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+ | ====== iView Virtual Folders ====== | ||
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+ | ===== OverView ===== | ||
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+ | iView archives are single level storage. All documents are stored in the same location on the System i (which is a subdirectory of /iview, the subdirectory name being the archive name). The regular search method therefore simply looks through this storage to display a list of documents matching search criteria. | ||
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+ | Virtual Folders is a way of creating the illusion of structure in the archive. The administrator creates subdirectories of the main archive directory, and then specifies logical rules that, to the end user, appear to route documents into the subdirectories. The rules and thus the apparent routing operate on the archive index values, i.e. on the document contents. The documents themselves are never moved about. | ||
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+ | Virtual Folders is implemented by creating SQL statements from the administrator specified rules. The SQL statements are generated at the time of user access, so the administrator may change the rules at any time to change the apparent structure of the archive. The user need not even log out, although refreshing the browser page would be a good idea. | ||
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+ | The rules can also be used to limit visibility of documents. Thus a user can be limited to viewing only a subset of the total archive contents as may be appropriate. | ||
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+ | ===== Specifying the Administrator ===== | ||
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+ | iView Virtual Folders requires an administrator. To specify, from menu IVIEWADM, select the option: **Change iView Web Administrator** | ||
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+ | Change Data Area (CHGDTAARA) | ||
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+ | Type choices, press Enter. | ||
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+ | Data area specification: | ||
+ | Data area . . . . . . . . . . > DSIVWADMIN | ||
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+ | New value . . . . . . . . . . . > QSECOFR | ||
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+ | * You may specify any user profile on the i5 as the iView Administrator. | ||
+ | * No special system authority is required to be the admin. | ||
+ | * The administrator itself is unable to use Virtual Folders; it can only configure it. | ||
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+ | ===== Enabling User Profiles ===== | ||
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+ | User ID. . . . . . . .: DYOKANA | ||
+ | IP. . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.205 | ||
+ | Last Hit. . . . . . . : 2007-07-09-09.50.26.102000 | ||
+ | Usage | ||
+ | Archive | ||
+ | Application *YES/ *VFOLDER | ||
+ | F4=List | ||
+ | IVWINVOICE | ||
+ | JOBLOG | ||
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+ | Next, from IVIEWADM menu option #6, **Work with iView User Authority**, | ||
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+ | ===== Creating the Virtual Folders ===== | ||
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+ | Log into iView as the Virtual Folders administrator specified above. | ||
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+ | Click on the link to the Virtual Folders. | ||
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+ | You create and delete virtual folders (subdirectories of the archive application) in the left pane by using the ' | ||
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+ | ===== Creating Virtual Folder Rules ===== | ||
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+ | The following rule parameter fields are shown in the right pane: | ||
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+ | * **User**: You can specify that the rule applies to *ALL users or just to one. The one user is selected from the drop down list from among all users granted access to the particular archive application using the [[iviewarchiveapp# | ||
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+ | * **Field**: | ||
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+ | * **Test**: | ||
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+ | * **Value**: | ||
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+ | Note: The values field is case sensitive. | ||
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+ | When the rules have been specified, an end user may log into Virtual Folders and will see the resulting document routing. | ||
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+ | Note that because these rules are translated into SQL, and because there is a system limit on the length of a SQL statement (32,000 characters at this writing), **there is a limit to the number of directories** that can be used in Virtual Folders. This limit, unfortunately, | ||
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+ | ===== Specific Example ===== | ||
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+ | **Example Objective**: | ||
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+ | **Index Setup**: | ||
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+ | **Virtual Folder Setup**: | ||
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+ | **Parent Directory Rules Setup**: | ||
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+ | **Subdirectory Rules Setup**: | ||
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+ | **Result**: | ||
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+ | **Note**: | ||
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