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Articles About Documentum and Basic Concepts

Using Alias Sets Part 2

January 2, 2005 - Article by Glen Tarrant

In Part 2 of Using Alias Sets, learn how to use alias sets in ACL Templates and Workflows to get the most from your Docbase architecture.

Groups or Roles: What’s the Difference?

August 2, 2004 - Article by Cory Lowder

Explore the difference between a group and a role, and learn when to use one or the other.

Using Alias Sets Part 1

July 14, 2004 - Article by Glen Tarrant

Alias sets are lists of alias names paired with the values they will resolve to. They can make already powerful Documentum features like Workflow, Lifecycles, and Access Control Lists even more powerful by allowing critical attribute values to be resolved dynamically. Learn how to use alias sets to get the most from your Docbase architecture.

Creating a Simple Lifecycle

December 3, 2002 - Article by Glen Tarrant

This article walks you through creating a simple lifecycle and shows how to call custom procedures from lifecycle states.

Object Relationships

December 3, 2002 - Article by Glen Tarrant

Learn to use dm_relations to create your own user-defined object relationships.

Documentum Performance Tips

December 3, 2002 - Article by Michael Trafton

Learn how to avoid some of the common mistakes that lead to poor performance in a Documentum application.

What is Documentum?

December 3, 1999 - Article by Michael Trafton

An introduction to Documentum, it’s features, and some common ways that people use it.

Documentum Virtual Documents

December 3, 1999 - Article by Michael Trafton

Virtual Documents allow your documents to be represented in a hirerarchy (like chapters in a book). This article introduces Virtual Document concepts and also goes into advanced features such as Early and Late Binding.

Documentum Methods

December 3, 1999 - Article by Michael Trafton

Methods are used to execute external programs on the Documentum server. They are used to offload processing from the client to the server and to allow a normal user to execute certain commands that can only be executed by a superuser. This article provides an overview of Documentum Methods and how to create and utilize them effectively.

Documentum Access Control Lists

December 3, 1999 - Article by Michael Trafton

Documentum has one of the most robust security schemes around, and Access Control Lists provide this security for Documentum’s object repository. In this article, I explain what they are, how they work, and how to use them to keep prying eyes out.