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DMS Knowledgebase
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This article gives a high-level overview and a brief description of what is involved in each of the steps required to set up Almirahthe DMS. The article assumes you are a licensee of AlmirahDMS.

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titleObtain Almirah DMS Licensee Status from Perspective Systems

Contact Insula Group via Email / Phone and request access to the application.
Insula Group will then grant the licensee status to the organisation.

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titleAssign Almirah DMS Management/Administration Roles

You will be provided with login details to the Perspective Platform. When users have registered on your portal, to allow them to access and administrate the system, you will need to assign them one of two roles (Dependent on their required level of access)

Almirah Document Management DMS - System Administrator.
This role will allow the user to access all functions of the DMS system, allowing them access to the Administration menu.

Almirah Document Management DMS - User

This role is for the portal licensee's internal staff, who are required to perform regular activities on the system.

You will set up separate roles for external people/organisations who will require access to the portal.

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titleImplementation Prerequisites & Planning

Insula will work with you to set up the infrastructure to support Almirahthe DMS. This will include;

Determining the locations to store the Latest Version files.

  • Determining the locations to store Latest Version files.

  • Determining the location to store Version History files.

  • Determining the Service account to be used. 

  • Determining where the IIS Server’s will be installed at the site to install Almirah Proxythe DMSProxy.

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titleSite (physical LAN location) Setup

Whilst Almirah DMS is a cloud-based appliance, local versions of the documents can be kept on the physical LANs of your offices. To enable this ‘local’ document sites are set up which will allow access to the latest versions of your documents. Refer to the following articles for detailed information on setting up sites;

How to set up local document sites
Creating Sites

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titleAlmirah System Administration & Configuration

When setting up Almirah DMS the first major task is to define the Document Structures / Document types you will be collecting;

Document Structures
Document Types

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titleInvite Almirah Users

The user who you want to invite to use Almirah DMS should have already registered on the Platform. For them to be able to access Almirah, DMS you will need to

  1. Login to the Platform and locate the required contact

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  2. Click on the Add Connection button and choose the required Role.

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  3. The user will receive an email inviting them to connect to the DMS;

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