CARA for Documentum - v3.6 released. The fastest, most user friendly UI with new added features including Dashboards connecting to external systems.

1. CARA 3.6
Major new features

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What is CARA
CARA is an ergonomically designed, fast, web user
interface and business rules engine, currently released
for the following platforms:
• Documentum (alternative to Webtop or D2)
• Oracle WebCenter
• Alfresco
It is designed to facilitate the creation, review, approval
and management of documents.
This document outlines the major new features that are
part of CARA v3.6 (June 2014).

3. Summary – v3.6 Major New Features
Upgraded to handle higher loads and more resilience, with an installer as a Windows
service. CARA Rendering Services
Standard right-click menus available Widgets - Menus on documents listed in widgets
• Configurable way to customize (pre-process, post-process, replace) CARA classes
• Custom Actions – execute CaraSecurityLink only when object is modified
• Support for ${filter} in queries
• Post-processing category scripts – set userName as logged in user not session user
• Ability to design and show forms (e.g. to collect variables) before opening URL
• Lifecycle scripts – now support all standard CARA operations
• Custom Actions – use variable values in messages
Customization
Major overhaul of Dashboards including
• Each dashboard widget becomes a separate tab for more space
• Use scripting to fetch data – allowing use of data inside and outside of Documentum
• Provide results as documents or objects for which you can define right-click menus
• Columns configurable as for views
• Easier definition of variables
Dashboards
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4. Summary – v3.6 Major New Features
Performance Enhancements to performance on login, saving objects and audit trails
• Search in user selection screen, including drilling down into groups
• View groups within groups and users within groups as a tree User Handling
Enhancements to Virtual Documents to bring them Virtual Documents more in line with CARA Structures
Kerberos SSO Integrated support for Kerberos Single Sign-on (previously in a patch release)
Enhanced Export Better handling of large export sets in terms of renditions to be exported
Allow import of non-recognized formats, and trigger import directly on dropping into the
Import Landing Zone from Windows Explorer, Outlook or Lotus Notes email. Import Landing Zone
Type Management Add, modify and remove attributes from types directly in CARA
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Dashboards - 1

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Dashboards - 3

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User / Group selection

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Export

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Type management

11. Popular Existing Features
Dimensions & SnapLists
Build your own tree view - choose
any properties and browse
documents in a different way
(Dimensions) or create a tree from
complex queries for users to
navigate.
Widgets
Extensible panel showing widgets –
choose from core set (e.g.
properties, renditions) or create
your own, linking in any web
service as a widget .
User Experiences
Give different users a varying set
of functionality and complexity
from very simply (no toolbars,
treeview or other panes) through to
highly functional (multi-window
multi-tasking) and everything in
between.
User Preferences
All settings that users choose
(column displays and widths,
dimensions tree-view, filters,
cabinet restrictions and so on) are
saved so that the user can log in
from another machine and will
have the same preference choices
applied.
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Document Views
Define different views for different
user groups / usage scenarios –
completely personalized view and
set of features.
Configuration
Configure every aspect of the user
interface as well as building
business rules such as dynamic
security and folder paths, data
dictionaries and taxonomies,
numbering, and more. Achieve all
this without coding, cutting down
the cost and effort of
customizations.