IBM Content Navigator, Version 2.0.3 Supports: Content Manager, FileNet P8, OnDemand, OASIS CMIS

Configuring the portal plug-in

The portal plug-in creates a default portal desktop with menus that include actions for the browse, search, and work features. You can use these menu actions in a portal solution to access repository documents from your Microsoft SharePoint pages or other applications.

Before you begin

If you previously loaded the portal plug-in and created a portal desktop and you want to reload the portal plug-in and create a new portal desktop, you must delete the existing portal desktop.

Procedure

To configure the portal plug-in:

Open the administration tool in the web client and click Plug-ins > New Plug-in.
Enter the JAR file path for the portal plug-in.
- If the JAR file is on a remote server, you must enter the fully qualified URL of the JAR file with the following format: http://host_name:port_number/IBM_Content_Navigator_installation_directory/plugins/portalPlugin.jar
- If the JAR file is on your local file system, enter the fully qualified path of the JAR file. For example:
  - On AIX, Linux, and Linux for System z, the default JAR file path is /opt/IBM/ECMClient/plugins/portalPlugin.jar.
  - On Windows, the default JAR file path is C:\Program Files\IBM\ECMClient\plugins\portalPlugin.jar.
  If you use the fully qualified path of the plug-in file, you must add a copy of the plug-in file to each node in your cluster.
Click Load and then save your changes.
On the Desktop: Portal Desktop window, click the General tab, and in the Authentication section, select a repository from the list.
Change other desktop properties as needed, such as layouts and menus, or select other repositories that you want to be able to work with from Microsoft SharePoint or other applications. Some of the menus for the portal desktop are already modified to specify a portlet menu instead of a web client default menu. The (portlet) keyword is added at the end of the portlet menu names. The Add to Favorites action and the Open Search action are not valid in a portlet, so these actions are not displayed on a portlet menu.
The desktop theme for the portal desktop is initially set to the azurite theme. If you are using the portal desktop with another application, you can select another theme.
Save your changes.

What to do next

To use the browse, search, or work features in Microsoft SharePoint, when you add IBM® Content Navigator Web Parts to a Microsoft SharePoint page, a URL for IBM Content Navigator is generated.

To use the browse, search, or work features in other applications, you must construct a URL for IBM Content Navigator. The URL must include the IBM Content Navigator server URL address, the desktop parameter set to the desktop ID of the portal desktop, and the feature parameter set to browsePane, searchPane, or workPane.