DocKit for SharePoint 2007
Document Import Kit for SharePoint 2007 (DocKIT) is a powerful, easy-to-use tool to help usersimport documents and their associated metadata from file systems & network shares into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS v3.0).
The functional benefits of using DocKIT for SharePoint 2007 include:
- Provides a simple solution to import documents and its associated document properties into SharePoint libraries
- Imports documents from different file server and network shares locations into SharePoint libraries
- Import multiple document versions from the source folders using the familiar explorer user interface or batch file option
- Associates the metadata stored in a CSV / Excel / TXT file to the respective documents in SharePoint
- Associates documents' summary properties of source documents namely - Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments to the respective documents in SharePoint
- Imports Manager and Company document properties in the case of MS-Office documents. Automatically propagates Microsoft Office custom document properties.
- Propagates the original Created Date, Last Modified Date, Created By and Modified By fields to the equivalent system fields in SharePoint for each folder / document available in the source location
Note: DocKIT Web Services component must be installed in the SharePoint Server to activate this feature - Assigns Content Approval Status and related Comments for each folder and document
- Renames invalid source folder & file names based on naming rules (including wildcards) specified by user when importing them in bulk to a SharePoint library
- Filter documents based on certain document property conditions prior to import
- Validates task settings to minimize errors during a live transfer
- Re-imports folders / files that failed during the first attempt
- Runs the import task through command-line or Windows Task Scheduler interface
DocKIT for SharePoint 2007 imports folders and documents to SharePoint libraries with the following metadata that typically define the source content:
- Custom properties defined in the external metadata file
- Summary file system properties - Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments
- Manager and Company file properties in the case of MS-Office documents
- Original Created Date & Last Modified Date of source documents
- Author (Created By) and Editor (Modified By) of source documents
- Content Approval Status & Approval Comments
DocKIT enables simultaneous import of documents into multiple SharePoint libraries located in a SharePoint Site.