topic How to specify a Metadata as mandatory? in Nuxeo Forum

How to specify a Metadata as mandatory?

snarf77_ — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:18:00 GMT

Hi all,

still evaluating Nuxeo DM which looks really good.

I'd like to know if it is possible to make some metadata field (topic, subject) mandatory when a new document is uploaded.

The idea is to be sure that users won't "simply" upload the document without any additionnal information that I plan to use for search or filtering ?

Thank you in advance

Snarf

Re: How to specify a Metadata as mandatory?

Benjamin_Jalon1 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:03:16 GMT

There

Nuxeo provides an easy way to create forms with the layout system. This system is more easier with studio that propose an GUI to generate these forms and binding on metadata of the document. The binding configuration view propose you to check mandatory field.

But in your case, you must take care that there is 2 ways to create a document:

Historical way: you click on "Create" button and you have a form. Modifying the form of File creation with studio will be easy
drag'ndrop way: you drop the file into the browser. we propose 2 kind of file creation smart import with metadata or without. You must remove the second one and make the smart import with metadata the default one.

Smart import with metadata will open a form after the upload of the file. This form used is the same than the File creation.

Re: How to specify a Metadata as mandatory?

snarf77_ — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:36:00 GMT

Thank you very much for answer.