Web Content Management with Documentum

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Content and Documentum
  • 1.1 Need for an Effective CMS
  • 1.2 Qualities of a Good CMS
  • 1.3 Why Documentum?
  • 1.4 Documentum Features
  • 1.5 Summary

• Chapter 2: Documentum Essentials
  • 2.1 Documentum Cornerstone
  • 2.2 Docbase
  • 2.3 DocBroker
  • 2.4 DocApp
  • 2.5 Object Types
  • 2.6 Attributes
    • 2.6.1 Object ID (Object Identifier: r_object_id Attribute)
    • 2.6.2 Attribute Types
  • 2.7 DQL
  • 2.8 API
  • 2.9 Cabinets and Folders
  • 2.10 Versioning
  • 2.11 Lifecycles
  • 2.12 Workflows
  • 2.13 Summary

• Chapter 3: Documentum Advanced Concepts
  • 3.1 DMCL
  • 3.2 DFC
  • 3.3 BOF
  • 3.4 WDK
  • 3.5 Web Publisher
  • 3.6 ACL
  • 3.7 Alias Set
  • 3.8 Users and Groups
    • 3.8.1 Users
    • 3.8.2 Groups
  • 3.9 Renditions
  • 3.10 Registered Tables
  • 3.11 Data Dictionary
  • 3.12 Methods and Jobs
    • 3.12.1 Methods
    • 3.12.2 Jobs
  • 3.13 Summary

• Chapter 4: Web Content Management System
  • 4.1 When Should you Use a WCM System?
  • 4.2 When Should you Not Use a WCM System?
  • 4.3 Documentum WCM Architecture
  • 4.4 How do you Enter Content in the System?
    • 4.4.1 Web Publisher
  • 4.5 Where and How is the Content Stored?
    • 4.5.1 Content Server
  • 4.6 How do you Perform System Administration?
    • 4.6.1 Documentum Administrator
  • 4.7 How do you Create Multiple Renditions of the Content?
    • 4.7.1 Content Rendition Services
  • 4.8 How do you Publish Content to a Website?
    • 4.8.1 Site Caching Services
    • 4.8.2 SCS Architecture
  • 4.9 How do you Query the Published Content for Displaying on Websites?
    • 4.9.1 Documentum JDBC Services
  • 4.10 How do you Deploy Website Content to a Server Farm?
    • 4.10.1 Site Deployment Services
  • 4.11 Summary

• Chapter 5: Setting Up the Documentum Suite
  • 5.1 Installing Content Server
    • 5.1.2 Prerequisites
  • 5.2 Installing Content Server 5.2.5
  • 5.3 Installing Content Server 5.2.5 SP2
  • 5.4 Summary

• Chapter 6: Creating Our First Docbase
  • 6.1 Creating a Docbase
  • 6.2 Installing Web Publisher Server Files and DocApp
    • 6.2.1 What does Web Publisher Server Files Contain?
    • 6.2.2 What does WebPublisher DocApp Contain?
  • 6.3 Beginning Installation
  • 6.4 Stopping and Starting Docbase and DocBroker
  • 6.5 dmcl.ini
  • 6.6 server.ini
  • 6.7 Summary

• Chapter 7: Setting Up Publishing
  • 7.1 SCS Source 5.2.5
    • 7.1.1 Prerequisites
    • 7.1.2 Installing SCS Source 5.2.5
    • 7.1.3 Installing SCS Source 5.2.5 SP2
  • 7.2 SCS Target 5.2.5
    • 7.2.1 Prerequisites
    • 7.2.2 Installing SCS Target 5.2.5
    • 7.2.3 Installing SCS Target 5.2.5 SP2
  • 7.3 Summary

• Chapter 8: Setting Up Documentum Application Builder
  • 8.1 Documentum Application Builder
    • 8.1.1 Prerequisites
  • 8.2 Installing DAB 5.2.5 SP2
  • 8.3 Summary

• Chapter 9: Setting Up Documentum Administrator and Web Publisher
  • 9.1 Documentum Administrator
    • 9.1.1 Prerequisites
    • 9.1.2 Installing Documentum Administrator 5.2.5 SP2
  • 9.2 Web Publisher
    • 9.2.1 Prerequisites
    • 9.2.2 Installing Web Publisher 5.2.5 SP2
  • 9.3 Summary

