Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Administration Guide

ProcedureTo Set Up Subscriptions

  1. Log in to the Portal Server management console.

  2. Select the Portals tab.

  3. Select a portal server under Portals.

  4. Click the Subscriptions tab.

  5. Set the subscriptions level by choosing one of the following, and set the default values:

    • From the Select DN drop-down menu, choose TopLevel [Global].


      Note –

      Administering subscriptions at the TopLevel sets the system-wide default maximum number of subscriptions for each type, or for categories, discussions, and saved searches.


      Maximum number of Categories subscriptions

      Specifies the maximum number of categories that a user can subscribe to.

      Maximum number of Discussion subscriptions

      Specifies the maximum number of discussions that a user can subscribe to.

      Maximum number of Saved searches

      Specifies the maximum number of searches that can be saved.

    • From the Select DN drop-down menu, choose any Organization.


      Note –

      Administering Subscriptions at the Organization level overwrites the system-wide default maximum number of subscription per type (that is, for categories, discussions, and for saved searches).


      Profiler SMTP

      The host system that serves as the SMTP server to route Email notifications to the end users.

      Profiler Email

      Subscription profiler email address from which the user receives email notification. Email should be in the form ID@domain.

      Profiler Provider

      The URL of the Profiler channel that is used to render the content of the Email notification to the user. It should be in the form of http://HOST:PORT/portal/dt?

      provider=profiler&desktop.suid=UID_OF_AUTHLESSANONYMOUS_USER

      Profiler Default Search

      The URL of the default search server. Profiler Default Search is only used for backward compatibility with user profiles created with Portal Server 6.3.x. It should be in the format http://HOST:PORT/search1/search

      Profiler Max Hits

      The maximum number of result hits that any given end user subscriptions in the organization will see in email notification sent to a user. For example, if the value is 5, a saved search with a large scope like “*” is limited with five most relevant results.

      Maximum Category subscriptions

      The maximum number of categories that a user can subscribe to.

      Maximum Discussion subscriptions

      The maximum number of discussions that a user can subscribe to.

      Maximum Saved Searches

      The maximum number of searches the end user can save.

    • From the Select DN drop-down menu, choose any User.


      Note –

      Administering Subscriptions at the Organization User level edits user’s Subscriptions settings. The administrator can maintain the user’s service data.


      • Update user subscriptions

      • Delete user subscriptions

      Profiler Enabled

      Allows users to receive email notifications by selecting Enabled.

      For each type of subscription, add or remove subscriptions. The format of:

      Category subscription

      label | target category | scope | lapsed time | rating | server | database | status

      where

      label

      Refers to a logical reference given to the edited subscription and it must be a string. This is a required field.

      target category

      Must be of the string format ABC:DEF:GHI

      scope

      Refers to a search query and it must be of a string format that is a valid search string, including search operators.

      lapsed time

      Must be one of the following numbers:

      • 0 = forever

      • 1 = since yesterday

      • 7 = since last week

      • 30 = since last month

      • 180 = since last 6 months

      • 365 = since last year

      rating

      This is the minimum rating that a matching document should be to be selected as a match for the subscription.

      Values are number

      • –1 = irrelevant

      • 0 = routine

      • 1 = interesting

      • 2 = important

      • 3 = must read

      server

      This is the URL of the search server that will be queried to find content matching subscription's criteria.

      database

      Target search server database where subscription searches for potential matches. This is a single value database.

      status

      Boolean value that marks whether the subscriptions is active or inactive.

      • Active means the subscriptions is to be evaluated.

      • Inactive means the subscriptions is dormant.

      Discussions subscriptions

      label | target discussion | scope | lapsed time | rating | server | database | status

      where:

      label

      Refers to a logical reference given to the edited subscription and it must be a string. This is a required field.

      target discussion

      Parent node of the discussion thread from which subscriptions will try to find matching content for other defined criteria.

      scope

      Refers to a search query. scope must be a string format that is a valid search string, including search operators.

      lapsed time

      Must be one of the following numbers:

      • 0 = forever

      • 7 = since last week

      • 30 = since last month

      • 180 = since last 6 months

      • 365 = since last year

      rating

      This is the minimum rating that a matching document should be to be selected as a match for the subscription.

      Values are number

      • –1 = irrelevant

      • 0 = routine

      • 1 = interesting

      • 2 = important

      • 3 = must read

      server

      This is the URL of the search server that will be queried to find content matching subscription's criteria.

      database

      Target search server database where subscription searches for potential matches. This is a single value database.

      status

      Boolean value that marks whether the subscriptions is active or inactive.

      • Active means the subscriptions is to be evaluated.

      • Inactive means the subscriptions is dormant.

      Saved searches

      label | scope | lapsed time | rating | server | database | status

      where

      label

      Refers to a logical reference given to the edited subscription and it must be a string. This is a required field.

      scope

      Refers to a search query and if must be of a string format that is a valid search string, including search operators.

      lapsed time

      Must be one of the following numbers:

      • 0 = forever

      • 1 = since yesterday

      • 7 = since last week

      • 30 = since last month

      • 180 = since last 6 months

      • 365 = since last year

      rating

      This is the minimum rating that a matching document should be to be selected as a match for the subscription.

      Values are number

      • –1 = irrelevant

      • 0 = routine

      • 1 = interesting

      • 2 = important

      • 3 = must read

      server

      This is the URL of the search server that will be queried to find content matching subscription's criteria.

      database

      Target search server database where subscription searches for potential matches. This is a single value database.

      status

      Boolean value that marks whether the subscriptions is active or inactive.

      • Active means the subscriptions is to be evaluated.

      • Inactive means the subscriptions is dormant.

  6. Click Save.

Equivalent psadmin Command

psadmin set-attribute