FileNet P8 Business Activity Monitor - Reading Downloaded Documentation

The bam_ecm_help.zip file that you downloaded from the FileNet Worldwide Support web site (http://www.css.filenet.com) contains the latest versions of the files distributed on the FileNet P8 Business Activity Monitor Documentation CD. These files represent all of the standard documentation for the Business Activity Monitor component. Additional pieces of auxiliary documentation (for example, release notes and technical notices) are also available on the web site.

You can read this documentation immediately by extracting the files from bam_ecm_help.zip to any computer that supports the viewing software below. However, to enable the embedded Search links, you must extract or copy all the documentation files to an application server that supports Java® and Java server pages (jsp).

This readme contains the following topics:

Viewer Requirements

Reading Documentation Without Deploying it as a Web Site

Deploying Documentation as a Web Site


Viewer Requirements

To read the Business Activity Monitor documentation, we recommend you have the following installed on your computer:


Reading Documentation Without Deploying it as a Web Site

If you extract the files from bam_ecm_help.zip for immediate viewing, you need NOT deploy them as a web site unless you want the Search links enabled. You can begin reading the Business Activity Monitor documentation by opening the following file:

ecm_help/bam_help/_start_here_bam.htm


Deploying Documentation as a Web Site

See "Installing BAM Documentation" in FileNet P8 Business Activity Monitor Installing and Configuring FileNet Business
Activity Monitor
for detailed procedures on how to install the documentation and configure it as the online help for the Business Activity Monitor software component. You can extract this guide from bam_ecm_help.zip (ecm_help/installation/bam_install/bam_install_guide.pdf) or access it directly from the documentation area on the FileNet Worldwide Support web site.