After you’ve installed the Records Management AMP files, you’re ready to go ahead and create a Records Management site.

1. Start Alfresco, and then log in using your administrator credentials.

2. Open the Sites menu and click Create Site.

   Tip: You can also click Create Site on the My Sites dashlet.

3. Select Records Management Site as the Type.

   The Name, URL Name and Description will be completed for you automatically. You can edit the Description if needed. The URL name is used as part of the site URL.

   Note: The site visibility can’t be changed as only public sites are available for Records Management. You can only create one records management site.

4. Select a Compliance option to define which compliance model to use for your

   File Plan
   The File Plan is a container for records, folders, categories and retention schedules. It's effectively a virtual filing cabinet for storing records, and is the basic structure of Records Management. This structure lets you classify and group records with similar characteristics. The top level of the File Plan is created when you create a Records Management site.
   . This selection defines the metadata available for records in the file plan.
   • Standard - The standard set of record metadata is available.
   • DoD 5015.2-STD - Record metadata required for
     DoD 5015.2-STD
     If you create a site of this type then in has additional metadata requirements, as required by the US Department of Defense. Mandatory metadata includes the originator, the originating organization, the publication date, the destroy action.
     is available. Mandatory metadata includes the originator, the originating organization, the File Plan, the destroy action.

   Note: If you select Standard then users can still customize the metadata available on individual records.

5. Click Save.

You’ll see the dashboard for the new Records Management site which you can now customize. Sites that you create are automatically added to your Favorites list. Now you can:

• Load Test Data by adding the Import Data Set dashlet for an example of how to structure a File Plan
• Use the RM Admin Tools on the Records Management dashboard More menu to access the administration features

Note: The user who created the Records Management site is automatically made a member of the Records Management Administrator role. Other users can access different areas of the RM Admin Tools depending on the capabilities given to the role that they’re in.