As organizations consider using Microsoft SharePoint to manage their documents they ask whether SharePoint can provide the features of ‘traditional’ document management systems, such as the ability to assign a unique Document ID to each document or file as it is saved.
Unique Document Numbering is not provided by ‘out-of-the-box’ Microsoft SharePoint 2007, but it is one of the features that come with a SharePoint add-on called WISDOM DMF Professional, developed by MacroView, a Microsoft Gold Partner.
Saving or uploading a file to a SharePoint document library that is managed by WISDOM DMF Professional assigns the next available unique Document Number. This Document ID can be configured to be unique across all the Site Collections in the organization’s SharePoint environment. Numbering can also be configured to start from a certain point, which is very useful in situations where you are migrating from an existing DM system.
WISDOM also provides an intuitive tree-view display of the SharePoint environment, and allows you to drag and drop to move files between document libraries. As files are moved, WISDOM maintains existing Document IDs.
WISDOM DMF Professional adds best-practice document numbering to SharePoint document management solutions.
