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  • 1.  Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Fri November 17, 2023 04:25 AM

    Hi,

    In FN and ICN, one can set a default value to an attribute.

    What about a dynamic value?

    In one case, we have 2 dates, which we set to mandatory in the ICN entry template (ET). Now, it would be awesome, if we could pre-set the value to "Today" or "Now". We are currently using ICN 3.0.11 (LTSR).

    Removing the attributes from the ICN ET and set the value by a FN pre-processor is no option. The users need to see both attributes in the ET.

    And this is just an example, where dynamic default / pre-set value would be awesome.

    Cheers, Thomas



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    Thomas Laes-Kushner
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  • 2.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Fri November 17, 2023 12:49 PM

    hi Thomas,

    ICN does not have a way to use Today or Now to automatically add the current data/time to an attribute.

    This would need to be a new feature.

    thanks

    Nanda



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    Nanda Pilaka
    IBM Content Navigator Support
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  • 3.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Mon November 20, 2023 04:32 AM

    Hi Nanda,

    Thanks.

    How do I raise a feature request?

    In general, what are the plans to give ICN a more modern look & feel and a more flexible & open architecture (more ways to add custom code & components)? 

    Background:  one of our bigger customer decided to write its own FN Search client, because ICN is too old  fashion and too closed down for adjustments - even with our custom developped ICN feature (there is only so much we can compensate, because of IBM's restrictions). ICN works, but it is kind of stuck in the past (1-2 IT generations behind).



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    Thomas Laes-Kushner
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  • 4.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 02:39 AM

    Hello Thomas

    If you have custom developed ICN feature, than it should be no problem for you to implement ResponseFilter (for OpenEntryTemplate), that will "pre-set value" to Now or Today for your properties on your entryTemplate.



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    Marcel Kostal
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  • 5.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 04:02 AM

    Hi Marcel,

    Thanks for the hint.

    Is there somewhere a complete list of all the "responses" a ResponseFilter could huck on?

    The developer that worked once for me on a ResponseFilter mentioned that he had to "collect" the names through debugging since he could not find a complete list from IBM.



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    Thomas Laes-Kushner
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  • 6.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 04:44 AM

    Unfortunately no - at least I'm not aware of such list.

    But you don't need to debug the code if you want a list or find a specific service that needs to be "filtered".

    List can be found in struts-config.xml in navigator WAR file (see chapter 4.3.8 in ICN redbook). And if you need to find specific service you can easily take a look at network requests (using F12 in browser) that are triggered when you perform specific action in ICN (e.g. open an entry template). Although it is not perfect and may not work in all cases (because of caching) it allows you to easily find what you need in most cases.



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    Marcel Kostal
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  • 7.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Mon November 27, 2023 03:27 PM

    To raise an enhancement request, use this web site: https://dba.ideas.ibm.com/ideas

    The site is actively monitored by our offering management team, so please provide as much detail as possible about the feature you want, how it would work, and why it might be of interest to other customers.

    Enhancements raised on this site are visible to all customers.



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    RUTH Hildebrand-Lund
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  • 8.  RE: Content Navigator: setting a dynamic default / pre-set value

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 05:56 PM

    I agree with you Thomas. I was recently on a call with IBM support complaining about ICN and its out dated look and feel as well as the restrictions.

    The response of people on the call was that it works. Well, our end users hate it and we have gone to a third party software that has a better presentation layer that is more flexible and we just use the FileNet api to get the documents presented.

    The only thing we are going to end up using ICN for is for the Datacap plugin.



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    Mike Hill
    Techincal Analyst IV
    BOK Financial
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