API, SDK, REST and Web Services

Topics included: REST, Web Services, LiveReports, IDE Development, Smart View SDK, LAPI, Search API

Content Server v24 - Fastest method to deleting all content (refresh)
We are prepping for a Dry Run and we would like to delete all CS content (files and not configs) as fast as possible. Our SQL server is pretty performant (32cpu/256ram) and we have 3 CS servers (8cpu/32ram) running 18 workers each, yet deleting the data appears to be taking longer than we anticipated (…Running the task…
We have upgraded content server from 20.4 v to 23.4 v, We have observed ADN number generating same
Hi, We have upgraded content server from 20.4 v to 23.4 v, We have observed ADN number generating same number again. We have used ADNACTION:REGISTER tag in the webreport, we are craeting folder hierachy and adding matter number to one of the folder name. Is there any known issue as part of upgrade, can anyone help us here.…
How to add new attachment during a lifespan of a running workflow?
Hi, I was wondering if there is an option to somehow add / replace attachment during the lifespan of a workflow. I'll try to give an example : I have created a workflow "A" that will be signing the attachment that in that "A" WF with digital signature. For that I have an execute step which will be running some custom .exe…
Timeout on long running WR via API call
I can run a certain WebReport from the front-end browser interface of Content Server and it takes about 15 minutes and completes properly, whether regular run or in background. However, if I run the same WR from an API call in PowerShell, there seems to be a timeout and produces this error: "Invoke-RestMethod : The…
Skipped Items Error While Uploading Documents in OpenText Content Server
Some users in our system are responsible for uploading documents to various folders, and they have been doing this for a long time without any issues. We haven’t made any changes to the system settings, but one day, some users (not all of them) started receiving the following error while uploading documents: “Skipped…
Is there a way to select a user from ECM and run a report to see what he has access to?
The Company is going through a major restructuring. We need to make sure employees into their new organization structure have no access to their old structure data. Permissions where managed by end users head of Departments. We ended up not knowing who has access to what. Is there a way to select a user from ECM and run a…
AGA Related Question
Hi All, One of our customers are intending to route the API calls from Sharepoint through AGA (application governance and archival) module, through an EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) API Gateway. We are not sure if this is supported or even possible so we are checking if there's any developers out there that has a…
CWS for document fetch causing high memory usage.
Hello Experts, We have an issue using FME (Migration Center) using CWS to fetch content metadata and download content from Content Server to Migration DB. This is just a scanning process. The scan runs fine until it reaches point where the memory on the server where CWS is configured reaches 95% ( consumed by…
/TableView/'csui/controls/table/table.view not working
Hello everyone. I have a question about the implementation of the widget on csui. When connecting to the widget - "/TableView/'csui/controls/table/table.view'" the page stops loading, but "grunt digitalsignature --force --deploy" works without errors. Please help with the problem, we can solve it together.
Error uploading a document: skipped items
Using Content Server v23.2— a user is unable to add a document to a folder and receives the error: Add version upload error, you are not allowed to perform this action. The user has assigned access to the parent folder, including "add items" and "add major version". I can add a document to the same folder using my admin…
OpenText Web Report to apply permission to subfolders
I know how to apply permission on single folder. But we need to inherit to subfolders. [LL_REPTAG_1 PERMACTION:ACL:[LL_REPTAG_!SYALLOPRO USERINFO:ID /]:UPDATE:"SEE,SEECONTENTS" /] Please guide me if do we have any tag on this.
How to Delete "In Use" Storage Providers?
We need to delete one or more Storage Providers in OpenText Content Server, but the system prevents deletion because they are marked as "in use". I need to delete these Storage Providers because I’m encountering an error while updating my Content Server from version 16.2.8 to 16.2.9. The error is the following: otcs.log:…
Your session has timed-out.,,,urn:RecMan.service.livelink.opentext.com
I have a .net application that makes calls to webservices (CWS and Records Management). One one machine, it works fine, on another server, I get this time-out error just in the RM webservices logs (not in CWS, that still works on both servers where Content Server is located): TRACE [6] IRequestContext.ServiceToken =…
How to fill user field when initiating Workflow with REST API?
Hi, I'm using a REST API POST request to run a workflow that I've created. This workflow has attributes. I do manage to assign a value into attribute number 1 as you can see above. The problem is with attribute number 2 : Attribute 2 is with type of User. I tried to put into the json body request in the relevant…
Is there a way to read files from Server Path using Webreport?
Constant Filepath :S:\SA\Bus_Activity\Records_Mgmt [LL_Reptag_$filepath yyyyyy /] Solving for yyyyy so that tag can read files on This location?
enterprise connect is returning HTTP Error connection failed
Hi team, Enterprise connect is returning HTTP Error connection failed, while trying to connect via Windows File Explorer. In EC logs, I see below error, as per screenshot. Upon trying to connect two to three times via the 'windows file explorer', the error auto-resolves. Please advise. Regards, Vishnu
Issue with Inherited Permissions in Document Management System
Hello, I am currently working on our Document Management System, and I have implemented several web service calls (using C#), such as documentManagement.ListNodes, to retrieve the nodes in a folder and set up the appropriate permission rights. These operations are functioning as expected. However, I have encountered an…
How to ensure re-deployment of helm is "from scratch"
Hi, Working on Helm deployment ot Content Management (xECM) 25.1 and running into some errors. Deployment finalizes 100% pass but otac-0 pod doesn't come up and throws: Enter authenticate Error: 401 Client Error: for url: http://localhost:8080/ot-admin/rest/auth/users/login Exit authenticate When correcting presumed error,…
How to handle case sensitive using web report when CS database is designed as case sensitive
Hi, Can anyone help me on this. We are passing user names as CSV source file to Web Report in any of the format ( like it includes upper and lower case letter) and we are trying to match these users names with Database. Based on the match we have to perform some functionality. Here, the problem is database is designed as…
ObjectImporter and long paths
We are using ObjectImporter to import files from unc. ObjectImporter is failing for all network paths larger then 260 charachters. This is often a known limitation with old .net programs. Is there a way to pass this limitation?