Filing — more than one way

Filing is the process of classifying records and then correctly placing records into the File Plan. While the Records Management site within Alfresco Share makes web client filing straightforward and easy, Alfresco provides numerous other ways for records to be filed into the records system.

The many different interfaces that Alfresco offers to interact with the repository can shrink the learning curve and accelerate acceptance of the system. For example, many users are enthusiastic to learn that they can continue to interact with the Alfresco repository just like it were a shared file server. Many users also spend much of their time using e-mail, and for those users, Alfresco features are built into their favorite e-mail clients, like IMAP folders and SMPT inbound e-mail, both of which can significantly streamline a user's access to the repository.

Alfresco provides tools for getting many records into the system quickly. Bulk import methods, like the client Flash...