Key features

Dimensions

cara3 has a unique ability to allow users to build their own tree view (“Dimensions”). Choose any properties (one per level for up to 5 levels) and browse the resulting tree view.

Widgets

Extensible panel showing widgets – choose from core set (e.g. properties, renditions, thumbnails) or create your own, linking in any web service as a widget e.g. database view, portlets. Rearrange with drag & drop.

View Management

Define different views for different user groups / usage scenarios. Specify different properties, widgets, filters, and other options, allowing users to work in the way that best supports their processes.

Dashboards

The Dashboard is a dynamic place to assemble query results. Add any query to the dashboard, and results can be shown as tables, charts or graphs, exported to Excel or embedded as widgets in the main view.

CARA

CARA © PATENT PENDING is a brand new and unique concept building on the CARA tradition – an ergonomically designed, fast, single web application to connect individually or simultaneously to multiple content management systems. Currently released for Documentum, SharePoint Oracle WebCenter and Alfresco. It is designed to facilitate the creation, review, approval and management of documents.

CARA leverages core repository functionality (using the new CMIS functions where available) while also providing performance enhancements and ergonomic improvements. In addition, CARA provides new functionality to better manage controlled documents such as SOPs or complex documents such as reports or submissions through CARA Structures and through reporting tools like the Task Manager and Status Manager. CARA is underpinned by the Generis DocConfigurator product which allows rapid setup and configuration of the docbase to requirements.

The following is a list of features offered through CARA:

Quick, ergonomic and intuitive front end that runs in a browser but works like a standard Desktop application (right-click menus, drag & drop, and other such features)
Provides multiple views of documents: Docbase, Structure (Virtual Document) and My-Desk including Tasks and Favorites.
Displays supporting information in Widgets Pane: Locations, Related Documents, Renditions, Tasks and Versions or any other widgets you build to include.

Integrates MS Office and Adobe directly within the application.
Displays document content and attributes with a single mouse click.
Filters information based on user-defined criteria – enables different, user-specific views of information.
Leverages core repository functionality (mostly using CMIS) like version control, security and audit trail.
CARA Structure expands functionality and improves usability of virtual documents.
Summary and reporting views of workflows, status, searches across multiple documents, with Export to Excel feature.
Fully multi-lingual including many European languages as well as Japanese, Chinese and Arabic.
Behind the scenes – full configurability through the Generis DocConfigurator product to allow companies to build their own applications, using 100+ areas of configurability: properties screens, automatic folders, languages, data dictionaries, dynamic no-maintenance security, audit and eSignature, Trash Can, search…
Integrates with Generis‘s other modules such as DocAnnotator (annotations), and DocSecure (watermarking, eSignature and controlled printing).
Many functions available across multiple documents, e.g. setting properties, reporting on / changing status, reporting on / managing workflows and copy / paste / delete.
Common authoring, review, approval, search and navigation functionality provided in easy-to-use configurable wizards, which ensure that the training requirement is minimal.

Visit the Data Sheets page to download more information on CARA.