IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Aliasing classes

When creating a cross object store search in Search Designer that filters by document class, the software expects the document class to exist in all the object stores against which you are searching. When the search executes, the software looks for all the document class filters in all the object stores specified for the search, using aliasing to resolve equivalent classes.

About this task

Procedure

To assign an alias ID to a class:

  1. In administration console, expand the object store that contains the class that you are assigning an alias ID to.
  2. Expand the Classes node and select a class definition.
  3. Select the Properties tab, go to Alias ID list, and click Display or Edit Value.
  4. Enter the Primary ID (GUID) of the class you are aliasing in the Display or Edit Value dialog box and click Add.
  5. Click OK to apply the new alias ID.

Example

Example of aliasing properties and filtering by document class

In this example, you have two object stores, OS1 and OS2. Both object stores have a functionally equivalent property called SSN.

Object store OS1 has a class, Data1, and object store OS2 has a class called Data2. The SSN property was added to each class.

To create a search in the Search Designer that retrieves documents from both object stores where the SSN number is the same, filtering by Data1 and Data2:

  1. Create aliases between SSN on Data1 in OS1 and SSN on Data2 in OS2 (to enable searching).
  2. Create aliases between Data1 and Data2 (to enable filtering).
  3. Create a search template that searches in OS1 and OS2 for SSN equal to an input value filtering by Data1.

Documents with the class Data1 in OS1 and Data2 in OS2 where SSN equals the specified value are returned.



Last updated: March 2016
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