"Find Duplicates" from Vault Using WebServices and C#

[Anonymous]

To Whomsoever it may concern:

I am trying to Build a small utility to Check in our Vault Server for the status of "Enforce Unique File Names" and to generate a Duplicate Files Report if available.

I have done the first using Document Service and it is working fine. I have found that - to generate Duplicate Files Report, I can use "ItemsAndDups object" in the Item Service. However, as we dont have ProductStream - ItemService.asmx is not working for me.

Please suggest me a best way to complete my task.

Thank you in Advance

Moideen

[Anonymous]

Try this....
Call FindFilesBySearchConditions in the Document Service. Don't pass in any
'conditions' or 'folderIds', which results in every file in the Vault being
returned. Also set the File Name property as the 'sortCondition'.
When you run this function, it results in an alphabatized list of all files
in the Vault. Now you can simply scan the list. If you find that a file
name matches the name of the previous file in the list, you have a
duplicate.

If you are using a Vault 2008 or earlier, you will not have the ability to
sort on a property, so it's a bit harder. In this case, I suggest scanning
through all the folders and remembering the names of the files that you find
with a Dictionary class or something similar.


Doug Redmond
Software Engineer, Autodesk Inc.

[Anonymous]

Dear Doug,

Thanks for your quick reply.

I will use this method to complete my utility. We are using Vault 2008.


Thanks again!!

Moideen

[Anonymous]

Is there any reason that you don’t use the Find Duplicates feature in
the administration dialog?

Mikel Martin
Autodesk Data Management
Product Design Lead

-----Original Message-----
From: nmoideen [mailto:nmoideen]
Posted At: Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:16 AM
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Conversation: "Find Duplicates" from Vault Using WebServices and C#
Subject: "Find Duplicates" from Vault Using WebServices and C#

To Whomsoever it may concern:

I am trying to Build a small utility to Check in our Vault Server for
the status of "Enforce Unique File Names" and to generate a Duplicate
Files Report if available.

I have done the first using Document Service and it is working fine. I
have found that - to generate Duplicate Files Report, I can use
"ItemsAndDups object" in the Item Service. However, as we dont have
ProductStream - ItemService.asmx is not working for me.

Please suggest me a best way to complete my task.

Thank you in Advance

Moideen

[Anonymous]

Dear Mikel,

We have 38 Vault Servers worldwide and spending almost half a day on beginning of every month to generate the Duplicate files report.

That is why I am trying to Automate some processes by building a small utility.


Thanks

Moideen