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Smart Folder: Search for documents

naderm — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:30:21 GMT

I'm trying to define a 'smart folder template' to search for documents, but it doesn't work as expected. My target objective is to search documents by their properties, but I started with very simple criteria to retrieve/hit all documents. Here is my folder structureFolder-1- folder-11 (containing p

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

billydekid — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:38:35 GMT

Hi,

You forgot for PATH parameter.

Hence your query will, e.g.:

"query": "(PATH:'/app:company_home/st:sites/cm:site-name/cm:documentLibrary//*') AND‍ =cm:content.mimetype:application/pdf"‍

PATH is mandatory parameter.

Smart Folder Template syntax | Alfresco Documentation

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

naderm — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:55:37 GMT

Bayu Widyasanyata‌,

thanks for your reply. I added the path as well. I don't get any hit. Here is my JSON content now:

{
"name": "Zoek Betaald Facturen",
"nodes": [{
"id": "1",
"name": "PDF Documents",
"search": {
"language": "fts-alfresco",
"query": "(PATH:'/app:company_home/st:sites/cm:HBS/cm:documentLibrary//*') AND =cm:content.mimetype:application/pdf"
}
}
]
}

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

cesarista — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:28:04 GMT

Hi:

Just delete the parenthesis, and try the query again. You must have PDF files in your site.

If nothing appears, may you copy your query directly in Alfresco search ? In that case, do you have any results ?

If nothing appears, you may have some problem with your indices. Try to do searches in this site to check if SOLR is giving you any results.

Regards.

--C.

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

douglascrp — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:35:40 GMT

The path parameter that is required is not the one inside the query itself.

The query can be anything, without the need to include the path, as the Smart Folder can show objects from anywhere in the repository.

The required path parameter is used just when you are using the filing feature. See:

Mandatory property in a filing rule. Path to store new documents. This is the ISO9075 encoded QName.

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

billydekid — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:35:29 GMT

Thanks ‌ for your clearer explanation. Yes, the path is not a mandatory. I revised my answer above.

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

naderm — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:15:45 GMT

Hi Cesar,

I tried what you suggested, and I got just the one result: docLib (image, and not pdf) file.

Regards,

-nader

Re: Smart Folder: Search for documents

cesarista — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:32:16 GMT

Hi:

If you are doing the correct search in a site with pdf files inside, and no values (and same results) are obtained both in Alfresco search field or Smart folder, you may check your SOLR indices and reindex if possible. You should see SOLR related errors in your solr.log or catalina.out, if it is the case.

This recipe may help:

- Performing a full reindex with Solr for Alfresco ECM - zylk

Regards.

--C.