diff --git a/attachment_metadata/__openerp__.py b/attachment_metadata/__openerp__.py
index 56105e5d0..23b3d6795 100644
--- a/attachment_metadata/__openerp__.py
+++ b/attachment_metadata/__openerp__.py
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@
 # @ 2015 Valentin CHEMIERE @ Akretion
 # License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html).
 
-{'name': 'Attachment Metadata',
- 'version': '8.0.1.0.0',
- 'author': 'Akretion,Odoo Community Association (OCA)',
- 'website': 'www.akretion.com',
- 'license': 'AGPL-3',
- 'category': 'Generic Modules',
- 'description': """
- Add some useful field to ir.attachment object like:
- internal and external hash for coherence verification
- """,
- 'depends': [
- ],
- 'data': [
-     'views/attachment_view.xml',
-     'security/ir.model.access.csv',
- ],
- 'installable': True,
- 'application': False,
- }
+{
+    'name': 'Attachment Metadata',
+    'version': '8.0.1.0.0',
+    'author': 'Akretion,Odoo Community Association (OCA)',
+    'website': 'www.akretion.com',
+    'license': 'AGPL-3',
+    'category': 'Generic Modules',
+    'depends': [
+    ],
+    'data': [
+        'views/attachment_view.xml',
+        'security/ir.model.access.csv',
+    ],
+    'installable': True,
+    'application': False,
+    'images': [],
+}
diff --git a/attachment_metadata/models/attachment.py b/attachment_metadata/models/attachment.py
index d27a43292..e21e29830 100644
--- a/attachment_metadata/models/attachment.py
+++ b/attachment_metadata/models/attachment.py
@@ -25,12 +25,27 @@ class IrAttachmentMetadata(models.Model):
     attachment_id = fields.Many2one(
         'ir.attachment', required=True, ondelete='cascade',
         help="Link to ir.attachment model ")
+    file_type = fields.Selection(
+        selection="_get_file_type",
+        string="File type",
+        help="The file type determines an import method to be used "
+        "to parse and transform data before their import in ERP")
 
     @api.depends('datas', 'external_hash')
     def _compute_hash(self):
-        if self.datas:
-            self.internal_hash = hashlib.md5(b64decode(self.datas)).hexdigest()
-        if self.external_hash and self.internal_hash != self.external_hash:
-            raise UserError(
-                _("File corrupted: Something was wrong with "
-                  "the retrieved file, please relaunch the task."))
+        for attachment in self:
+            if attachment.datas:
+                attachment.internal_hash = hashlib.md5(
+                    b64decode(self.datas)).hexdigest()
+            if attachment.external_hash and\
+               attachment.internal_hash != attachment.external_hash:
+                raise UserError(
+                    _("File corrupted: Something was wrong with "
+                      "the retrieved file, please relaunch the task."))
+
+    def _get_file_type(self):
+        """This is the method to be inherited for adding file types
+        The basic import do not apply any parsing or transform of the file.
+        The file is just added as an attachement
+        """
+        return [('basic_import', 'Basic import')]
diff --git a/attachment_metadata/views/attachment_view.xml b/attachment_metadata/views/attachment_view.xml
index 11e70172b..71ed3a2cd 100644
--- a/attachment_metadata/views/attachment_view.xml
+++ b/attachment_metadata/views/attachment_view.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,82 @@
             <field name="url" position="after">
                 <field name="internal_hash"/>
                 <field name="external_hash"/>
+                <field name="file_type"/>
             </field>
         </field>
     </record>
 
+     <record id="view_external_attachment_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
+        <field name="model">ir.attachment.metadata</field>
+        <field name="arch" type="xml">
+            <tree string="Attachments" >
+                <field name="name"/>
+                <field name="datas_fname"/>
+                <field name="file_type"/>
+            </tree>
+        </field>
+    </record>
+
+    <record id="view_external_attachment_search" model="ir.ui.view">
+    <field name="model">ir.attachment.metadata</field>
+    <field name="arch" type="xml">
+        <search string="Attachments">
+            <field name="name" filter_domain="['|', ('name','ilike',self), ('datas_fname','ilike',self)]" string="Attachment"/>
+            <field name="create_date"/>
+            <filter icon="terp-stage"
+                string="URL"
+                domain="[('type','=','url')]"/>
+            <filter icon="terp-stock_align_left_24"
+                string="Binary"
+                domain="[('type','=','binary')]"/>
+            <separator/>
+            <filter name="my_documents_filter" 
+                string="My Document(s)"
+                icon="terp-personal"
+                domain="[('create_uid','=',uid)]"
+                help="Filter on my documents"/>
+            <field name="create_uid"/>
+            <field name="type"/>
+            <group expand="0" string="Group By">
+                <filter string="Owner" icon="terp-personal" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'create_uid'}"/>
+                <filter string="Type" icon="terp-stock_symbol-selection" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'type'}" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
+                <filter string="Company" icon="terp-gtk-home" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'company_id'}" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
+                <filter string="Creation Month" icon="terp-go-month" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'create_date'}"/>
+                <filter string="File type" domain="[]" context="{'group_by': 'file_type'}"/>
+            </group>
+        </search>
+    </field>
+    </record>
+
+    <record id="action_attachment" model="ir.actions.act_window">
+    <field name="name">Meta data Attachments</field>
+    <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
+    <field name="res_model">ir.attachment.metadata</field>
+    <field name="view_type">form</field>
+    <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+    <field name="view_id" eval="False"/>
+    <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_external_attachment_search"/>
+    </record>
+
+    <record id="ir_attachment_view2" model="ir.actions.act_window.view">
+    <field eval="10" name="sequence"/>
+    <field name="view_mode">tree</field>
+    <field name="view_id" ref="view_external_attachment_tree"/>
+    <field name="act_window_id" ref="action_attachment"/>
+    </record>
+
+    <record id="ir_attachment_view3" model="ir.actions.act_window.view">
+    <field eval="10" name="sequence"/>
+    <field name="view_mode">form</field>
+    <field name="view_id" ref="view_attachment_improved_form"/>
+    <field name="act_window_id" ref="action_attachment"/>
+    </record>
+
+
+    <menuitem id="menu_ir_attachment" 
+    parent="base.next_id_9"
+    sequence="20"
+    action="action_attachment"/>
+
   </data>
 </openerp>
diff --git a/oca_dependencies.txt b/oca_dependencies.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2ebf74f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oca_dependencies.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+server-tools-file https://github.com/akretion/server-tools.git 8-file-loc
\ No newline at end of file