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How to get new object DataID after using the COPY WebReport tag
Hi, How to return the newly copied DataID after executing COPY WebReport tag? We don't want to use WR Trigger here. Thanks,
How to get the list of groups using the NetIQ Identity Applications REST API
Dear Community, I've an issue when trying to get the list of groups using the following endpoint: https://<IP>:<PORT>/IDMProv/rest/access/groups I'm using IDM 4.8 and according to the NetIQ Identity Applications REST API Documentation page, that endpoint should list the groups in chunks as pages. Instead, I always get the…
How to change \ update Workflow attributes after it's been initiated with REST API
Hi, I want to change the attributes of a Workflow somewhere in the middle of it's lifespan but i need to that externally with an "Execute step" which will run a custom .exe that will call a rest api call that will update the relevant attributes of that process. I saw some posts in the forum regarding this call : Somewhat…
OTCS Rest API testing through SOAP UI
We regularly used postman for API testing , but recently we had to move to soapUI. while trying to run a basic OTCS upload document rest API request through the soapUI utility , observing the below error : { "error": "Could not process object, invalid action 'create'", "request_id": "fd927e3c-0273-4e18-980e-e6835430430f" }…
Getting Java heap space error while uploading document with size of 1 GB data
Getting Java heap space error while uploading document with size of 1 GB data. Please help to find which configuration file i can check to identify the heap space related setting. We are running on iis with 23.4 CS version
REST call made to http://localhost:8080/cs/cs/api/v2/certificates failure - query on local path
Hi Team, Version = Content Management 25.2. My otcs-admin-0 pod in AKS recently started throwing readiness probe failure in Azure. When I check pod logs I see 2025-08-08 09:50:58,406 INFO :: Rest call performed successfully: http://localhost:8080/cs/cs/api/v1/auth 2025-08-08 09:50:58,406 INFO :: Performing rest call:…
.EXE fails to run properly when launched from a Execute step in workflow in Content Server
Hi, I run a custom .EXE (.NET Console Application) that I made to create WF draft, update it and eventually run it using REST API calls. I created also a .bat file that runs this exe and being called from the Execution step in WF. This how looks the execution step : I pass argument to the .bat file and run the .bat This is…
How to Stop Object Exporter
Hi Everyone, I was wondering if there is a way to stop a manual Object Exporter process once started. There is no page to see the status (as for object Importer) and there is no way to stop it. Can you help me? Thank you, Simone
Content Server v24 - Fastest method to deleting all content (refresh)
We are prepping for a Dry Run and we would like to delete all CS content (files and not configs) as fast as possible. Our SQL server is pretty performant (32cpu/256ram) and we have 3 CS servers (8cpu/32ram) running 18 workers each, yet deleting the data appears to be taking longer than we anticipated (…Running the task…
We have upgraded content server from 20.4 v to 23.4 v, We have observed ADN number generating same
Hi, We have upgraded content server from 20.4 v to 23.4 v, We have observed ADN number generating same number again. We have used ADNACTION:REGISTER tag in the webreport, we are craeting folder hierachy and adding matter number to one of the folder name. Is there any known issue as part of upgrade, can anyone help us here.…
How to add new attachment during a lifespan of a running workflow?
Hi, I was wondering if there is an option to somehow add / replace attachment during the lifespan of a workflow. I'll try to give an example : I have created a workflow "A" that will be signing the attachment that in that "A" WF with digital signature. For that I have an execute step which will be running some custom .exe…
Timeout on long running WR via API call
I can run a certain WebReport from the front-end browser interface of Content Server and it takes about 15 minutes and completes properly, whether regular run or in background. However, if I run the same WR from an API call in PowerShell, there seems to be a timeout and produces this error: "Invoke-RestMethod : The…
Skipped Items Error While Uploading Documents in OpenText Content Server
Some users in our system are responsible for uploading documents to various folders, and they have been doing this for a long time without any issues. We haven’t made any changes to the system settings, but one day, some users (not all of them) started receiving the following error while uploading documents: “Skipped…
Is there a way to select a user from ECM and run a report to see what he has access to?
The Company is going through a major restructuring. We need to make sure employees into their new organization structure have no access to their old structure data. Permissions where managed by end users head of Departments. We ended up not knowing who has access to what. Is there a way to select a user from ECM and run a…
AGA Related Question
Hi All, One of our customers are intending to route the API calls from Sharepoint through AGA (application governance and archival) module, through an EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) API Gateway. We are not sure if this is supported or even possible so we are checking if there's any developers out there that has a…
CWS for document fetch causing high memory usage.
Hello Experts, We have an issue using FME (Migration Center) using CWS to fetch content metadata and download content from Content Server to Migration DB. This is just a scanning process. The scan runs fine until it reaches point where the memory on the server where CWS is configured reaches 95% ( consumed by…
/TableView/'csui/controls/table/table.view not working
Hello everyone. I have a question about the implementation of the widget on csui. When connecting to the widget - "/TableView/'csui/controls/table/table.view'" the page stops loading, but "grunt digitalsignature --force --deploy" works without errors. Please help with the problem, we can solve it together.
Error uploading a document: skipped items
Using Content Server v23.2— a user is unable to add a document to a folder and receives the error: Add version upload error, you are not allowed to perform this action. The user has assigned access to the parent folder, including "add items" and "add major version". I can add a document to the same folder using my admin…
OpenText Web Report to apply permission to subfolders
I know how to apply permission on single folder. But we need to inherit to subfolders. [LL_REPTAG_1 PERMACTION:ACL:[LL_REPTAG_!SYALLOPRO USERINFO:ID /]:UPDATE:"SEE,SEECONTENTS" /] Please guide me if do we have any tag on this.
How to Delete "In Use" Storage Providers?
We need to delete one or more Storage Providers in OpenText Content Server, but the system prevents deletion because they are marked as "in use". I need to delete these Storage Providers because I’m encountering an error while updating my Content Server from version 16.2.8 to 16.2.9. The error is the following: otcs.log:…