Web Experience Management

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

eDOCS OCC Integration
Hi, has anyone done some work to integrate OpenText Capture Center in eDOCS similar in a way the Rendition module works in Content Server? Here a rendition is created on user demand or automatically if defined mime tyes are created in a container object. That allows full text indexing of scanned documents or long term…
How to add help text under Channel Name field label
In WEM 8.1, we want to add helptext underneath the Channel "Name" field label, similar to the helptext under "Active State" now ("Determines whether the channel displays on your site. Your administrator determines whether the Active State field is enabled for your system.") Our users are constantly adding special…
Hidden Relator Widget
Hi, I am using the Ephox with inline links widget, and I would like to use the "Hidden Relator" widget as I do not want to display the fields of "VCM-INLINK" table within the CTD. But, in the drop down list, I am unable to see "Hidden Relator" (configuring against INLINK.ID - which is of type String). And in the same…
Initialize Group as Hidden on Secondary Page (Navigated to from Main View)
I have an application in Vignette Portal Builder that has amain page, and a button at the bottom that will navigate to secondary pages,based on a field value in the main page. I have a requirement to hide some of the form groups whenthe pages are opened, then optionally reveal them based on a field value. I can initialize…
Pass information from requestContextModifer to Portal Pre Action
Hi, Does anyone know how I can pass information from the RequestContextModifier to a portal Pre Action. I wish to pass the locale language in the request context down into my JSR portlets. thx
How to retrieve the data from EditLive! for Java CCE widget in standalone java app
We are using EditLive! for Java CCE widget in some of our CTD. On the preview site, we are using API ETLLinkTransformerFootnote.transformLinks(String inlineWidgetData, RequestContext rc) to retrieve the data from those attribute and display on the page, and that is working fine. We also have some standalone java app want…
How to present dates older than 13-Dec-1901 (= the max neg integer --2147483648)
Hi I need to represent a date in the 18xx year range (1888-05-13) which is -2576192400 seconds before 1-1-1970. getFormattedDateTimeString expects an integer as date input, while the value representing (1888-05-13) is -2576192400 ) and is larger than the maximum negative integer... anybody a clue ? (if anybody is listening…
Tomcat 7 & Rolling Deployments
Hi, We have portal 8.5 running on Tomcat 7. We have some custom portlets in a webapp. We are looking to implement rolling deployments (a feature of Tomcat). A have a JSP page that I can access that shows that rolling deployments is working for the portlet webapp, however Portal will always only pick up the original portlet…
Portal from 32-Bit OS to 64-Bit
Hi, Just wanted to check if there would be any impact on existing Portal installation if we migrate to 64-bit servers from existing 32 bit? Our OS is Windows. Regards, Deven
How to resize a field of CTD ?
I have a content type with instances already published , and we want to modify ( enlarge ( 100 - > 300 characters) the length of one of the fields was a Relator. We perform the database update , the CTD does not reflect the change in meter VCM and does not allow more characters (100) which we had previously defined . We…
How to check for categories when publishing content
We are using WEM8.1 version and have to check whether categories/classification are associated with the content or not before publishing a content. So when I click on Publish button then it should say categories are not associated with this content (like it says for any unapproved items) and show a warning message. Then…
WEM 8.5/DPM Content publisher portlet 2.0
Hi, I am trying to implement a W EM8.5/DPM site and followed this guide: "Dynamic Portal - Connecting OpenText Portal with Web Experience Management" The Content publisher 2.0 portlets that I created following that document, have the following options in their details tab: My question is: where are all the eligible…
Upgrading from WEM 8,1 to WEM 8.5 experiences?
Hello, I have been tasked with upgrading our WEM from 8.1 to 8.5. I know there are multiple 'paths' to achieving this. If you have made this upgrade, I am curious as to what your experience with this was like. Was it harder, easier than expected? What route did you take? Example: clean install, then migrate, or actual…
Exporting/Importing DSM/DPM sites in WEM8.5
Hi All, Do anybody know if we can use the same 7.3 export/import process for exporting DSM/DPM sites from one env to another env or do we have any new procedure in 8.5. Is there any KB about it. I had searched all KB and did not find anything specific about WEM8.5 Any help is really appreciated. Thanks -Srini
Retrieve all channels under Home
Hello, I know we can get all the channels in a site using the ChannelDBQuery. What I'd like to do is restrict the list of channels to just those in the Home channel path, and not the other three. Is there a way to do that? Right now, I am iterating through ALL the channels and doing a test to see if the rootchannel is Home…
How to associate more than one relation to a content instance
Hi, I don't know why this is causing me so much trouble. I have a relator on a content instance that allows static files to be associated. I'm able to create the static file and commit it. But, when I try to create a relation instance and associate it, WEM is throwing an exception. Here is the relevant piece of code:…
DM Analyser 2.5.6.1 - Possible Bug
When I create a registry file for use by our desktop administration team there seems to be an issue with the ReplaceInFileName and FileName Template keys. The FileName Template key is created in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Hummingbird\PowerDOCS\Core\Plugins\Fusion\Settings to resolve the ReplaceInFileName issue…
How to get task id of the workflow task instances
Hi , We have some code to trigger the workflow as following: public void startAPRWorkflow(Map<String,List<String>> policyGroupedByOwnerMap,String user) { WfProcess wfProcess = null; WfOps wfOps = null; try { if(policyGroupedByOwnerMap!=null&&policyGroupedByOwnerMap.size()>0){ Iterator iterator =…
Publishing Slowness
Our publising process seems to take very long and is very very slow. A publishing job with around 500 items takes anywhere betweeen 30-40 mins to publish. Has anyone also expirenced the same slowness with publishing? if yes , has anything being done to imporove that. Thanks Ani
Unmanaged Reference API?
Hello, I wonder if there is an API that returns Unmanaged References for managed object? I know that there is a ManagedObject.getReferredManagedObjects() for managed references. We want to avoid heavy publishing jobs by not publishing all related content but at the same time provide people a report of possible broken…