Bulk Change Content Categories

[tjholmes]

I was able to use code, and Alfresco Web-Services to import many categories
and then later on assign those categories to content.

I was wondering if therewas any functionality native in Alfresco to bulk change categories for content.   So, I'd like to be able to have a search screen and search for content.   Even searching for content in a category.
I know I can do this in Alfresco.   So, when I get this content, I'd like to remove the old categories and add new categories for this content.

Is this built in Native to Alfresco, or is it something I would have to add myself?  I've already got a good code foundation for this.  The hard part (or maybe not so hard) would be adding this custom functionality to Alfresco.

Thanks!

[oilg]

I have got the same question. What is the easiest way to bulk change several custom properties and/or categories of 1000+ documents? Any tip is greatly appreciated. Oliver

[andy]

Hi

You would have to run a query, then for each line in the result set update the appropriate node property.

Andy

[oilg]

Hello Andy

Thanks for your fast reply!
- What is best for the location of the docs: Lucene Search, XPath or doesn´t it matter?
- How is the update statement to update custom properties?

Oliver

[andy]

Hi

It is best to use lucene and then the node service to update the properties.

Andy