Configure an external storage system for legal requests and legal matters
Configure an external storage system to store documents attached to legal requests and legal matters.
Before you begin
Ensure that the administrator has installed and set up spokes for the external storage system you want to configure for legal apps.
Box spoke v3.1.0 or later version
For more information on the setup and creating the Box account, see Set up Box spoke.
Google Drive spoke v1.3.0 or later version
For more information on the setup and creating the Google Drive account, see Set up Google Drive spoke.
Microsoft OneDrive spoke v2.1.0 or later version
For more information on the setup and creating the Microsoft OneDrive account, see Set up Microsoft OneDrive spoke.
Microsoft SharePoint spoke v2.2.0 or later version
For more information on setting up Microsoft SharePoint, see Configure Microsoft SharePoint Online connection record.
iManage Spoke spoke v1.0.0
For more information on the setup and creating the iManage account, see Set up iManage spoke.
Important: After setting up the spoke, give the iManage spoke user [sn_imanage_spk.user] role to users accessing iManage external storage.
Role required: sn_lg_ops.request_config
Procedure
Navigate to All > Legal Administration > Legal Integrations > Integrations.
Create or modify an external app configuration.
| Option | Steps |
|---|---|
| To create an external app configuration |
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| To modify an existing external app configuration | Open the external app configuration from the list. |
- On the form, fill in the fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the external app configuration. |
| Description | Description of the external app configuration. |
| Active | Option for marking the configuration for external storage as active. |
| Table | Table in which the legal requestor legal matterinformation is stored. For example,- To store documents for a legal request, select the Legal Request [sn_lg_ops_request] table. - To store documents for a legal matter, select the Legal Matter [sn_lg_matter_matter] table. - To store documents for a contract request, select the Legal Contract [sn_lg_contracts_repository] table. The selected table determines the available variables in the Select variables field. |
| Condition | Filter conditions to determine saving documents for a specific request category.For example, say you've already configured the Box external storage integration and want only NDA contract documents to be stored there, you can define the condition as [Category] [is] [NDA]. Then, select the external storage name in the App field. |
| Execution order | Order in which an external storage system is used for storing documents. When multiple external storage systems match the conditions, then the one with the lower-order value is chosen to store the documents. |
| App | External storage system on which the documents are stored.Note: The list only shows external storage systems for which spokes have been installed and configured. |
| Folder structure | Filepath to store documents attached to a legal request or legal matter in the external storage system.Define a folder structure using a combination of static text and dynamically generated text from the selected field variables in the Select variables list. For example, in the folder structure
These field variables are dynamically replaced by the values in each field while saving a document in the external storage. |
| Select variables | List of variables that can be used in the folder structure. Variables pull information from the selected table to customize the folder structure. |
| Attributes | Additional configuration items based on your Microsoft SharePoint and iManage configuration. Add the following details:Microsoft SharePoint
These fields appear only when SharePoint is selected from the App field. iManage
Note: iManage login credentials are required to access the documentation. |
Save the external app configuration.
- Save a new external app configuration by selecting Submit.
- Save the changes to an existing external app configuration by selecting Update. The external storage configuration is saved.
Select Publish.
Result
The external storage system integration is published and is ready for storing documents attached to legal requests.
What to do next
Add the Enable External Storage for attachment option in the intake forms so that the documents attached to those legal requestsor legal mattersare stored in the configured external storage. For more information, see Add an intake form to a practice area.
Configure the system properties for Legal Service Delivery apps to administer integration with the external storage provider. For more information, see Legal Service Delivery properties.
- Integrating Legal Service Delivery applications with iManage storage
Integrate iManage storage with Legal Service Delivery applications to provide more security to the files. - Create implementation in Scripted Extension Point
Create the implementation in the Scripted Extension Point, provided out-of-the-box, by placing it in the script include in the base application code.
Parent Topic:Configuring Legal Request Management