Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in This Guide

• New and Changed Features in 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0)
• Deprecation Notice

Part I Administering WebCenter Sites

1 Overview

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Online Sites
• 1.3 CM Sites
• 1.4 Configuration Components
  • 1.4.1 CM Site Definition
  • 1.4.2 Data Model
  • 1.4.3 Users and Their Table-Level Permissions
  • 1.4.4 Roles
  • 1.4.5 Start Menus
  • 1.4.6 Workflow Processes
  • 1.4.7 Publishing System
  • 1.4.8 User Interface Options
• 1.5 Summary
• 1.6 Content Management Models
  • 1.6.1 1:1 Model
  • 1.6.2 1:n Model
  • 1.6.3 x:n Model
• 1.7 Oracle WebCenter Sites Environment
• 1.8 Administrator's Job
  • 1.8.1 Collaborating
  • 1.8.2 Planning
  • 1.8.3 Development
    • 1.8.3.1 At the Development System
    • 1.8.3.2 At the Management System
    • 1.8.3.3 At the Delivery System
    • 1.8.3.4 At the Testing System
  • 1.8.4 Implementation
• 1.9 The Focus of This Guide
• 1.10 Administrator's Prerequisites

2 Administrator's Interface

• 2.1 Types of WebCenter Sites Administrators
• 2.2 Logging in to the Administrator's Interface
• 2.3 Administrator Tabs
  • 2.3.1 Admin Tab
  • 2.3.2 Site Admin Tab
  • 2.3.3 Workflow Tab
• 2.4 Non-Administrative Tabs
• 2.5 System Defaults
• 2.6 Sample Sites

3 Site Configuration Guidelines

• 3.1 Overview
• 3.2 Site Replication Option
• 3.3 Site Configuration Steps
  • 3.3.1 Assumptions
  • 3.3.2 Pre-Configuration Decisions
  • 3.3.3 Configuration Steps at the Development System
  • 3.3.4 Configuration Steps at the Management System

4 Working with ACLs and Roles

• 4.1 Overview
• 4.2 ACLs
  • 4.2.1 System ACLs
  • 4.2.2 Sample ACLs
  • 4.2.3 Custom ACLs
• 4.3 Working with ACLs
  • 4.3.1 Creating a New ACL
  • 4.3.2 Editing a Custom ACL
  • 4.3.3 Deleting a Custom ACL
  • 4.3.4 Assigning ACLs to Custom Tables
  • 4.3.5 Assigning ACLs to WebCenter Sites Pages (SiteCatalog Page Entries)
  • 4.3.6 Setting the ACL Restriction Error Message
• 4.4 Roles
  • 4.4.1 System Roles
  • 4.4.2 Sample Roles
  • 4.4.3 Custom Roles
• 4.5 Working with Roles
  • 4.5.1 Creating a Role
  • 4.5.2 Editing a Role
  • 4.5.3 Deleting a Role

5 Configuring Users, Profiles, and Attributes

• 5.1 Overview
• 5.2 User Management Options
  • 5.2.1 Native WebCenter Sites User Manager
  • 5.2.2 LDAP Plug-In
• 5.3 Configuring Users in WebCenter Sites
• 5.4 Working with User Accounts
  • 5.4.1 Creating a New User
  • 5.4.2 Creating Common User Types
    • 5.4.2.1 Making the User a General Administrator
    • 5.4.2.2 Making the User a Site Administrator
    • 5.4.2.3 Making the User a Workflow Administrator
    • 5.4.2.4 Making the User a Content Contributor
  • 5.4.3 Editing a User
  • 5.4.4 Deleting a User from the System
• 5.5 Working with User Profiles and User Attributes
  • 5.5.1 Creating and Editing a User Profile
  • 5.5.2 Deleting a User Profile
  • 5.5.3 Modifying, Adding, and Deleting User Attributes

6 Setting Up External Security

• 6.1 Overview
  • 6.1.1 ACLs and Security
  • 6.1.2 DefaultReader, secure.CatalogManager, and secure.TreeManager
  • 6.1.3 BlobServer and Security
  • 6.1.4 Security Goals
    • 6.1.4.1 Security Goals for the Development System
    • 6.1.4.2 Security Goals for the Management System
    • 6.1.4.3 Security Goals for the Delivery System
• 6.2 Implementing Security
  • 6.2.1 Properties That Configure Security Settings
  • 6.2.2 Users and Passwords
  • 6.2.3 SSL and Digital Certification
  • 6.2.4 URLs and the Web Server (Delivery System Only)
  • 6.2.5 WebCenter Sites Forms and Pages (Delivery System Only)
• 6.3 Testing Security

7 Implementing Security Using Cryptography and Encryption Key Storage

• 7.1 WebCenter Sites Security Overview
• 7.2 Considerations for External Key Stores
• 7.3 The SitesSecurityContext.xml Configuration File
• 7.4 Mixed Credential Stores
• 7.5 Sites Security Utilities
• 7.6 Using Java JCEKS Key Stores
• 7.7 ESAPI Security Validation

8 Assembling Content Management Sites

• 8.1 Working with Sites
  • 8.1.1 Creating a Site
  • 8.1.2 Obtaining Site Configuration Information
  • 8.1.3 Editing a Site
  • 8.1.4 Deleting a Site
• 8.2 Assigning and Managing Site Users
  • 8.2.1 Granting Users Access to a Site (Assigning Roles to Users)
  • 8.2.2 Viewing Site Users and Reassigning Roles
  • 8.2.3 Deleting Users from a Site
• 8.3 Enabling and Managing Asset Types
  • 8.3.1 Enabling Asset Types for a Site
  • 8.3.2 Removing Asset Types from a Site
• 8.4 Enabling and Managing User Interfaces

