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Release 3.1
User Guide
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Introduction
D2 is a solution made up of two applications:
A configuration layer for administrators : D2 - Configuration
A user interface to work on documents : D2 - Client
D2 makes it possible to:

Facilitate the configuration for all components of the documentation base, and to
quickly model your business processes and needs
Update this configuration, by simple settings, in order to take into account the new
standards and needs
This user guide is dedicated to the use of the D2-Client
Table of Contents
Authentication and Interface
Hyperlinks
Display
To Copy/Paste/Link
Document Information
Sending Mail
Document Properties
Export
Import and Creation
Searches
Edition and Checkout
Tools
Version and Checkin
Notifications
Virtual Document
Filters
Rendition
Lifecycles
Annotations
Workflows
Deletion
Subscriptions
Relations
Favorites
Administration
Authentication and
Interface
Connection to a DocBase
When you run the D2-Client you see the following screen
The available DocBase list is displayed in the left-hand side window
Click the desired DocBase
Connection to a DocBase
Enter your login and password
Interface
The D2 interface allows simple and quick access to all documents in your
DocBases. This new generation interface is a thin client and does not require
any deployment.
D2 is accessible via Internet Explorer and has all the features of a thick client.
D2 Client Interface and Navigation

Menu Bar
Workspace Window (list of documents and properties)
Shortcut Bar
Navigation
window for
DocBase
content
and
features
Toolbar for Details selection
Virtual
Documents
(VD) Editor
Details Window to view complementary information on documents
Navigation Window
Opened DocBase with Network Location

Inbox (Tasks and Notifications)
Favorites (direct link to favorite documents)
Distribution (quick validation of document)
Docbase checked out documents
Administration
Dictionary, Taxonomy, Register table, Template
Groups and users management
Pre-defined searches
Last, Personal, Public, Asynchronous
Docbase Cabinets
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Navigation Into the DocBase

Navigation is identical to that of the Windows explorer,
to select a folder, mouse click on it
Information Bar of the

selected folder
The tree structure will be expanded a level and the contents of the folder displayed in
the right-hand side window.
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Options
You can modify some options of D2-Client,

click on the menu Tools
then Options
You can modify:
The starting selected DocBase

node in the Navigation window
The temporary folder
The working folder
The date format
The default user language
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Options
On Navigation tab, access the following preferences to:
Hide folders in main window

Hide VD in Docbase browser
Sort by grouping folders into
main window
Activate interface pagination
Disable the animation of sliding panels
(to improve navigation performances)
Define a default dimension to display
thumbnails
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Disconnection of the DocBase

To disconnect yourself from the DocBase, click
on the menu File then Disconnect
Then click on Ok
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Display
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Thumbnail and Detailed Views

Set up the view you want for the Workspace Window
The default view is the detailed view
You can also use item in the toolbar

By selecting thumbnail view, user can preview documents content in two
different ways (ADTS pre requisite):
With Quick view menu option
With preview option, from the documents thumbnail, an automatic
scrolling is activated when your mouse is over the thumbnail
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Thumbnail View
In thumbnail view, documents are displayed one after the other according to the
sorting option set from the detailed view mode
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Thumbnail View: Preview and Tooltip

To preview a document with the auto scrolling, make sure you have an ADTS rendition
configuration
Then, place the mouse over the thumbnail. The document content is scrolling onto the
thumbnail area.
Information related to the displayed columns from detailed view are available on the
document tooltip, doing a simple mouse over and staying still on the thumbnail.
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Thumbnail View: Quick View

Documents, with ADTS rendition, are also viewable from a quick view window
Select a document, and from the
toolbar, click on the quick view
menu option
You can use the keyboard shortcut
Alt + space, after selection
Use the arrow keys to change pages and browse

the document content
To close the quick view window, click anywhere
on the D2 Workspace window
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Multi Windows
You can use several windows at the same time connected on different user accounts
To open a new workspace

click on
To open a new VD editor

Click on
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Viewing Properties of the Documents
You can add additional properties in the list of the main window. Right-click on
the properties bar .
Or, click on the View menu

then on Windows settings
then the desired window type
Workspace window
Virtual document editor
The operation is the same one for the two types of windows
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Select the document type
Then the property
Click on >
You can add several,

then click on OK
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Organize document properties in a list
Select a property
Click on the arrow

to go up the property
And on the arrow to

go down the property
Then click on OK to add these properties
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To remove one, select it in the right-hand list
Click on <
To restore the default list,

click on the
button Restore
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Document Information
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To Locate a Document
To locate a linked document, click on the document
Then click on
the button Location to see its links
Click with the right button of the mouse on the desired link and select
locate
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To Locate a Document
You will be automatically focused on it
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Information on a Document
Click on the document to select it
Select on the detail bar for more information
Click on it to display
(or hide) the details bar
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Locations : displays all the locations of the document
Versions : displays all versions of the document
Renditions : displays all renditions of the document
Relations : displays all linked documents of the document and distributions
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Audits : displays records relative to the document
Snapshots (for virtual documents only)
Workflow
You can also select this

information from the View menu.
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Other information is displayed in the Workspace window
The displayed properties are configurable
Columns are resizable
Information for checked out documents:

The green padlock indicates that the document is locked in writing
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To Increase Performance
Close the Virtual Documents editor when not in use

Close the Details area at the bottom of the window when not in use
Do not include repeating properties in the windows settings:
Do not include specific properties (that do not belong to dm_document) in the

viewing preferences if not useful
Generally, limit the number of properties in the preferences displayed, as far as
possible
Navigate by clicking on + in the tree structure, rather than on the folders
themselves
One of the most used properties, suitable to decrease performance, is the property
r_version_label
Using + does not run the refresh of the main window or the Details, area and is
carried out consequently much faster
Do not deploy several branches of the tree structure at the same time if not
necessary:
Deploying only the branch leading to the document used makes it possible to
optimize the performances
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Properties
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To View the Properties Sheet of a Document

