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Error adding (external) cmis repository to Document Management Application Option on SCP CF

haykma — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 08:54:15 GMT

Hi Community,

we subscriped to SAP Document Management Integration Option and SAP Document Application Option and are trying to go our first steps with it.

So i tried to connect our internal (non sap) cmis repository (based on apace chemistry) in the Fiori Application of the DMS Application Option.

But i only get an error "failed to add a repository" with no further information on the error.

Because of this, i tried to add the external alfresco cmis server and its default-repository. I'm getting the same error.

I took these steps for Alfresco:

1) Adding a destionation to the public alfresco server

2) Check connection says Ok:

3) Added Repository to DMS Application Option as follows:

This brings also the same error message (failed to add a respository).

The Atom description of Alfresco CMIS-Server says following about the repository (only first rows shown here, full information available on alfrescos web-page).

I tried already all url variants in the destination configuration, but noone helped.

The only hint i found in the browser console is the failed request:

With messages (with the url in destination as shown above in screenshot)

or (with url: https://cmis.alfresco.com/alfresco and other paths below this)

based on the url i try in the destination to the alfresco public service.

Trying to connect to our own cmis-instance (based on apache chemistry) returns also http error 500 with the last json error message.

I'm running out of ideas? Does anyone have an idea whats wrong?

kind regards

Matthias

Re: Error adding (external) cmis repository to Document Management Application Option on SCP CF

gregorw — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 09:28:40 GMT

Hi Matthias,

it seems that unfortunately none of the screenshots made it into your question. Can you try to update it.

Best regards
Gregor

Re: Error adding (external) cmis repository to Document Management Application Option on SCP CF

haykma — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:10:52 GMT

Hi Community,

found the answer for myself. CMIS has, as far as i know, three different ways to connect to it:

Atom Pub
Web-Service
Browser (Json)

The problems for me was to find out

with what protocoll DMS Application Option tries to access the CMIS-Repository (i found no documentation about that in then DMS Applicatio Option Documentation
what is the correct Entry-Point (which are dependent from protocoll.

So. For my Test with the public Alfresco Repo i found, that DMS uses the Browser (Json)-Protocoll and you have to use "http://cmis.alfresco.com/alfresco/api/-default-/public/cmis/versions/1.1/browser" as entry-point url in destination definition.

Maybee this helps others to test DMS against an public test repo in the internet.

kind regards

Re: Error adding (external) cmis repository to Document Management Application Option on SCP CF

gregorw — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:22:04 GMT

Thank you Matthias for sharing your finding. Hope that someone from SAP will take this as a trigger to enhance the documentation. CC: chuergo16

Re: Error adding (external) cmis repository to Document Management Application Option on SCP CF

cecihuergo — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:24:31 GMT

Of course! Thanks for sharing. Will send this to the team.