9 Managing Access to Content Management Site Components

• 9.1 Overview
• 9.2 Managing Access to Asset Types via Start Menus
  • 9.2.1 Start Menu Items
  • 9.2.2 Creating Start Menu Items
    • 9.2.2.1 Creating New Start Menu Items
    • 9.2.2.2 Creating Search Start Menu Items
    • 9.2.2.3 Editing Start Menu Items
    • 9.2.2.4 Creating Start Menu Items for Sites Desktop
    • 9.2.2.5 Creating Start Menu Items for Sites DocLink
    • 9.2.2.6 Displaying a List of All Start Menu Items
• 9.3 Setting Access Permissions to Assets
  • 9.3.1 Permission Structure
  • 9.3.2 Types of Authorization
  • 9.3.3 Summary
  • 9.3.4 Setting Access Permissions
    • 9.3.4.1 Asset Toolbar
    • 9.3.4.2 Setting Access Permissions from the Administrator's Interface
    • 9.3.4.3 Setting Access Permissions from Property Files
• 9.4 Configuring Other Options for Asset Types
• 9.5 Managing Access to the Tree (Administrator's interface only)
  • 9.5.1 Displaying and Hiding the Tree
  • 9.5.2 Creating Tree Tabs
    • 9.5.2.1 Creating a New Tree Tab
    • 9.5.2.2 Creating the 'Workflow Groups' Tab
  • 9.5.3 Editing Tree Tabs
  • 9.5.4 Deleting Tree Tabs
  • 9.5.5 Changing Tree Tab Order
  • 9.5.6 Configuring the Number of Items Displayed Under Nodes on Tabs

10 Creating and Managing Workflow Processes

• 10.1 Overview
  • 10.1.1 Workflow Participants
  • 10.1.2 Workflow States
  • 10.1.3 Workflow Steps: Moving Assets from State to State
    • 10.1.3.1 How Steps Work
    • 10.1.3.2 Step Actions and Conditions
  • 10.1.4 Multiple Paths for the Asset
  • 10.1.5 Managing Deadlocks
    • 10.1.5.1 Resolving Deadlocks
    • 10.1.5.2 Preventing Deadlocks
    • 10.1.5.3 Notifying Participants When Deadlocks Occur
  • 10.1.6 Workflow Groups
    • 10.1.6.1 Using Workflow Groups
    • 10.1.6.2 Adding a Synchronize Step
    • 10.1.6.3 Managing Group Deadlocks
  • 10.1.7 Delegating and Clearing Assignments
  • 10.1.8 Placing an Asset in Workflow
  • 10.1.9 Restricting Access to Assets While They Are in Workflow
    • 10.1.9.1 Function Privileges and Step Actions
    • 10.1.9.2 Function Privileges: All or None
  • 10.1.10 Deadlines
    • 10.1.10.1 Setting and Overriding State Deadlines
    • 10.1.10.2 Setting Process Deadlines
  • 10.1.11 Scheduling a Deadline Calculation
  • 10.1.12 How Does a Workflow Process End?
  • 10.1.13 Roles Required to Configure Workflow Processes
• 10.2 Planning Your Workflow Processes
  • 10.2.1 Start with a Sketch
  • 10.2.2 Determine Roles and Participants
    • 10.2.2.1 Planning Roles
    • 10.2.2.2 Selecting Individual Participants
    • 10.2.2.3 Cross-Site Assignments and Participants
  • 10.2.3 Determine the Email Objects, Actions, and Conditions
    • 10.2.3.1 About Email Objects
    • 10.2.3.2 About Timed Actions
    • 10.2.3.3 About Delegate Actions
    • 10.2.3.4 About Step Actions
    • 10.2.3.5 About Step Conditions
    • 10.2.3.6 About Deadlock Actions
    • 10.2.3.7 About Group Deadlock Actions
  • 10.2.4 Determine the States
  • 10.2.5 Determine the Steps
  • 10.2.6 Determine the Function Privileges
    • 10.2.6.1 Planning Function Privileges
    • 10.2.6.2 Implementing Simplified Access Control
  • 10.2.7 Determine Additional Workflow Process Details
• 10.3 Configuring Your Workflow Processes
  • 10.3.1 Overview
  • 10.3.2 Setting Up Email Objects
    • 10.3.2.1 Enabling the Email Feature
    • 10.3.2.2 Creating Email Objects
    • 10.3.2.3 Editing Email Objects
    • 10.3.2.4 Deleting Email Objects
  • 10.3.3 Setting Up the Actions and Conditions
    • 10.3.3.1 Creating Actions and Conditions
    • 10.3.3.2 Configuring Approve for Publish Step Actions
    • 10.3.3.3 Editing Actions and Conditions
    • 10.3.3.4 Deleting Actions and Conditions
  • 10.3.4 Setting Up the Timed Action Event
  • 10.3.5 Setting Up the States
    • 10.3.5.1 Creating Workflow States
    • 10.3.5.2 Editing Workflow States
    • 10.3.5.3 Deleting Workflow States
  • 10.3.6 Setting Up the Workflow Processes
    • 10.3.6.1 Creating Workflow Processes
    • 10.3.6.2 Editing Workflow Processes
    • 10.3.6.3 Editing Steps
    • 10.3.6.4 Editing Function Privileges
    • 10.3.6.5 Copying Workflow Processes
    • 10.3.6.6 Deleting Workflow Processes
    • 10.3.6.7 Deleting Steps
    • 10.3.6.8 Deleting Function Privileges
  • 10.3.7 Testing Your Workflow Process
• 10.4 Moving Your Work
• 10.5 Clearing Workflow Assignments

