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

Summary

!   What did we implement? !   What does it look like? !   How did we do? !   How can you customize it? !   Where can you use it?

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.

Summary

!   What did we implement? !   What does it look like? !   How did we do? !   How can you customize it? !   Where can you use it?

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

Summary

!   What did we implement? !   What does it look like? !   How did we do? !   How can you customize it? !   Where can you use it?

Architecture

CMIS  1.1  

CMIS  1.1  JavaScript  Library  

Browser  UI  

Component  

Library  UI  

Component  

SharePoint 2013 Web Parts

SharePoint 2010 Web Parts

Office 365 App Parts

Drupal Plugin

Alfresco Module

Architecture

Web  Services  

Facet  Search  

Component  

SharePoint 2013 Web Parts

SharePoint 2010 Web Parts

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…

Generic Templates

JS Library

Custom HTML

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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