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Bulk Upload

This procedure uploads multiple documents in a zipped archive folder.

Note: Check the community Wiki (specifically, Best Practice for Bulk Uploads) for the latest tips on uploading a large number of files.

Supported compression formats

KnowledgeTree supports the following compression and archive formats:

•	Zip (.zip)

•	Unix archiver (.ar)

•	GZip or GNU Zip (.gz)

•	Tape Archive (.tar)

•	Tape archive and gzip - used together (.tar.gz and .tgz)

•	.deb (generally used for Debian packages)

Note: Although Bzip2 (.bz2) is supported, this requires a php library that isn't currently in the stack, but may be in included in future releases.

Supported extensions include:

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tgz

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tar

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zip

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deb

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tar.gz

Prequisites:

•	Bulk Upload plugin enabled - see Manage Plugins for more information

•	Unzip - installed on the KnowledgeTree server - Windows: http://www.info-zip.org/; Unix / Linux: unzip

Perform the following steps:

1.	Open Browse Documents to enter the folder structure.

2.	Search or browse to locate the destination folder in the repository.

3.	Click Bulk upload in the Actions on this folder menu.

Note: This menu item does not display if you do not have permissions for this action on

the folder.

4.	Specify the path to the file in the Archive file field; or, click Browse to navigate to the archive file.

5.	Select a document type; then, click Add.

6.	Metadata fields relevant to the document type display on the page; complete these fields; then, click Upload.