This is just a short post. Just want to show an overview of how Wingspan components allow a user to access their Documentum documents from SharePoint.
Taken from Wingspan Documentation
Here you can see that there are two main components:
The DocWay UI is a collection of Web Parts installed on a SharePoint Server .
The DocWay Server comprises two components that are always installed together even though they function independently.
- The DocWay Web Service provides Search, Content Management, and Workflow services.
- The DocWay Content Transfer Service (DocWay Transfer Service) provides transfer of content between the user’s desktop and individual Documentum Docbases
So, basically, what happens is:
- A user logs into their SharePoint site that contains Web Parts supplied by the DocWay UI.
- These Web Parts display meta-data gathered by the DocWay Server about content stored in the Documentum Docbases.
- Should the user transfer content between their local storage and a Docbase, the transfer is made by the DocWay Transfer Service, bypassing SharePoint entirely.
Included Web Parts for End Users
- Home Cabinet
- Subscriptions
- Checkouts
- Recently Accessed Files
- Inbox
- My Workflows
- Virtual Folders
- Repository Browser
- DQL Query
- Object View
- Search
Included Web Parts for Administrators
- DocWay System Administrator
- Menu Designer
- Component Administration
- Web Part Group Settings
Included Web Parts for Developers
- DocWay Diagnostics
- AJAX Call Viewer
- HTTP Request Inspector
- System Information
Wingspan produce several other products that allow integration between Documentum and SharePoint. One of these is eResults that I have posted several times about in this blog (see Tag Cloud).
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Can we build VDM in SPX and aslo can we browse and add documents to existing VDM in SPX ?
Hi Sri
Best thing to do is to ask this question in the FirstDoc group in Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3241246&trk=group-name). Alternatively, there is a FirstDoc Online Community that you can join, and ask the question there. Send an email to firstdoc@csc.com.
Good luck.
Mark
Are there any other similar products to Wingspan’s DocWay?
Hi
There are other products that allow documents in Documentum to be exposed/surfaced in SharePoint. EMC, themselves, have web parts that allow users to interact with Documentum via a SharePoint site. This is done using web parts also. However, these provide more generic Documentum functionality rather than functionality that is critical to the Life Sciences industry. The following post provides some interesting details: New & Classic – Ways that SharePoint & Traditional ECM systems can play together
Also check out the Wingspan website