Creating a Link for Tracking Documents with New Identifiers

  To implement the NewFrom rule mechanism and store the history link in the SmarTeam database, changes must be made in the SmarTeam Data Model Designer and then running the Integration Tool Setup as described in this section. Using this procedure, a new attribute named CN_IS_NEWFROM is created in the SmarTeam database.

  1. Launch the SmarTeam Data Model Designer utility.

  2. From the File menu, select Modify Database Structure.

  3. Select your database.

  4. Create the IS_NEWFROM attribute for the Documents super-class. Note that CN_ is automatically added.

  5. Modify the attribute definition as follows: Set the Attribute Type as Long Integer and the size as 4.

  6. Save the changes in the database.

  7. Launch the Integration Tool Setup utility.

  8. Open the Special Attribute group tree.

  9. Create an attribute property named Is_NewFrom. You must enter the exact name as indicated, use the corresponding uppercase or lowercase. The application checks this attribute property name and retrieves the database attribute name from it. That means that the attribute previously declared as CN_IS_NEWFROM could have a different name.

  10. Add an attribute mapping by selecting the Documents class and the IS_NEWFROM attribute previously created in the SmarTeam Data Model Designer