Dynamically generate smart folders

jonvargas — Mon, 02 May 2016 05:43:58 GMT

Hello.We have been able to use Smart Folders to filter by type, status, content type and so on, that's okay. However we may face the following scenario:The company has a type of folder named "Case Folder". This is a subtype of cm:folder and we added the "Case ID" property. The also have an aspect na

Re: Dynamically generate smart folders

art99trash — Mon, 02 May 2016 18:24:08 GMT

Could you implement this through rules?

For example,
1. When a file is created, run a javascript that would check the "relatedCase" value and, if the related "Smart Folder" did not exist, create it, then copy the file into that folder
2. When a file is updated, run a javascript that would check the "relatedCase" value, then copy the file into the related "Smart Folder" (or, if the "relatedCase" value has changed,
move the copy into the correct folder.

This is a very high level description but I think you get it to work this way.

Another option might be to use dynamic constraints.

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