Need to know pls help

[cougarmaster]

Hi all,
    New to the forum. I have been reading on Alfresco and seem to do quite a bit. I can't seem to figure out if it will help me out. I have installed servers for an animation studio. They are using it quite happily. Now I need to help them streamline their workflow. I need to know if the following is possible with Alfresco.

          1] User logs in and enter their home directory
          2] They will use a specified file naming convention
                     e.g. : YF_S_#01_v01.doc
          3] System will filter the above file names and copy it to respective folders of clients as WIP
          4] After the files in WIP have been approved it will again be filtered and copied to Final folders of clients

    I hope this is clear if not I could try to explain more if needed. Basically I need all this other than approval part need to be done automatically as much as possible. If this is not possible can you direct me as to where I could look to achieve my intended purpose.

Tks in advance
Eric

[zaizi]

Definitely possible to do in Alfresco. You can configure content rules (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Client_Manage_Content_Rules) to execute some javascript or java code to start workflow, copy content, etc. Check the wiki, forums and Alfresco books for more details.

Ainga

[cougarmaster]

Hi Zaizi,
     Thank you for your reply. Need to know a few more things if possible. I will be mainly using debian lenny 64bit in a xen environment but the data drive is in use already by samba so if I change it over to alfresco will there be a problem or I will just lose all permissions on it assigned by samba? Also does Alfresco need X running or it can run in console mode and access thru WEB ? I really appreciate your time and patience.

Tks in advance
Eric

[zaizi]

You'll need to turn off the OS's samba share to use Alfresco's CIFS/Smb. The permissions on Alfresco's CIFS is based on what is given in the repository.

No you don't need X to install and configure Alfresco.

Ainga