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How to bulkimport old files metadata from Filer in Alfresco-community 5.2

ltsaty — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:41:17 GMT

Hi everyoneI want to update 25000 files from filer in Alfresco-community 5.2.Bulkimport is processing fine, but i need to upload old files metadata too.Example : If in filer the file named « test.v2.0.pdf »I want this file to be named in alfresco « test.pdf » and its « version 2.0 »Is it possible ?

Re: How to bulkimport old files metadata from Filer in Alfresco-community 5.2

jpotts — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 04:27:09 GMT

You can set the metadata of the files when you run a bulk import by creating a shadow file, see Preparing the file system | Alfresco Documentation

I know you can add the versionable aspect by adding the aspect to the list of aspects in the shadow file, but I do not think you can set the version label. I just tried it by specifying cm:versionLabel in my shadow file and it didn't work.

But maybe that gives you some ideas to try.

Re: How to bulkimport old files metadata from Filer in Alfresco-community 5.2

ltsaty — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:53:37 GMT

Hi
Thank you for Jeff Potts for your answer.
I also think that older file versions will be difficult to import into Alfresco-community.
I will rename identical files before import into Alfresco.