Additions to categories.xml don't show up in webclient

[alexr]

I added  the entries below to the categories.xml file in the folder:
C:\alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\bootstrap
Then I restarted the alfresco application, however when I start the action to attach a category to content, I only am presented with the original categories (i.e. Software Document Classification, Languages, Regions).
What am I forgetting, doing wrong here?

Kind regards,

Alex  

         <!– Dogs –>
         <cm:category view:childName="cm:generalclassifiable">
            <cm:name>Retriever</cm:name>
            <cm:subcategories>
               <cm:category>
                  <cm:name>Labrador</cm:name>
                  <cm:subcategories>
                     <cm:category>
                        <cm:name>Black Labrador Retriever</cm:name>
                     </cm:category>
                     <cm:category>
                        <cm:name>Chocolate Labrador Retriever</cm:name>
                     </cm:category>
                     <cm:category>
                        <cm:name>Golden Labrador Retriever</cm:name>
                     </cm:category>
                  </cm:subcategories>
               </cm:category>
            </cm:subcategories>
         </cm:category>

[davidc]

Hi Alex,

The bootstrap data is only loaded when the Repository is first started i.e. the first time after install.  So, for your changes to take effect, you need to use a clean database; either clean out your existing schema (named alfresco by default) or point to a new one (by changing the database values in repository.properties).

We will support dynamic changing of categories through the API, UI and admin tools sometime in the future (after the Oct. release).

It wouldn't be too difficult to write a utility that deleted the root categories from an existing repository and then reloaded them from the categories.xml; using a combination of the NodeService to delete and the ImporterService to re-load.  See the api wiki page at http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Alfresco_Content_Management_Java_API

[alexr]

Hi David,

Thank you for you help. I will have a look at the WiKi pages and I am looking forward for the October release of Alfresco to see how things will evolve.

Kind regards,

Alex

[tiofelix]

I've got problems defining categories.xml. I define a lot of them (about 180..) but now, I can not define any more and i don't know why, this error is shown:

ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] Context initialization failed
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Bootstrap failed
   at org.alfresco.repo.importer.ImporterBootstrap.bootstrap(ImporterBootstrap.java:427)

…

Caused by: org.alfresco.service.cmr.view.ImporterException: Failed to import package at line 16; column 16 due to error: Node without parents does not have root aspect: workspace://SpacesStore/45972028-43c2-11db-a7a5-65f25d04c6b3

Some idea?? Thanks

[tiofelix]

I thought about if there is a maximun of new entries… maximun number of categories??? can it be possible?? i've got no idea, any help will be very useful. Thanks.

[serv]

Hi !

I'm using Alfresco Community 2.0. Is there a possibility in this version to override the boostrap data without having to clean the database ?

Cheers

Servane

[gilles]

I also want to load categories whithout having to clean the DB. Using 2.1 Community.

Is there a way to make categories multilingual?

Thanks in advance,                 Gilles.

[robertoroberto]

I have the same problem.  I want to dinamically load categories (updating categories.xml)whithout having to clean the DB.

is It possible?