Use the properties described in the Advanced properties for content delivery table to configure the advanced properties of a content delivery configuration.
Table 12.3. Advanced properties for content delivery
| Field label | Value |
|---|---|
| Property Export Settings | |
Add properties as HTML Meta Tags | If selected, the system inserts document properties into HTML content files as META tags on the target host. If this setting changes after the initial publishing event for the configuration, republish using the Full Refresh option. |
Export Properties | If selected, the system exports a default set of properties for each published document. If this setting changes after the initial publishing event for the configuration, republish using the Full Refresh option. |
Include contentless properties | If selected, documents in the publishing folder that without an associated content file are published. Only the properties associated with the contentless document are published. By default, this option is not selected and is enabled only if Export Properties is also selected. |
Include folder properties | If selected, folder properties are published to the website. This option is enabled only if Include contentless properties is also selected. |
Additional Properties | Identifies additional properties to export to repository on target host. If Export Properties is selected, IDS exports a set of default properties for each published document. If this setting changes after initial publishing event for the configuration, republish using the Full Refresh option. Click Select Attributes to identify additional properties to export. |
Property Table Name | The name to use when creating the database tables on the target host. Specify a table name if Export Properties is selected. The table name must not exceed 28 bytes. If this setting changes after initially publishing the configuration, republish the configuration using the Full Refresh option. |
| Content Selection Settings | |
Formats | The content formats to publish. If specified, only documents with the listed formats are published. If unspecified, all formats are published. If this setting changes after publishing the configuration initially, republish the configuration using the Full Refresh option. |
Effective Label | This field is used in conjunction with the a_effective_label document property to filter documents for publication. If Effective Label is specified, only documents with a matching a_effective_label value are examined as possible candidates for publication. If unspecified, all documents are examined as possible candidates. If this setting changes after initially publishing the configuration, you must republish the configuration using the Full Refresh option. |
| Miscellaneous Settings | |
Export Directory | The name of the local directory on the Content Server host where documents are placed after they are exported from the repository. The default is a subdirectory of $DOCUMENTUM/share/temp. When executing a publishing operation, the directory $DOCUMENTUM/share/temp/web_publish is created. On Windows, the length of the repository path to an object to publish, plus the length of the object name, plus the length of the export directory on the Content Server host is limited to 255 characters. There is no length limitation on UNIX. |
Ingest Directory | The name of the directory on the source where the documents are placed after being pulled from the target directory. The default is a subdirectory of $DOCUMENTUM/share/temp. You can choose a different directory by clicking Select Directory. |
Trace Level | Defines a tracing level for IDS operations. The trace levels correspond to the trace levels available using the Trace API methods. The default value is 0. |
| Global Publishing Enabled | Enables the global publishing feature of Web Publisher. Replaces the global_publishing extra argument that was added manually to the content delivery configuration in prior versions. |
Website Locale | Web Publisher only. Replaces the global_locales extra argument that was added manually to the content delivery configuration in prior versions.Select a locale from the drop-down list. If using Web Publisher and a document exists in more than one translation in the publishing folder, the locale code indicates which translation to publish and also points to the Web Publisher rules that define the second and subsequent choices of translation to publish. The drop-down list contains choices only when you are using Web Publisher and the publishing folder is configured for multilingual use. If you do not use Web Publisher or if your publishing folder is not configured for multilingual publishing, the drop-down list does not appear. |
Web Server URL Prefix | This is the URL to the target root directory and is required if using Web Publisher. For example, if the target root directory is d:\inetpub\wwwroot\webcache and the website host is on a computer host_name, set the Web Server URL Prefix to http://host_name/webcache. Note: Web Server URL Prefix is not applicable to replication targets. |
| Synchronization Settings | |
Transfer is to live website | If selected, Interactive Delivery Services attempts to minimize user interruptions during publishing. Leave cleared if users do not have access to the site during publishing operations. If this setting changes after initial publication, republish the configuration using the Full Refresh option. |
Online Synchronization Directory | The directory on the target host to be used as temporary storage for the backup copy of the Interactive Delivery Services repository during online updates. This must be specified if Transfer is to live website is selected. If this setting changes after you publish the configuration initially, republish the configuration using the Full Refresh option. |
Pre-Synch Script on Target | The name of a script, located in the target host’s product/bin directory, to run before publishing takes place. If online synchronization is enabled, the script runs before online synchronization occurs. There is a 48-character limit for information typed into this field. |
Post-Synch Script on Target | The name of a script located in the target host’s product/bin directory to be run after publishing occurs. If online synchronization is enabled, the script runs after online synchronization takes place. There is a 48-character limit for information typed into this field. |
| Ingest Settings | |
Ingest | Select this option if you want to ingest content from the target to the repository. |
Target Ingest Directory | Enter the directory path of the target from where the content will be ingested. |
| Transfer Authentication Settings | |
Enable system authentication on target | Select to require a transfer username and password for authentication. Not selected means the transfer username and password are not required for authentication before a data transfer occurs. |
User Name | Identifies the user whose account will be used by the transfer agent to connect to the target host. |
Password | The password for the user specified in User Name. |
Confirm Password | Enter the password again for confirmation. |
Domain | Identifies the domain of the user specified in User Name. |