Integrating Alfresco with SharePoint & Drupal Using CMIS Ben Chevallereau Jim Nasr
Introduction to the Solution
What is this?! Provide SharePoint users direct access to CMIS-enable repositories! Follow SharePoint UX guidelines for ease of use! Configurable for easy integration! Document manipulation features including: Search, Navigation, Viewing, Upload and Update! Direct access to ECM repositories through CMIS! Extensible Framework for New Solutions! Open Source Apache Chemistry Project! Fully CMIS Compliant
A bit on CMIS...
So what?!! Increase user adoption with ease of use! Eliminate content silos! Reuse SharePoint and other ECM solutions! Faster time to solution with less resources! Full power of ECM from SharePoint! Bridge organizations and their content! Share solutions and burden through open source! No vendor lock-in
Use cases?! Collaboration SharePoint to CMIS repository! Secure Storage in CMIS repository! Records Retention! Enterprise Search and Knowledge Base! Compliance Applications! Simple Workflow Integration! Case Handling Support
A sample business application: Vendor Management
Product Demonstration
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A CMIS 1.1 user interface implemented only with jquery, HTML & CSS
And an Alfresco filtered search component based on SolR.
Packaged in different platforms: SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010, Office 365, Alfresco Share, Drupal.
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Demonstration
What we are able to do?! Login to any CMIS 1.1 repository!! Browse a repository! Create a new folder Rename folder Delete folder! Display documents! List all documents stored in a folder Display details Download document Preview PDF document Delete document Check-In / Check-Out / Update Search (Full Text + Advanced Search) Upload document
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Architecture SharePoint 2013 Web Parts SharePoint 2010 Web Parts CMIS 1.1 CMIS 1.1 JavaScript Library Browser UI Component Library UI Component Office 365 App Parts Drupal Plugin Alfresco Module
Architecture SharePoint 2013 Web Parts SharePoint 2010 Web Parts Web Services Facet Search Component Office 365 App Parts Drupal Plugin Alfresco Module
Summary! What did we implement?! What does it look like?! How did we do?! How can you customize it?! Where can you use it?
! How can you customize it? Using CSS You can:!! Change document icons depending of the MIME type, the object type or one of the attributes,! Re-organize the detailed view of documents,! Or apply any themes.
! How can you customize it? Using JavaScript You can:!! Change the configuration of the library to focus on a specific folder, to change the number of items per page,! Configure how a property will be displayed,! Configure the behavior in a search form,! Add new actions for each document,!
How can you customize it? Using HTML templates Browser:! Folder Item Template Library:! Table Header Template Table Row Template Node Details Template (per type) Version Details Template Advanced Search Form Template
How can you customize it? Using HTML templates Custom HTML Templates JS Library Generic Templates
How can you customize it? For an invoice use case! Open on the folder Invoices,! Add templates to change the document list view (displaying of the invoice #, invoice date, invoice amount and seller),! Add templates to change the detailed view of an invoice,! Add an invoice search form,! Configure the search form to use a date picker,! Add custom icons for invoices,! Use currency symbols instead of currency code if possible.
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Thanks! Jim Nasr Armedia CEO jim.nasr@armedia.com @jnasr www.armedia.com Ben Chevallereau Software Architect ben.chevallereau@armedia.com @bchevallereau www.armedia.com
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