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Moving Multiple Items You can select multiple items folders or files or a combination of both using the
standard methods in Windows and move them all at the same time. If multiple files are to be checked in to the content server as a result of the move action, a dialog may
be displayed where you can provide metadata for the files before checking them in. This happens if the target server is an Oracle Content Server 11g instance and
metadata prompting has been enabled for the folder. You are also prompted for metadata if any required metadata is missing. For more information, see
Section A.13, Check In Content Dialog Metadata Prompt.
Move Sources and Targets You can move items from unmanaged locations to a content server or between folders
on the same server; you cannot move content items from a server to somewhere else outside of that server.
When you move a file from an unmanaged location for example, a folder on your local computer outside the integration hierarchy or a shared network location to a
content folder on a server in the integration hierarchy, then this file is checked in to that server. This turns the file into a managed content item on the server and makes it
accessible to other users on that server. Depending on how the content server is set up, you may be prompted to provide metadata for the copied file before it is checked in.
If you move a folder, then all files in that folder including subfolders are checked in to the server as separate content items with their own content IDs. The folder is
included in the integration hierarchy for everyone with the appropriate access privileges to see.
8.15 Deleting Content Folders and Files
You can delete items managed by a content server in much the same way as other files on your computer. After selecting the folders andor files to be deleted, you can use
all standard Windows methods of deleting items:
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Right-click and choose Delete.
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Press Delete on your keyboard.
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Choose Delete from the File menu. Please note that this is supported only in Windows Explorer, not in e-mail applications.
Considerations
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You should be very careful deleting a folder. If you delete one, all subfolders and all revisions of all content items in that folder may also be deleted, which might
affect everyone who uses that content server.
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When you delete a folder or a content item, it may be permanently deleted or moved to a Trash folder, depending on how this was set up on the content server.
See the Oracle Fusion Middleware User’s Guide for Content Server for more information.
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To delete a content item, you must have Delete D permission for the security group of that content item.
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To delete a folder, you must be the owner of the folder or have Delete D permission for the folders security group, and you must have Delete D
permission for the security groups of all subfolders and content items within the folder.
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If you have permission to delete a folder, the folder and its contents will be deleted from the content server. If, during the delete process, the system encounters
content that you do not have permission to delete, the delete process will end at that item, and the remainder of the content in the folder will be retained.
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You cannot delete the main nodes of an Oracle Content Server instance such as Contribution Folders, Content Server Folders, My Checked-Out Content, and so
on.
8.16 Propagating Folder Metadata
You can copy the metadata of a contribution folder on an Oracle Content Server instance to all subfolders and files in these folders. This feature is available only if the
content server administrator has enabled it on the server and if you have the required permission level.
The content ID and title of items are always considered properties specific to those items and are never automatically propagated. Also, a folder can be excluded from
metadata propagation from a higher-level folder by setting its Inhibit Propagation property on the Hierarchical Folder Configuration page to True see
Section A.8, Hierarchical Folder Information Page
. Perform these steps to propagate the metadata of a folder to all underlying folders and
files:
1.
Open Windows Explorer or your e-mail application, and make sure the folders pane is visible see
Section 6.9, Showing or Hiding the Folders Pane .
2. Expand the Oracle Content Servers node. If you do not see this node in your
e-mail application, enable it first see Section 5.6, Showing or Hiding the Oracle
Content Servers Hierarchy .
3.
Click the Oracle Content Server instance which stores the folder whose metadata you want to propagate. If prompted, log in by entering your user name and
password for that server.
4.
Right-click the folder in the integration hierarchy whose metadata you want to propagate.
5. Choose Propagate.
The folder metadata is now copied to all underlying folders and files, unless a folder was specifically excluded from metadata propagation on its configuration
page using the Inhibit Propagation property.
8.17 Browsing to Content Files
