat it as a string –>
       <#else>
       <tr><td>${t} = ${document.properties[t]}</td></tr>
       </#if>
    </#if>
</#list>
</table>

and i get this result:

<b>Name:</b> BSO3222.txt<br>
<b><br>

<b>Ref:</b> workspace://SpacesStore/33464553-2023-4e5f-ade9-0578ba487e2d<br>
<b>Type:</b> {http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content<br>
<b>Content URL:</b> <a href="/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/33464553-2023-4e5f-ade9-0578ba487e2d/BSO3222.txt">/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/33464553-2023-4e5f-ade9-0578ba487e2d/BSO3222.txt</a><br>
<b>Locked:</b> No<br>
<b>Aspects:</b>
<table>
    <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}auditable</td></tr>
    <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}referenceable</td></tr>
    <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}titled</td></tr>
    <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}author</td></tr>
    <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/application/1.0}inlineeditable</td></tr>
</table>

<table>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}name = BSO3222.txt</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}modified = 29-jul-2009</td></tr>

       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}creator = admin</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}store-protocol = workspace</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}store-identifier = SpacesStore</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}created = 29-jul-2009</td></tr>

       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/application/1.0}editInline = yes</td></tr>

       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}node-dbid = 2.671</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content = org.alfresco.repo.template.BaseContentNode$TemplateContentData@6824edb3</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}title = BSO.txt</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}node-uuid = 33464553-2023-4e5f-ade9-0578ba487e2d</td></tr>
       <tr><td>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}modifier = admin</td></tr>
</table>

You can see that the description property doesn´t appear there.

Re: Document description in a mail template

carlos_gonzalez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:01:23 GMT

This is the log message

freemarker.template.TemplateException: Expected extended hash. document

Re: Document description in a mail template

thestorm — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29:36 GMT

ahhhhh why didnt i see that before reference it like this:

document.properties["description"]‍

had the same problem already but forgot it.

Properties are stored in an array and u can access them with the name of the propertie as string.

regards Sebastian

Re: Document description in a mail template

kbonnet — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:48:16 GMT

Another hint:

In your template you use ${document.properties.description}, besides the tip of The Storm above (but mind the typo), you might also need to use ${document.properties["cm:description"]!}, with the exclamation mark. Freemarker is very picky about variables not having a value. With the exclamation mark you can state an alternative value, like ${document.properties["cm:description"]!"No description available"}. If you dont append the last string, it gets replaced with nothing.

Hope this helps too.

Koen