cara user interface for documentum, alfresco, oracle webcenter
DESCRIPTION
See the latest features and screenshots from CARA, the market-leading user interface for multiple content management systems including Documentum, Alfresco and Oracle WebCenter. CARA is fast, highly intuitive and supported by a configuration layer that simplifies setting up the UI options and the business rules for your application.TRANSCRIPT
Set your users free
CARAUser interface & configuration layer for Documentum, Alfresco and Oracle WebCenter
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User interface for Documentum, Alfresco and Oracle WebCenter, featuring
Very fast performance Major usability advantages over standard UIs Many additional features vs standard UIs e.g.
Dimensions for navigating Dashboards Widgets panels Portal My WidgetSpace
Used by some of world’s largest companies and government agencies since 2002, e.g. Walt Disney, QVC Television, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, State of North Carolina, General Reinsurance and Sargento Foods
What is CARA
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CARA vs Webtop
CARA Webtop
Fast, with no screen refreshes Screen refreshes after most actions, slow
Multi-tasking, multi-window One thing at a time
Full set of configurations to build out business requirements – very short project lifecycle and major cost saving
No configuration, customization only – longer projects, higher validation and overall project costs
Content transfer via proprietary applet OR completely java-free
Applet only (UCF) – many issues and java-dependencies
Connect to multiple other systems Only via customization
Works on Documentum 5.3 through 6.7 – no changes with new backend versions
Each version of Documentum requires upgrade to Webtop and any customizations
Certified on all browsers Only certified on some versions of Internet Explorer
Mobile app, Portal, My WidgetSpace ---
Dimensions, widgets ---
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CARA vs D2CARA v3.3 D2 v4
Configurable Customization - fully customizable by customers Not customizable by customers
Full functioning UI including all core Webtop functionality and more (enhanced virtual docs, workflows etc)
Initial release will not contain virtual document editing, document distribution etc
My WidgetSpace view - User Experience Selection ---
Carousel / coverflow ---
Voice Recognition ---
Multi-window including drag and drop Single window only
Display unlimited widgets at a time Only single Widget at a time
Define / Build your own DQL, Web Service or xCP Widgets Limited set of hard-coded widgets, cannot extend
No data migration required to move to CARA - standard Documentum lifecycles. Integrated apps do not have to change
Data Migration required to move to D2 - custom objects for lifecycle - integrated applications also have to be rebuilt as a result
Works on Documentum 5.3 - 6.7 Works on Documentum 6.5 - 6.7
Works on Alfresco ---
Works on Oracle WebCenter ---
Built-in Portal capability --- Future*
Mobile App --- Future*
Integrated with Documentum xCP --- Future (Q1 2013?*)
Integrated with Documentum Records Management / RPS --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
Provides full collaboration functionality --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
Full configuration layer - all the same as D2 and more Configuration layer is missing feature parity with CARA (detailed comparison available on request)
Contains patented features including Dimensions, Dashboards and more No similar features
Reporting, Configurable REST Services, Project Spaces/Rooms, Data tables --- Future (Q1 2014?*)
Advanced Workflow --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
Advanced Publishing --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
Import Rendition --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
Bulk Import --- Future (Q3 2013?*)
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DESKTOP FEATURES
Works like Windows with Start menu and application icons
MULTIPLE WINDOWS
Open a window to different repositories or multiple windows to the same one
DESKTOP INSIDE THE BROWSER
Stores repository launch icons, drag links to documents and more
CARA User Interface
CARA is an ergonomically designed, fast, web user interface to connect individually or simultaneously to multiple content management systems. Currently released for Documentum, Oracle WebCenter and Alfresco. It is designed to facilitate the creation, review, approval and management of documents. CARA is underpinned by the Generis DocConfigurator product which allows rapid setup and configuration of the repository to requirements.
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User can Add widgets from a library:• Favorites• Recent Items• Intray / Outtray• Search results• Checked Out Items• Home Cabinet• Dashboard widget (report)• Build-your-own widget including web
service connection to another system
My WidgetSpace:Your standard view reimagined
Move away from folders – enter the world of a set of different persistent collections of documents at your fingertips in the My WidgetSpace window. Work on your Favorites, Recent Items, Search results, In-Tray and more in a single view.
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Searching made easy – 6 ways
CARA 6 ways of searching – from Quick Searches through Dashboards and our Advanced Search to the unique Dimensions search/navigation hybrid and also SnapLists.
4. ADVANCED SEARCH
Each group of users can have a search screen configured to the documents they search for most frequently
3. DASHBOARDS
Create, save and run any reports using DQL or the Search, with ability to export the results to Excel and even create and export / print graphs. Dashboards even support user-driven value substitution
5. DIMENSIONS – see the next slides6. SNAPLISTS – see the next slides
1. Search in folder2. Quick search across repository (configure which attributes are searched including fulltext)
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Dimensions
Of all the search and navigation features in CARA, the Dimensions are the most used by clients. The Dimensions are a unique hybrid of searching and navigating, allowing each user to specify up to 5 levels of attributes to use in order to build a dynamic tree that allows navigation in the same way as a folder – avoiding the need to run multiple searches.
