New file manager - categories? associate with projects?

[David_C_Rankin]

Listmates,

Looking at the new file manager, I'm left scratching my head thinking -- is

this really it? Just a way to make files web accessible with no way to
categorize documents, link or associate documents with specific projects,
assign a type (fax, email, contract, letter, minutes, Ins. policy, etc…),
track chain of custody, or specify as an important document. Am I missing
something?

I recall the discussion of the new file manager and recall providing input.

See my post of 12/10/2007 12:03 PM. At that time we were looking at the ways
documents can be segregated and/or managed in a flexible manner so that finding
the needle-in-the-haystack is made simpler:

Fields I routinely use when databasing documents are:

doc_date
*filename
*doc_name
topic
*comment/description
*keywords
doc_type (fax, e-mail, letter, photo, etc…)
file_format (gif, jpeg, oo doc, word, etc…)
created_by
to
from
date_sent
date_received
received_by
delivery_method (certified, UPS, FedEx, etc…)
related_persons (Joe, Donna, Ralf, etc…)
related_files (links to Drawing 1, etc…)
project (egw project)
category (egw category)
assigned_to (egw user or group)
important (or hotdoc)
response_due (due_date or deadline to respond)
doc_location (server 1, storage area A, etc…)
is_digital (or is_scanned)

The current *expires and *sequence are fine as well

[/quote]

Did nothing like that make it into the new file manager? Looking forward, if I

add 1000 documents to file manager, how is the document list that we will be
left with much different than the output of ls -al? Just curious.

Also, are there any future plans on adding more fine-grained control over the

documents? I still believe that a good document handling component to egw is
something that would be invaluable and could really set egw apart. I’m no
programmer, so I might be reaching for the moon here, but it just doesn’t seem
that difficult to add additional fields document database that would really
really help businesses actually manage their files beyond simply making them
web available via an ACL list.

What do the rest of you think?

–
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S]

Many of us are waiting for those features you mentioned and others. Ralf company made a call for spooring to complete those missing features but I believe only one person/company put any money up so it never happened.

I would have but my company is in the red over the last year and a half so no $$ for dev.

I attempted a few features my self but failed miserably (needed more time). Some of my work may still be salvageable.

If I recall ralf’s comapny was looking for 20 000 to finish most of those parts. Feel free to correct me on the amount anyone.

So basically, if ppl read this and are willing to contribute $$ and a certain amount is reached then they would begin. I think.

SO everyone should say how much they are willing to contribute.

I would suggest to ralf as well to repost the call for sponsoring. There must be more ppl using egw now :-).

Randy

Listmates,

Looking at the new file manager, I'm left scratching my head thinking -- is

this really it? Just a way to make files web accessible with no way to
categorize documents, link or associate documents with specific projects,
assign a type (fax, email, contract, letter, minutes, Ins. policy, etc…),
track chain of custody, or specify as an important document. Am I missing
something?

I recall the discussion of the new file manager and recall providing input.

See my post of 12/10/2007 12:03 PM. At that time we were looking at the ways
documents can be segregated and/or managed in a flexible manner so that finding
the needle-in-the-haystack is made simpler:

Fields I routinely use when databasing documents are:

doc_date
*filename
*doc_name
topic
*comment/description
*keywords
doc_type (fax, e-mail, letter, photo, etc…)
file_format (gif, jpeg, oo doc, word, etc…)
created_by
to
from
date_sent
date_received
received_by
delivery_method (certified, UPS, FedEx, etc…)
related_persons (Joe, Donna, Ralf, etc…)
related_files (links to Drawing 1, etc…)
project (egw project)
category (egw category)
assigned_to (egw user or group)
important (or hotdoc)
response_due (due_date or deadline to respond)
doc_location (server 1, storage area A, etc…)
is_digital (or is_scanned)

The current *expires and *sequence are fine as well

Did nothing like that make it into the new file manager? Looking forward, if I

add 1000 documents to file manager, how is the document list that we will be
left with much different than the output of ls -al? Just curious.

Also, are there any future plans on adding more fine-grained control over the

documents? I still believe that a good document handling component to egw is
something that would be invaluable and could really set egw apart. I’m no
programmer, so I might be reaching for the moon here, but it just doesn’t seem
that difficult to add additional fields document database that would really
really help businesses actually manage their files beyond simply making them
web available via an ACL list.

What do the rest of you think?

–
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[David_C_Rankin]

randy wrote:

Many of us are waiting for those features you mentioned and others. Ralf
company made a call for spooring to complete those missing features but I
believe only one person/company put any money up so it never happened.

I would have but my company is in the red over the last year and a half so
no $$ for dev.

I attempted a few features my self but failed miserably (needed more time).
Some of my work may still be salvageable.

If I recall ralf’s comapny was looking for 20 000 to finish most of those
parts. Feel free to correct me on the amount anyone.

So basically, if ppl read this and are willing to contribute $$ and a
certain amount is reached then they would begin. I think.

SO everyone should say how much they are willing to contribute.

I would suggest to ralf as well to repost the call for sponsoring. There
must be more ppl using egw now :-).

Randy

I knew Bush could screw up egw if he really tried hard enough. He couldn't do

it with that little war, so he had is wall street buddies tank the economy so
they could suck the last scraps out of the National Treasury to continue the
billion dollar bonus frenzy. It was bound to happen.

Seriously, I understand. Dollars/Euros/Yen, etc.. are tight all the way

around. Hopefully that will change for file manager. With the flood of not only
paper that people deal with, but now all the digital information as well, it
would be an invaluable asset.

–
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com

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