A colleague of mine recently posed the following question to me: I am trying to look up the ResultSet for a Content Basket by running the following service: IdcService=GET_PORTAL_PAGE&Action=GetTemplatePage &Page=BASKET_PAGE&cpdBasketID=basket1 It shows the contents which are part of basket1 but surprisingly does not display the ResultSet for the same. This data is being referenced from content_basket.hda file under […]
In WebCenter Content 11g, a new security feature was introduced. You may have run into this feature and received the following error: Content Server Request Failed - The authorization token is invalid. It has either expired or is not appropriate for the current request. You may need to reload an earlier page in order to proceed. Below […]
Often times, it can be helpful to clone (or copy) an existing content item and create a new content item. Just recently, a question was asked about how to do this on the OTN Discussion Forums for WebCenter Content. In 10g, this could be accomplished by installing the SampleWiki component. Kyle Hatlestad has a nice blog post about […]
A few months ago, a user on the OTN WebCenter Content Discussion Forums asked a question about how to specify another user as the author during a checkin to WebCenter Content. I’m trying to configure a profile that allows the user to specify an author other than themselves during a checkin without granting them admin permissions […]
Some errors are more verbose than others in WebCenter Content. You may have run into this error with Site Studio. This error happens when trying to create a new Site Studio project file (usually on a newly setup WebCenter Content instance). This can be remedied by going to Administration -> Site Studio Administration -> Set […]
RIDC (Remote Intradoc Client) is a Java API that, “removes data abstractions to Oracle Content Server while still providing a wrapper to handle connection pooling, security, and protocol specifics”. More information about RIDC can be found in my post, RIDC versus CIS. Below are some articles (including some with code samples) to help you get […]
I have been asked before where/how data is stored in the database for WebCenter Content. A good overview of the database tables in use by WebCenter Content can be found in the Data Dictionary (page A-3) of Appendix A of the Content Server Troubleshooting Guide 10g Release 3. The following database tables are covered: Alias (page A-4) AliasUser […]
Configuration/environment variables store system wide settings for Oracle WebCenter Content. The Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer’s Guide for Oracle Universal Content Management explains it this way: The config.cfg file is used to define global variables for the Oracle Content Server system. Several of these variables can be set using the Oracle Content Server System Properties utility or by modifying […]
“I need to use the intradoc Java classes but cannot find where the classes are located? Can you help?” This question gets asked every so often on the forums. The intradoc classes are available as a JAR in the following locations: 10g – ucm_dir/custom/CS10gR35CoreUpdate/classes.jar 11g – middleware_home/Oracle_ECM1/ucm/idc/jlib/idcserver.jar You need to add this JAR file as […]
In case you missed it, CS10gR35UpdateBundle build 115 was released on November 2, 2012. Patch 6907073: Content Server 10.1.3.x.x Update Bundle Component (CS10gR35UpdateBundle) – 2012_11_02 (build 115) This component/patch is for Oracle WebCenter Content (formerly UCM) 10g. It contains CS10gR35CoreUpdate build 115 as well as the following bundled components: AddCCToNewCheckin CollaborationManager ConfigMigrationUtility ContentCategorizer ContentFolios ContentTracker […]
