IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

What's new for administrators

Content Platform Engine V5.2.1 introduces new features and other administration enhancements.

Enterprise-wide features

Administrative tools
Administration Console for Content Platform Engine is the administration tool of choice for Content Platform Engine. Enterprise Manager, Style Template Manager, and the ImpExpCmdTool are no longer installed with Content Platform Engine. For information about how to access Style Template Manager and the ImpExpCmdTool to complete tasks in Content Platform Engine V5.2.1, see Installing tools for managing publish style templates and creating add-on features for Content Platform Engine 5.2.1.
Enhancements to Administration Console for Content Platform Engine
Running the administration console from IBM® Content Navigator
You can run the administration console for Content Platform Engine from IBM Content Navigator by configuring it as a feature on an IBM Content Navigator desktop. For more information, see Configuring the administration console as an IBM(r) Content Navigator desktop feature.
Read-only access to Administration Console for Content Platform Engine
You can restrict access to Administration Console for Content Platform Engine for specified users at both the domain and object store level. For more information, see Limiting administrative access.
Expanded site administration
You can access object stores and storage areas from a site. Previously, administrators accessed only content cache areas, index areas, and virtual servers within an individual site.
API component download
You can use the administration console to download API components. You can use these API components to build version-compatibility checks and automatic updates into client applications that use the Content Engine Java™ API or Process Engine Java API. For information about how to download the components, see Downloading API components. For information about the client download service, see Content Platform Engine Client Download Service Developer's Guide Overview.

Content-related features

Multiple database column indexing
Administrators can use the administration console to create indexes on multiple database columns, with an ascending or descending sort order. There is also an option for choosing no sort order, which means the columns become INCLUDE columns on DB2® and SQL Server. (Previously, only a single column was indexed by using the Content Engine Java or .NET API and only an ascending sort order was supported.)

Also, the index can be configured in a case-insensitive manner by using the Content Engine Java or .NET API. By using the administration console, the index is automatically created in a case-insensitive manner for databases that support LOWER() (Oracle and DB2 10.5 and later), if the database is not already using a case-insensitive collation.

You can find this new indexing feature in Administration Console for Content Platform Engine by opening the object store, and then navigating to Data Design > Table Definitions. Pick the table definition that you want to index, and then use the Index tab of the resulting page.

Improved subscription and notification support
You can create subscriptions from the Subscriptions folder and specify a class from the New Subscription wizard. A subscription is created for the specified class. For more information, see Creating a subscription.

Client applications can implement subscriptions and notifications for events that occur on documents and folders within an object store. Do not install the subscription and notification add-ons unless there is a client application that can use this feature.

Advanced storage areas

Advanced storage areas provide high availability content storage and disaster recovery through use of replication and replica repair. An advanced storage area supports heterogeneous storage devices. The OpenStack cloud storage and file system device storage can be used in an advanced storage area. An advanced storage area exists as a peer of the other storage area types that can be set on an object store: database, file system, and fixed content storage. You can move data between an advanced storage area and the other types of storage areas. And as with these other storage area types, you can assign advanced storage areas to storage policies.

For more information, see Advanced storage areas.

Content Platform Engine server communication

Content Platform Engine server communication enables cross-site replication for an advanced storage area without the requirement to mount any file system directories across the WAN between sites. Content Platform Engine server communication is typically configured by using Administration Console for Content Platform Engine.

New fixed content devices

Support has been added for new EMC fixed content devices: Atmos and Isilon. Fixed content devices are typically configured by using Administration Console for Content Platform Engine.

Background search sweeps
You can create and run a background search sweep. These sweeps have two main purposes:
  • To allow time-consuming queries to be conveniently run.
  • To produce search results that facilitate report generation.

The query syntax for background search allows parameter variables and the mapping of items in the SELECT clause to search result properties. For more information, see Generating background search results.

Custom sweeps

You can create a custom sweep that operates as a background task on the server and passes retrieved instances to an action handler for processing. You can apply filter conditions to the sweep to narrow the scope of the retrieved instances. For more information, see Creating custom sweeps.

SMTP server configuration

An SMTP server can be configured at any of the domain hierarchy levels. For workflow notifications, the SMTP server can also be configured for a specific workflow system.

Improved object store reassignment
The operation to reassign an object store has been improved to ensure that all items that share a database connection object are reassigned in a single operation.

You can use two new options, Remove from source domain after reassignment and Reassign associated isolated regions and event export stores, to request the reassign operation to reassign all items that share a database connection and remove those items from the source domain global configuration data, thus ensuring integrity between the source and destination FileNet® P8 domains.

For more information, see Reassign object stores validation.

Process-related features

Improved globalization support for workflows
The XLIFF file is now stored in the workflow system database. You can use Administration Console for Content Platform Engine to register your XLIFF files. The method of deploying the PEAuthoredNames.jar file in Workplace and Workplace XT web applications has been deprecated.
Case-insensitive searches for queue, roster, and log entries
You can enable or disable case-insensitive searches for an isolated region (Oracle and DB2 10.5 and later). When the case-insensitive search feature is enabled, any new indexes that are added to the existing queue, roster, or log tables automatically include the lower() operation in each string column key of the index. New roster, queue, and log tables within the region include the lower() operation in the string keys of the indexes.
You can enable or disable case-insensitive searches from the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine or through the Content Engine Java or .NET API.
Running the Process Designer and Process Tracker applets from IBM Content Navigator
In IBM Content Navigator, you can add a menu option for Process Designer. For more information, see Configuring the Process applets to run from IBM Content Navigator.


Last updated: October 2015
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