11 Replicating Content Management Sites

• 11.1 Site Launcher Overview
• 11.2 Preparing for Replication
  • 11.2.1 Ensuring the Source Site Meets Replication Requirements
  • 11.2.2 Planning the New Site
    • 11.2.2.1 Copying vs. Sharing
    • 11.2.2.2 Naming Assets
    • 11.2.2.3 Planning Users
    • 11.2.2.4 Choosing the Replication Time
• 11.3 Site Replication Steps
  • 11.3.1 Ensure that Replication Requirements Are Satisfied
  • 11.3.2 Enable the Source Site for Site Launcher
  • 11.3.3 Replicate the Source Site
• 11.4 Post-Replication Tasks and Guidelines

12 Publishing with Oracle WebCenter Sites

• 12.1 Overview
• 12.2 Publishing Methods
• 12.3 Publishing Destinations
• 12.4 The Approval System
• 12.5 The Publishing Schedule
• 12.6 What Happens During a Publishing Session?
• 12.7 Obtaining Information About a Publishing Session

13 The Approval System

• 13.1 Overview
• 13.2 A Brief Look at Dependency Analysis
• 13.3 Terms and Definitions
  • 13.3.1 Approval: Intent to Publish vs. Permission to Publish
  • 13.3.2 Approval Dependencies
    • 13.3.2.1 Examples of Approval Dependencies
    • 13.3.2.2 Summary
  • 13.3.3 Approval States
• 13.4 Rules for Dependency Analysis
• 13.5 Approval Dependencies and Parent-Child Relationships
• 13.6 Export to Disk Publishing
  • 13.6.1 Evaluating Approval Dependencies
  • 13.6.2 Test Rendering
• 13.7 Mirror to Server Publishing and Export to XML
• 13.8 Ensuring Version-Matched Content
• 13.9 Exists-Exact Dependencies in Mirror to Server and Export to XML Publishing
• 13.10 Exists-Exact Dependencies in Export to Disk Publishing
• 13.11 Exists/Exact Dependency Rules
  • 13.11.1 Basic Asset Types
  • 13.11.2 CSElement and SiteEntry Assets
  • 13.11.3 Flex Families
  • 13.11.4 Oracle WebCenter Sites: Engage Visitor Data Assets
• 13.12 Evaluating Published Content
• 13.13 Putting It All Together
• 13.14 Reference: Approval States

14 Various Topics in Export to Disk Publishing and the Approval Process

• 14.1 Export to Disk Publishing Terminology
  • 14.1.1 Page
  • 14.1.2 Publish Key
  • 14.1.3 Publish Queue
  • 14.1.4 Primary Asset
• 14.2 Approvals and Export to Disk Publishing
  • 14.2.1 Approval Template
  • 14.2.2 Approval Queue
  • 14.2.3 Approval Dependencies
• 14.3 Export to Disk Publishing
  • 14.3.1 Publish-Time Template
  • 14.3.2 Starting Points
  • 14.3.3 Compositional Dependencies
• 14.4 Frequently Asked Questions
• 14.5 Behavior and Functionality
  • 14.5.1 Example 1: Template Dependencies
  • 14.5.2 Example 2: Reference Dependencies
• 14.6 Approval and Publish-Time Templates: What Happens When They Differ?
  • 14.6.1 Example 1
  • 14.6.2 Example 2
  • 14.6.3 Example 3
• 14.7 Sample Templates

15 The Export to Disk Publishing Process

• 15.1 Rendering Export to Disk Pages
• 15.2 How Export to Disk Publishing Works
• 15.3 Path Naming Convention
  • 15.3.1 Export Path Variables and SIMPLEDIR
  • 15.3.2 Export Path Construction
    • 15.3.2.1 Forced Export Path
    • 15.3.2.2 Export Path for Page Assets
    • 15.3.2.3 Export Path for Assets Other than Page
    • 15.3.2.4 Sample Export Paths
  • 15.3.3 Paths for Links Within Exported Files
  • 15.3.4 File Naming Conventions
  • 15.3.5 Export Starting Points
• 15.4 Configuring Your System for Export to Disk Publishing
  • 15.4.1 Create the Batch User Account (If One Does Not Exist)
  • 15.4.2 Specify the Root Export Directory
  • 15.4.3 Configure an Export Destination
  • 15.4.4 Map a URL Prefix for Your Web Server
  • 15.4.5 Create the Export Starting Points
  • 15.4.6 Approve Your Assets
  • 15.4.7 Publish and Test the Results
  • 15.4.8 Set Up the Schedule

16 The Mirror to Server Publishing Process

• 16.1 How Mirror to Server Publishing Works
• 16.2 Before Configuring Mirror to Server Publishing
  • 16.2.1 Users and Mirror to Server Publishing
  • 16.2.2 CacheManager
  • 16.2.3 Configuring a Mirror Destination
  • 16.2.4 When to Use Mirror Destination Configuration
• 16.3 Configuring Your System for Mirror to Server Publishing
  • 16.3.1 Create the Batch User Account (If One Does Not Exist)
  • 16.3.2 Set Up the Destination System
  • 16.3.3 Identify the Mirror User to the Source System
  • 16.3.4 Identify the Local Proxy Server to the Source System (If One Exists)
  • 16.3.5 Create a Mirror Destination
  • 16.3.6 Initialize the Destination
  • 16.3.7 Configure the Mirror Destination
  • 16.3.8 Approve Your Assets
  • 16.3.9 Publish the Assets
  • 16.3.10 Test the Results
  • 16.3.11 Set Up the Schedule
  • 16.3.12 Turn Off Asset Invalidation on the Delivery System
• 16.4 Approval Query for Performance Enhancement
• 16.5 Retrieving Logs From Delivery WebCenter Sites Systems

