Communications (Exstream)

Communications (Exstream) leverages the data and content that already exists within the organization to transform typical customer communications into highly-personalized, engaging customer experiences on the preferred digital and print channels, screen sizes and devices of the customer.

AI in Output Management
Hi all, We got the task to investigate and prepare some presentation regarding AI in Output Management. Are there some examples of AI usage in Exstream? Are there any AI tools, or AI extensions that can be used in Exstream? In which versions of Exstream we can find some AI tools, can it be in server based or cloud based…
Exstream version history
Hi, Can anyone help with the details of OTExstream version history ? We have a legacy version 16.6.31 and we are trying to find out the latest version supported for a non-cloud migration. If I understand correctly the latest version (23) supports only a SaaS model, is that correct? SaaS migration is a long-term target for…
Switch from server based to cloud based OpenText Exstream
Hello all, I have a question regarding upgrade of Exstream server based to cloud based. Currently, we are using server based 21.3 (and we are planning to upgrade to 23.3), but we are also looking into options for cloud based one. So, my question is, what are the main differences between server and cloud based Exstream, but…
Running Streamserve 5.6.2 on WIndows Server 2025
Hi, I'm currently looking at migrating out Streamserve 5.6.2 installation from Windows Server 2016 to Server 2025. As part of the switch we've moved the server to a protected part of the network because of the risk of running out of date software. Everything appears to be working fine, but there is one warning/error that I…
Exstream StoryTeller an total number of pages
Hello! It seems that it is not possible to obtain the total number of pages within StoryTeller scripts. With Pageout it was possible to use page() and pages() function to handle scripts based of 'last page' and so on…. This functions are not available within StoryTeller. So it's possible to print the total amount of pages…
OpenText Exstream and generation of binary PDF files that have a unicode byte order mark prefix
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Variable Page Size and Scale in Communications Builder
I am attempting to vary the page size, etc., in Communications Builder/Storyteller. Setting the orientation (portrait/landscape) is simple, but what I need to do is essentially "shrink-to-fit" when the data would produce a larger document. For example, if have a document that is portrait and the font is "Courier New", 10.…
Exstream 16.6 control center not connect (stay login administrator windows without error)
Hi every body, i have a major issue with control center in a dev server : since a week, when we try to connect to control center, we stay on logon administrator windows with nor error message (wrong password or else). so we cannot deploy any project, The password was not changed, the issue is not on prod server and we…
When exporting a streamserve project often getting this error.
Below is an example of the error that displays for all the output process. I just copied one example. I have to shut down the streamserve project reopen, and then sometimes it will export without a problem. There are not errors in these output process. Not sure what the invalid Service Storage means. Error: Fatal F1062:…
Exstream and Office365 Exchange Online (Oauth2)
Hello, has anyone already connected Exstream (23.3/25.3) Mailconnector with Office365 Exchange Server via OAuth 2.0? The 'normal' connection with SMTP will be soon disabled by Microsoft. This should be a new feature but we can't see that this is working.. Any experience? Thanks and best regards
The OutputFile function
Hi all. I have a PDF Document stored in disk and I want to sent that specify document as HTTP Response I saw in the documentation that I can use OutputFile function to send document directly to an Output connector, but I can't make it work, when a try from client the HTTP Response doesn't have any PDF file is just empty.…
Exstream CE 25.3 - PDF/UA - not passing PAC test
Hi all, I was playing around with PDF/UA creation from earlier versions of Exstream (StreamServe/StoryTeller) quite a bit and always got these errors, when I tested the created PDF against PAC: "Figure" element on a single page with no bounding box! Has anyone dealt with that before and managed to solve it? Now with the…
Exstream Designer, XML, sections, tables - and page breaks
I'm currently running circles with Exstream Designer, printing a list of small tables covering several pages. Unfortunately my input data is "given" and fixed, so I can't just request better structure. The general form of the relevant part looks as this: <xml> <table> <row> <text>Blah</text> <type>1</type>…
Exstream Designer - Variables missed when data comes in last
I am using OT Communications 25.1 and have some incoming data in json…. (simplified) { "generalData": { "displayName": "Test" }, "description": { "about": "Test" }, "documentMeta": { "documentLanguage": "sv", "documentAnonymous": false, "compactMode": false, "numberOfCategories": 1 } } The variables documentLanguage and…
URI .... modification detected
I have the need to read data from a supplied QR code that is a Base64 encoded *.PNG and part of the input data. Unfortunately Exstream/StreamServe does not support this out of the box and I have to call an external tool for this. I therefore create a temporary file that is placed in the %temp% folder with a unique name.…
Determine long running communications/documents
I recently had the need to identify long running communicatons/documents, i.e. the ones that take more than a few seconds between dropping the source data and the timestamp when the entire job was set to "finished". The goal is to identify bottlenecks and concurrency problems in a busy site. In Supervisor I can list the…
Keeping links in PDF attachments imported into EMPOWER
We have an application (Extream Designer) that creates an EMPOWER document to which we upload PDF attachments. While the attachments do render fine in both preview and fulfillment, clickable links in the uploaded attachments are converted in plain text. They still LOOK like the original link, but they a re no more "linked"…
how to disable control center services will always have "warm up" during the first process
after server reboots/ or after a long period of time without active request/process. then when it receive the first input file, there is always a 26second "hang"/"warm up". after that the subsequence process will be immediate. fix typo is there a way to disable the "warmup" behavior? sorry if i ask in the wrong section,…
The "connection error" when opening an "Empower document" in an iframe
We have been working on creating an iFrame application which will render the Empower document in designated frame. The applications are used by business user to create, edit or preview the documents. The infrastructure include different cloud tenants (Calling and called - OT). When OpenText Exstream Empower application is…
XML template migration
Good morning. I have version 9.0.111 and I want to migrate templates. To speed up this migration, I would like to have access to the templates in XML format or similar. Is this possible in this version? Is it necessary to have a specific profile or activate any additional tooling? Thank you in advance for your help.