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Rule to dynamically create month- and day-folders

thk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:06:09 GMT

Hello,im using Alfresco 2.1 and I want to create a rule which whenever a file arrives first creates a folder with the creation-day in the name and then moves the file in this folder. When the folder for this day already exists the rule should only move all files with this creationday in it. If a new

Re: Rule to dynamically create month- and day-folders

kbonnet — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:42:54 GMT

Hi Thk,

At a client i had a similar requirement. I was able to implement it via a content rule and a small, simple javascript.

Hope this helps.

Koen

Re: Rule to dynamically create month- and day-folders

thk — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:25:08 GMT

Hi,

thanks for reply. Unfortunately i'm not familiar with javascript. Can you send me your script as an example?

Best Regards
Thomas

Re: Rule to dynamically create month- and day-folders

dgenard — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:55:07 GMT

Hi, here is a sample script doing just this :


// Move document to YYYY/MM/DD structure
// First, find or create target folder
var current = document.properties["cm:created"];
var year = current.getFullYear();
var month = current.getMonth() + 1;
var day = current.getDate();

var yearSpace = space.childByNamePath(year);
if (yearSpace == null) {
   yearSpace = space.createFolder(year);
}
var monthSpace = yearSpace.childByNamePath(month);
if (monthSpace == null) {
    monthSpace = yearSpace.createFolder(month);
}
var daySpace = monthSpace.childByNamePath(day);
if (daySpace == null) {
   daySpace = monthSpace.createFolder(day);
}

// Then move document
document.move(daySpace);
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Trigger this script with an inbound rule on a given space, and it will automatically create a year/month/date structure in this space.

Hope this helps,
Denis