Default KW File Type

[#1]

The KW "File Type" appears to only be available when setting up an import configuration (DIP).  Our users would like to see the file type in the autonamestring.  I would like to use KW update to search by File Type "13" for example, and add the Keyword File Format "XLS".

Is there a way to access the Default Keyword "File Type" in the Keyword Update Configuration Fields?  Has anyone developed a way for users to see the "file extension" in the autonamestring?  Icons won't work because they are attached to the document type, and in our environment a document type may include excel, word, and pdf files.

Thx!

[Marcus_Christi6]

Someone else may chime in but I think you're going to need to script that rather than Keyword Update.  Run script to get the extension of the file, then store it as a keyword.

The other option is to add the Processing File Name keyword (but this only works on direct imports and not automated, it appears) and then use a script to parse off the extension.  Though I've never done that.

[Elisabeth_Mason]

Does anyone have a script they're using to run this process? We are trying to pull the file extension for docs so we can sort them by file type and are running into problems.