Custom Content Model does not show up in Alfresco Share Model Manager

supriyoece

When I am deploying my custom model through bootstrap deployment(custom content model XML files are placed into tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension) or dynamic approach(placing the custom model xml file directly in the content repository itself under Company Home/Data Dictionary/Models), the custom model are not showing up in Model Manager in Alfresco Share->Admin Tools.

I registered my custom model as below:-

<!-- Registration of my custom models -->
<bean id="mycustommodule.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
<property name="models">
<list>
<value>alfresco/module/${project.artifactId}/model/mycustommodel.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

Can you please let me know if I am missing any step or how can I verify if my custom model got deployed successfully ?

Also, is there any DB query to verify if my custom model got deployed successfully?

FYI, I am using Alfresco Community edition 6.2 & also tried with Change Data Types of any existing documents, but my custom model is not appearing in drop down list. Thanks in advance !!

abhinavmishra14

There are three ways to deploy content models. 

1- Dynamic approach by uploading model file into the folder 'Data Dictionary/Models', and mark it active.  

Refer this documentation here for more details: https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/repo-ext-points/content-model/#dynamic-deployment-approach 

2- Deploying via '$TOMCAT_HOME/shared/classes/alfresco/extension' directory and configure 'dictionaryModelBootstrap' bean. 

For example:

Model is copied here: $TOMCAT_HOME/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/myCustomModel.xml

<!-- Registration of new models -->	
<bean id="myCustomModel.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
        <property name="models">
            <list>
                <value>alfresco/extension/myCustomModel.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
</bean>

Refer this documentation here for more details: https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/repo-ext-points/content-model/ 

3- Bootstrapping via a custom module.

• Create the model in your custom module in '<yourCustomModule>/src/main/resources/alfresco/module/alfresco-module/model' directory.
• Register the model:

• <bean id="myCustomModel.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
  	<property name="models">
  		<list>
  			<value>alfresco/module/${project.artifactId}/model/myCustomModel.xml</value>
  		</list>
  	</property>
  </bean>

Refer this documentation here for more details:

https://docs.alfresco.com/6.2/tasks/dev-extensions-content-models-tutorials-deploy-model.html

In 2nd and 3rd approach steps are almost the same. 

You can verify if you model is deployed or not via admin console. 

1. Go to Alfresco admin console.
2. In the left hand side you can see "Model and Messages Console", click to launch "Model and Messages Console page". 
3. Execute "show models", it will display all the deployed models. You can also activate, deactivate, deploy and undeploy your models via this console.

Refer this doc for more details:

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/repo-ext-points/content-model/#deployadminconsole

You may have deployed the model in 'Data Dictionary/Models' but may have not activated it. Please check whether you have followed the correct steps following the docs. The if your model does't have any xml parsing error or unsupported items. Generally you would see failure errors in alfresco.log.

With boostrapping approach, server doesn't turn up if there are any errors in the model.