API to apply lifecycle on documents

Hi,

I need to apply lifecycle on ~300 documents in the repository. I tried to do this using the below API and it works fine

fetch,c,<r_object_id of doc>

attach,c,l,<LC_ID>,0

save,c,l

I am providing the lifecycle objects 'r_object_id' here in above API. Will I be able to use the lifecycle policy name instead of ID.

Also, do we have single command which I can use to update all the 300 documents using a single script. Could anyone please help me.

Thanks in advance.

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sivarry

Hi,

There is no direct way to do this in a single command or script. There are couple of workarounds to do this,

1) DQL --> Update the r_policy_id and r_current_state of the documents. I have not tested this.

2) DFC/Docbasic --> Write a DFC/Docbasic program to fire the documents query, get the document ids and appy the lifecycle

My humble suggestion is to go for a simple DFC program

-Siva

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sivarry

Hi,

There is no direct way to do this in a single command or script. There are couple of workarounds to do this,

1) DQL --> Update the r_policy_id and r_current_state of the documents. I have not tested this.

2) DFC/Docbasic --> Write a DFC/Docbasic program to fire the documents query, get the document ids and appy the lifecycle

My humble suggestion is to go for a simple DFC program

-Siva

lastnitescurry

retrieve instead of fetch

DCTM_Guru

Do NOT use Siva's 1st option. r_ attributes are NOT intended to be updated via SQL/DQL; especially for lifecycles. The reason being is that you can associate lifecycle actions to be triggered when promoting to a lifecycle state. Updating r_current_state (if you were even allowed to) would not trigger the lifecycle action. This is why there is API to do this.

Siva's 2nd option is the more appropriate route.

selvi

Thanks Johnny and Siva.

Raju Gundolla

I have below queries for the same. Please help me

How to achieve DFC/Docbasic program to fire the documents query?

Also any sample API scripts to update r_current_state?

DCTM_Guru

The original post had the API that you would need to do this in docbasic script. DFC methods have similar names, so just download DFC javadocs and you will see how to use them.

As stated in my previous responses, you CANNOT update r_current_state directly. Use DFC/API to attach and/or promote to desired state.