Create Workspace through CWS

Hello, I'm trying to create Workspaces through CWS with the DocumentManagement Client and the method CreateNode. I'm always getting the same error, no matter what I do: 'Select a valid template to create a business workspace. The template requires an associated workspace type'. How I am supposed to inform the template to the node?

The most promising thing that failed was retrieve a NodeTemplate (using the objId of the template) and fill the data of the node, but still failing.

Does any of you succeded while I failed?

Thanks in advanced.

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Mark Farrall

Workspaces aren't very well supported via REST. Some versions seem to work and others don't. I did create some via some undocumented REST routes for a client last year. So obligatory warning - it's undocumented, you can't rely on it. It can change without notice.

So to check if it has changed use Fiddler or Chrome to check the transactions in the smart UI first.

I was using /api/v2/businessworkspaces/ and I posted a FormData object with:

template_id
name
type (hard coded to 848)
parent_id
mime_type (hard coded to "Business Workspace")

There's a few other options available but as I didn't need them I haven't recorded what they were.

Martin Garibaldi

Mark, thanks a lot for your answer! The thing is that we are not using REST. We add an wsdl service: this one in concrete 'cws/services/DocumentManagement?wsdl'. I use the method CreateNode, but I don't know how to inform the template type.
Do you have experience with this kind of service?

Thanks in advanced

Mark Farrall

I looked around CWS but couldn't find any support for my scenario, so I ended up using REST. Shouldn't be too hard to use the REST API from either Java or C#. I've certainly used it from both C# and PowerShell.

Christoph Hammerl

The DocumentManagement WebServices can not create Business Workspaces.
You need to use the ECMLink WebServices that ship with Extended ECM.
You need to deploy the otsapxecm.war into a Tomcat then the WSDL would be at https://yourserver:yourport/otsapxecm/services/ECMLink?wsdl

Mario Cano

VOIE_chammerl what fields need to colocate in the soap for make a test?