Fascinating Facts about FAST and FTDQL

For those of you who have worked with previous version of Documentum Content Server (5.2.x and below) and are using 5.3.x, you should already know that with the release of 5.3, Documentum has switched their full text engine from Verity to FAST.  Given that FAST engine is entirely different from Verity engine, Documentum has tried [...]

Folder Hierarchy Structure – KIS (Keep It Simple)

When setting up a cabinet/folder structure in a repository, a lot of people ask what is the appropriate number of cabinets and folders that one should initially create. As you can probably guess, there is no magic answer.
If your company well organized, it makes sense to establish cabinets that mimic your business units (eg [...]

Too small for our britches – when is it time to create another repository

Most of us create a Documentum application for a specific purpose or user group. We create custom types, groups, acl templates/alias sets, lifecycles, and workflows that are used by the application and all of these custom objects are stored in repository used by the application. Assuming the application is a success, you might generate interest [...]