• Chapter 10: Designing Documentum Applications
  • 10.1 Case Study—Simple Newspaper Website
  • 10.2 Beginning Documentum Design
  • 10.3 Using Documentum Application Builder (DAB)
  • 10.4 Creating Custom Objects in DocApp
  • 10.5 Summary

• Chapter 11: Designing and Creating Custom Object Types
  • 11.1 Creating Object Types
    • 11.1.1 Type Names
    • 11.1.2 Limitations of Object Type Names
    • 11.1.3 Supertype
  • 11.2 Designing and Creating Custom Attributes of Object Type(s)
  • 11.3 Adding Attributes to an Object Type
    • 11.3.1 Attribute Names
    • 11.3.2 Limitations of Object Type Attribute Names
      • 11.3.2.1 Label
      • 11.3.2.2 Data Type
      • 11.3.2.3 Length
      • 11.3.2.4 Repeating
      • 11.3.2.5 Default Search Value
      • 11.3.2.6 Allowable Search Operators
      • 11.3.2.7 Input Mask
      • 11.3.2.8 Conditional Value Assistance
  • 11.4 Querying Registered Tables using DQL for Value Assistance
  • 11.5 $value() Keyword
  • 11.6 Summary

• Chapter 12: Creating Lifecycles, Alias Sets, and Permission Sets
  • 12.1 Alias Sets in a Lifecycle
  • 12.2 Creating an Alias Set
  • 12.3 Creating Permission Sets
  • 12.4 Creating a Custom Lifecycle
  • 12.5 Promoting and Demoting Content through a Lifecycle
  • 12.5 Expiring Content
  • 12.6 Summary

• Chapter 13: Working with Web Publisher Template Files
  • 13.1 Creating a Template File
  • 13.2 Summary

• Chapter 14: Creating Rules Files
  • 14.1 Creating a Rules File
    • 14.1.1 IMGALTTEXT Element
    • 14.1.2 DATE Element
    • 14.1.3 BODYTEXT Element
    • 14.1.4 REPEATBLOCK Element
    • 14.1.5 NEXTLINKNAME Element
    • 14.1.6 NEXTLINKURL Element

• 14.2 Final Template in Web Publisher Editor
• 14.3 Miscellaneous Rules File Widgets
  • 14.3.1 Choice Widget
  • 14.3.2 Checkbox Widget
  • 14.3.3 Textselector Widget
  • 14.3.4 Xselector Widget

• 14.4 Summary

• Chapter 15: Creating Presentation Files
  • 15.1 Creating a Presentation File
  • 15.2 Viewing Content Renditions
  • 15.3 Reapplying Presentation Files
  • 15.4 Using XDQL in Stylesheets
  • 15.5 XDQL Example in XSL Stylesheet
  • 15.6 Create_Dynamic_Content Job
  • 15.7 Summary

• Chapter 16: Folder Mapping
  • 16.1 Anatomy of the FolderMap.xml File
  • 16.2 Limitations of Folder Map
  • 16.3 Folder Mapping Examples
    • 16.3.1 Property Matching: Using Wildcard (*)
    • 16.3.2 Property Matching: Using Multiple Properties in <attr_list>
    • 16.3.3 Placing a Content File in Multiple Locations with <path_list>
    • 16.3.4 Property Matching: Simple Repeating Attribute
    • 16.3.5 Property Matching: Repeating Attribute Index
    • 16.3.6 Dynamic Folder Mapping
    • 16.3.7 Dynamic Folder Mapping with Repeating Attribute
  • 16.4 Summary

• Chapter 17: Using Instruction Files
  • 17.1 Limitations of Instruction Files
  • 17.2 Instruction File Examples
    • 17.2.1 Deleting an XML Element from an XML File with <delete-element>
    • 17.2.2 Adding an XML Element to an XML File with <insert-element>
    • 17.2.3 Updating the Value of an XML Element in an XML File with
    • <update-element-value>
  • 17.3 Summary

• Chapter 18: Automatic Property Extraction (APE)
  • 18.1 How Automatic Property Extraction Works
  • 18.2 Simple Example for Automatic Property Extraction
  • 18.3 Testing our First XML Application
  • 18.4 Populating Repeating Attributes using Automatic Property Extraction
  • 18.5 Testing the Second XML Application
  • 18.6 Using Two-Way Attribute Extraction
  • 18.7 Testing the Two-Way Attribute Extraction XML Application:
  • 18.8 Summary

