How to Update the Bulk Metadata using Documentum Rest Endpoints

kaushaldhabadge

I have request where I have to update the object name of 10000 documents to "DeactivatedDocument" using Documentum Rest Endpoints.

But I'm not sure which endpoints should I use and how to use. I explored /batches endpoint but for that preparing the request body is going to be tough tasks for that I have to walkthrough the for loop which is tedious job.

Can someone help me in finding the right endpoint with URI details and Request body?

Thanks, Kaushal

Hicham Bahi

A DQL update request could do the job but there is no way that I know of to issue one via REST (the dql resource is only for select queries). Even if there was, 10000 objects is a lot to update in a single transaction and you would need to make sure that your database can handle it (e.g. increase rollback segments). Besides, some documents may be locked or immutable, so it may not work at all from a practical standpoint.

So I guess using the batches resource may be one option. You could also extend Documentum REST and add a custom resource to do this.

In any case, I find the requirement to rename 10000 documents a bit strange. I don't know what "deactivating" a document means in your context, but there may be other ways to handle this (e.g. changing ACLs).