Select the document
Then click on the icon properties

Or right-click on the selected file
and select Properties
Or click on the File menu
then on Properties
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The properties sheet of a document will be displayed in a new window
If a value appears in
orange in a field,
this means that the value
has been deactivated in
the dictionary associated
to the combo
If a value appears in
red in a field,
this means that the value
has been removed in
the dictionary associated
to the combo
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Mass Update
To mass update properties of several documents, select them
Click on Tools
then Mass update
then select a properties dialog
If selection contains virtual documents,

select if you want to update only
properties of the head of the VD
or also the properties of Childs
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Mass Update
Modify the properties

in the dialog
Documentum properties
beginning by r_
are not managed, except:
r_is_virtual_doc
r_frozen_flag
When the value is different on all documents, it is replaced by #####
Click on Ok to save modified values (values replaced by a ##### and not

changed stay identical)
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Select the document

Click on the File menu
Select Permissions
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To View a Document
To view a document, right-click and select View
Or, select the document

then click on the Document menu
then select View primary content.
The document will be opened in the
application corresponding to its format.
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To View a Document
You can choose the application in which you want to view the document, for that,
click on the document in the main window
Then click on the Document menu
and select View with
Then select the desired application
The document will be opened (in read only mode) in this application
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To View a Document Rendition
To view a rendition, click on the document of which you want to visualize the
rendition

and select View PDF rendition
The rendition will be displayed in

Adobe Acrobat application
If a rendition for this document does not exist,

the following message will appear
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Import and Creation
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To Create a Document
To create a document , Click on New Document
Or click on the menu File then New then Document
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The creation window will appear. Select the document type to create
You can also create a document while inheriting its properties and/or the
content of another document, to do that click on the tab Inheritance
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Click on to open the DocBase Browser to select the file to inherit
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Browse the DocBase to find your file and select it.
Click
OK
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The document is selected
If you want to inherit the properties,

check the box.
If you want to inherit the content,

check the box.
You can check both boxes.
If the document is a VD,

you can inherit its structure
Click OK
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Complete the
properties sheet
Click OK
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If you have configured a linked document, the following dialog will appear:
Click on OK and the corresponding properties dialog will appear
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Select in the list the desired template
Then click on Ok .The template will automatically be opened and the

document created.
If it exists just one template for this set of document, it will be automatically
selected and the selection window will not appear
A document associated with a uniqueness configuration into D2-config wont
be created if required conditions are not controlled.
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If the selected document for the inheritance is a VD and you have chosen to
inherit the structure of the VD and you have several inheritance Templates
selected in the matrix, choose the desired inheritance Template in the list
Then click on Ok
If it exists just one template for this set of document, it will be automatically
selected and the selection window will not appear
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To Import a Document
To import a document ,
click on the menu File then on Import
Click on + to select the files on your hard disk
The format is automatic

If you want to open it after
the import, uncheck the
box
If you want to set up the same properties for all documents check off the box
The following is the same one than for the document creation.
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To Import a Document
D2 allows to import documents by a simple dragndrop
Select from your workstation one or many documents to import
Drag it (them) to the D2

workspace window and
then drop it (them)
Creation matrix window

opens and allows to
create a new document
type
D2JobImportMassCreate
The Drag n Drop feature cannot be used with files using Cyrillic character set
in the name or content.
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To Import a Document XML file
XML property files can be used while importing document, concurrently to default
values and inherited configuration, as loading files for properties.
In order to make the transfer possible, it is necessary at the import time to have:
The XML file containing properties, named like the document, only the file extension
changes
This file located under the same directory as the imported document
Moreover, the XML document content must be

structured like the example :
Root node d2_import_xml
Document properties as specified into the property page
<value> node are for repeating properties
read only properties (excepted r_object_type) will not be
taken into account for the transfer
format attribut is an option for date property type.
This automatic property transfer can be used with already in place inherited
configuration and default values. This order of predominance is as following:
Default Value < Inherited value < XML property value < User input
Import of document with XML file can also be achieved automatically with a Job cf
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XML File Template:
Root node
Use <value> with repeating attributes
Use <format>
with date
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You can also use an XML file which name contains meta.xml to import an xml
document and its properties.
It is named with file name followed by meta.xml:

filename-meta.xml
Filename correspond to linked/associated document.
This XML file, when you import it into the Docbase, must contains same
characteristics as previous XML file (see previous slide).
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To Import a Tree Folder Structure
Folders structure can be imported into a Docbase from D2-Client
To do so, structure import must be configured in D2-Config for the user connected
Then, to import a structure, access to the following menu:
And select folder to import through this window
Structure import process is the same as the document creation
Auto-link, naming and security rules will be applied at the time of import
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To Import an XML Application
To import a XML Application, use the following menu:
Then select in the window XML file of the application to import
The folder application is going to be imported in the Docbase following linking,

security and naming rules defined in D2 hypermatrix
To perform this operation properly, the DocApp of Xml application must be set up prior in
the Docbase
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Edition and Checkout
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To Checkout a Document
To check out a document, click on it

and select Check Out
The document will be checked out of the DocBase
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To Cancel the Checkout of a Document
To cancel the checkout of a document, click with the right button on this
document and select Cancel Checkout / Edit
Or click on the document

then on the Document menu
then on Cancel Checkout
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To Modify a Document
To modify a document , select it in the main window
Then click on the modification icon
Or click with the right button

of the mouse on the document
and select Modify
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To Modify a Document
Or click on the Document menu then select Edit
The document will be opened in the application corresponding to its format (ex:
Word) and it will be marked as checkout of the DocBase (green padlock)
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Version and Check In
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To Check In a Document
To check in a document , select it in the main window
Then click on the check in icon
Or click with the right button of the mouse

on the document and select Check In
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Or click on the Document menu then select Check In
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The checkin window will appear. Select the desired version
If the settings allows you to do so, you can enter a description
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Select the tab options
If you want to make it the

current version, check off the box
If you want to maintain

the lock, check off the box
If you want to check in

the document from an external file, click on to select the file on your hard
disk. The format will be automatically set
Then click on OK to check in the document

