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How to update document property added from aspect

mateuszk — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:33:49 GMT

Generally I want to upload new document with custom property. I have found solution how to do this. Firstly I need to create aspect with property and create rule that assigns aspect to new document. Next step is to set aspect property value to uploaded file. It's very simple when we do it with CMIS

Re: How to update document property added from aspect

marktielemans — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:44:33 GMT

See the reference for updateNode: Alfresco Content Services REST API Explorer . I'm assuming this'll work with custom properties, though I haven't actually tried it out.

Re: How to update document property added from aspect

mateuszk — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:58:55 GMT

Yes it works! Thank you.

I have found another solution with cmis that not require setting rules. It allows to add aspect and set value simultaneously.

<alf:setAspects>

<alf:aspectsToAdd>P:testowy:test</alf:aspectsToAdd>

<cmisropertyString propertyDefinitionId="property:name"><cmis:value>Property value</cmis:value></cmisropertyString>

</alfroperties>

</alf:setAspects>

@edit

Your answer gives it too. I wasted a lot of time.

Re: How to update document property added from aspect

marktielemans — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:19:42 GMT

Glad to hear it works!

Free tip: when working with CMIS, it's usually more convenient to use a Java CMIS client library and let that take care of all the XML messaging for you.

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