• Chapter 19: Working with Workflows
  • 19.1 Designing Custom Workflows
  • 19.2 Setting Up a Custom Workflow Template
  • 19.3 Creating a Custom Workflow Template
    • 19.3.1 Performer Tab for Activities
    • 19.3.2 Trigger Tab for Activities
    • 19.3.3 Notification Tab for Activities
    • 19.3.4 Transition Tab for Activities

• 19.4 Adding a Package to Connection Flows
• 19.5 Summary

• Chapter 20: Testing Custom Workflows
  • 20.1 Creating Users for Workflow in Documentum
  • 20.2 Submitting Content to the Custom Workflow
  • 20.3 Summary

• Chapter 21: Publishing from Docbase Using SCS
  • 21.1 Limitations of SCS
  • 21.2 Publishing Types
  • 21.3 Steps for Setting Up a Site Publishing Configuration
  • 21.4 Testing and Publishing Using Site Publishing Configuration
  • 21.5 Published Data
  • 21.6 Unlocking Locked Publishing Operations
  • 21.7 Monitoring the SCS Source Status
  • 21.8 Summary

• Chapter 22: Web Viewing Content Files
  • 22.1 Prerequisites
  • 22.2 Setting Up and Using Web View
  • 22.3 Testing Web View
  • 22.4 Summary

• Chapter 23: Using DFC
  • 23.1 Introduction to DFC
  • 23.2 Environment Readiness
  • 23.3 Simple Example Demonstrating DFC Usage
  • 23.4 Creating and Linking a File in a Docbase Cabinet
  • 23.5 Running Docbase Methods via DFC
  • 23.6 Creating Users in Docbase with DFC
  • 23.7 Summary

• Chapter 24: Configurations and Customizations Using WDK
  • 24.1 WDK Directory Structure
  • 24.2 WDK Application Elements
  • 24.3 A Simple WDK Configuration Example
    • 24.3.1 New Content Screen before Configuration Changes
    • 24.3.2 Modified New Content Screen after Configuration Changes

• 24.4 A Simple WDK Customization Example
• 24.5 Summary

• Chapter 25: Documentum Deployment
  • 25.1 DocApp Migration
  • 25.2 Configuring DocApp Objects and Creating/Installing aDocApp Archive
  • 25.3 Deployment of Web Publisher Code and Custom Scripts
  • 25.4 Summary

• Chapter 26: Using DQL and API Commands
  • 26.1 DQL
    • 26.1.1 Uses of DQL
    • 26.1.2 Command Tools
    • 26.1.3 DQL Examples
      • 26.1.3.1 Creating a Document Object
      • 26.1.3.2 Updating Attributes of a Document Object
      • 26.1.3.3 Appending a Value in a Repeating Attribute
      • 26.1.3.4 Inserting a Value into a Repeating Attribute
      • 26.1.3.5 Associating a Document Object with a Cabinet
      • 26.1.3.6 Retrieving a Document Object from the Docbase
      • 26.1.3.7 Deleting a Document Object from the Docbase
  • 26.2 API
    • 26.2.1 Command Tools
    • 26.2.2 API Commands
    • 26.2.3 Categorizing API Methods
    • 26.2.4 API Method Examples
      • 26.2.4.1 Creating a Document Object
      • 26.2.4.2 Setting the Attributes of the Object
      • 26.2.4.3 Associating a Content File with the Document Object
      • 26.2.4.4 Associating a Document Object with a Cabinet
      • 26.2.4.5 Saving the Document Object in the Docbase
      • 26.2.4.6 Obtaining a Reference to the Document Object in Docbase
      • 26.2.4.7 Setting Specific Attribute Information
      • 26.2.4.8 Viewing all Attributes and Values for an Object
      • 26.2.4.9 Deleting an Object from the Docbase
  • 26.3 Summary

• Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

• Appendix B: New Features and Enhancements in Release 5.3
  • B.1 Content Server Changes
  • B.2 Object Types Changes
  • B.3 API and DQL Changes
  • B.4 DFC Changes
  • B.5 BOF Changes
  • B.6 Application Builder and Application Installer Changes
  • B.7 WDK Changes
  • B.8 Documentum Administrator Changes
  • B.9 Web Publisher Changes

• Index

Gaurav Kathuria

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