Terminology for Case Folders

Specific terms are used with case folders.

Case Folder
A folder in the CMS that contains documents related to a case. Case folders have a specific hierarchy. The following is an example from the Alfresco CMS Explorer:

The folder hierarchy consists of the following parts:

  • Sites/swsdp - This is the repoRootFolderPath, which can be specified using the TIBCO Configuration Tool (TCT) during installation of ActiveMatrix BPM, or in the cm.properties file -- see Case Folder Configuration.
  • com.example.ordermodel-1 - This denotes the user application; it is created upon deployment.
  • com.example.ordermodel.Order - This denotes the case class; there is one for each case class in a deployed BPM. This is created upon deployment. If your user application is later upgraded, case folders for new case classes introduced in the latest version are created upon upgrade.
  • All of the subordinate folders are created when the first document is attached to a particular case. In this specific example, there are two orders (1 and 3) for which documents were attached.

Document Reference
A pointer to a document in the CMS.
Folder Reference
A pointer to a folder in the CMS.
Document Content
The actual binary content of a document.
Document Metadata
Information about a particular document, such as name, who created the document, date created, and so on.