topic how to add aspects to a custom type? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-add-aspects-to-a-custom-type/m-p/26188#M11336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to develop a model that has a custom type and some aspects. Now I have defined a base type called my:document and I want to add an aspect to that type, called my:aspect. I want to have this aspect show up in all the nodes that are from the my:document type and it's children also.</P><P></P><P>I have tried to add this in the model I downloaded from the model manager. I&nbsp;changed the my_model.xml and inserted the mandatory aspect into the mandatory-aspects element as per the <A href="http://docs.alfresco.com/community/tasks/dev-extensions-content-models-tutorials-add-mandatory-aspect.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">developer guide</A>.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I zipped the model folder and during upload I get an error. The error is&nbsp;"<SPAN style="color: #ffffff; background-color: #666666;">The custom model doesn't support the 'mandatory-aspects' element.</SPAN>".&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I run&nbsp;Alfresco Community Edition 201707.</P><P></P><P>The question is the rationale on why the custom model is not accepting the mandatory-aspect.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:37:14 GMT robjkamp 2017-07-26T17:37:14Z how to add aspects to a custom type? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-add-aspects-to-a-custom-type/m-p/26188#M11336 I'm trying to develop a model that has a custom type and some aspects. Now I have defined a base type called my:document and I want to add an aspect to that type, called my:aspect. I want to have this aspect show up in all the nodes that are from the my:document type and it's children also.I have tr Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:37:14 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-add-aspects-to-a-custom-type/m-p/26188#M11336 robjkamp 2017-07-26T17:37:14Z Re: how to add aspects to a custom type? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-add-aspects-to-a-custom-type/m-p/26189#M11337 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Please add your content model xml.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:39:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-add-aspects-to-a-custom-type/m-p/26189#M11337 krutik_jayswal 2017-07-27T09:39:40Z