The Notes Design Repository provides organizations with the ability to retrieve and track the designs of applications across a distributed deployment ofLotus Notes.  The solution includes a harvester component that extracts the design templates from all applications, and builds a database of design statistics.  This tool offers unique value to organizations seeking to control the proliferation of design changes and new applications through their Notes / Domino application environment, as well as organizations seeking to migrate content to or from the environment. 

Key Features

Automated Template Harvesting – The Notes Design Repository application automates the extraction of design templates from every database deployed within a Notes production environment, storing the templates within a single Notes database as a series of attachments, providing easy access to the design templates for management purposes.   Automated attachment extraction can also be utilized if the templates are required at the file system level.

Rapid Configuration – Configuration of the harvesting component simply requires specification of a server name; the harvester automatically traverses all data directories on the server to locate all production applications.

Design Element Reporting – The design repository database provides explicit reporting on the names and types of design element across all templates.   Users of the application can identify common design elements across applications in efforts to implement consistent manageable functionality.

Incremental Update Reporting – The design template harvesting capability can be run on a periodic or even nightly basis to identify any incremental changes to each application design.  This valuable reporting capability can be used to rapidly detect the authorized or unauthorized application of changes to production applications.

Data Content Specifics – The template harvester can be configured to provide summary statistics on data content within each application including most recent usage and update, average content age, table statistics (documents by form), and specific advanced content (stored forms, encryption and digital signatures).