17 The Export Assets to XML Publishing Process

• 17.1 The Export Assets to XML Publishing Method
  • 17.1.1 The XML Output
  • 17.1.2 File Naming Conventions for Export Assets to XML
• 17.2 Configuring Your System for Export Assets to XML
  • 17.2.1 Create the Batch User Account (If One Does Not Exist)
  • 17.2.2 Specify the Root Export Directory
  • 17.2.3 Configure an Export Assets to XML Destination
  • 17.2.4 Approve Your Assets
  • 17.2.5 Publish and Test the Results
  • 17.2.6 Set Up the Schedule

18 Additional Publishing Procedures

• 18.1 Migrating a Site from One System to Another
  • 18.1.1 Moving a Site from a Development System to a Management System
  • 18.1.2 Moving a Site to a Delivery System
• 18.2 Approving Multiple Assets
• 18.3 Creating Destinations
• 18.4 Editing Destinations
• 18.5 Deleting Destinations
• 18.6 Creating Export Starting Points
• 18.7 Scheduling Publish Events
• 18.8 Reading the Schedule Abbreviations
• 18.9 Editing Publish Events
• 18.10 Overriding the Schedule
• 18.11 Assigning Approval or Preview Templates
• 18.12 Monitoring Sessions in the Publishing Console
• 18.13 Verifying Publishing Readiness
• 18.14 Managing Publishing History Information
• 18.15 Publishing All Approved Assets
• 18.16 Troubleshooting
  • 18.16.1 About Publishing System Error Messages
  • 18.16.2 Numeric Messages
    • 18.16.2.1 -2
    • 18.16.2.2 -3
    • 18.16.2.3 -103
    • 18.16.2.4 -611
    • 18.16.2.5 -612
    • 18.16.2.6 -12011
    • 18.16.2.7 -12044
    • 18.16.2.8 -12045
    • 18.16.2.9 -12046
    • 18.16.2.10 -12047
    • 18.16.2.11 -13054
    • 18.16.2.12 -13055
  • 18.16.3 Other Indicators of System or Configuration Issues
    • 18.16.3.1 Publishing Session Does Not End and Displays an Odd Status
    • 18.16.3.2 The System Stops Altogether
    • 18.16.3.3 Pages Are Not Refreshed After the Publishing Session Ends
    • 18.16.3.4 DB2 Systems, Troubles When Publishing Assets with Associations

19 RealTime Publishing Overview

• 19.1 Overview
• 19.2 How RealTime Publishing Works

20 Configuring the RealTime Publishing Process

• 20.1 Overview
• 20.2 Configuring Your System for RealTime Publishing
  • 20.2.1 Create the Batch User Account (If One Does Not Exist)
  • 20.2.2 Set Up the Destination System
  • 20.2.3 If a Proxy Server Exists, Identify it to the Source System
  • 20.2.4 Create a RealTime Destination Definition on the Source System
  • 20.2.5 Initialize the Destination Database
  • 20.2.6 Mirror the Site Configuration Data to the Destination Database
  • 20.2.7 Test the Publishing Process
    • 20.2.7.1 Approve Assets
    • 20.2.7.2 Publish the Assets
  • 20.2.8 Test the Published Site
  • 20.2.9 Set Up the Schedule
  • 20.2.10 Turn Off Asset Invalidation on the Delivery System
• 20.3 Adding a New RealTime Destination Definition
• 20.4 Synchronizing Site Configuration Data
• 20.5 Performance Enhancement

21 Working with RealTime Publishing Modes

• 21.1 Complete and Delayed Publishing
• 21.2 Publish Console
• 21.3 Working with Active Publishing Sessions
  • 21.3.1 Monitoring a Publishing Session
  • 21.3.2 Resuming a Delayed Publishing Session
  • 21.3.3 Canceling a Publishing Session
• 21.4 Working with Scheduled Publishing Sessions
• 21.5 Working with Prior Publishing Sessions
  • 21.5.1 Viewing Past Publishing Sessions
  • 21.5.2 Redoing a Publishing Session
• 21.6 Working with Publishing Logs
  • 21.6.1 Viewing and Searching Logs
  • 21.6.2 Downloading Logs
  • 21.6.3 Deleting Publish History

22 On Demand Publishing and Asset Unapproval

• 22.1 Using On-Demand Publishing
• 22.2 Unapproving Selected Assets from a Publishing Session

23 Configuring the User Interfaces

• 23.1 Setting the Locale for the WebCenter Sites Interfaces
  • 23.1.1 System Default Locale for the WebCenter Sites Users
  • 23.1.2 System Locale Properties
  • 23.1.3 Single-Language Restrictions
  • 23.1.4 Locale and Asset Types
  • 23.1.5 Locale and the Article Asset Type
• 23.2 Sites Desktop
  • 23.2.1 Overview
    • 23.2.1.1 Sources of Data for a Word Asset
    • 23.2.1.2 Preserving the Formatting of the Word Data
  • 23.2.2 Configuring the Word Asset Types for Sites Desktop
    • 23.2.2.1 Enabling Asset Types for Sites Desktop
    • 23.2.2.2 Specifying Which Fields Are on the WebCenter Sites Toolbar
    • 23.2.2.3 Creating Sites Desktop Start Menu Items
  • 23.2.3 User Accounts and Sites Desktop
  • 23.2.4 Installing the Sites Desktop Client Application
  • 23.2.5 Specifying Locale for the Client Application
  • 23.2.6 Testing the Sites Desktop Configuration
  • 23.2.7 Configuring Word Templates for the Word Assets
• 23.3 Sites DocLink
  • 23.3.1 Overview
  • 23.3.2 Configuring the Sites DocLink Asset Types
    • 23.3.2.1 Enabling Asset Types for Sites DocLink
    • 23.3.2.2 Specifying Which Fields Are Available in Sites DocLink
    • 23.3.2.3 Creating Sites DocLink Start Menu Items
  • 23.3.3 Users and Sites DocLink
  • 23.3.4 Installing the Sites DocLink Client Application
  • 23.3.5 Testing the Sites DocLink Configuration
• 23.4 Web Mode
• 23.5 Maintaining Separate Browser Sessions for Preview

