Change item type in CM8 environment

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popeye

Hi,
we are using OpenWorkdesk in a Content Manager 8.4.3 environment => I enabled the "move" plugin for a user on the assumption that it would allow a user to move a document from one item type to another, but I could not see that it allowed this. We need this capability => can you help on this issue?


Thanks again 🙂

vahe

In OpenWorkdesk the move operation is called “Change Class” (Change Item Type of a document from Item Type A to Item Type

  <PlugIn type="ow_docfunction">
    <Name>Change Class</Name>
    <ClassName>com.wewebu.ow.server.plug.owdms.OwDocumentFunctionChangeClass</ClassName>
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It can be activated for Documents and Folders:

   <objecttypes>
       <type>OBJECT_TYPE_DOCUMENT</type>
       <type>OBJECT_TYPE_FOLDER</type>
   </objecttypes>
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In IBM CM there are some limitations how Change Class/Item-Types is working, but you will recognize this, when the backend will throw Exceptions..
Limitation like: what if you have required or unique properties that are mandatory for the new Item Type.….