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Documentum Content Management Foundations: EMC Proven Professional Certification Exam E20-120 Study Guide

You're reading from   Documentum Content Management Foundations: EMC Proven Professional Certification Exam E20-120 Study Guide Learn the technical fundamentals of the EMC Documentum platform while effectively preparing for the E20-120 exam

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2007
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847192400
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pawan Kumar Pawan Kumar
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Documentum Content Management Foundations
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. ECM Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Content 3. Objects and Types 4. Architecture 5. Users and Privileges 6. Groups and Roles 7. Object Security 8. Searching 9. Custom Types 10. DocApps 11. Workflows 12. Lifecycles 13. Aliases 14. Virtual Documents Practice Test 1 Practice Test 2 Answers

Chapter 12. Lifecycles

In this chapter, we will explore the following concepts:

  • Designing lifecycles

  • Using lifecycles

Business Process and Content Management

Workflows enable content-centric business process automation on Documentum. Workflows carry one or more objects through various activities performed by different performers. Lifecycles add a powerful dimension to this mix by enabling documents to move through states according to business rules.

Thus, Documentum not only automates business processes but also automates movement of content through various phases of its life — enforcing and automating business rules through both mechanisms. Lifecycles can also be used independently but the combination of the two opens up the possibilities for satisfying complex requirements.

The simplified, but core, difference between workflows and lifecycles is that a workflow is what people do and a lifecycle is what happens to a document. Let's extend the hiring process example from Workflows (Chapter...

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