Defining a Scheduled Import
- Open M-Files Admin.
- In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
- Expand Document Vaults.
- Expand a vault.
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Click Content Replication and Archiving.
Result:The content replication and archiving features are displayed in the right-side pane.
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In the task area, click New Scheduled
Import.
Result:The Scheduled Job Properties dialog is opened.
- In the Description field, type in a name for the scheduled import job.
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To define a schedule for this task:
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On the Package Location tab, define the location for the
content package.
- Optional:
Still on the Package Location tab, enable the
Use replication via cloud storage option to import from
a cloud storage location.
- Optional:
Select Delete content package after importing if you want
the content package to be removed after the operation has been completed.
Use this option only if you import the content package to one vault. Otherwise, the content package is deleted before it is imported to all the vaults.
- Optional:
In the Configuration ID field, you can enter any string of
characters for identifying this replication job.
M-Files automatically creates a numeric ID for each scheduled replication job. You can enter an additional ID for the job to the Configuration ID field. The configuration ID can be any string of characters. If a configuration ID cannot be found when the jobs are processed, M-Files uses the job ID.
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On the Objects and Files tab, you can specify how objects
and files are imported.
For more information, see Import Objects and Files.
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On the Structure tab, you can specify how metadata
structure is imported.
For more information, see Import Structure.
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On the Permissions tab, you can specify the permission
settings for the imported objects.
For more information, see Permissions (Importing Content).
- Click OK to save the scheduled import job and close the Scheduled Job Properties dialog.