Bulk import

Let's now discuss one way to import a large number of records into the File Plan at one go. One existing tool that will let us do this is called the Alfresco Bulk Filesystem Import tool. The Import tool imports into Alfresco, from a specified directory that is local to the Alfresco server, the folder structure underneath that directory and all the files that are contained within it.

Note

The Alfresco Bulk Filesystem Import tool can be downloaded from Google Code at http://code.google.com/p/alfresco-bulk-filesystem-import/. The import tool was written by Peter Monks, an employee of Alfresco.

An unsupported add-on

The Import tool was intended to support the import of folders and files into the standard Alfresco repository. The tool works fairly well in being able to import files quickly and has achieved some amount of popularity in the Alfresco community. However, one caveat is that the Import tool isn't part of the standard Alfresco product and, as such, isn't officially supported...