eDOCS DM Connector Data Sheet

Owned by Steinar Skjerven
Last updated: Dec 06, 2018 by Jeremy Sommer (Deactivated)

Release Notes

Release Notes

Released Versions

  • SDK 1.4 (ViaWorks 2.8)
  • SDK 1.5 (Locator 2.9)
  • SDK 1.6 (Locator 2.10)

Supported eDOCS DM Versions

The eDOCS DM Connector supports both MS SQL and Oracle database backends for the following versions:

  • eDOCS DM 5.x
  • eDOCS DM 10.x
  • eDOCS DM 16.x (See limitations below)

Limitations

  • eDOCS DM connector has version 16.x with MS SQL database backend set as default. Connector upgrades will revert back to this version if you have configured version 10.x, 5.x or Oracle. See Upgrading the connector below.
  • eDOCS DM connector is only supporting files residing on a Document Server using an UNC path.
  • eDOCS DM 16 lookup security is only fully supports 1 configured lookup metadata field. See Lookup Security Limitations.

Prerequisites

  • A license for the eDOCS DM Connector.
  • eDOCS DM with Oracle backend requires 64-bit Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) installed on the Locator servers.
  • An index user with read access to the eDOCS DM database.
  • An index user with read access to the eDOCS DM Document Server

Supported Data Types

The connector supports indexing the following data types:

Crawl Methods

Full Crawl: The eDOCS DM Connector supports scheduling periodic full scans of the source system.

Incremental Crawl: The eDOCS DM connector checks the activity log for changes every 30 seconds.

DocumentHandler

The Locator DocumentHandler needs to be installed on the user clients to open search hits in the eDOCS DM client.

Other information

Upgrading the connector

Connector upgrades will revert back to this version if you have configured version 10.x, 5.x or Oracle. Please use the following steps when upgrading the eDOCS DM Connector.

  1. Disable the eDOCS DM connections
  2. Run the installer upgrading the connector.
  3. The installer will overwrite 'ConnectorDefinition.xml' and 'IdentificationDefinition.xml' in the fetch folder. It you are not using version 16.x with MS SQL database, redo the Prerequisites steps described in Adding a New Connection. 
  4. Repeat 2. and 3. for all servers
  5. Enable the eDOCS DM connections.


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