Getting started
Starting up Alfred Finder
Alfred Finder is a web application integrated in Alfresco.
Alfred Finder requires a modern web browser to operate, and does not need any additional software.
When you visit the Alfred Finder webpage, you have to log in with your Alfresco username and password. If your organisation uses single sign-on for Alfresco, you are automatically logged in.
Alfred Finder window
You can see the following components in Alfred Finder.
- Layout: Save and restore layouts.
- Panels: Reopen closed panels.
- Panel group: Panels can be grouped together. A panel group shows the contents of one panel, and the names of the other panels. You can switch to an other panel by clicking its name.
- Panel: An individual panel shows information.
- Menu: Contains configuration settings for the application.
- Chip: Represents a part of your search query.
- Search bar: Type here to find documents.
- Searchbar filter: dialogue window to compose a search query
- Upload: Upload files.
Default panel layout
The default layout of Alfred Finder provides a logical structure.
The left panels are used for searching. The center panel shows the search results. The right panels show details of a selected document.
- Left panel group: The search panels. Together with the searchbar,
these panels help you to find the documents you are looking for.
- The Filters panel: Used to refine your search based on the metadata of the documents in your current search.
- The Explorer panel: Find documents within a certain folder.
- Center panel group:
- The search results panel: Shows a list of documents matching your search.
- Right panel groups: The document detail panels: Show details of the
selected document.
- The Preview panel: Shows a preview of the selected result.
- The Metadata panel: Shows metadata of the selected document and allows to edit it.
- The Comments panel: Shows the comments that have been made on the selected document.
- The Versions panel: Shows the version history of the selected document.
Configure the language
By default, Alfred Finder chooses the default language of the browser. If this language does not match your preferred language, you can change it in the menu. The chosen language is stored in your browser, this means you only need to change the language once, if needed.
Changing the language will remove all saved panel configurations!
- Click ⋮ > Language.
- Click on the preferred language.
The application will be reloaded in the selected language.
Closing Alfred Finder
No special actions are necessary to close Alfred Finder.
You can close the tab or your browser when you have finished using the application.
If you have logged in with your Alfresco credentials when you started Alfred Finder, these credentials will remain active until you close your browser.