Advanced search Release 1.1

[ell]

Hello

I have installed release 1.1 and I have configured Alfresco to support new content types.

How can I configure the Advanced Search screen so that I can search on Metadata? Is there any documentation?

Is it possible to search on multiple categories?

Rgs
ell

[kevinr]

The documentation on configuring the Advanced Search screen to search meta-data can be found here:
http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Advanced_Search_Custom_Attributes

Cheers,

Kev

[ell]

Hi Kev

Thank you very much for your response.

Just a couple of questions:
1. Can we configure the application so that in the additional options area we display only the properties related to a selected type.

2. Can we use something like the displayLableID so that the displayed name is consistent to the one in edit properties screen
<meta-data type="cm:dictionaryModel" property="cm:modelAuthor" />

3. Can we search on multiple categories?

Regards

[kevinr]

1. You can add attributes for any type by setting up the custom attributes config as per the wiki docs. They will always be shown, they is not currently a way to change what's displayed dynamically based on user selection of a type.

2. DisplaylabelId support for that piece of configuration didn't make it into the 1.1 release unfortuntely. I plan to add that this week and therefore it will make it into the nightly build shortly. Currently it takes the label from the data-dictionary model XML.

3. Not a present no, again that feature didn't make it into 1.1 but will definitely make a future release.

Thanks,

Kevin

[kevinr]

I have implemented item 2 - displayLabelId support. It will be available in the next release and next nightly build!

Thanks,

Kevin

[ell]

Thank you very much Kevin. What are the files that implement the changes?

At the moment every time I get a new release I manually replace all the files  I have configured for my stuff. It takes a long time

Is there a more efficient way to integrate with the Alfresco code.
How do other people do it?

Any advice will be very helpful

cheers

[kevinr]

The following SVN commit fixes the issue:

r2008 | kevinr | 2005-12-08 14:57:40 +0000 (Thu, 08 Dec 2005) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
   M /alfresco/HEAD/root/projects/repository/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/TemplateNode.java
   M /alfresco/HEAD/root/projects/web-client/source/java/org/alfresco/web/config/ClientConfigElement.java
   M /alfresco/HEAD/root/projects/web-client/source/java/org/alfresco/web/config/ClientElementReader.java
   M /alfresco/HEAD/root/projects/web-client/source/java/org/alfresco/web/ui/repo/component/UISearchCustomProperties.java

We are looking at ways to make it easier to upgrade versions of Alfresco, i agree at the moment it is too manual a process.

Thanks,

Kevin

[ell]

Hello Kevin

Is there a JIRA number for point one?

Regards
Lilly

[kevinr]

There isn't no. I'll create one.

Here it is: http://www.alfresco.org/jira/browse/AWC-440

Thanks,

Kevin

[ell]

Hi Kevin

I have downloaded release 1.2.ORC1
I am trying to configure it to support my own content types and metadata.
Do I follow the instructions as per previous releases?

Well I actually tried and I didn't have any luck.
Not sure if I have done a mistake in the XML files or if I should follow different istructions in order to configure the application.

Regards

Lilly