From my experience there are two way to effectively organize supplemental information in Documentum and make it available as a data for the attributes.
The first and the simplest this is create and register table and in the Application Builder setup select from this table as a data source. Then WebTop and Desktop will display drop-down list with the values. This way is acceptable for the small amount of data and the second disadvantage that Documentum hasn’t an effective way to edit this information.
The second way is to create native Documentum document or folder and make a bit customization to populate it as a data for the attribute. I prefer folders because they allow to organize information in a tree, also Webtop has a native component to pickup a folder. So the general flowchart is:
- create base folder/cabinet for the supplemental information
- create a subfolder for each type of information
- fill it
This way has many advantages. You may use folder structure to organize hierarchical data like your organization structure or products list, etc. Also Documentum provide a standard way to edit this information, all you need this is create a foder :). You may decide to create a separate type for each type of data; this will allow you easily link it with the specific icon (many capricious customers ask for this customization). To organize BIG amount of data you may add additional abstract layer to real folder tree. For example use leading letters as a subfolders or years or product category. So you may build your own data tree.
