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Alfresco TEngine Excel Metadata Extractor

by Angel Borroy

Community

Custom Alfresco Transform Engine that extracts metadata from Excel files and maps it to Alfresco residual properties, compatible with ACS 25.x Community and Enterprise.

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Compatibility ACS 25.x

License LGPL-3.0

Keywordstransformer, excel, metadata, extractor, spreadsheet

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Transforms Excel files (application/vnd.ms-excel and related mimetypes) to alfresco-metadata-extract using configurable extraction rules.

  • Extracts rows from a named worksheet and maps them to the Alfresco residual property rows
  • Accessible from server-side JavaScript via document.properties["{}rows"]
  • Rules configured in ExcelMetadataExtractor_configuration.properties (target sheet, anchor header)
  • Deployable as a local T-Engine (Community: localTransform.excel.url) or async T-Engine (Enterprise: queue excel-engine-queue)
  • Trigger via Alfresco Share folder rules: Items are created or enter this folder → Mimetype is Microsoft Excel → Extract common metadata fields

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