OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server - Frame.io Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server and Frame.io

1. Final Video Deliverables Archived in OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server

Data flow: Frame.io → OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server

When a video project reaches final approval in Frame.io, the approved master file, supporting assets, and approval history can be automatically transferred to OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server for long-term retention. This gives legal, compliance, and operations teams a governed repository for final deliverables.

• Preserves the approved version as the official record
• Stores metadata such as project name, campaign, owner, approval date, and version number
• Supports retention policies and disposition controls
• Reduces risk of losing final assets across creative tools and shared drives

2. Creative Review Packages Pulled from OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server into Frame.io

Data flow: OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server → Frame.io

Marketing or communications teams often store source materials, scripts, brand guidelines, and legal references in OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server. Selected files can be pushed into Frame.io as a review package so editors and stakeholders can collaborate on the latest approved inputs without searching multiple systems.

• Speeds up creative kickoff and review cycles
• Ensures teams work from controlled source documents
• Reduces version confusion between content repository and review platform
• Improves handoff between brand, legal, and production teams

3. Approval Evidence and Audit Trail Captured in Enterprise Content Records

Data flow: Frame.io → OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server

Frame.io comments, approvals, and version history can be synchronized to OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server as supporting evidence for audit, compliance, or client signoff. This is especially useful for regulated industries or agencies that must prove who approved what and when.

• Creates a defensible record of review and approval activity
• Supports audit requests and internal governance reviews
• Links approval evidence to the final asset and project record
• Helps satisfy regulatory or contractual documentation requirements

4. Brand and Legal Review Workflow Across Creative and Governance Teams

Data flow: Bi-directional

A campaign video can be reviewed in Frame.io by creative teams while brand, legal, and compliance teams access related policy documents, disclaimers, and approval records in OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server. Status updates can flow between the platforms so stakeholders know when a video is ready for the next review stage.

• Coordinates review steps across departments
• Reduces email-based approval chasing
• Keeps governance documents linked to the creative asset
• Improves turnaround time for regulated content approvals

5. Publishing Approved Video Assets to Downstream Enterprise Systems

Data flow: Frame.io → OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server → downstream systems

After approval in Frame.io, the final video can be stored in OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server and then distributed to other enterprise systems such as intranets, portals, DAMs, or records systems. OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server acts as the controlled source of truth for the approved asset.

• Establishes a single governed master for approved media
• Supports controlled publishing to multiple business channels
• Reduces duplicate storage and unmanaged file sharing
• Improves consistency across customer-facing and internal channels

6. Project and Campaign Documentation Linked to Video Production Assets

Data flow: OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server → Frame.io

Campaign briefs, contracts, storyboards, release forms, and production notes can be managed in OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server and linked to the corresponding video project in Frame.io. This gives production teams immediate access to the business context behind each asset.

• Connects creative work to source documentation
• Improves traceability for rights, releases, and approvals
• Helps teams locate supporting documents without leaving the workflow
• Reduces delays caused by missing production references

7. Retention and Disposition of Completed Media Projects

Data flow: Frame.io → OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server

Once a video project is complete, all final files, review notes, and related records can be transferred from Frame.io into OpenText Extended ECM - Content Server for retention management. This is valuable for organizations that need to keep completed media projects for contractual, legal, or historical purposes.

• Applies enterprise retention schedules to completed projects
• Supports defensible disposition when content reaches end of life
• Keeps project records organized by campaign, client, or business unit
• Reduces dependency on creative platform storage for long-term archiving