24 Configuring Vanity URLs

• 24.1 WebRoots
• 24.2 Generating Vanity URLs
  • 24.2.1 Configuring Auto-Generated URLs
  • 24.2.2 Working with URL Patterns
    • 24.2.2.1 Functions
    • 24.2.2.2 Examples of Using Patterns
    • 24.2.2.3 Deleting Patterns
  • 24.2.3 Publishing URL Patterns
• 24.3 Using Vanity URL with System Tools
  • 24.3.1 Viewing All Vanity URLs
  • 24.3.2 Resolving Vanity URL Conflicts Using System Tools
• 24.4 Resolving Vanity URLs Using a Rewriter Filter
• 24.5 Vanity URL for Mobile Sites
• 24.6 Using the Web Server with Vanity URLs
• 24.7 Using mod_rewrite with Vanity URLs
  • 24.7.1 Setting Up mod_rewrite
  • 24.7.2 Converting with mod_rewrite
  • 24.7.3 Using the Sites Filter with mod_rewrite
  • 24.7.4 Using the Rewriter Filter with mod_rewrite
  • 24.7.5 Using Static Content with mod_rewrite

25 Configuring the Lucene Search Engine

• 25.1 Overview
  • 25.1.1 Indexing for Search Functions
  • 25.1.2 WebCenter Sites Search Functions
• 25.2 Setting Up Search Indices
  • 25.2.1 Enabling the Lucene Search Engine
  • 25.2.2 Adding Asset Types to the Search Index
  • 25.2.3 Configuring Attributes for Asset Type Index
  • 25.2.4 Binary File Indexing
    • 25.2.4.1 Enabling Indexing of Binary Files
    • 25.2.4.2 Disabling Indexing of Binary Files
• 25.3 Disabling the Lucene Search Engine
• 25.4 Maintaining Search Indexes
  • 25.4.1 Pausing and Resuming Indexing
    • 25.4.1.1 Pausing Global and Asset Type Indexing
    • 25.4.1.2 Resuming Global and Asset Type Indexing
  • 25.4.2 Re-indexing
  • 25.4.3 Deleting Index Data
• 25.5 Writing Code that Queries the Search Index

26 Revision Tracking

• 26.1 Overview
  • 26.1.1 Tracker Tables and Storage Directories
  • 26.1.2 The RTInfo Table
  • 26.1.3 Revision Tracking and the Two Asset Models
  • 26.1.4 Implicit vs. Explicit Checkin and Explicit Checkout
  • 26.1.5 Revision Tracking and Non-Asset Tables
  • 26.1.6 How Many Versions?
• 26.2 Enabling Revision Tracking
  • 26.2.1 Enabling Revision Tracking for Assets
  • 26.2.2 Enabling Revision Tracking for Non-Asset Tables
  • 26.2.3 Editing Revision Tracking Settings
    • 26.2.3.1 Changing the Root Storage Directory
    • 26.2.3.2 Changing the Number of Revisions
• 26.3 Disabling Revision Tracking
• 26.4 Unlocking Revisions

27 inCache Framework

• 27.1 What is inCache?
• 27.2 How inCache Works
• 27.3 Restarting a Node
• 27.4 Page Regeneration During RealTime Publishing
• 27.5 Double-Buffered Caching
• 27.6 inCache Features for Remote Satellite Server
  • 27.6.1 Page Propagation
  • 27.6.2 Page Regeneration in Background
• 27.7 Summary
• 27.8 Next Steps

28 inCache for Page Caching

• 28.1 Overview
• 28.2 Configuring Your System for inCache Page Caching
• 28.3 Tuning Options
  • 28.3.1 Striping the Disk Cache
  • 28.3.2 Configuring for Page Regeneration During RealTime Publishing
  • 28.3.3 Setting Up Page Propagation
    • 28.3.3.1 Enabling Page Propagation
    • 28.3.3.2 Setting Up Page Propagation on Restart
  • 28.3.4 Configuring for Pagelet Regeneration in Background

29 inCache for Asset Caching

• 29.1 Introduction to Asset Caching
• 29.2 AssetCache Container
• 29.3 Asset Caching Operations
  • 29.3.1 Asset Loading
  • 29.3.2 Comparing Asset Caching with inCache Page Caching
  • 29.3.3 Flushing AssetCache
• 29.4 Types of Asset Caching
• 29.5 Customizing Asset Caching
• 29.6 Disabling Asset Caching
• 29.7 Cache Management Tool