If you have configured the silent check in, the document will be automatically
checked in, without these options being proposed
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You can also check in several documents at the same time

Select several documents, then run the check in
Operation is the same than the

unitary check in with one more
button Ok for all which acts
on all the selected files
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To Import a Version
To import a new version of a document from a File System ,

Select it in the main window
Then click on Document then Import as version

Then select the file
on the File System
Then click on Ok
The Checkout will be done
automatically and the
Checkin will be done according
to the Check in configuration
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Virtual Document
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To Create a Virtual Document
To create a virtual document, click on the desired document
Click on the menu Document then Convert to VD

or on the corresponding icon
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To Drag and Drop a Document in a Virtual

Document (VD)
To drag and drop a document in a Virtual Document, click on the desired one
from the Workspace window with the right button of the mouse
Maintain the button down and drag it into the VD editor and drop it at the
desired place
If you drop it on a document surrounded by dotted lines, the document will be

inserted inside the target document which will be transformed into a VD
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Insert an Inherited Component

Use the Virtual Document editor to insert under a node an inherited component
Select the parent element from the
virtual document, and Right click >
Insert an inherited component
A cabinet explorer window opens
In this explorer, choose a single node

to insert from the main view (right
part)
Apply by clicking OK
The node is inserted into virtual
document tree
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To Drag and Drop a Document in a Virtual

Document (VD)
If you drop it on an underlined document,
The document will be inserted under the target document
You can also do these drops inside the VD editor to modify the displayed VD
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To View a Virtual Document
To view a Virtual Document (VD), select the VD on the left-hand window and
double-click on it or click here
The VD editor will appear on the left-hand part of the window
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You can display the position and/or the version number of documents
You can unfold the VD completely or fold up it
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To move a document, click on the document in the VD editor then click on the
arrow
The document is moved of a level upward (from 3.2 to 3.1) and the VD to
which it belongs have been checked out (keys on the left)
To descend a document the procedure is the same one with the arrow
downwards
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To maximize the VD editor click here. To go back, click here
To close it, click here

and the VD editor will be closed
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To Create a Snapshot from a Virtual Document
To create a snapshot from a Virtual Document, display the desired VD in the VD

editor by double clicking on it in the navigation window (left-hand side)
Then click on the camera icon in the VD editor
Enter the title of the snapshot

The snapshot will appear in the detail window
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Rendition
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To Create a Rendition
To create a rendition,
Click on the document
Then click on the menu Document
and select Create rendition
The rendition will be sent to the

rendition server
If the rendition request already exists,

you will have the following message
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To Import a Rendition
To import a rendition,
Click on the document
Then click on the menu Document
and select Import Rendition
Click on to select the file

on your hard disk
(The format is automatic)
Then click on Ok and the rendition will be imported
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To Remove a Rendition
To remove a rendition, click on it with the right button of the mouse and select
Remove Rendition
The rendition will be removed
You can export document rendition, for example native fomat.

To do so use Export rendition menu
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Annotations
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To Annotate a Document
To annotate a document, click on the desired document
Click on the menu Document then annotations or on the annotations

icon
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To Annotate a Document
The document will be opened in Adobe Acrobat to be annotated

Annotate the document, then close Acrobat
Once the document is annotated, a relation which points on the annotation
will be created
This annotation can be visualised in the tab relation of the details window
under the label DM_ANNOTATE
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To Annotate a Document in Native Format
D2 makes it possible to annotate a document in its native format like Word

This allows to do annotations in parallel on the same file and to merge them
after in revision mode, without entering them again
To annotate a document, click on the selected document
Click on the menu Document

then on Annotations native format
Or on the icon
Annotations native format
Or through the workflow tasks
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The document will be opened in its native format (Word)

Enter modification in the text
Once the document has been modified, a relation pointing on the annotation will
be created
This annotation can be displayed in the tab Relations of the detailed window on
the label Contains annotations
Once ended, check in the annotation by clicking with the right hand button of the
mouse on the relation, then on Checkin
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You can annotate this document again with another user account
All annotations will be visible in the tab Relations
To display an annotation, click with the right hand button on the relation, then
select View primary content with this annotation
To display the document with all annotations, click on Document then on

View primary content with annotations
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To merge annotations in the document,

click on the document then on Document
then Edit with annotations
The document will be opened in Word
in revision mode
Accept or refuse modifications
Then save the document
Then, check in the document
with annotations
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To View Annotations of a Document
To view annotations of a document, click on the desired document
Click on the menu Document then Annotations or Annotations

native format
You will not see annotations by visualising the normal rendition
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Deletion
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To Delete a Virtual Document
Select Delete VD only or Delete VD and sub folder and object
Select Delete only the virtual document(s) or Delete the virtual

document(s) and documents children
Then, click Ok
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To Delete a Document
To delete a document, click on it with the right button of the mouse and select
Delete
Or click on the document, then on the menu File then Delete

