Copy Lists/Libraries using DND now available!

Several new enhancements have been released for MetaVis Architect and Classifier on April 12, 2009:

1. You can now copy Lists and Libraries (Content Types and Columns copy was released in a previous version) between sites and site collection using "Drag and Drop" (Architect)
2. Added messaging to the status bar for unsuccessful or disallowed DnD events (Architect).
3. Several new improvements to the Bulk Import tool, including ability to open files located on the file system (Classifier).

In addition, the open beta program is planned to close on April 15th. We will be sending an announcement to all beta users with several options including continuing participation in private beta. Thanks to everyone that participated.

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.

Copy Content Types using DnD available now!

Several new enhanements have been released for MetaVis Architect and Classifier on March 30th, 2009:

1. Copy Content Types and Columns between sites and site collection using "Drag and Drop" (Architect)


2. Support for Custom Column Types (Architect)


3. Added detailed messaging for Pending SharePoint updates (Architect)


4. Open SharePoint documents (Classifier)


5. Drag and drop of folders (with files and sub-folder hierarchy) for SharePoint and file system folders

Download and try the product, now. The beta program will be closing in April.

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.

Bulk Import Plug-in released for MetaVis Classifier for SharePoint

MetaVis Technologies has added a bulk importing enhancement to its SharePoint product family (available for public beta trial on March 8th, 2009). The new plug-in for MetaVis Classifier simultaneously imports and tags files from local computers, networks or other storage into SharePoint and includes the following features and benefits:

• Bulk Importing and Tagging/Classification - users can select multiple files/documents for importing into SharePoint and simultaneously assign field values to the entire import.


• Familiar User interface - utilizes a Windows Explorer-like interface with "Drag-and-Drop" functionality.


• Eliminate Problem with "Checked-Out" Files after Import - Unlike SharePoint's native import utility, MetaVis Bulk Import allows users to fill in required fields. All imported files are immediatelly available to users.


• Findable and Organized -since users populate key field values during import and do it on a mass scale, they are more likely to do the classification. The new import can be indexed immediately, resulting in a better organized repository and findable content.

From administrators struggling with too much content that was simply dumped into their SharePoint environment, to users working to categorize and locate their content, tagging and moving files in bulk has always been a challenge in SharePoint. MetaVis Classifier Bulk Import Plug-In is designed to ease that burden by providing users a simple interface copy large volumes of content from your local storage to different content types, lists/libraries, sites, site collections and even servers or clouds.

To assign metadata, SharePoint forces users to open each document individually. Classifier provides a simple way to tag many files that share common metadata values. This greatly accelerates and encourages the assignment of metadata, which makes content more "findable", compliant and usable.

Watch a Video demonstration for Bulk Import now!

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.

Also try MetaVis Architect for modeling SharePoint metadata in a rich graphical environment. Users are able to create, modify, document and share models and then extract, synchronize and provision into SharePoint.

Bulk Tag/Move/Copy Tool Released for SharePoint

MetaVis Technologies has released a major enhancement to its MetaVis for SharePoint product family. The new module, MetaVis Classifier, is available for public beta trial on February 2nd, 2009 and includes the following features:

• Bulk Tagging/Classification - users can select multiple files/documents and intelligently assign metadata values, including the ability to copy values from other columns, content types and files.



• Bulk Copy/Move - users can select multiple files/documents and move or copy them to different lists or folders, different sites and even different servers.



• Familiar User interface - utilizes a Windows Explorer-like interface with "Drag-and-Drop" functionality.

From administrators struggling with too much content that was simply dumped into their SharePoint environment, to users working to categorize and locate their content, tagging and moving files in bulk has always been a challenge in SharePoint. MetaVis Classifier for SharePoint is designed to ease that burden by providing users a simple to interface move or copy large volumes of content to different content types, lists/libraries, sites, site collections and even servers or clouds.

To assign metadata, SharePoint forces users to open each document individually. Classifier provides a simple way to tag many files that share common metadata values. This greatly accelerates and encourages the assignment of metadata, which makes content more "findable", compliant and usable.

Watch a Video demonstration for Tagging now!

Watch a Video demonstration for Copy/Move now!

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.

Compare and Synchronize SharePoint Sites with MetaVis

MetaVis Technologies has released a major enhancement to MetaVis for SharePoint. The new release (available for beta trial on January 5th) includes functionality to compare and synchronize two or more SharePoint sites. This feature has many uses in a multi-site SharePoint environment including:

• Compliance - as new site and site collections are added to the SharePoint environment, ensuring that site schemas remain consistent or compliant with a specific standard is extremely challenging.


• Replication/Synchronization - conversely users may want to create new sites or update existing ones to match the schema of another site.


• Multi-Stage Deployment - when moving from a development environment to production, administrators often need to move all or part of a site's schema without bringing over content from development.

The compare operation will identify any differences in SharePoint schemas, including columns, content types and lists and allow you to selectively or completely synchronize two or more sites.

Watch a Video demonstration now!

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.

New product for designing and managing SharePoint metadata

MetaVis Architect for SharePoint is out.

We are looking for SharePoint Users to join our Beta Program and show us what kinds of things you would like in a metadata modeling tool. If you haven’t tried it yet, apply to be one of our beta testers and let us know what you think!


MetaVis Architect lets you easily model SharePoint metadata in a rich graphical environment. Users are able to create, modify, document and share models and then extract, synchronize and provision into SharePoint.

Watch a Video demonstration now!

Participate in our forums and let us know what you think and we will try to include your suggestions in our upcoming release.