30 System Tools

• 30.1 Configure log4j
  • 30.1.1 Setting Up Apache log4j
  • 30.1.2 Viewing Loggers
  • 30.1.3 Changing Logger Levels
  • 30.1.4 Adding New Loggers
• 30.2 System Information
  • 30.2.1 WebCenter Sites Information
  • 30.2.2 Database Information
  • 30.2.3 Thread Information
• 30.3 Cache Management
• 30.4 Cache Management - CAS Cache
  • 30.4.1 Summary
  • 30.4.2 Cluster Info
• 30.5 Cache Management - Resultset Cache
  • 30.5.1 Enabling and Configuring Resultset Caching over inCache
  • 30.5.2 Summary
  • 30.5.3 Cluster Info
• 30.6 Cache Management - Sites Cache
  • 30.6.1 Summary
  • 30.6.2 Page Cache
  • 30.6.3 Dependency
  • 30.6.4 Asset Cache
  • 30.6.5 URL Cache
  • 30.6.6 Cluster Info
• 30.7 Cache Management - Co-Res Cache
  • 30.7.1 Summary
  • 30.7.2 Page Cache
  • 30.7.3 Dependency
  • 30.7.4 URL Cache
  • 30.7.5 Cluster Info
• 30.8 Log Viewer
  • 30.8.1 Viewing the Log
  • 30.8.2 Tailing the Log
  • 30.8.3 Downloading the Log
  • 30.8.4 Searching the Log
• 30.9 File System Test
• 30.10 Slots
• 30.11 URL
• 30.12 Purge Voided Assets

31 System Defaults

• 31.1 ACLs
  • 31.1.1 Permissions
  • 31.1.2 Accessing ACLs
• 31.2 System ACLs
• 31.3 ACLs of Default Users
• 31.4 Required ACLs for Custom Users
• 31.5 System Roles
• 31.6 System Asset Types
• 31.7 Default Tree Tabs

32 System Data: WebCenter Sites Database

• 32.1 Cache Management Tables
• 32.2 Approval System Tables
• 32.3 Publishing System Tables
• 32.4 Workflow Tables
• 32.5 Basic Asset Tables
• 32.6 Flex Asset Tables
• 32.7 Visitor Tables (Oracle WebCenter Sites: Engage)
  • 32.7.1 Managing the Attribute Tables
  • 32.7.2 Managing the Session Objects Table (scratch)
  • 32.7.3 Deleting Unnecessary .class Files

33 Managing Users, Sites, and Roles in LDAP-Integrated Sites Systems

• 33.1 Overview
  • 33.1.1 LDAP Schema
  • 33.1.2 LDAP Connectivity for Site and Role Management
  • 33.1.3 LDAP Users and Their Permissions to LDAP Servers
  • 33.1.4 LDAP-Integrated Operations
• 33.2 User Management Operations
  • 33.2.1 Creating an ACL
  • 33.2.2 Editing an ACL
  • 33.2.3 Deleting an ACL
  • 33.2.4 Assigning ACLs to Tables
  • 33.2.5 Assigning ACLs to WebCenter Sites Pages (Site Catalog Page Entries)
  • 33.2.6 Creating a User (Granting ACLs for Access Privileges)
  • 33.2.7 Editing a User
  • 33.2.8 Deleting a User
  • 33.2.9 Creating/Editing a User Profile
  • 33.2.10 Deleting a User Profile
  • 33.2.11 Creating User Attributes
  • 33.2.12 Editing/Deleting User Attributes
• 33.3 Site and Role Management Operations
  • 33.3.1 Operations with Flat-Schema LDAP Servers
  • 33.3.2 Operations with Hierarchical-Schema LDAP Servers
  • 33.3.3 Creating a Site
  • 33.3.4 Editing a Site
  • 33.3.5 Deleting a Site
  • 33.3.6 Granting Users Access to Sites
  • 33.3.7 Removing Users' Access to Sites
  • 33.3.8 Creating a Role
  • 33.3.9 Editing a Role
  • 33.3.10 Deleting a Role

Part II Administering the Web Experience Management Framework

34 Web Experience Management Framework

• 34.1 Overview
• 34.2 Administrative Roles and Permissions
  • 34.2.1 General Administrator
  • 34.2.2 Site Administrator
  • 34.2.3 All Administrators
• 34.3 WebCenter Sites Applications
• 34.4 Sample Sites

35 Getting Started

• 35.1 Logging In and 'Quick Tour'
• 35.2 Next Steps

36 Creating and Authorizing Users

• 36.1 Creating Users
• 36.2 Authorizing Users to Work with Applications
• 36.3 Authorizing a Predefined User
• 36.4 Authorizing Developers to Register Applications
• 36.5 Ask Your Developers
  • 36.5.1 Resources and Applications
  • 36.5.2 Roles and Applications
  • 36.5.3 Predefined Users

37 Configuring REST Security

• 37.1 REST Authorization
  • 37.1.1 Security Model
  • 37.1.2 Configuring REST Security
  • 37.1.3 Privilege Resolution Algorithm
• 37.2 Authorizing Users to Access Application Resources
  • 37.2.1 Viewing REST Security Configurations
  • 37.2.2 Creating a Group
  • 37.2.3 Adding Users to a Group
  • 37.2.4 Configuring Security for REST Resources
• 37.3 REST Security Configuration Reference
  • 37.3.1 Configuring REST Security for ACL Resources
  • 37.3.2 Configuring REST Security for Application Resources
  • 37.3.3 Configuring REST Security for Asset Resources
  • 37.3.4 Configuring REST Security for Asset Type Resources
  • 37.3.5 Configuring REST Security for Engage Resources
  • 37.3.6 Configuring REST Security for Group Resources
  • 37.3.7 Configuring REST Security for Indexed Asset Type Resources
  • 37.3.8 Configuring REST Security for Role Resources
  • 37.3.9 Configuring REST Security for Site Resources
  • 37.3.10 Configuring REST Security for User Resources
  • 37.3.11 Configuring REST Security for UserDef Resources
  • 37.3.12 Configuring REST Security for UserLocale Resources
  • 37.3.13 Configuring REST Security for Visitor Resources