Decide if you delete only the selected version or all the versions
Click on Ok and the document will be deleted
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To Remove a Folder
To remove a folder, click on it with the right button of the mouse and select
Delete
Or click on the folder, then on File then on Delete
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To Remove a Folder
Select if you want to remove only the folder or also the subfolders
Then click on Ok
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Relations
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To Create a Relation
To create a relation, click on the selected document
Click on the desired file then on the menu Document then Create
relation
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Select in the list the desired relation
If you want to change the way

of the relation check off the box
The file will become the child
of the relation and neither the parent
Enter a description of the relation
Then click on Ok
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The DocBase browser will appear to select the file child of the relation (or
parent if you have checked off the box : invert relation)
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Navigate into the DocBase and select your file, then click on Ok
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The relation is created
You can view it in the Details window, tab Relations
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Controled Relation into Property Page

Some properties pages allow to create controlled relation between documents
Add a relation in the appropriate field
Select the linked document and validate by OK
A relation is created and appears in

the property page
It is available for consultation from the
details window Relations
D2 offers you the way to create single
or multiple relations
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Hyperlinks
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Hyperlink
D2 makes it possible to manage links between documents : hyperlinks
If a document is approved and not modifiable, link will be set on the fly on a
watermark of the PDF rendition and will not modify the document
To put a link between two documents, check out first, the source document of the
docbase
Then click on the target document

of the link with the right hand side of the
mouse then on Hyperlink
then on Copy link target address
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Hyperlink
Select in the list the source
document
Then the target page
And the desired version
of the document
Then validate
The link will be saved in the clipboard
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Hyperlink
Create an hyperlink in the source document and paste the link contained in the
clipboard as the address of the link. Ex in Word, past the link here
The link will be inserted in the document

It will work inside the docbase
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Hyperlink
In the case of an approved document, You must first check out the rendition to be
able to insert the link
Click on the source document
then with the right button of the mouse
click on Edit PDF rendition link
to check out the rendition
The rendition will now be visible in
the list of the checked out document
of the copy hyperlink dialog box
Once the links has been paste,
You must click on Save PDF rendition
link to save the links
or on Cancel edition of PDF rendition link to erase the links
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Hyperlink
Link are visible in the tab Hyperlinks of the details window
Colour code
Green: Correct link

Blue: correct link but a more recent version of the target document exists
Yellow: version of the target document still not exists but a more recent version exists
Red: the target document does not exist anymore
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Hyperlink
You can fix the link, to do that click with the right mouse button on the link and
select Modify destination version
Then select the desired version
You can also modify the destination of the link by clicking here
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To
Copy/Paste/Link
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Multi-Selection
You can select several documents with the keyboard by using Ctrl and
Shift in the same way that Windows explorer
You can reverse a selection with the menu

Edit then Invert selection
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Multi-Selection
You can also select all documents from a folder by clicking on the menu
Edit then Select All
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Copy / Paste a Document
Warning: the document must not be in a set of documents where copy is not
allowed
To copy a document,
click on it with the right button
of the mouse
Then click on Copy
Or click on the document
Then on the menu Edit
Then on Copy
The action cut works in the

same way but delete the document
after the copy
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Paste a Document
To paste a document, select the destination folder
Then click on Paste
Or click on the destination folder

with the right button of the mouse
Then on Paste
The document will be paste in the selected folder
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To Paste a Virtual Document
To paste a Virtual Document use the same process than to paste a document
Select the Virtual Document
Copy it
Select the destination folder
Paste the Virtual Document
The Virtual Document will be pasted in the selected folder
The Childs of the VD will also be pasted and put in the same folder than the
new VD
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To Link a Document
To link a document, copy it first

Select the destination folder
Then click on Link

The document will be linked (creation of a Windows type shortcut ) in the
selected folder
To cancel this link

Right click on document > Delete link
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To Copy a Link to the Clipboard
To copy a link to the clipboard

Select the desired document
Click on Edit
Then on Copy link to clipboard
The link will be copied to the Window clipboard in order to be pasted in a mail
or a document for example
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Sending Mail
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To Send a Link by Email
To send a link by email, select the desired document
Click on Edit then Send then Send link

Enter the addresses
or select it in the list
Enter emails object
Then the message
Click on ok
to send the email with the link
on the selected document
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To Send a Document by Email
To send a document by email, select the desired document
Click on Edit
then Send then Send content
Enter the addresses

or select it in the list
Enter emails object
Then the message
Click on ok
to send the email with
the selected document
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Export
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To Export a Document
To export a document and its content, select document

Then click on the menu File
Then Export
Select a location
Use drag and drop to export file

Export multiple documents with multiselection function
The document is exported
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To Export a Folder
To export a folder and its content, click on the folder

Then on the menu File
Then Export folder
Select a location
Use drag and drop to export folder
The folder will be exported

with its content
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Searches
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Search Nodes
Search nodes are composed of 4 elements
My last search: gathers the last search carried out
My searches: gathers private searches of the connected user
Publics searches: gathers existing searches (saved by user). Access to query forms set
by D2 administrator
Asynchronous searches: gathers results of asynchronous searches, made by the user
when searches are launched in asynchronous mode.
Number of asynchronous searches can be limited
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Search Type
D2 allows user to make several different searches:
Advanced: using attributes, conditions and booleans operators
Query form: data input made easier via a specific property page
Full text, based on keywords, properties or the content of the documents:
Using Documentum Full Text search engine or Xplore

Using an external OpenSearch-enabled search engine
DQL: technical request with the Documentum Query Language
Each of these searches can be launched in an asynchronous way

In a collaboration perspective, authorized users can register and share
privates requests
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Advanced Search
To make an advanced search, click on the following icon
You can also use:

- Tool menu > Search
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + F
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Advanced Search
Search screen
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Advanced Search Object Type
By default a document type is set up.
You can add more object types by clicking on
Select types to add then click on OK

It is possible to remove types from the list
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Advanced Search Attributes
Select a property, then an operator and a value from list
Select the operator between the different line of conditions AND OR
You can create searches equations adding up () at the begining and

the end of conditions
Condition lines can be removed by right click > delete
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Advanced Search Options and locations
You can set up a search on all versions of a document
To refine your search, you can use case sensitive
Select tab Locations
To add a location, click on +

Then select the location in the selection window
To remove one, click on it in the list then on x
If you want to include sub folders
of selected folders, check on the box
The search will run only on the selected folders
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Advanced Search Display
You can choose display settings (properties) for the result list
Select properties
that you want to display
in the result list
You can order by a property
by default
To remove one element, click on it, then click on X

To add one, click on
Then select properties
in the same way than for
the properties of the Workspace
window from D2-Client
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Advanced Search Facets
Using facets, results searches are sort out by documents properties.

