mayan-document_renaming 1.0.0

Description

Mayan EDMS app to allow automatic renaming of documents upon upload.

License

This project is open sourced under the MIT License.

Installation

• Activate the virtualenv where you installed Mayan EDMS.

• Install from PyPI:

  pip install mayan-document_renaming

In your settings/local.py file add document_renaming to your INSTALLED_APPS list:

INSTALLED_APPS += (
    'document_renaming',
)

Run the migrations for the app:

mayan-edms.py migrate

Usage

• Create a sequence.

• Create a renaming template a document type using Django’s templating language and referencing a sequence’s .next_value method.

Example:

Invoice-{{ sequence_invoice.next_value|stringformat:"05d" }}

This will rename a new document as “Invoice-0000”. A subsequent document will be renamed as “Invoice-0001” and so on.

Development

Clone repository in a directory outside of Mayan EDMS:

git clone https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/document_renaming.git

Symlink the app into your Mayan EDMS’ app folder:

ln -s <repository directory>/document_renaming/ <Mayan EDMS directory>/mayan/apps

In your settings/local.py file add document_renaming to your INSTALLED_APPS list:

INSTALLED_APPS += (
    'document_renaming',
)

Run the migrations for the app:

./manage.py migrate