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Creating a SharePoint library

Creating a library on the SharePoint site configures the BlueCielo Web Parts to access a vault.

The documents that are shown by the web part can be:

Before you begin

Read and satisfy the requirements described in About the security requirements.

To create a SharePoint library:

  1. Open the SharePoint site where you installed the BlueCielo web part. The Home page appears.
  2. On the Site Actions menu, select Create. The Create page appears.
  3. In the Libraries column, click BlueCielo ImandrA Library or BlueCielo Meridian Library depending on your system type. The New page appears.
  4. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
New library options
Option Description

Name

Type the name of the library contents as you want it to appear to users. The name should be relevant to the Folder ID or Criteria options specified below.

Description

Type an optional description that is not visible to users.

Navigation

Select Yes if you want to add a link to the vault in the Quick Start menu.

Document Version History

Not used.

Document Template

Select None.
  1. Click Create. The Provision BlueCielo Meridian Library or Provision BlueCielo ImandrA Library page appears depending on your system type.
  2. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
Library provision options
Option Description

Web Service URL

The URL of the appropriate BlueCielo web service depending on your system type.

Examples:

http://<IISServerName>/<Folder >/MeridianService.asmx
http://<IISServerName>/<Folder >/ImandrAService.asmx

Library ID

The Meridian Enterprise vault or ImandrA vault name specified as <VaultName>^<ServerName>.

Folder ID

Optional ID of the folder that contains the documents to be shown. If this option is omitted, the value of Criteria will be used to specify the documents to show.

For Meridian Enterprise only, the folder may be specified in any of the following formats:

  • The vault path, for example, \MyFolderName\SubFolderName
  • The folder GUID, for example, {7E125C43-3A0A-4840-AF62-3FDE69C2E83D}
  • The internal name of a Navigation view, for example, MyToDoList

For ImandrA only, the folder must be specified as the folder ID, for example, 1173169572.

Criteria

Optional search criteria as described in Specifying the library contents. If this option is omitted, the contents of the folder specified in Folder ID will be shown.

The options may also be configured later with theBlueCielo Meridian Connection Settings command on the Settings menu from within the library.

Note    If Folder ID is specified, Criteria should not be specified, and vice versa. If neither option is specified, the entire vault contents are shown. If search criteria are configured, the documents are shown in a list, similar to any other SharePoint Server document library. That is, no sub-folder structure will be shown. Otherwise, the documents are shown based on the configuration of the current view.

  1. Click OK. The property definitions are retrieved from the specified vault and used to configure the SharePoint library and the resulting library page appears.
  2. Continue configuration of the web part in Adding a web part to a web page.

Related concepts

About BlueCielo Web Partss configuration

Related tasks

Specifying the library contents

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