This tab is available when Xplore server and facets are set up.
Using this list, select properties which will be used in facets search.
Default properties are displayed into this field.
This properties list corresponds to the one which were activated for the facets
use.
Then, you can launch the search using the following field located in Criteria
tab.
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To Search a Document
The result of searches is displayed in the Workspace window, and remains visible
from the node My last search
Results are
automatically
Sort out by
ranking
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Once the search is carried out, if you want to go back on it to modify a setting
and run it again, click on the magnifier
The focus must be on

My last search
The result list
You can also use highlighting function to

search and highlight terms into main
window
This function is available in all Docbase
locations
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Full Text (Documentum, xPlore, OpenSearch

Enabled Engine)
Full text is a feature activated or deactivated by D2 administrator at the time of

the configuration. These types of full text searches cannot be used
simultaneously, because they use the same quick and simple search input field,
and they are external services:
The quick input field from the toolbar allows to make simple search: using word
or words suit. To launch a full text search, enter search term in the field and type
return key.
Google syntax is useful for full text searches
Only the Documentum and xPloreFull text are also enabled from the advanced
search.
From the advanced search window, you can launch request by inclusionexclusion of all or any part of sentence
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Open Search Results
Results from Open Search engine are displayed in a specific way into the
Workspace window
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Open Search Results
In detailed view mode, results are displayed one after the other into
Workspace window. Depending on the setup and on the number of
results, many pages can be made available.
Results can then be displayed on several pages
Thumbnails are directly

received from the
OpenSearch enabled engine
Files with unavailable

thumbnail can have a default
image or none.
Results are made of links with add-on information retrieved from the DocBase:
External results are preceded by a specific icon

Internal results (document from DocBase) are preceded by there file format icon
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Open Search Results

In thumbnail view mode, results display one after the other. Their file type icon
appears as thumbnail, except for external result; which is a specific icon.
You can view columns informations into the tooltip of each file
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Open Search Results
To access results content double click on a line of result:
Internal (docbase) document are

opening into the D2 Workspace
window
External resources are displayed in a
new external web window
To make a shortcut link to this document on your local computer, use drag and
drop on the leading icon in a detailed view mode
Shortcut link to a resource will be available from the appropriate location doing
a Ctrl + click
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xPlore Results
When you perform a research using xPlore, a facets tree (if enabled by the
administrator) display in the node My last search .
Results are organized in the tree using

properties selected for the search.
The number of responses per facets values

displays on brackets.
It is possible to click on these values to refine

the result display by restricting the selection
To further expand the results, click on top level

of results tree.
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Query Form
Query forms are set up by the DocBase administrator in order to optimize
searches on input properties. Access to these forms can be controlled for some
groups or extended to any users.
Forms are available from the Public searches node.
Any searches can be organized into categories
Double click on the form to open it
The form displays like any other property

page
Input values for the different field
(depending on the form design)
Run the search
Results will display into the Workspace window like any other type of searches.
A Query form search can also be saved and made public to other users.
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DQL Editor
To launch a DQL, click a menu Tools then DQL edit

Enter your DQL query.
The search can be

performed asynchronously
Then click to Save as to save or Run
Like forms, you can choose to use in the query, the attributes needed to display the
full result in the main interface.
The properties added to the query are the following ones: r_object_id, r_object_type,
a_content_type, r_is_virtual_doc, r_link_cnt, r_lock_owner, r_immutable_flag,
r_frozen_flag.
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DQL editor
The result of the query will be displayed in the Workspace window under the
My last search node
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To Launch an Asynchronous Search

Depending on the document type, you can use asynchronous searches
To do it, recognize and tick this checkbox from one of the different search window
(DQL, Query form or Advanced)
A title field will be activated in the search windows
Enter a name for the search in the appropriate window

Launch search
There is only a limited number of asynchronous search at a time, it is set up by the

administrator for performance reasons
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To View an Asynchronous Search

Results are available in the Asynchronous search node
Running searches: results
are not available yet
Finished searches:
results are available
It is possible to view the current status, the number of result returned as well as the
creation date
On each node, it is also possible to:

Stop the running search
Edit the request (value, operator, save)
Delete existing searches
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To Save a Search
You can run your search or cancel it. (Allows you to leave the screen without
saving nor running the search)
You can also save it

Enter the name of the search
If you have in the search some
settings to fill before running it,
like for example a property,
check off this box and the search
window will be displayed before
its execution
Select the folder to save the search in
If you want to make it public, check off the box

The search will be visible by others users but they will not be able to modify it.
Only the author of the search will be able to modify it
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You can create several folders. Click with the right hand side button of the
mouse on the parent folder, then click on Create new search category
Enter the name and the title
The folder will be created

You can create search categories from
the menu File
then New
then Search category
150
Tools
151
To Print a Document
To print a document, click on it

and select Print
The application corresponding to the format

of the document will be opened
and the document printed
The application will be closed automatically
152
To Export a List of Documents to Excel
You can export a list of documents to Excel

