A folder type provides a template from which your users create and tailor individual folders.
In a folder type, you can assign one or more document types, custom properties, or capture profiles, as well as define how Perceptive Content displays the contents. You can specify that a folder type can only contain the document types you assign to it, and Perceptive Content prevents the user from adding documents to a folder that are not assigned to that folder. You can specify that the folder type contains some or all document types, and define your Perceptive Content workflow process to identify when a new folder type contains all of the required document types.
Perceptive Content provides the ability to specify that some or all document types assigned to a folder type are required. When you define required document types for a folder type, your users can view a list of the required document types in the Folder Viewer. You can also configure your Perceptive Content workflow process to identify when a folder contains all of the required document types.
You can also assign an unlimited number of "custom properties" to document types and folder types, enabling you to store additional metadata about a type. Additionally, you can organize folder types in your Perceptive Content system using "folder type lists" and the "folder hierarchy."