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Boosting Alfresco at the end-users
FRED has arrived
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Peter Morel – Director S&MToon Geens – Fred Development Principle
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Have you used the richness of the Alfresco application?
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Would you like some of these functions to be available through your explorer?
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Would you like to be able to use an explorer like interface from anywhere?
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Who’s FRED?
• Or rather what is Fred?
– A desktop window to Alfresco
– An assistant making ECM easy for the users
– Fun to work with
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FRont-EnD
It’s your ECM buddy
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How does make your ECM work very easy?
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• Looks like explorer
• Acts like Alfresco
• HTTP based: Works the same
both in LAN and WAN!
• Drag and drop from and to
desktop applications: documents
and e-mail (outlook, thunderbird)
• View/Add/edit metadata
Jump to Share of web explorer
Pre-defined
column sets
Create, save and
remove
own column set
Copy links in stead of content
Edit off-line with sync to local drive
in only two clicks
Show metadata in columns
Sort documents on
metadata values
Versioning
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How helps you find back documents and folders
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Containing text or
meta data you
are looking for
Sort by meta data value
Search All or for
specific field
values
Open the folder in which
the document resides
Select meta data columns
you want to see
Group by metadata
values
Filter by metadata
values
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Fred supports
• Multiple Alfresco repositories
• Single Sign-on using NTLM
• Working via a Proxy
• Personalized settings
• Remember last view per repository
• Company policy
• Automatic upgrade (click-once)
• WIN XP, Vista, Win7 (32 & 64bit)
• Outlook 2003, 2007, Thunderbird, ...
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New features in Fred 1.2
Fred 1.2 – nov 2nd 2010• Editing categories
• User interface enhancements: date picker, tab controls, Indication on downloading file, ...
• Performance improvements
• Extended search capabilities: on property and aspect level, date ranges
• Metadata: Multi value, additional constraints
• Document preview
• Multi language support: available: English, French, Dutch, Spanish. Other languages on request.
• Improved drag and drop
– More robust
– Support of CTRL and Shift keys to move or copy files from desktop to Fred.
• Show folder access rights settings
• Admin function: show security rights on file level
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XeniT believes ECM can be Easier
FasterBetter
for the daily common user
Create more value through more intensive use
of the ECM environment
… and there is much more to come!
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Benefits
For the user• Brings ECM closer to the user• Very easy to use• Intuitive: looks like explorer, acts
like Alfresco• Fast to browse and search• Supports your day to day work• Assists in adding intelligence to
documents• Displays the information you work
on• Avoids confusion and double work• Works from anywhere and in the
same way• Raises your personal productivity
For the company
• Guides the input of the users
• Increased quality of the input
• Corporate guidance on the document metadata
• Helps to make the documents more uniform
• Supports company policies
• Focus shift from C:/ to Fred/Alfresco ECM
• Easy way to gradually introduce new functionalities to the end users
• Close to zero training installation!
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What to expect in Fred 1.3
Fred 1.3 – Jan Feb 2011
• create new document in Fred– > template driven, supporting MS Office & Open Office
– > Fred now fully covers the document life cycle: create, edit, revise, find, move, delete
– > Synchronisation of metadata fields (author, path, version number, etc) from Alfresco (master) to the document
• Advanced search– More dynamic control
– Multiple criteria for searching
– Saved searches
– Example: search on categories
• Full Thunderbird email integration
• More usability enhancements : send document, ...
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Feature back-log … some of the idea’s …
• Desktop optimalisation:– Off-line synchronisation, including meta-data– Desktop ‘clean-up & housekeeping’.– Bulk import of documents (from your desktop?)– Desktop search in one click to Alfresco
• Browser integration: Seamless interaction with Alfresco Share • Launch Fred from Share - like jumping to CIFS• Handling of URL’s (drag into Fred)
• Searching: More advanced search (facet based, “find similar”, ...)• Make the rich Alfresco model usable for “normal” end-users
– Richer model support: document associations, folder types, document links, ..– Workflow integration
• Productivity: – Intelligent automated and assisted meta-data extraction – Usability: more flexibility in window handling (personalisation), mixing navigation, categories, tag view, time
view... : quicker navigation, switching views,
• Compliance: More business rules for corporate compliance (templates for specific departments, meta-data integration with corporate back-ends ..)
• System:– Support for Mac / LINUX– No-intervention install & update– Advanced caching
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Tell us whatyou are looking for
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Can you try out FRED?
• Do you
– want to know more about Fred?
– want to participate a webinar?
– have any suggestions on features?
– want to be informed about new versions?
– want to try out FRED?
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… making document management easier
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