AE Title(s) of the Archive

Overview

Archive consists of following AE Titles by default :

Archive Version	Archive AE titles
version 5.13.2 and lower	DCM4CHEE DCM4CHEE_ADMIN DCM4CHEE_TRASH
version 5.13.3 and higher	AS_RECEIVED DCM4CHEE IOCM_REGULAR_USE IOCM_EXPIRED IOCM_QUALITY IOCM_PAT_SAFETY IOCM_WRONG_MWL
version 5.29.1 and higher	AS_RECEIVED DCM4CHEE IOCM_REGULAR_USE IOCM_EXPIRED IOCM_QUALITY IOCM_PAT_SAFETY IOCM_WRONG_MWL WORKLIST

Above AEs may be

• cloned : easy to create new AEs with required default settings, porting over configurations of an existing AE
• updated : rename existing AEs if for eg. DCM4CHEE by default is not to be used OR change any existing settings of AE

Alternatively, completely new AEs may be

• added : create new AE and add only minimalistic configuration changes to it, depending upon application requirements

Configuration using Archive UI

To clone an existing AE

1. Go to Menu -> Configuration page, Devices tab, use Edit device of dcm4chee-arc device.
2. Go to Child Objects -> Network AEs to view the list of available application entities of archive
3. Once the desired AE to be cloned is known, select Clone this Network AEs part
4. Rename the AE Title and Save

To update an existing AE

1. Go to Menu -> Configuration page, Devices tab, use Edit device of dcm4chee-arc device.
2. Go to Child Objects -> Network AEs to view the list of available application entities of archive
3. Once the desired existing AE to be updated is known, select it and expand Attributes
4. Rename the AE Title and Save.
5. Optionally, any other configuration settings may be changed to suit application needs

To create a new AE

Either

1. Go to Menu -> Configuration page, Devices tab, use Edit device of dcm4chee-arc device.
2. Go to Child Objects -> Network AEs and select + (Add new Network AEs)
3. Provide AE Title and select a Network Connection Reference and Save
4. In Child Objects, add Transfer Capabilities as required by application needs
5. In Extensions, add Network AE Extension and Save
6. Further, in Extensions of the Network AE Extension, select + (DICOM Archive Network AE related information)
7. If this AE shall be used for storage, select Object Storage ID and/or Metadata Storage ID as required
8. Select a Query Retrieve View ID of an appropriate Query Retrieve View and Save.

Or

1. Go to Menu -> Configuration page, AE List tab and Register new application entity by selecting + New AET.
2. On subsequent Register new application entity popup, using Select existing device, select archive device eg. dcm4chee-arc
3. Adding a new network connection and using it in the new AE does not work currently due to an existing issue
4. However, choose to select dicom from list of existing connections list for the new Network AE and Apply the changes.
5. To use the new created network AE as an archive AE, additional steps are required
6. Go to Menu -> Configuration page, Devices tab, use Edit device of dcm4chee-arc device.
7. Go to Child Objects -> Network AEs and select the new created AE.
8. In Child Objects, add Transfer Capabilities as required by application needs
9. Next, go to Extensions -> Network AE Extension and add Archive Network AE by selecting + (DICOM Archive Network AE related information).
10. If this AE shall be used for storage, select Object Storage ID and/or Metadata Storage ID as required
11. Select a Query Retrieve View ID of an appropriate Query Retrieve View and Save.

AE for Web Services

If the changed / cloned / new Application Entity shall be used also for accessing RESTful services, configure / clone new Web Application using existing pre-configured web applications and associate this new Application Entity Title in the Web Service Path and AE Title fields of the newly configured / cloned Web Application.