Entry templates for WebDAV
An administrator can associate a document entry template with a folder for use with WebDAV. When a user attempts to use WebDAV to add a new document to a folder that has a document entry template associated with it, most of the values from the entry template are used. Any existing document entry template can be associated with a folder for WebDAV use, and you might be able to reuse an existing document entry template for WebDAV without modifying the template.
The following rules determine how the document entry template works in a WebDAV environment:
- The Add wizard for the entry template is not displayed to the user.
- The folder selected in WebDAV overrides any folder name specified in the entry template (Select Folder step).
- The file name and extension are used for the Document Title property instead of any value defined in the entry template (Set Properties step).
- The properties defined in the template (except Document Title) are used, unless noted otherwise here.
- The Compound Document settings (Set Properties step) are ignored. WebDAV does not currently support compound documents.
- The Add as major version property setting (Set Properties step) is ignored. WebDAV only supports major versions.
- Security settings from the entry template, including security policy assignments, are used (Set Security step).
- If the entry template includes a workflow, the workflow is launched when both of these conditions are met:
- The workflow must be defined without requiring participant selection at launch time.
- The workflow must be defined to to launch automatically.
Declare as Record entry template support
You can associate a Declare as Record entry template to a folder for WebDAV use. The following rules apply to Declare as Record templates:
- The Declare as Record wizard is not displayed to the user.
- The file name and extension are used for the Document Title property instead of any value defined in the entry template.
- The entry template must not contain required properties that do not have a default value (Set Properties step).
- The entry template must be defined as a mandatory declare. That is, the user is not prompted to declare the record.
For more information
If there are errors in the entry template or if the workflow cannot be launched, errors are recorded if log4j is configured and enabled on the Application Engine server.
To assign a specific document entry template to a folder for WebDAV use, see WebDAV preferences in the Site Preferences Help.
To define an entry template, see Entry templates for new items.