59 Adding Assets to a Flex Family

This chapter contains procedures that support the remapping steps in Chapter 58, "Remapping."

This chapter contains the following sections:

59.1 Adding a New Attribute

If you define new attributes on the source system and associate them with an object that is or will be published, you must create the corresponding attributes in WebCenter Sites. Otherwise, objects associated with the attributes cannot be properly synchronized (or published).

To add a new attribute to WebCenter Sites

  1. Log in to the WebCenter Sites Admin interface as an administrator.

  2. Select the site in which the flex family for your source system is enabled.

  3. Select New from the top navigation bar.

  4. Select New SourceSystem Attribute from the list of options.

  5. When filling in fields in the SourceSystem Attribute form, fill in the following fields as explained below:

    • Value Type: Select a value type that is as close as possible to the corresponding attribute's data type on the source system. Although you can map any data type to a string, you gain flexibility by mapping to a similar data type. (For example, a date for a given locale cannot be modified for any other locale unless it is mapped to the date type.) If you are using Microsoft SharePoint, use Table 59-1, "Suggested Conversions for SharePoint Attributes" for suggested conversions.

    • Number of Values: If you are using Microsoft SharePoint and re-creating a multivalued attribute, select the multivalued option. For file systems, all attributes are single-valued.

  6. Save the attribute.

  7. Assign the attribute to the relevant flex parent definition or flex child definition.

    Figure 59-1 SharePoint Attributes

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    Table 59-1 Suggested Conversions for SharePoint Attributes

    SharePoint Attribute Type WebCenter Sites Attribute Type Multi-valued

    Single line of text

    string / text

    N/A

    Multiple lines of text

    string / text

    N/A

    Choice (menu to choose from)

    string

    single- or multi-valued, depending on selection

    Number (1, 1.0, 100)

    float

    N/A

    Currency ($, ¥, i)

    money

    N/A

    Date and Time

    date

    N/A

    Lookup (information already on this site)

    string

    single- or multi-valued, depending on selection

    Yes/No (check box)

    string

    N/A

    Person or Group

    string

    single- or multi-valued, depending on selection

    Hyperlink or Picture

    string

    N/A

    Calculated (calculation based on other columns

    string

    N/A

59.2 Adding a New Child Definition Asset

Note:

If you are creating a child definition asset with new attributes, create the attributes first (as shown below). You will assign them to the child definition asset during the procedure below.

To add a new child definition asset to WebCenter Sites

  1. Log in to the WebCenter Sites Admin interface as an administrator.

  2. Select the site in which the flex family is enabled.

  3. Select New from the top navigation bar.

  4. Select New SourceSystem Child Definition from the list of options and fill in the fields.

  5. Save the asset.