Specify republish instructions
The options that you select on the Republish Instructions tab are applied
when a Workplace user republishes a document. The options you see depend
on whether the publication document is versionable. See About
versions.
If the publication document is versionable
You can select one of the following options for republishing when the
publication documents are versionable:
- Version the current publication document
Click this radio button to add a new version to the publication document
when the document is republished. If a document has been republished
once, you will see versions 1 and 2 in the Versions informational page
of the publication document. Users could view version 1 from this page.
In browse mode, you see only the republished document.
- Version and replace the current publication
version Click this radio button to replace the current version
of the publication document with a new version when the document is
republished. If a document has been republished once, you will see only
version 2 in the Versions informational page. Users will know that a
previous version existed because of the version number, but version
1 is not available. In browse mode, you see only the republished document.
- Add a new publication document Click
this radio button to publish a new document without deleting the existing
publication document. The original publication document and all republished
publication documents are selectable in browse mode. No additional versions
are ever created.
- Add a new publication document, replace the
current document Click this radio button to publish a new document
that replaces the existing publication document. If a document has been
republished, you will not know that a previous version existed. You
see only one version and it is version 1. In browse mode, you see only
the republished publication document.
If the publication document is non-versionable
You can select one of the following options for republishing when the
publication documents are non-versionable:
- Add a new publication document Click
this radio button to publish a new document without deleting the existing
publication document
- Add a new publication document, replace the
current document Click this radio button to publish a new document
that replaces the existing publication document.
Properties of the new publication
You can select one of the following options for assigning properties
to a republished document:
- Use properties of the current publication
document Click this radio button if you want the republished
document to have the same properties as the current publication document.
- Use properties defined under 'Properties
to Apply' Click this radio button if you want the republished
document to have the properties you specified on the Properties to Apply
tab. Choosing this option applies any changes made to the publishing
template since the last publishing pass.
Security of the new publication
You can select one of the following options for assigning security to
a republished document:
- Use security of the current publication document
Click this radio button if you want the republished document
to have the same security as the current publication document.
- Use security defined under 'Security to Apply'
Click this radio button if you want the republished document to have
the security you specified on the Security to Apply tab. Choosing this
option applies any changes made to the publish template since the last
publishing pass.
NOTE If you click the Use
the default security of the publication document's class radio
button (on the Security to Apply tab), you must select an appropriate
document class (on the Properties to Apply tab) in order to publish versionable
or non-versionable documents. For example, if the document class you select
in the publish template is non-versionable, the publication documents
created using that template are non-versionable.
Republish event notification
You can select one of the following options for assigning an event action
to a republished document:
- Use the event action specified under Publish
Instructions Click this radio button if you want the event action
that was specified on the Publish Instructions tab to be invoked when
the document is republished. This option is selected by default when
you create a new template. If an event action is not specified on the
Publish Instructions tab, and you select this option, an event action
is not invoked when the document is republished.
- None Click this radio button if you
do not want to invoke an event action when the document is republished.
- Specify the republish event action Click this radio button if you want to specify the event action
that will be invoked when a document is republished. For more information,
see the Specify republish
event action topic.