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Update the r_modifier of the document

Thursday, October 13, 2011 22:50

Sometimes you may want to specify the user name for the r_modifier of the document (or specify a value for the attribute r_modify_date). These two attributes are updated automatically with the save API. As it turns out, any time the save API is called against an object, the r_modify_date and r_modifier ...

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DM_AUDITTRAIL_E_AUDIT_DOCBASE_WIDE_NOT_ALLOW_EXTRA

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 23:40

When executing the API command - " audit,c,l,event_name,,,,,,,'event_description','event_attributes' ", I got the below error message: [DM_AUDITTRAIL_E_AUDIT_DOCBASE_WIDE_NOT_ALLOW_EXTRA]error:  "You are not allowed to specify extra values, 'T', when docbase-wide event is audited." In the powerlink site of EMC, it is mentioned that 'Audit api is not supported in D6. You need to use either ...

Leave my XML file alone in Documentum

Friday, May 13, 2011 1:20

When an XML document is imported or checked in to the Docbase, there is an algorithm to determine which XML applications apply. There are three ways to turn off XML validation while importing or checking in XML files: 1. To permanently turn off XML validation in your repository modify the "format_class" attribute ...

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Subscriptions of documents in the Documentum Webtop

Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:00

Subscribing to a document (object) in Webtop allows you to have immediate access to it without having to navigate to its location.  In practice, a subscription is a shortcut to an object.  Have you ever wondered how subscriptions work?  Simply, subscriptions are relationship objects (dm_relation) that ...

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Configure the maximum number of search results in Webtop

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 22:52

It is in the page 394 of Web Development Kit Version 6.5 Development Guide. The maximum number of search results, globally and per source, is configured in dfc.properties. The maximum number of search results is specified as the value of dfc.search.maxresults (was maxresults_per_source in 5.3.x). The maximum number of results per source is ...

Don’t update the dfcfull.properties

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 0:17

Why changed value in dfcfull.properties does not work? Properties set in dfcfull.properties files are the default used. To change those value copy the property from the dfcfull.properties file and paste into the dfc.properties file. Change the property value there will take effect. NOTE: Some settings in this file such as ...

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Documentum – Get the account information of database

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:23

Sometimes we need to connect the backend database for docbase. How to get it? 1. Find the server.ini.  Usually it is located under $DCTM_DBA/config/<docbase name> 2. Find those database related items in the server.ini. For example: database_conn = ornipoint.ukoom.com database_owner = ornipoint database_password_file = /ukoom/dba/config/ornipoint/dbpasswd.txt service = ornipoint 3. Decrypt the encoded password in the 'database_password_file' (e.g. ...

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The conflict between ANT and Documentum Application Builder

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 10:13

After downloading a latest version of ANT - 1.8.1 and set up the PATH and ANT_HOME, it returns me '1.6.1 version' when executing the command 'ant -version'. What happened?? That's the ant version from Documentum Application Builder (DAB)!!!!  The path - 'C:\Program Files\Documentum\Shared' will be added into system variable - 'PATH' when ...

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Check whether the document is in any workflows in Documentum

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 9:46

Many guys asked the question - how could we check if the document is in workflow Just a simple DQL is needed:  select r_workflow_id from dmi_package where any r_component_id='<document id>' Enjoy yourself please.

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When will the document become immutable in Documentum?

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 12:26

When a document is immutable, we cannot update it. Of course we can set the immutable to false back and update the document and  set immutable to true again, we usually do this if we want to update an immutable document. And When will the document become immutable in Documentum? Below is the ...

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