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Collecting the metadata while creating (not upload) a file in share

venki1 — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:45:38 GMT

Hi !

I have used uploader plus for collecting metadata before we upload any file.

But how do we acheive the same if we are creating a file using the 'create' instead of 'upload' / drag and drop
And how do we collect additional metadata while we create a folder (specific to a site)

I am new to Alfresco, please point out if I am missing something obvious.

I am using Enterprise 6.2.2

Thanks

Re: Collecting the metadata while creating (not upload) a file in share

afaust — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:21:02 GMT

For both creating new files you have to configure the appropriate Share forms using the "model-type" evaluator (Configuring the form service for a custom type in Jeff Potts' developer tutorial). The same is true for creating folders, but because the default create folder action uses a pre-defined folder form, you'll have to configure a form with a specific ID (use of doclib-common in action code ).