Xenit alfresco webinar on fred 1dot2 for end users

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Boosting Alfresco at the end-users

FRED has arrived

December 2, 2010

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Peter Morel – Director S&MToon Geens – Fred Development Principle


Have you used the richness of the Alfresco application?

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Would you like some of these functions to be available through your explorer?

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Would you like to be able to use an explorer like interface from anywhere?

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Who’s FRED?

• Or rather what is Fred?

– A desktop window to Alfresco

– An assistant making ECM easy for the users

– Fun to work with

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FRont-EnD

It’s your ECM buddy


How does make your ECM work very easy?

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• Looks like explorer

• Acts like Alfresco

• HTTP based: Works the same

both in LAN and WAN!

• Drag and drop from and to

desktop applications: documents

and e-mail (outlook, thunderbird)

• View/Add/edit metadata

Jump to Share of web explorer

Pre-defined

column sets

Create, save and

remove

own column set

Copy links in stead of content

Edit off-line with sync to local drive

in only two clicks

Show metadata in columns

Sort documents on

metadata values

Versioning


How helps you find back documents and folders

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Containing text or

meta data you

are looking for

Sort by meta data value

Search All or for

specific field

values

Open the folder in which

the document resides

Select meta data columns

you want to see

Group by metadata

values

Filter by metadata

values


Fred supports

• Multiple Alfresco repositories

• Single Sign-on using NTLM

• Working via a Proxy

• Personalized settings

• Remember last view per repository

• Company policy

• Automatic upgrade (click-once)

• WIN XP, Vista, Win7 (32 & 64bit)

• Outlook 2003, 2007, Thunderbird, ...

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New features in Fred 1.2

Fred 1.2 – nov 2nd 2010• Editing categories

• User interface enhancements: date picker, tab controls, Indication on downloading file, ...

• Performance improvements

• Extended search capabilities: on property and aspect level, date ranges

• Metadata: Multi value, additional constraints

• Document preview

• Multi language support: available: English, French, Dutch, Spanish. Other languages on request.

• Improved drag and drop

– More robust

– Support of CTRL and Shift keys to move or copy files from desktop to Fred.

• Show folder access rights settings

• Admin function: show security rights on file level

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XeniT believes ECM can be Easier

FasterBetter

for the daily common user

Create more value through more intensive use

of the ECM environment

… and there is much more to come!

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Benefits

For the user• Brings ECM closer to the user• Very easy to use• Intuitive: looks like explorer, acts

like Alfresco• Fast to browse and search• Supports your day to day work• Assists in adding intelligence to

documents• Displays the information you work

on• Avoids confusion and double work• Works from anywhere and in the

same way• Raises your personal productivity

For the company

• Guides the input of the users

• Increased quality of the input

• Corporate guidance on the document metadata

• Helps to make the documents more uniform

• Supports company policies

• Focus shift from C:/ to Fred/Alfresco ECM

• Easy way to gradually introduce new functionalities to the end users

• Close to zero training installation!

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What to expect in Fred 1.3

Fred 1.3 – Jan Feb 2011

• create new document in Fred– > template driven, supporting MS Office & Open Office

– > Fred now fully covers the document life cycle: create, edit, revise, find, move, delete

– > Synchronisation of metadata fields (author, path, version number, etc) from Alfresco (master) to the document

• Advanced search– More dynamic control

– Multiple criteria for searching

– Saved searches

– Example: search on categories

• Full Thunderbird email integration

• More usability enhancements : send document, ...

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Feature back-log … some of the idea’s …

• Desktop optimalisation:– Off-line synchronisation, including meta-data– Desktop ‘clean-up & housekeeping’.– Bulk import of documents (from your desktop?)– Desktop search in one click to Alfresco

• Browser integration: Seamless interaction with Alfresco Share • Launch Fred from Share - like jumping to CIFS• Handling of URL’s (drag into Fred)

• Searching: More advanced search (facet based, “find similar”, ...)• Make the rich Alfresco model usable for “normal” end-users

– Richer model support: document associations, folder types, document links, ..– Workflow integration

• Productivity: – Intelligent automated and assisted meta-data extraction – Usability: more flexibility in window handling (personalisation), mixing navigation, categories, tag view, time

view... : quicker navigation, switching views,

• Compliance: More business rules for corporate compliance (templates for specific departments, meta-data integration with corporate back-ends ..)

• System:– Support for Mac / LINUX– No-intervention install & update– Advanced caching

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Tell us whatyou are looking for


Can you try out FRED?

• Do you

– want to know more about Fred?

– want to participate a webinar?

– have any suggestions on features?

– want to be informed about new versions?

– want to try out FRED?

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… making document management easier

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