topic How to avoid use of filenames for versioning in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262916#M216046 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are an IT company using Alfresco Share sites as project sites to manage internally project documents.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>During documents migration from our old system, we found the use of filenames to implement versioning common.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Example:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ProjectPlan_CustomerA_20110711.mpp</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ProjectPlan_CustomerA_20110622.mpp</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ProjectPlan_CustomerA_20110503.mpp</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We can migrate the above by using Alfresco </SPAN><STRONG>Upload New Version</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp; function to consolidate the above three files into one file (where versioning is done by Alfresco)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, if we do so, when our customer calls and refers to a file sent to them, they will refer to it by the filename.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can we implement Alfresco so that the customer reference to a specific file is met and yet at the same avoid the multiple files from the old way of doing things?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We do not want to open our Alfresco repository to our customers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:59:27 GMT whispering 2011-08-04T07:59:27Z How to avoid use of filenames for versioning https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262916#M216046 HiWe are an IT company using Alfresco Share sites as project sites to manage internally project documents.During documents migration from our old system, we found the use of filenames to implement versioning common.Example<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />rojectPlan_CustomerA_20110711.mppProjectPlan_CustomerA_20110622.mppProjectPl Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:59:27 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262916#M216046 whispering 2011-08-04T07:59:27Z Re: How to avoid use of filenames for versioning https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262917#M216047 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can your customers say "ProjectPlan_CustomerA Version 123."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or do you have to remain doing version control through filename mangling?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:30:08 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262917#M216047 mrogers 2011-08-04T08:30:08Z Re: How to avoid use of filenames for versioning https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262918#M216048 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Not quite sure what you meant by your question.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Could you please clarify?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The customer receive a file and because they cannot see the version metadata (since they are not Alfresco users) - there is no way they can say a certain version. They can only refer back to the filename.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:13:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-avoid-use-of-filenames-for-versioning/m-p/262918#M216048 whispering 2011-08-04T09:13:43Z