DocumentProviders configuration

The DocumentProviders configuration stores settings for document management providers. The root configuration node has three children: Document Providers, Built-in Providers, and Provider Templates.

Document Providers

The Document Providers node has one attribute:

Attribute Description
UseDefaultCredentials Indicates whether the default network credentials will be used to connect to providers. If set to False, Infor Public Sector will use the credentials defined in the NETWORKACCESS node of the Hansen8 configuration.

The Document Providers node has one or more Provider nodes as children, each of which defines an available provider. Each Provider node can have these attributes:

Attribute Description
Assembly Path Full path to the provider's assembly.
Automatically Inquire Indicates whether attachments from the provider will load automatically when a user selects an Attachments control. Otherwise users must click Settings and select Inquire to load attachments.
Class Name Name of the provider's class. The class is the unit of code within the assembly that defines the features of the provider.
Kind Kind of provider. Can be BuiltIn, Custom, or Provided.
Name Name of the provider.
Template Name Name of the template that the provider is based on.
Type Type of provider.

Each Provider node can have a child Properties node. The Properties node can have one or more Property nodes as children, each of which stores a property of the parent provider. Each Property node can have these attributes:

Attribute Description
Is Encrypted Indicates whether the property's value is encrypted.
Property Name Name of the property, such as URL, User Name, or Password.
Value Value of the property.

Built-in Providers

The Built-in Providers node has three children: IDM, SharePoint, and Micro Focus Content Manager. The IDM node has these attributes:

Attribute Description
Default Document Type Default document type to use for the IDM provider.
Max Queried Attachments Returned Maximum number of attachments to return when the IDM provider is queried.

The SharePoint node has these attributes:

Attribute Description
Default Authentication Type Default authentication type for the SharePoint provider.
  • Basic
  • Digest
  • Kerberos
  • Negotiate
  • NTLM
Default Document Root Folder for SharePoint Default document root folder on the SharePoint site.
Request Timeout in Minutes Number of minutes before a request to the SharePoint provider will time out. If you don't want requests to time out, set the value to 0.
Upload Unique Filename Retry Attempts Number of times the provider will attempt to upload a file to SharePoint if the file name already exists. Each attempt uses a different file name The default is 20.

The SharePoint node can have one child Mappings node, which can have one or more Mapping nodes as children. Mapping nodes can be used to override the paths in the SharePoint site where documents are stored. By default, the path where a document is stored is based on the moniker of the object that the document is associated with. For example, the default path for documents associated with work orders (Hansen.WorkManagement.WorkOrder) is Hansen/WorkManagement/WorkOrder. To use a different path, you can add a mapping for the Hansen.WorkManagement.WorkOrder object.

Each Mapping node can have these attributes:

Attribute Description
Moniker Moniker for which you are defining a path.
Path Path where documents associated with the specified moniker will be stored.

The Micro Focus Content Manager node has one attribute:

Attribute Description
Default Document Type Default document type to use for the provider.

Provider Templates

The Provider Templates node has one or more Provider Template nodes as children. Each Provider Template node can have these attributes:

Attribute Description
Assembly Path Full path to the provider's assembly.
Automatically Inquire Indicates whether attachments from the provider will load automatically when a user selects an Attachments control. Otherwise users must click Settings and select Inquire to load attachments.
Class Name Name of the provider's class. The class is the unit of code within the assembly that defines the features of the provider.
Display Name Display name of the provider. This is the name that will be displayed in the Provider Type list when you configure an EDMS provider in Infor Public Sector.
Display Order Number indicating the order in which the provider will be displayed in the Provider Type list.
Kind Kind of provider. Can be BuiltIn, Custom, or Provided.
Name Unique name for the template.