DIMENSIONS
Pick your attributes, then navigate as if it were a regular folder
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SnapLists
You may want to navigate by complex scenarios – for example, “documents I authored which are set to expire, grouped by month of expiration”. For those cases where a simple search or the CARA Dimensions are not sufficient, there are SnapLists.
SNAPLISTS
Navigate by complex queries as if there were regular folders
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Widgets
Other user interfaces allow you to see information related to a document, one pane at a time. The CARA widgets panel displays as many widgets as you want, populating them all from a single click on a document. In addition, no other application allows you to build your own widgets, displaying any information you want about a document (audit trail information, security settings, list of annotations – literally anything available in the repository.
Need information pulled from another system? For example supplier address and phone numbers from an external database? Simply build a widget calling that information via a web service – integration of third party systems into the UI without any coding to the UI.
Choose from pre-existing or your own custom-built widgets – all displayed at once and containing right-click options
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Thumbnails
For managing data that is rich media (images, video) it is possible to display the document pane in listview or thumbnails mode, including a larger thumbnails on mouse-over, or with a carousel or flip-card.
View thumbnails in the main view
View thumbnails in the Widgets panel including larger
thumbnails on mouse-over
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Carousel / Coverflow
Define and display documents in a carousel
which displays a thumbnail
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Highly configurable
CARA leverages the Generis DocConfigurator product to allow companies to build their own applications, using dozens of area of configurability: everything from major items such as properties screens, automatic folders, languages, data dictionaries, taxonomies, dynamic no-maintenance security, audit and eSignature, Trash Can, UI display, through to the small things like changing the icons for folders.
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View Management
Allow each group of users to have an entirely personalized view of the repository: everything from their Widgets, Dimensions, Search screens, double-click rules, New Document shortcut buttons, filters, columns and more.
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Modify the columns to be shown
Grouped by status
Status Manager
Report on status across multiple document(s) / folder(s), including ability to promote / demote multiple documents at a time, and export to Excel:
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Workflows: rich reporting
Report on workflows across multiple documents or across multiple users
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Virtual Documents: reinvented
Turn virtual documents into a painless, multi-user tool. No more user checkout / checkin, it is all done on the server. Added features include context information (same document in different virtual documents has different metadata), publishing integrations and granular security.
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Annotations Report
No need to open 10 documents to see all the individual notes – just pull up the CARA Annotations Report
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Universal viewing
CARA integrates two universal viewing tools, ViewONE Pro from Daeja (www.daeja.com) and Brava! from Informative Graphics, for viewing 300+ formats in a common viewer (no local installation required). The tools allows annotations, watermarking and streaming of content as well as redaction:
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Summary – v3.3 Major New Features
This unique view gives the users a widget-based desktop showing, in a single view, document lists from their Favorites, Recent Items, Workflow Inboxes and more – finding and interacting with documents has never been easier or quicker.
My WidgetSpace
Voice recognition now allows text input into fields without having to use your keyboard to enter it. Perfect for mobile or hands-free usage.Voice Recognition
In addition to the System Lock and User Log functionality, CARA now provides graphical output of User Activity over time.User Activity Monitoring
Open both the properties and content in a single click.Preview with Properties
For those who need quick and easy interaction with the repository, the existing mobile support (via browsers) is now supplemented with a mobile-specific app.Mobile App extension
Importing emails is streamlined to allow both import as custom document types, as well as extraction of both attachments and also email attributes and content into repository attributes and content.