You are able to export the list of the documents contained in the main window
or in the details window
Put the selection in the desired window (workspace or details)
Click on the menu Tools then Export to Excel
153
To Export a List of Documents to Excel
The list will be exported to Excel
Workspace window
Details window
154
Notifications
155
Notifications Window
You have the ability to activate or not the display of the notifications window.
Access to D2-Client Options: Tools > Options > Message reception
Then set up a refresh period of time

When the dialog box activates, notification or workflow tasks will appear in the
bottom right corner of your Internet browser
By clicking on this window, you
directly access to your inbox
notification
You can then, read the content of
the message or launch a workflow
task
156
Notifications
D2 offers you the way to peruse yours notifications directly from the Notifications
node.
Select one of available notifications

You can also review details of attached files, for the selected notification by clicking
on Details from the details bar
157
Filters
158
To Filter the Versions of the Documents
To view all the versions of documents and folders, select All versions
You can view all versions of documents in the main window
159
To Filter the Versions of the Documents
You can create others filters than the two standard ones into D2-configuration
like for example a filter for all documents which the status is Approved
160
Filters
You can filter the columns after a search

Filtering is available on all columns and on all screens of the application
To filter a column, click on the arrow
Then select the desired value for the filtering of the column
161
Filters
Only columns whose value is the selected one will be displayed
Click on another arrow to select another filter on a new column. The new filter
will be added to the first one by AND
To remove a filter, click on All as filter value
162
Distribution
163
Documents Distribution
This feature allows to quickly distribute documents, without starting a workflow.
Participants can accept or reject the document being distributed.
To do so, it will be necessary to access to the inbox Distributions , to read the
content and validate it or not.
164
Launch a Distribution
To launch a distribution, select a document in the Docbase and access to the
Distribution sub-menu via Document menu.
All distribution configurations associated
with the module display in Distribution
sub-menu.
For mass distribution you can also
perform a multi-selection on several
documents.
Then in the displayed properties page:
add users or groups.
Click on Prepare to save distribution properties
To launch Distribution , access to Relations tab
And click on Request this distribution

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Perform a Distribution
Participants involved in the distribution receive an email in their mailbox (depending
on configuration) as well as, a notification in their distribution box within D2-Client.
Documents are organized upon configuration on this node:
Pending user distributions display in bold with a status sent .

In addition, a Relations is created when distribution receipt.
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Distribution: Accept/Reject
To step in a distribution in process, select it in the box and access to contextual
menu:
Then, you can Accept or Reject the
document.
Accepted documents display in green
with a statut Accepted .
Refused ones display in red.
Interrupted distributions are removed
from the set of user boxes, their status
changes to Stopped .
It also possible to add participants to a distribution by using distribution properties
within the contextual menu.
Once the update performed, documents are sent directly to
the various additional participants.
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Distribution: Distribution Report

You can at any time generate a Distribution report in order to track
the document validation status.
To do so, select the document and access to the contextual menu via the
following tab Relations .
The distribution report is generated and opens in Excel.

Users are listed as well as distribution lifecycle.
Sent
Accepted
Rejected
Stopped
Limited permission
168
Lifecycles
169
Lifecycles
D2 proposes two mechanisms, compliant and being able to be used in a same
DocBase, for the management documents lifecycles
Standard Documentum lifecycles, where conception are done with Documentum
Application Builder.
D2 lifecycles, where settings are done entirely in D2-Config
In both cases, D2-Client allows you to do all the actions necessary to the lifecycle
of a document, through the menu Document / Lifecycle :
The higher part of the submenu is dedicated to D2 lifecycles
Init allows you to choose a D2 lifecycle and to change its status to the first one of the
lifecycle. This function is useful for documents where no lifecycle have been attached during
their creation
The following headings make it possible to simply apply the operations configured in the
lifecycle. They are specific to each configuration. Example: Approval, In Revue, etc
The lower part of the submenu is dedicated to Documentum lifecycles

Attach allows you to attach a standard lifecycle to a document
Detach , Promote , Demote correspond to standard Documentum operations, like
those of Webtop
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D2 Lifecycles
D2 lifecycles part is closely related to the configuration carried out and
cannot be described in a generic way
All the steps of the lifecycle will appear in the menu Lifecycle
To change a state, click on the document and on the action of the lifecycle
171
Documentum Lifecycles
You can also apply a Documentum lifecycle on your documents, to do that select
the document then go to the menu Document then Lifecycle then Apply
Then select your lifecycle to apply
172
Lifecycle can be initialized for some document types which did not contain a
status
Select document and access the Lifecycle menu:
Document menu> Lifecycle > Initialize
Choose the initial state

Document status changes accordingly. Its lifecycle is begining.
173
Once the lifecycle applied, you can
Promote the document

Demote the document
Detach the document
Attach a new lifecycle
To do that, select the document

then go in the menu Document
then Lifecycle
174
Workflows
175
D2 Workflow
You can apply a workflow to your documents, to do that select the document then go
in the menu Document then Workflow then Send to workflow
Select the workflow to apply
176
D2 Workflow
D2 allows you to send several documents in a workflow with the exception that they are
associated with a workflow configuration.
Select document to send with multiselection function
Start the workflow Send all
Validate sent documents

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D2 Workflow: Workflow Settings
Enter Workflow settings

Name of the Instance
You can re-use the setting of
an old instance
You must then input names for the workflow recipient, corresponding to the
different participants
Recipient input is made easier with the mass

import for the participant list.
To import this list, click on the button
Select then the import button in order to import

your .xls file.
The list is imported directly into the Selection

list.
The recipient selection is also exportable from

the same dialog with the export button.
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Click on the tab Notifications and enter a notification for the workflow
Click on the tab Attachments
Remove a document
Then click on + to add a document to the workflow (the DocBase browser will
be opened to select a document
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Click on the tab Planning and Follow-up to plan the sending