38 Working with Sites

• 38.1 Managing WebCenter Sites CM Sites in the WEM Framework
• 38.2 Enabling Tree Tabs

39 WEM Admin Interface Quick Reference

• 39.1 Quick Tips for Managing the WEM Framework
• 39.2 Managing Sites
• 39.3 Managing Applications
• 39.4 Managing Users
• 39.5 Managing Roles
• 39.6 Managing Profiles

Part III Administering Oracle WebCenter Sites: Community-Gadgets

40 Enabling the Community and Gadgets Interfaces

• 40.1 Enabling the Community Interface
  • 40.1.1 Enabling the Community Interface for Existing Site Users
  • 40.1.2 Enabling the Community Interface for New Users
• 40.2 Enabling the Gadgets Interfaces
  • 40.2.1 Enabling the Global Gadget Catalog Interface
  • 40.2.2 Enabling the Gadgets User Interface
    • 40.2.2.1 Enabling the Gadgets User Interface for Existing Site Users
    • 40.2.2.2 Enabling the Gadgets User Interface for New Users

41 Working with the Cache Tool

• 41.1 Overview of the Cache Tool
• 41.2 Viewing Cache Information
  • 41.2.1 Viewing Information in the Common Cache
  • 41.2.2 Viewing Information in the Dependencies Cache
  • 41.2.3 Viewing Information in the Shared Cache

Part IV Administering the Oracle WebCenter Sites: Gadgets Application

42 Overview of the WebCenter Sites: Gadgets Application

• 42.1 Overview of the Gadgets Application Interfaces
• 42.2 Gadgets Application Roles and Permissions
• 42.3 Making Gadgets Available for Deployment

43 Getting Started with the Gadgets Application

• 43.1 Logging In
• 43.2 Sample Gadgets
• 43.3 Next Steps

44 Registering Gadgets

• 44.1 Overview of Gadget Registration and Deployment
• 44.2 Gadget Sources
• 44.3 Registering Gadgets to the Global Catalog
• 44.4 Registering Gadgets to a Site Gadget Catalog
• 44.5 Deleting Gadgets from the Global Catalog or Site Gadget Catalog

45 Managing Gadgets

• 45.1 Sharing Gadgets from the Global Catalog
• 45.2 Modifying a Gadget's Metadata
  • 45.2.1 Modifying a Gadget's Metadata in the Global Catalog
  • 45.2.2 Modifying a Gadget's Metadata in a Site Gadget Catalog

Part V Administering the Community Blog Module

46 Enabling Blog Components

• 46.1 Enabling Blog Asset Types
• 46.2 Creating a Blog Tree Tab
• 46.3 Sharing Blog Assets
• 46.4 Creating Workflows for Blog Assets
• 46.5 Working with Blog Authors
  • 46.5.1 Creating Author Assets
  • 46.5.2 Setting Access Permissions to a Blog Author Asset
• 46.6 Publishing Blog Assets
• 46.7 Next Steps

Part VI Implementing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Site Capture

47 Overview of the Site Capture Application

• 47.1 Site Capture Model
  • 47.1.1 Capture Modes
  • 47.1.2 Crawlers
• 47.2 Logging in to the Site Capture Application
• 47.3 Using the Default Crawlers
  • 47.3.1 Sample Crawler
  • 47.3.2 FirstSiteII Crawler
  • 47.3.3 Running a Default Crawler
• 47.4 Setting Up a Site Capture Operation
  • 47.4.1 Creating a Starter Crawler Configuration File
  • 47.4.2 Defining a Crawler
  • 47.4.3 Editing the Crawler Configuration File
  • 47.4.4 Starting a Crawl
    • 47.4.4.1 Run the Crawler Manually in Static Mode
    • 47.4.4.2 Run the Crawler Manually in Archive Mode
    • 47.4.4.3 Schedule the Crawler for Archive Capture
    • 47.4.4.4 Publish a Site in RealTime Mode
  • 47.4.5 Managing Captured Data
• 47.5 Enabling Publishing-Triggered Site Capture
  • 47.5.1 Integrating the Site Capture Application with Oracle WebCenter Sites
  • 47.5.2 Configuring a RealTime Publishing Destination Definition for Site Capture
  • 47.5.3 Matching Crawlers
  • 47.5.4 Next Steps

48 Managing Downloaded Sites

• 48.1 Managing Statically Captured Sites
• 48.2 Managing Archived Sites
• 48.3 Summary
  • 48.3.1 Creating and Editing Crawlers
  • 48.3.2 Deleting a Crawler
  • 48.3.3 Scheduling a Crawler
  • 48.3.4 Monitoring a Static Crawl
  • 48.3.5 Stopping a Crawl
  • 48.3.6 Downloading Archives
  • 48.3.7 Previewing Sites
  • 48.3.8 Configuring Publishing Destination Definitions
  • 48.3.9 Accessing Log Files

49 Site Capture File System

• 49.1 General Directory Structure
• 49.2 Custom Folders

Part VII Oracle WebCenter Content Integration

50 About WebCenter Content Integration

• 50.1 Administrator's Prerequisites
• 50.2 Basics of WebCenter Content Integration
• 50.3 WebCenter Content Data Model
• 50.4 Asset Type Mapping and Connector Rules
  • 50.4.1 Asset Type Mapping
    • 50.4.1.1 Content Identifier Attribute
    • 50.4.1.2 Content Storage Attributes
    • 50.4.1.3 Template Attributes
    • 50.4.1.4 Administrator-Defined Specifications
  • 50.4.2 Connector Rules
• 50.5 WebCenter Content Integration and Its Parts
• 50.6 First Steps

