unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management'

hi team,

i am using Document_management webservice to create folders in opentext system . i have been successfull in creation of folders . however when i have to create subfolders for a folder( i.e creating a folder inside a main folder) , i am unable to find out the NICKNAME of the folder under which i am supposed to create my new subfolder.

the reason i am interested in finding out the NICKNAME of the main folder is , the methods available in the webservice to create folders have the input parameter as " PARENTID" which is the nickname of the parentfolder .

is there any way to find out the nickname of the folder using the actual folder name . any suggestions will help me finish my project ... thanks .

i have tried using GETNODE method , but it also has the input parameter of nickname and not the actual folder name.

thanks .

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Not sure where the disconnect is I think there is a GetNodeByNickName call . That would give you the nickname along with NodeID.Nicknames are unique and is in a 3 column table called nickname.so when you hover over a URL and look at its general page the nickname can be found. For convenience the dataid is made into a string and called in the columns

Livelinkurl/open/myfolder will try to find the dataid in the application and if it is numerical first it will look in the nicknames table and I think if it can't find it which again I don't think is possible will go after the dataid

Once you have a dataid and if you know it is a container many listing methods are there is Soap and all other APIs

Nicknames help tremendously when you export things

Ciao, Appu

On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:27 PM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

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unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management' Posted bySirigineedi, Nagesh KumarOn 06/16/2017 05:24 PM

hi team,i am using Document_management webservice to create folders in opentext system . i have been successfull in creation of folders . however when i have to create subfolders for a folder( i.e creating a folder inside a main folder) , i am unable to find out the NICKNAME of the folder under which i am supposed to create my new subfolder.the reason i am interested in finding out the NICKNAME of the main folder is , the methods available in the webservice to create folders have the input parameter as " PARENTID" which is the nickname of the parentfolder .is there any way to find out the nickname of the folder using the actual folder name . any suggestions will help me finish my project ... thanks .i have tried using GETNODE method , but it also has the input parameter of nickname and not the actual folder name.thanks .
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Nagesh_Kumar_Sirigineedi

Hi Krishnankutty Nair,

thankyour for your response, but i suppose my question was not proper earlier , let me explain you with more details this time,

we get a file having details regarding the folders to be created in livelink on a daily basis. the file has the folder name ( for example FOLDER_Child ) which needs to be created , and the file also has the parent folder name ( example FOLDER_Paremt ) under which FOLDER_Child needs to be created.

since we are not receiving ID( i.e nickname) of the parent folder "FOLDER_Parent" , i am unable to create the child folder "FOLDER_Child" , as all the methods ( like CREATEFOLDER) in the webservice "DOCUMENT_MANAGEMENT" have the inputs which require us to provide the ID of the parent folder , but not the parent folder name . ( so i am searching to find out a method in the webservice which gives me the ID of the folder, when i pass the folder name, which i am not able to find )

since i am not having the parent folders ID , we are unable to create folders , however when i hardcode the ID of the parent folder in my logic, i am able to create folders ( but our intention was to create folders under the parent folders provided by our business team and not hardcoding to a particular one )

i hope i have given the proper details this time.. let me know if you need further info . thanks .

Quoted Krishnankutty Nair on 06/19/2017 12:13 PM:

Once you have a dataid and if you know it is a container many listing methods are there is Soap and all other APIs

Nicknames help tremendously when you export thingsð

Ciao, Appu

On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:27 PM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management'

Posted by Sirigineedi, Nagesh Kumar On 06/16/2017 05:24 PM

hi team,

is there any way to find out the nickname of the folder using the actual folder name . any suggestions will help me finish my project ... thanks .

i have tried using GETNODE method , but it also has the input parameter of nickname and not the actual folder name.

thanks .

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appuGmail

I think I see your question as a doubt(plea?) for how to do your design(algorithm) rather than a technical aspect

I think you are right that CreateFolder needs the ID of the Folder in which it is created,however it is the programmer's responsibility

to design it to how it works for you.Intention of GetNodeByNickName is to find you a unique object in the livelink database.

