Advanced search authority association

mtielemans — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:15:24 GMT

As the title suggests, I have a custom type that includes an authority type association. I want this to be visible in advanced search.I have read another post stating this is not by default possible, the suggested workaround being one my co-worker and I came up with ourselves as well: adding a new p

Re: Advanced search authority association

alhol — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:47:00 GMT

Hello!
1) As I understood such types of associations are not indexed by search engine (e.g. lucene) somehow, so you can't search anything by it.
2) To use authority picker on an association property in adv search you have to implement custom field component based on association.ftl which fills search field with authority credentials after selection. I must say, it's tricky enough.
3) You should read about policies in alfresco (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Policy_Component). The point is, you can implement a piece of Java code, which is executed every time somethings happens with node (in your case - authority). Look at this, for example:
<java>
public class MyAuthorityPolicy implements OnUpdatePropertiesPolicy{

   private PolicyComponent policyComponent;
   private NodeService nodeService;
   private Behaviour onUpdatePropertiesPolicy;

   public void init() {
      this.onUpdatePropertiesPolicy = new JavaBehaviour(this, OnUpdatePropertiesPolicy.QNAME.getLocalName(), NotificationFrequency.EVERY_EVENT);
      policyComponent.bindClassBehaviour(OnUpdatePropertiesPolicy.QNAME, ContentModel.TYPE_AUTHORITY, this.onUpdatePropertiesPolicy);
   }

   void onUpdateProperties(NodeRef nodeRef, Map<QName, Serializable> before, Map<QName, Serializable> after) {
      List<AssociationRef> myTypeSourceAssocs = nodeService.getSourceAssocs(nodeRef, MY_TYPE_ASSOC_QNAME);
      for(AssociationRef myTypeNodeAssoc : myTypeSourceAssocs){
         NodeRef myTypeNodeRef = myTypeNodeAssoc.getSourceRef();
         nodeService.setProperty(myTypeNodeRef, MY_FIELD_QNAME, after.get(ContentModel.PROP_FIRSTNAME) + " " + after.get(ContentModel.PROP_LASTNAME));
      }
   }
   …
}
</java>

Explanation:
Every time user node properties updated, all nodes authority being attached to by your association are retrieved and thier respective field values are changed to new ones. You can check which fields of authority are actually changed by comparing before and after items.

Re: Advanced search authority association

mtielemans — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:31:00 GMT

As this post still hasn't been answered:
1. I have found an association of type cmerson searchable in Alfresco 5.0.d.
2. You can make this work simply by using the authority.ftl form control, as long as your datatype is cmerson.
3. Unfortunately, the authority.ftl's picker layout is messed up in search forms in 5.0.d.

Also, thanks for your take on it, Alhol, if you're still out there.

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