51 Enabling the WebCenter Content Integration Feature

• 51.1 Enabling the SitesIntegration Component
• 51.2 Enabling Access to the Connector Admin Tab
• 51.3 Next Steps

52 Setting Up Content Synchronization

• 52.1 Step 1: Enabling Content Items for Synchronization
• 52.2 Step 2: Determining Which Renditions to Synchronize
• 52.3 Step 3: Selecting or Creating Target Asset Types
• 52.4 Step 4: Connecting to WebCenter Content
• 52.5 Step 5: Creating an Active Rule
• 52.6 Step 6: Prioritizing Active Rules and Managing Rules
• 52.7 Step 7: Manually Running the Connector
• 52.8 Step 8: Monitoring the Connector
• 52.9 Step 9: Viewing Connector History
  • 52.9.1 Viewing the Entire Connector History
  • 52.9.2 Viewing Connector History for a Single Batch
• 52.10 Step 10: Verifying Imported Content
• 52.11 Step 11: If You Need to Modify Your Setup
• 52.12 Step 12: Scheduling the Connector
• 52.13 Step 13: Managing Synchronized Assets
  • 52.13.1 Mapped Attributes
  • 52.13.2 Orphaned Content

53 Resynchronization Options

• 53.1 Rolling Back the Synchronization Point
  • 53.1.1 Rolling Back to the Original Starting Point
  • 53.1.2 Rolling Back to a Particular Update
• 53.2 About the Generated Token Value

54 WCC Connector Configuration Files

• 54.1 About WCC Connector Configuration Files
• 54.2 User Configurable Parameters

Part VIII Implementing Oracle WebCenter Sites Content Integration Platform for File Systems and Microsoft SharePoint

55 Integrating with Oracle WebCenter Sites

• 55.1 Overview
• 55.2 System Defaults
  • 55.2.1 Default Mapping Framework
  • 55.2.2 Implications for Publishing and Synchronization
    • 55.2.2.1 Default mappings.xml and Flex Families
    • 55.2.2.2 Custom mappings.xml and Flex Families
• 55.3 Event Notification Option

56 Publishing

• 56.1 Overview
  • 56.1.1 Synchronization
  • 56.1.2 Unpublishing
• 56.2 Publishing to WebCenter Sites
• 56.3 Examples
  • 56.3.1 Publishing from a File System
  • 56.3.2 Publishing from Microsoft SharePoint
• 56.4 When an Object is Published
• 56.5 Synchronization
• 56.6 Unpublish Command

57 Configuring Event Notification

• 57.1 Overview
• 57.2 Sample Workflows
  • 57.2.1 Installing Sample Workflows
  • 57.2.2 Verifying Sample Workflows
  • 57.2.3 Enabling Sample Workflows

58 Remapping

• 58.1 When to Remap
• 58.2 Remapping Procedures
  • 58.2.1 File Systems
  • 58.2.2 Microsoft SharePoint Systems
    • 58.2.2.1 Tags and Parameters for Mapping Microsoft SharePoint Data to Oracle WebCenter Sites

59 Adding Assets to a Flex Family

• 59.1 Adding a New Attribute
• 59.2 Adding a New Child Definition Asset

60 File Systems: Default Mapping Specifications

• 60.1 Overview
• 60.2 Default mappings.xml
• 60.3 FileSystem Flex Family Specifications

61 Microsoft SharePoint Systems: Default Mapping Specifications

• 61.1 Overview
• 61.2 Default mappings.xml
• 61.3 SharePoint Flex Family Specifications

Part IX Implementing Oracle WebCenter Sites Content Integration Platform for EMC Documentum

62 Publishing to Oracle WebCenter Sites

• 62.1 Overview of the Publishing Process
  • 62.1.1 System Architecture and Process Flow
  • 62.1.2 Mapping Framework
• 62.2 Publishing Procedures
  • 62.2.1 Publishing via the Default Mapping
  • 62.2.2 Publishing via Customized Mappings
• 62.3 Maintaining the Integrated Systems
  • 62.3.1 Tuning the Synchronization Process
  • 62.3.2 Unpublishing

63 Archiving to EMC Documentum

• 63.1 Overview of the Archival Process
  • 63.1.1 System Architecture and Process Flow
  • 63.1.2 CS DataStore
  • 63.1.3 Mapping Framework
    • 63.1.3.1 Object Types in the Documentum Workspace
    • 63.1.3.2 mappings.xml
    • 63.1.3.3 Mappings, Publishing, and Synchronization
• 63.2 Steps for Archiving WebCenter Sites Assets to Documentum
  • 63.2.1 Prepare the Documentum System to Store WebCenter Sites Assets
  • 63.2.2 Configure the Path to the CS DataStore
  • 63.2.3 Add Metadata to mappings.xml
  • 63.2.4 RealTime Publish the Site
  • 63.2.5 Archive the CS DataStore on Documentum
  • 63.2.6 Archive Visitor-Generated Content
• 63.3 Testing Synchronization
• 63.4 Tuning the Synchronization Process

64 Configuring Event Notification

• 64.1 Overview of Event Notification
• 64.2 Configuring Event Notification Workflows for WebCenter Sites
  • 64.2.1 Installing Default Workflows on WebCenter Sites
  • 64.2.2 Verifying the Installation of Default Workflows
  • 64.2.3 Enabling Default Workflows
• 64.3 Configuring Event Notification Workflows for EMC Documentum

65 Default Mapping Specifications for Publishing

• 65.1 Mapping Framework
• 65.2 Documentum Flex Family Specifications