What I was trying to say is if I run code that says(leaving out auth and other things for calrity)

CreateFolder(inFolder 2000,"name_passed_in")

if you look in Enterprise(it is mostly 2000 in all world livelink's but not a good idea to think it is universally true)

You will see a foldet named name_passed_in ,if you click on its general properties you will see the ObjectD of that folder

and in that same screen it will say that next to its NickName.If you assumed that number to be 234864567

you can change its nickname here to "name_passed_in".what you do in the GUI you can do in SOAP API as well.

if you query livelink GetNodebyNickName("name_passed_in") more than likely that Node will be returned and if you look at its

Node.ID it will be long 234864567

if your intention was to do this instead

CreateFolder(inFolder name_passed_in,"new_name_passed_in")

in my first creation one would set the Nickname to a friendly string "name_passed_in"

Just try these concepts in the GUI or SOAPUI without writing code and see if they address your design,most of the times the eureka moment happens if you do so

I did not check but if the signature of createfolder is a long parentID then livelink expects you to pass in a folder ID numeric

but that does not prevent you from writing helper functions etc to help with the overall solution design

..... appnair appunair( Livelink Rocks )

Well, if I called the wrongnumber, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:21 AM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

[EXTERNAL] - Re unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management' Posted bySirigineedi, Nagesh KumarOn 06/19/2017 12:13 PM

Hi Krishnankutty Nair,thankyour for your response, but i suppose my question was not proper earlier , let me explain you with more details this time,we get a file having details regarding the folders to be created in livelink on a daily basis. the file has the folder name ( for example FOLDER_Child ) which needs to be created , and the file also has the parent folder name ( example FOLDER_Paremt ) under which FOLDER_Child needs to be created.since we are not receiving ID( i.e nickname) of the parent folder "FOLDER_Parent" , i am unable to create the child folder "FOLDER_Child" , as all the methods ( like CREATEFOLDER) in the webservice "DOCUMENT_MANAGEMENT" have the inputs which require us to provide the ID of the parent folder , but not the parent folder name . ( so i am searching to find out a method in the webservice which gives me the ID of the folder, when i pass the folder name, which i am not able to find ) since i am not having the parent folders ID , we are unable to create folders , however when i hardcode the ID of the parent folder in my logic, i am able to create folders ( but our intention was to create folders under the parent folders provided by our business team and not hardcoding to a particular one )i hope i have given the proper details this time.. let me know if you need further info . thanks .Quoted Krishnankutty Nair on 06/19/2017 12:13 PM:

Not sure where the disconnect is I think there is a GetNodeByNickName call . That would give you the nickname along with NodeID.Nicknames are unique and is in a 3 column table called nickname.so when you hover over a URL and look at its general page the nickname can be found. For convenience the dataid is made into a string and called in the columns

Livelinkurl/open/myfolder will try to find the dataid in the application and if it is numerical first it will look in the nicknames table and I think if it can't find it which again I don't think is possible will go after the dataid

Once you have a dataid and if you know it is a container many listing methods are there is Soap and all other APIs

Nicknames help tremendously when you export thingsðŸ˜€

Ciao, Appu

On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:27 PM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management' Posted by Sirigineedi, Nagesh Kumar On 06/16/2017 05:24 PM

hi team,

i am using Document_management webservice to create folders in opentext system . i have been successfull in creation of folders . however when i have to create subfolders for a folder( i.e creating a folder inside a main folder) , i am unable to find out the NICKNAME of the folder under which i am supposed to create my new subfolder.

the reason i am interested in finding out the NICKNAME of the main folder is , the methods available in the webservice to create folders have the input parameter as " PARENTID" which is the nickname of the parentfolder .

is there any way to find out the nickname of the folder using the actual folder name . any suggestions will help me finish my project ... thanks .

i have tried using GETNODE method , but it also has the input parameter of nickname and not the actual folder name.

thanks .

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Nagesh_Kumar_Sirigineedi

Hi Krishnankutty Nair,

thanks for the info regarding nickname, i tried manually changing the NICKNAME of the folder like you have suggested in SOAPUI and when i used the method GETNODEBYNICKNAME , i was able to get the parent id which i needed without passing the parentid

but the problem i am facing is , To change the nickname of a folder using our code, we have the method UPDATENODE in documentmanagement webservice, but unfortunately this method also needs the ID of the folder for which i am trying to update. i will search for other options to get my requirement done,, thanks again for your valuable inputs..

we thought of an approach to use LISTNODES method , to capture details of the folders ( like id and name) and place them in some table . we will then query this table whenever we need the parentid of the folder under which child folder needs to be created.

