Web Experience Management

Questions/discussions around all the parts of the VCM Content Suite.

Regarding WEM coding - how to connect DB
Hi , I am creating a script to automate the content creation process based on the property codes. I am almost done but stuck in few portions. I am unable to fetch the content instance id from java code if I am having the name of the content. Is there any method which I can use to fetch the content id from its name, or if…
vgnTaskAssignee is empty in the Task
Hi, We have a Custom workflow for Approval and there is a Manual Activity. On the Manual activity vgnTaskAssignee is one of the Output Param. We added a Custom Program Task definition that is taking vgnTaskAssignee as one of input parameter. We added this Task right after the Manual Activity in the workflow. But for some…
Help on Presentation Template for Channel
Hi, We are using Channels with MetaData & Localized MetaData. as per requirement instead of CIs we are using Channels only with Localized Metadata. and we have to create almost 5K channels, and its hard to add presentation templates to each channel, is there any way to assign PAGE TEMPLATES to all channels and newly…
How to check whether CI having Translation through Program
Hi, In the Content Page, if there is no Translation availble then we have to show text to user "Request Translation". How to programatically check whether CI having Translation or Not Thanks Jay
Change the E-mail's options when we create a folder.
When a folder is created on Collab-7.2.2.23, an e-mail is sent showing as sender the e-mail address of one of our users. Picture attached. We need to find a way to change this MAIL FROM of 'andrew.stoecker@bmo.com' to 'admin@bmo.com' as defult. We know that in the newest versions there is an option called…
Issues on Channel Data
Hi, I am using TinyMCE widget for summary of Channel Localized Metadata. While trying to displaing the contents on page, HTML tags are not rendering also escapeXML parameter throws error. Please correct my code to resolve this issue. <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/vgnExtTemplating.tld" prefix="templating" %> <%--@ taglib…
Channel Localized MetaData
Hi All, I used TinyMCE widget for summary of Channel Localized MetaData. While trying to display the contents using below method, unable to escape the HTML tags. Could you please advise how to resolve this, also please let me know if there is any way to call Channel Localized bean value directly.…
Content Workspace - Filters to hide Content Types
Hi, In Folder View, using filters we can filter what are all the Content Types or File has to be display. As per requirement we want to hide the File (Should not appear in the Folder View) from Folder View. Can help which file handling this filter Thanks Jayaram
Problems starting Portal
We're having problems starting a Portal instance via WebLogic. It initially comes up OK but then shortly afterwards stops responding and the error in the logs is: ExecuteThread: '23' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default' has been busy for "1,706" seconds working on the request "Http Request: /portal/site/****/", which is…
Navigation Component Help
Hi, By default (XSLT rendering) navigation component lists all channels from Home to All subLevels in TreeView. But while Overriding with JSP not able to get the lists like default. Could someone share the JSP to lists all channels as TreeView. <x:forEach…
Extending Portal User profile
Have anyone extended the portal user profile using radio/check box as the input field rather than the documented sample using text field? I like to add a new field like Is Maanger (Yes/No). I could use Text field but if I can use radio button or check box that would be cleaner. Thanks, Casey
Help on Search
Hi, We are using WEM 8.5 with Portal, on Live Site is there any way get Autocomplete / Suggestion while performing Search using OOTB Search Toolbar & OOTB Search Result components. Also can you please suggest, whether we have some plug-in which will help to get more search related features. Eg: Similar to Google Auto…
Unable to Search Channel MetaData Content in WEM
Hi, We created and Mapped the Channel MetaData for Channels and added entered data also. But some reason, unable to search by Metadata values in Content Workspace. Can somebody help how to get results by searching Channel Metadata value. Thanks Jayaram
cache issue on live cluster server
We're using wem 8.5, and have two nodes for live cluster. Rencently, we encounter cache issue several times. It appears that when we access the page via furl, e.g http://host name/context/blabla... It's showing 404 on one of the node or even both nodes. But if we access the page via original url, e.g…
Shared file edit access
I am looking to find out if this is possible and what solutions people have discovered for allowing multiple users to edit a file in Collab at the same time. What i am trying to doing is allow more than 1 user at a time to edit a Excel document that has the 'shared access' settings configured in the excel workbook. Excel…
Rendering Widget based on Language
Hi, In our CTD we want to show the Dropdown widget based on the Language. For example if Content Instance form is Primary English then Widget should be appear otherwise it has to be hide from the form. Please suggest the way to apply this changes. Thanks in advance Jay
Question on Data Select CCE Widget in 8.5
Hi, We have two Data Select CCE Widget for Country and City. For Country I have used below DB Query in miscellaneous tab and its working as expected. <properties> <sql> <datasource>vignette.jdbc.VgnNonTxDataSource</datasource> <select>SELECT ID,CON_NAME FROM EVNT_CONT ORDER BY CON_NAME</select> </sql> </properties> We need…
Automating tests in WEM
Hello, We have to regression test WEM standard actions like creation/editing of content a lot because of various patches, DB changes, etc. So we are trying to see if we can automate this. At the moment we are looking at using Selenium for doing this. Seems challenging with WEM's JavaScript framework not giving too much…
Targeting rules on a channel not woking when rendering subchannels through code
Hello, In WEM 8.5 I am rendering the active sub channels by code. It is a multilingual site and certain channels needs to be available on the site according to locale specific. So I am using the Targeting tab on the channel having targeting rules as below. when page language = English show otherwise hide When rendering the…
DB Deadlocks in WEM
Hello, in WEM we are using our custom approval/publishing Workflow, which uses out-of-the-box WEm activity "Approve" within it. We have been seeing DB Deadlocks around that activity for a long time (7-8 years) but after we upgraded from WEM 8.1 to 10.5 about two months ago (in late September 2015) they have increased 2-3…