DocuShare Archive Assistant 
Expiration and Deletion Property Update Program 
for use with Xerox DocuShare 
Archiving your documents in digital format can save your organization significant time and money. 
Documents are easier and quicker to find and there are no long-term warehouse storage needs and 
eventual physical document destruction expenses - just delete them. 
The problem many customers experience as their volume grows is that they need to retain documents for 
a fixed number of years and find that their DocuShare repository grows to a size that makes 
maintenance, upgrades, and indexing a weekend-long chore. Your DocuShare installation should allow 
for growth without causing undue overtime. Reduce your reindexing operations to a few hours vs days. 
Most customers aren’t applying the metadata necessary to implement a DocuShare Archive Server to 
determine which documents and other content should be archived. Products like our DAVupDoc, 
DAVLoader, and DocuPage Pro allow you to set the expiration date when you upload documents. It’s 
difficult to get users to set an expiration date when uploading a document, so it’s important that your 
automated processes do this for you. For all the other documents, email, etc. that reside in DocuShare 
without an expiration date, this utility will sweep through your collections and set them for you. 
While you’re preparing your documents archival, you should also consider how to automate the deletion 
process once your organization no longer wants to retain these documents or conformance mandates for 
retention have been met. Key to this will be the creation of a deletion date property with a date set that 
you can act upon when deleting your content. DocuShare Archive Assistant is intended to address 
lifecycle issues and is not intended to replace a records management system with its full complement of 
controls and reporting. Xerox offers the Records Manager option for DocuShare CPX, should this level of 
functionality is required by your organization. 
DocuShare Archive Assistant from Criteria First is an application allowing for the setting of Expiration and 
Deletion date properties of objects in the DocuShare Content Management System. Setting of these 
properties is critical in the lifecycle maintenance of the data as well as for archival purposes. The 
DocuShare Archive Assistant can be configured to perform update processing based on user expiration 
and deletion date needs. 
DocuShare Archive Assistant Features 
? Sets the standard DocuShare Expiration Date property for documents throughout one or more 
collections including subcollections 
? Selection of documents objects only or other content including Email, Discussions, URLs, and 
Interact pages 
? Sets the Expiration Date property for all documents or only those not already set 
? Bases Expiration Date on the object’s creation date or current date by years or months 
? Allows creation of a Deletion Date property 
? Sets the Deletion Date property for all documents or only those not already set 
? Bases Deletion Date on the object’s creation date or current date by years or months 
? Status information displayed to indicate progress as it updates your documents 
Go to http://www.avidoffice.com/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-9072 and download the manual for 
installation and usage on your Windows PC. There is no trial for this software (you might finish before the 
trial expires). DocuShare Archive Assistant is easy to use and a necessity for long-term archival 
configurations. The cost is only $495.00 plus one year of maintenance and support including upgrades, 
so look over the documentation and call to purchase and receive your software and license key. Call for 
additional information on pricing and implementation for the Xerox DocuShare Archive Server. 
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