CARA is an ergonomically designed, fast, web user

interface and business rules engine, currently released

for the following platforms:

• Documentum (alternative to Webtop or D2)

• Oracle WebCenter
• Alfresco

It is designed to facilitate the creation, review, approval

and management of documents.

This document outlines the major new features that are

part of CARA v3.7.

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Content Transfer Plugin
Probably the most important enhancement in CARA v3.8 is the Plugin which offers a
replacement to using Java Applets (blocked by several browsers as of Sept 2015) or
HTML5 (which offers very poor features and usability).

The plugin not only allows seamless one-click-editing, but batch import and export.

This allows includes the ability to have a permanent DROP ZONE on your desktop to
which you can drag from
• Windows Explorer
• Mac Finder
• Outlook emails
• Outlook email attachments

This does an automatic upload to the CARA application server, allowing you to simply go
to CARA in your browser to e.g. add attributes.

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 Allowing users to edit tasks in progress more easily, including deleting recipients, and
Workflow enhancements adding a range of scripting options to do custom processing during, before (validation) or
after workflows

Extensions of tooltips, multi-lingual support and messages, quick search extensions,

Search enhancements different settings allowed for docbase quick search or search in folder (e.g. one using
DQL the other using full text xPlore)

Extended Customization Custom features could always be added to CARA as toolbar or right-click menu items,
and existing main menu items could be customized. Now customizations can be added
options to main menus, and also Custom Scripts can be used in Jobs in the place of Methods.

Extended multi-lingual CARA has been available in multiple languages for some years; to this release we have
added the capabilities to have locale-specific customizations, including labels, menus,
capabilities data values (picklists), confirmation and error messages and log messages

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 Allowing users to upload content from mobile devices, through a third party portal, or by
Staging Area sending emails with attachments. The content can then be classified or rejected from the
Staging Area. This is fully configurable.

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Enhanced Content Viewer Built-in content viewer for multiple formats

Easier Task Configuration Task configuration can now be accessed and managed through the Control Panel

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 Now available in the Control Panel:
• Manage Jobs and Methods
Admin Enhancements • Create Types
• View System Log

Snaplists can now be configured to appear under MyDesk. This is more convenient for
Snaplists in MyDesk users to access frequently used Snaplists, and allows for the default nodes to be
replaced (e.g. a custom inbox can replace the Intray in MyDesk).

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 Native eCTD Viewer Introducing a new built-in eCTD viewer including Consolidated and Sequence filers

Registered Tables Using registered tables, CARA now allows for the import/export of data via Excel

Core Label Customization Core menu items in CARA can now be renamed

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HTML5 Enhanced Dropzone The Dropzone in CARA has now been enhanced for HTML5 imports

Configuration reports can now be generated from the Control Panel as MS Word
Configuration Reports documents.

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 In CARA 3.7 we have enhanced our searches with:
• Saving
Improved Searching • Re-running
• Sharing

Explorer Navigation Users can now login to multiple repositories in the same window, as well as toggle to the
My WidgetSpace from within the Explorer toolbar
Shortcuts

Dashboards in 3.7 have been further enhanced to include charts with multiple value
Dashboard Enhancements columns

Custom Advanced Searches Now Advanced Searches can be custom-designed for greater flexibility

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 Default PDF Publishing Structures now have the ability to select PDF publishing as a default

Improved Dimensions Dimensions are taken to the next level with great performance enhancements
Performance

Users can now print as PDF, or print a folder including all contents, directly from the
Printing Options menu.

The configuration of standard widgets has now been moved to the view configurations,
Widgets Configuration which allows different views to experience and format widgets in different ways

Extended Scripting Extended variables and scripting capabilities

Capabilities

Extended Multi-lingual Our multi-lingual support is extended, allowing more multi-lingual labels system-wide
Support

Exports to Excel now include hyperlinks to the document locations within CARA for quick
Enhanced Export to Excel access and referencing.

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Dimensions & SnapLists Widgets Document Views

Build your own tree view - choose Extensible panel showing widgets – Define different views for different
any properties and browse choose from core set (e.g. user groups / usage scenarios –
documents in a different way properties, renditions) or create completely personalized view and
(Dimensions) or create a tree from your own, linking in any web set of features.
complex queries for users to service as a widget .
navigate.

User Experiences User Preferences Configuration

Give different users a varying set All settings that users choose Configure every aspect of the user
of functionality and complexity (column displays and widths, interface as well as building
from very simply (no toolbars, dimensions tree-view, filters, business rules such as dynamic
treeview or other panes) through to cabinet restrictions and so on) are security and folder paths, data
highly functional (multi-window saved so that the user can log in dictionaries and taxonomies,
multi-tasking) and everything in from another machine and will numbering, and more. Achieve all
between. have the same preference choices this without coding, cutting down
applied. the cost and effort of
customizations.

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