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Introduction
Benefits of installing IBM FileNet P8 Documentation as a Web application
Download the latest version of the IBM FileNet P8 Platform Installation and Upgrade Guide
Documentation media contents
Access IBM FileNet Documentation
Contact customer support
Notices
Trademarks

Introduction

IBM® FileNet® P8 Documentation consists of:

Benefits of installing IBM FileNet P8 Documentation as a Web application

When the IBM FileNet P8 Documentation is installed as a Web application, users can:

Download the latest version of the IBM FileNet P8 Platform Installation and Upgrade Guide

Before you begin installing the core FileNet P8 Platform documentation or adding FileNet P8 expansion product help files, download the latest version of the IBM FileNet P8 Platform Installation and Upgrade Guide, which has instructions for installing the core FileNet P8 Platform documentation as a Web application, for merging expansion product documentation into the FileNet P8 help system, and for adding and indexing external PDF files so that they can be retrieved by the full-text search functionality.

To download the latest copy of IBM FileNet P8 Platform Installation and Upgrade Guide from the IBM FileNet Documentation support Web site, see "Access IBM FileNet Documentation".

Documentation media contents

The following table lists the contents of the IBM FileNet P8 Documentation media, which are needed to install the FileNet P8 Documentation.

NOTE Because FileNet P8 expansion products cannot be deployed as independent Web applications, they do not ship with WAR files.

Item
Description
ecm_help folder
This folder contains all of the documentation files.

WebLogic uses this folder as a flat-file directory to deploy the FileNet P8 Documentation Web application.
ecm_help.war file This is the archive file that WebSphere and JBoss use to deploy FileNet P8 Documentation as a Web application.
version.txt file This is a text file that contains version information for the product software and build information for the documentation.
readme.htm file This readme file.

Access IBM FileNet Documentation

  1. Navigate to the Product Documentation for FileNet P8 Platform Web page at www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3247&uid=swg27010422.
  2. Select the appropriate PDF file, ZIP file, or link to additional FileNet P8-related documentation.

Contact customer support

For information about contacting customer support:

  1. Navigate to the FileNet Product Family support page at www.ibm.com/software/data/content-management/filenet-product-family/support.html.
  2. Click IBM FileNet Support Communications, or search for a particular support topic under “Enter search terms."

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