Content archival and retrieval

A computer-implemented method of archiving content from multiple, different types of enterprise applications in a central location, the method comprising:

• establishing, using multiple, different application connectors, connections with multiple, different enterprise applications operated by an organization, the multiple, different application connectors including at least:
• a first application connector configured to interface with a first type of enterprise application operated by the organization, and
• a second application connector configured to interface with a second type of enterprise application operated by the organization, the second type of enterprise application being different than the first type of enterprise application;
• establishing, using an archival system connector, a connection with a central archival system, the central archival system being configured to archive content from the multiple, different enterprise applications in a central location;
• receiving, over the connections established using the multiple, different application connectors, content to archive from the multiple, different enterprise applications;
• and
• controlling, by a computer system using the archival system connector, the central archival system to archive, in the central location, the content received from the multiple, different enterprise applications such that content from the first type of enterprise application is archived in the central location together with content from the second type of enterprise application,
• wherein controlling the central archival system to archive, in the central location, the content received from the multiple, different enterprise applications comprises:
• receiving user input defining a complex record type that includes information from the multiple, different enterprise applications;
• defining the complex record type based on the received user input;
• detecting an archival operation that uses the complex record type;
• in response to detection of the archival operation that uses the complex record type, identifying content needed from the multiple, different enterprise applications to populate the complex record type and identifying metadata needed from the multiple, different enterprise applications to populate the complex record type;
• accessing the identified content and the identified metadata;
• and
• controlling, by the computer system using the archival system connector, the central archival system to store, in a single record of the complex record type, the accessed content and the accessed metadata.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• establishing, using multiple, different application connectors, connections with multiple, different enterprise applications operated by an organization, the multiple, different application connectors including at least:
• a first application connector configured to interface with a first type of enterprise application operated by the organization, and
• a second application connector configured to interface with a second type of enterprise application operated by the organization, the second type of enterprise application being different than the first type of enterprise application;
• establishing, using an archival system connector, a connection with a central archival system, the central archival system being configured to archive content from the multiple, different enterprise applications in a central location;
• receiving, over the connections established using the multiple, different application connectors, content to archive from the multiple, different enterprise applications;
• and
• controlling, using the archival system connector, the central archival system to archive, in the central location, the content received from the multiple, different enterprise applications such that content from the first type of enterprise application is archived in the central location together with content from the second type of enterprise application,
• wherein controlling the central archival system to archive, in the central location, the content received from the multiple, different enterprise applications comprises:
• receiving user input defining a complex record type that includes information from the multiple, different enterprise applications;
• defining the complex record type based on the received user input;
• detecting an archival operation that uses the complex record type;
• in response to detection of the archival operation that uses the complex record type, identifying content needed from the multiple, different enterprise applications to populate the complex record type and identifying metadata needed from the multiple, different enterprise applications to populate the complex record type;
• accessing the identified content and the identified metadata;
• and
• controlling, using the archival system connector, the central archival system to store, in a single record of the complex record type, the accessed content and the accessed metadata.