Quoted Krishnankutty Nair on 06/23/2017 11:16 AM:

I think I see your question as a doubt(plea?) for how to do your design(algorithm) rather than a technical aspect

I think you are right that CreateFolder needs the ID of the Folder in which it is created,however it is the programmer's responsibility

to design it to how it works for you.Intention of GetNodeByNickName is to find you a unique object in the livelink database.

What I was trying to say is if I run code that says(leaving out auth and other things for calrity)

CreateFolder(inFolder 2000,"name_passed_in")

if you look in Enterprise(it is mostly 2000 in all world livelink's but not a good idea to think it is universally true)

You will see a foldet named name_passed_in ,if you click on its general properties you will see the ObjectD of that folder

and in that same screen it will say that next to its NickName.If you assumed that number to be 234864567

you can change its nickname here to "name_passed_in".what you do in the GUI you can do in SOAP API as well.

if you query livelink GetNodebyNickName("name_passed_in") more than likely that Node will be returned and if you look at its

Node.ID it will be long 234864567

if your intention was to do this instead

CreateFolder(inFolder name_passed_in,"new_name_passed_in")

in my first creation one would set the Nickname to a friendly string "name_passed_in"

Just try these concepts in the GUI or SOAPUI without writing code and see if they address your design,most of the times the eureka moment happens if you do so

I did not check but if the signature of createfolder is a long parentID then livelink expects you to pass in a folder ID numeric

but that does not prevent you from writing helper functions etc to help with the overall solution design

..... appnair appunair( Livelink Rocks )

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:21 AM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

[EXTERNAL] - Re unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management' Posted by Sirigineedi, Nagesh Kumar On 06/19/2017 12:13 PM

Hi Krishnankutty Nair,

thankyour for your response, but i suppose my question was not proper earlier , let me explain you with more details this time,

we get a file having details regarding the folders to be created in livelink on a daily basis. the file has the folder name ( for example FOLDER_Child ) which needs to be created , and the file also has the parent folder name ( example FOLDER_Paremt ) under which FOLDER_Child needs to be created.

since we are not receiving ID( i.e nickname) of the parent folder "FOLDER_Parent" , i am unable to create the child folder "FOLDER_Child" , as all the methods ( like CREATEFOLDER) in the webservice "DOCUMENT_MANAGEMENT" have the inputs which require us to provide the ID of the parent folder , but not the parent folder name . ( so i am searching to find out a method in the webservice which gives me the ID of the folder, when i pass the folder name, which i am not able to find )

since i am not having the parent folders ID , we are unable to create folders , however when i hardcode the ID of the parent folder in my logic, i am able to create folders ( but our intention was to create folders under the parent folders provided by our business team and not hardcoding to a particular one )

i hope i have given the proper details this time.. let me know if you need further info . thanks .

Quoted Krishnankutty Nair on 06/19/2017 12:13 PM:

Not sure where the disconnect is I think there is a GetNodeByNickName call . That would give you the nickname along with NodeID.Nicknames are unique and is in a 3 column table called nickname.so when you hover over a URL and look at its general page the nickname can be found. For convenience the dataid is made into a string and called in the columns

Livelinkurl/open/myfolder will try to find the dataid in the application and if it is numerical first it will look in the nicknames table and I think if it can't find it which again I don't think is possible will go after the dataid

Once you have a dataid and if you know it is a container many listing methods are there is Soap and all other APIs

Nicknames help tremendously when you export thingsðŸ˜€

Ciao, Appu

On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:27 PM, eLink Entry: Content Server Development Forum <development@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

unable to get nickname details of a node using webservice "Document_management' Posted by Sirigineedi, Nagesh Kumar On 06/16/2017 05:24 PM

hi team,

i am using Document_management webservice to create folders in opentext system . i have been successfull in creation of folders . however when i have to create subfolders for a folder( i.e creating a folder inside a main folder) , i am unable to find out the NICKNAME of the folder under which i am supposed to create my new subfolder.

the reason i am interested in finding out the NICKNAME of the main folder is , the methods available in the webservice to create folders have the input parameter as " PARENTID" which is the nickname of the parentfolder .

is there any way to find out the nickname of the folder using the actual folder name . any suggestions will help me finish my project ... thanks .

i have tried using GETNODE method , but it also has the input parameter of nickname and not the actual folder name.

thanks .

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