Enter the desired
sending date
Check off if you want a
notification at sending
You can plan
a theoretical end
And to be notified if the workflow is not ended at this time
Then click on send to send the workflow instance (or its planning)
Click on Cancel if you want to cancel the sending of the workflow instance
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D2 Workflow: Access Workflow Tasks

To view the tasks that have been allocated to you, click on Tasks . Task list is
displaying.
Unread tasks are in bold. You can change the status of an Unread task to
Read if you decide, for example, to process them at a later time (i.e.: as in
Outlook).
To do so, select a task in the list and right click on it
When multiple users receive the same task, D2 allows the first user to manually acquire the task
assigned to him.
Select the task and click on
The task is now acquired and is automatically

removed from the other recipients inbox.
181
D2 Workflow: Access Workflow Tasks

Workflow tasks are assigned default priorities by the administrators during workflows
setup.
These priorities show in the participants inbox upon reception of a task. Each task is
linked to a different color.
The task color allows you to quickly identify its process level, from 0 to 5. However,
you can modify this level for each individual task.
To do so, select the task and right click on it.
You can now set a different priority level.
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D2 Workflow: Organize the Task Tree

You can manually or automatically organize your workflow tasks in a tree folder
following the same process for other object from your Docbase.
The locations can be set by the administrator during the workflow setup. In that
case, they will be applied to each participants tree.
You may also customize them by creating new folders into existing tree.
To do so, right click on the related task.
Create a new directory using Order menu.
You can also copy these tasks in several locations of the
inbox tree folders using the Copy to function.
Finally, they can be manually removed of a folder
Folders with a Refresh icon are automatically

generated by workflow auto-link. They can use static or
dynamic paths (with document properties, for example)
Folders created by a user are usually displayed as
directories.
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D2 Workflow: Task Display and Inbox

The tasks tree can be refreshed at any time with a right click on the Inbox node. The
following menus are then avalaible:
Refresh: to update the Docbase tree and display
news tasks (F5 key)
Classify: to force the classification of all tasks
(already received and new ones)
To show a document properties into an inbox linked to a task, simply access the
column setting functions (just like with other nodes).
Right click on a column
Then, you will be able to view all information related to a specific task (document
properties, notes, attachments ...) on one single screen.
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D2 Workflow: Tasks
To view the content of a task, click on the task

Then on Details
Information on the task

Document associated to the task (in bold), annexes
185
D2 Workflow: Tasks
Click on Workflow Notes to see the associated notes of the workflow instance
Click on Participants to see the participants selected for the workflow instance
Click on Audits to see the audit trail of the workflow instance
186
D2 Workflow: Tasks
Click on Preview to see the schema of the workflow instance
187
D2 Workflow: End a Task
To end a task, select the task then click on End task
Select the following tasks (if several tasks are available)
If a signature
is necessary,
enter the intention
your login
your password
188
D2 Workflow: End a Task
Then click on the tab Workflow participant(s)
You can enter or modify

some participants of
the workflow instance
Then click on OK
to end the task
189
D2 Workflow: Abort a Workflow

The workflow supervisor have the ability to abort a workflow running.
This action can be executed from task box.
Select the concerned task
Click on Cancel
Or from the Workflow detail zone of the document.
A confirmation message asks you to confirm your action.
When the workflow is canceled, it

resets to the target state of the
document, determined by the
administrator.
190
D2 Workflow: Delegate a Task
To delegate a task, select this task then click on Delegate task
Then select the new delegate of the task
Then click on OK to delegate your task
191
D2 Workflow: Reject a Task
To reject a task, select this task then click on Reject task
The screen is the same one than

End task
192
D2 Workflow: Add a Note to a Workflow Instance
To add a note to an instance, select a task of the instance then click on Add a
note to the workflow
Enter the text of the note
Then click on Ok
193
D2 makes it possible to delegate, for a given period, its tasks to another person
To create a delegation, click on the node Delegation
Then on the menu Tools then Delegation then New delegation
194
Select the user to whom you

want to delegate your tasks
A description if needed
Enter the delegation period

Then click on
to choose the workflows
to delegate
Then click on OK
195
The delegation will be activated by a batch described in the annexe of this

document
To activate immediately the delegation, click on the delegation
Then on the menu Tools then Delegation then Apply delegation

To stop the delegation, click on Undo delegation
196
D2 Workflow: Add a Dynamic Task to a Workflow
D2 makes it possible to dynamically add a task on an ongoing workflow (the option

dynamic workflow must be activated in the workflow configuration)
To create a new dynamic task, click on a task (or on the head or the workflow in the
details window) then on Update performer
Modify the performer

in the window
Click on Ok
and the task
will be created
197
D2 Workflow: Cancel a Workflow
To cancel a workflow, you must be administrator or the initiator of the workflow,

select a task of this one then click on Abort workflow
Click on OK to confirm or Cancel to abort this action
The workflow and all its tasks will be canceled
198
Workflow Manager
To view the Workflows of a document, click on the document then on the tab
Workflows of the details toolbar
The workflow is started and the task Authoring is ongoing
Information on a task:
Manual task
Automatic task
Task status
199
Workflow Manager
The column status shows that the task is complete or in progress
Ongoing tasks are in italic

Recipients list is displayed into User column
Contextual menu makes it possible to delegate a task or to abort the workflow (if
you are the workflow initiator)
200
Subscriptions
201
To Subscribe to a Document
D2 makes it possible to subscribe to a document and to receive by email a

notification on a defined event
To subscribe to a document, click on it
Then on the menu Document
Then on Subscribe
Click on
to choose the event
202
To Subscribe to a Document
Choose the event, then click on the arrow, then on OK
Then on Ok
203
To Remove a Subscription from a Document
To remove a subscription to a document, click on it