Email integration extension
On login, select your user experience – from the full WebDesktop through the single-page explorer, to My WidgetSpace and the PortalUser Experience Selection
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Summary – v3.3 Major New Features
An improved permanent drag and drop zone for import from the Desktop or OutlookImport Landing Zone
Russian and Portuguese have been added to the existing languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Polish).Additional Languages
Display document thumbnails and information on a carousel / coverflowCarousel (Coverflow) Display
Full support for Documentum Search Facets, including configuration and displayDocumentum Facets
CARA now offers the full range of subscriptions available in Documentum but configurable using the CARA ruleset. Includes subscribing other users.Extended Subscriptions
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Summary – v3.4 Major New Features
Custom Actions previously supported JSP, DQL, API, Documentum Server Method and RESTful web services. New in Custom Actions is any JavaScript action
Custom Actionsenhancements
Add any custom JavaScript processing to the Document Save operation (including workflow completion)Document Save Processing
Single click Export of configuration and Import into a new docbase. Configurations can be versioned and are compared using MD5 checksum so incrementally updatedConfiguration transfer
Use any DQL condition to display the row formatting / icon differently – e.g. in a folder list, all “My Documents” listed in green, “Expiring in next 30 days” in redDisplay formatting
Add a custom HTML page (e.g. with icons providing quick links to any windows / features) as the “Desktop” experience background or as a banner in other experiences
Home screen – custom HTML Desktop / Banner
Configure relation type availability based on any DQL conditionsRelations configuration
My WidgetSpace now allows users to add particular folders, SnapLists, banners with Quick Links (HTML page) and more
My WidgetSpace enhancements
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Summary – v3.4 Major New Features
Manage template availability and lifecycle separately from documents – filter templates based on DQL (e.g. status) and maintain separate lifecycle from document instances of the same type
Template Management
Ability to have the last-used values for properties and searching remembered and pre-populated individually for each userRemember last values
Use an existing document as a source of attribute values when creating a new documentNew document based on
existing
Added to My WidgetSpace view, and now also supporting Brava, ViewONE Pro, standard browser view and Snowbound – as well as annotations for all the above and PDF Annotation Services as well as DocAnnotator
Preview Panel
Support for multiple Single Sign On protocolsSingle Sign On
All functionality in CARA available without a Java Applet – removing the need for JRE on the machine.No Java Applet required
Reduce the time for importing sets of repeating attributes by importing into a multi-attribute grid from an Excel sheetProperties – grid import
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Summary – v3.4 Major New Features
Add multiple features from CARA Structures (enhanced virtual documents) to the regular Virtual Document manager window
Virtual Document enhancements
Manage jobs & methods in CARA as well as users, groups and roles. Report on and dump types and attributes easily. App server configuration in a single XML file. In-CARA configurations extended with many additional business rules items
Admin / configuration extensions
Add date support and also “like” comparisons. Job to recalculate autovalues on documents after configuration updatesAutovalues
Define custom queries and have them displayed as navigable trees for usersSnapLists
Many additional functions added to the User Capabilities so functional availability by group covers many more featuresUser Capabilities
Use Webtop DRL links to access documents in CARA. Also many additional URL combinations and formats supported as quick linksLinks
Support for conditional processing in Properties and Custom Actions based on user, group, attribute value, folder path, or permissionsConditional processing
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Voice RecognitionVoice recognition now allows text input into fields without having to use your keyboard to enter it. Perfect for mobile or hands-free usage.
Simply click the microphone at the end of a text field and speak. The built-in spell-check on the browser will help correct errors.
Note: this feature is not available in all browsers
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User Activity MonitoringCARA v3.2 introduced the User Activity log, As well as the ability to lock the system (prevent logins, e.g. during system maintenance windows, while leaving the system up and running).
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CARA v3.3 introduces advanced period user activity monitoring, outputting the results to Excel:
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Mobile App extensionsFor those who need quick and easy interaction with the repository, the existing mobile support (via browsers) is now supplemented with a mobile-specific app.
CARA v3.2 offered full support for mobile phones and tablets via browsers, including the ability to access the slimmed-down CARA Portal via such devices, and an HTML download alternative to the standard Java Applet for Apple devices where applets are not supported.
CARA v3.3 adds a specific phone app that allows you to:• search the repository• view content• view and edit properties• complete workflow activities• receive notifications when content
you have “subscribed” to has been altered
• download content to the device to view offline.
The app supports the following devices:
- Apple - Android - (Windows 8 / Blackberry planned)
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Email integration extensionsIn standard platforms, import of emails is restricted to importing as a specific document type, which means that a customer’s custom attributes are not available. In addition, the extraction of attributes is hard-coded. CARA extends this to allow mapping of email attributes to repository attributes, including extracting email content.
Once the emails are imported into CARA (via drag and drop), you can either access the attachments by viewing the email and opening the attachments from there, or by using the new Extract feature to extract attachments and automatically link them to the email as a Related Object.
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Preview with Properties
One menu opens properties and content preview side by side
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Import Landing Zone
Select your folder and then drag and drop from
Windows Explorer or Outlook into the Import
Landing Zone
Then optionally use the pop-up to classify your documents in the New
Document wizard that you configured
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Other Features
Configure attribute
inheritance from folder objects Extend context
details to hold Classification values for pre-populating to documents
Create an object not linked to the
Classification
Compatibility with Java 1.7
Job to auto-complete tasks
Ability to configure a URL
directly to the content
Window management:
Show Desktop / Show Windows
Side by Side
Job to extend document validity
(e.g. on SOPs)
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Other Features
Job to remove inactive users from groups
Thumbnail widget – larger pop-up thumbnail on mouse over
Export a virtual document structure
including all metadata to Excel
Validate document
uniqueness on import, and either reject, version or
move to a duplicates folder
Configure limit on number /
maximum file size of
documents imported in one
action Ability for users to reset their
View Settings to the default
Job to rename users and delete tasks associated
with inactive users
Enhanced rendition queue
configuration
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