Alfresco custom property (via type's mandatory aspect) not exposed by CMIS

Question

I defined a new type in Alfresco with a mandatory aspect zhx:rm that defines a property zhx:taskNo.

I created a document of this type, and set its zhx:taskNo value.

Using OpenCMIS Workbench 0.10.0, I opened the properties of this document.

PROBLEM: zhx:taskNo is not shown.

Am I doing something wrong?
Is it Alfresco's intended behavior?
While CMIS Extensions might be a solution, I don't want to use them, as it would make the code less manageable.

<types>
   <type name="zhx:rm">
      <title>RM</title>
      <parent>cm:content</parent>
      <mandatory-aspects>
         <aspect>zhx:rmAspect</aspect>
      </mandatory-aspects>
   </type>
</types>

<aspects>
   <aspect name="zhx:rmAspect">
      <title>RM Aspect</title>
      <properties>
         <property name="zhx:taskNo">
            <type>d:text</type>
            <index enabled="true">
               <atomic>true</atomic>
               <stored>true</stored>
               <tokenized>both</tokenized>
            </index>
         </property>
      </properties>
   </aspect>
</aspects>

Jeff Potts Jeff Potts · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12T15:26:04

Your original post said you created a new type. If you created a new custom type, this does not require CMIS 1.1 to work. The custom type should show up in the types list and the custom properties (if they were set) should show up in the properties list.

You should be able to set the properties in Workbench if they have not already been set.

A good example is the cmiscustom:document type. You can create an object of that type and set some of its properties and you will see them in the workbench property list.

If you are talking about aspects, you must use the CMIS 1.1 binding to see the properties that are defined as part of the aspect. To use the CMIS 1.1 binding, make sure that you are using the following service URL, assuming you are using AtomPub:

http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/cmis/versions/1.1/atom

I have confirmed that, using this binding, custom properties defined in an aspect show up in the properties list within Workbench 0.10.0.

Alfresco custom property (via type's mandatory aspect) not exposed by CMIS

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