Another simple method for retrieving files for viewing is to keep a copy of the files that all your connectors extract, in a single shared location.
View from an extracted files directory
Advantages:
This method is simple, and requires few components.
View can then access and convert all documents, including embedded files and subfiles.
View server features such as caching, viewing embedded images, and highlighting work as expected.
Disadvantages:
You must keep a copy of all documents on disk.
Tip: You can reduce the storage space required by storing only subfiles and embedded data for file system repositories.
This method has the following setup requirements:
You must configure connectors to keep extracted files in a permanent extracted directory.
In the index, the document DREREFERENCE
must contain a value that points to the extracted directory.
In View server, you must configure ViewLocalDirectoriesCSVs
to allow it to access the extracted directory.
View must run as a user with read access to the extracted directory.
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