Automate creation of Smart Rules

[chrillek]

@Jmedialis

My set of smart rules sift then recognize those files with their tag and send them to their respective folder.

Why don’t you use a script in one smart rule? A similar issue has been discussed here

How to set up automated replication based on tags & naming conventions?

I’ve got a naming convention system for certain stock files that I used in DTP: ART_ for articles, DOC_ for documents, MMO_ for memos, etc. In my DPT, I’ve created project-based groups, and then I’ve got a stock hierarchy of folders for the project articles, documents, and memos, etc. The thing is, some articles, documents, and memos crossover into other projects, and so I’d replicate files so that they exist in each project articles, documents, and memos where that crossover exists. But rath…

In my opinion, having a bunch of smart rules doing basically the same is pointless (and difficult to maintain). Instead, a single rule (or a very small set) can use a single (or a small set) of scripts to distribute the documents to the corresponding groups/databases.

Also, you can write script that adds a new rule to the distributing script whenever a new subject is created. Which might be kind of tricky and will work only with external scripts. But still: It is feasible.