Then on the menu Document
Then Subscribe
Click on
The user who initiated the

event does not receive
any notification
Even though, he is
subscribing to the
document.
204
To Remove a Subscription from a Document
Select the subscription to be removed, click on the arrow, then on OK
Then on Ok
205
To Subscribe to an Event
D2 makes it possible to subscribe to an event and to receive by email a

notification on it
To subscribe to an event
Click on the menu Document
Then on Subscribe to topic
Click on
to choose the event
The user who initiated the

event does not receive any
notification
Even though, he is
subscribing to the topic.
206
To Subscribe to an Event
Choose the event, then click on the arrow, then on OK
Then on Ok
207
Favorites
208
To Add a Document to Your Favorites
You can add documents on your favorites to be able to find them more quickly.
Click on the desired document, then click on the menu
Tools and Add to Favorites
The document will be automatically added to your favorites
209
To Remove a Document From Your Favorites
Select the desired document in your favorites, then click on the menu Tools
and Remove from Favorites
The document will be removed from your favourites
210
Administration
211
D2 Client Administration
You can from the interface modify the following items :
Dictionaries
Taxonomies
Registered tables
Templates lists
Users
Groups
Plugins configuration
To be able to administrate these items, you must have a right access to :
Administration nodes into D2-Client

Administration of the desired dictionary, taxonomy or templates lists
212
Dictionary Administration
To administrate a dictionary, click on the Administration node

Click on the dictionary node
Then double click on the desired dictionary

You can see only the dictionaries on which you have the administration access
right
213
The dictionary will open in a window
When this box is checked,

the dictionary is automatically
versioned
at each record process
To remove a value
Right click on the value > Delete
To disable a value
uncheck the box
To add a value enter a new line
Click on Ok to save or Cancel to exit without saving

You cannot add new translations or aliases
214
To keep all changes made to the dictionaries, D2 allows you to version your
list of values.
Version a dictionary:
Hand right click > Save the dictionary
To restore a previous version:

Hand right click > Restore the dictionary
Select the version
Dictionaries are also importable and exportable from

the D2 client interface
The Docbase update is available via the context menu
215
You can visualise all dictionaries versions from the client interface.
Select the dictionary in the

administration module.
Click on Version in detail frame.
Versions listing of the dictionary

displays and its version number as
well.
Dictionary versions can be restored from this frame.
Select the version > Hand right click > restore the dictionary
The process is identical regarding consultation of taxonomy versions.
216
Taxonomy Administration
To administrate a taxonomy, click on the Administration node

Click on the Taxonomies node
Then double click on the desired taxonomy

You can see only the taxonomies on which you have the administrator rights
217
The taxonomy will be opened in a new window
Operation is the same on than the one of the taxonomy creation in D2-Config
Click on Ok to save or on Cancel to get out without saving
You cannot add or remove levels
218
Some actions can be performed on Docbase taxonomies within D2-Client interface.
For a taxonomy versioning

Hand right click > Save taxonomy
To restore a previous version

Hand right click > Restore taxonomy
Version Selection
Taxonomies are also importable and exportable from D2-Client
219
Register Table Administration
From the browser tree window, select the register tables node
Only tables where your rights match are available
Table properties are viewable and writable from the

contextual menu
Add or remove values from the property page when
setting the mouse focus onto the grid cells
Validate modifications by clicking OK
Registered tables can be deleted from the contextual menu on the Administration node
220
Register Table Administration
Data from Register tables can be imported into the DocBase directly from D2Client in the Administration node.
Select concerned table and access to

contextual menu by right click.
Choose the file to import and overwrite the
existing data
Data is replaced and accessible from register table properties.
221
Template List Administration
To administrate a templates list, click on the Administration node

Click on the templates list node
You can see only the templates lists for which you have administration rights
222
Click on a templates list to see the templates contained in the list
You can modify the templates (context menu)
223
To modify a templates list, right click on the template and then on

Properties
to get access to the templates
modification window
Operation is identical than the one of the creation of a template list, in D2Config
Click on Ok to save or on Cancel to exit without saving
224
User Management
To manage Users, Click on the Administration node

Click on the node Users
The users list appears in the Workspace window
225
Modify a User
To modify a user, click on it

Do a right click on the user
Then click on Properties
Modify values, then click on Ok
226
Create a User
To create a User, click on the User node

Then New
Then click on User
Enter the information of the user
in the dialog, then click on OK
You can create a user,

applying the following icon
227
Group Management
To manage groups, click on the Administration node

Click on node Groups
The groups list appears in the Workspace window
228
Create a Group
To create a group, Click on the node Groups

Then New
Then click on Group
Enter the information of
the group in the dialog
then click on OK
229
Modify a Group
To modify a group, click on it

Do a hand right click on it
Then click on Properties
Modify values
(ex.: Add a user in the group)
then click on Ok
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Monitoring
Documentum administrators can, from D2-Client interface, supervise the technical working of D2.
This dialog box is avalaible from Help/? menu. It is activated for
administrators within an Administrator profile.
The Monitoring dialog contains many tabs that display the following characteristics:
D2 reload : state of D2 on application servers and

checking URL
Information about the JVM executing D2:
Summary: on operating system
VM: on virtual machine
Memory: on various memory status
Threads: on Java processes
Classes: on various classes way
Informations about actives sessions and Documentum

ressources.
D2 Cache: Number of caches in use with all statistical

information
ACS/BOCS: URL status of ACS and BOCS configured with
DA.
Clicking Refresh updates all monitored data.

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