eClient 101 customization and integration / [Wei-Dong Jackie Zhu ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhu, Wei-Dong Jackie.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Database management.

IBM Database 2.

Physical Description:

xvi, 500 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Electronic Client one hundred one customization and integration

Electronic Client one hundred and one customization and integration

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This IBM Redbooks publication provides a basic introduction to IBM DB2 Content Manager Version 8 eClient. By providing helpful, easy-to-understand sample codes and step-by-step instructions, this book will help you in your next eClient integration and customization project. We provide detailed step-by-step instructions on installing eClient, installing eClient in a WebSphere Network Deployment environment, and using eClient. To prepare for eClient customization and integration, we introduce J2EE, servlets, and JSPs. We cover the eClient architecture and inspect a basic eClient control flow. We also provide the essential information required to start creating applications with EIP. We include sample codes to demonstrate the usages of APIs. In addition, we provide step-by-step instructions on setting up an eClient development environment and discuss design and implementation considerations. We provide sample codes for changing the look and feel, customizing the edit attributes window, adding customized functions in the search results window, and using EIP privileges for access control. By demonstrating some of the customization with the sample codes, you should have a better understanding of what and how you can customize eClient for your business needs. We cover e-mail integration and special topics on Information Mining Service, Siebel integration, and single sign-on integration. The installation, setup, configuration, and integration are presented with detailed step-by-step instructions. We provide detailed sample codes for enabling metadata-based data retrieval. Finally, we provide tips and recommendations on how to troubleshoot problems, with a list of typical problems and their resolutions. In addition, we give a brief introduction to performance tuning for eClient. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Part 1 Getting started with eClient

Chapter 1. Introducing Content Manager

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Content Manager Version 8

1.3 Information Integrator for Content Version 8

1.3.1 Information access

1.3.2 Services

1.4 Information Mining Service

1.4.1 Features

1.4.2 Concepts

1.4.3 Architecture

1.5 Content Manager Version 8 eClient

Chapter 2. Installing eClient

2.1 Installation overview

2.1.1 Topology

2.1.2 Prerequisites

2.2 Installing Information Integrator for Content Version 8 (EIP)

2.2.1 Hardware and software requirements

2.2.2 Installing EIP

2.2.3 Post-installation

2.2.4 Configuring EIP

2.2.5 Verifying installation

2.3 Installing and configuring the Information Structuring Tool on WebSphere Application Server

2.4 Installing Content Manager Version 8 eClient

2.4.1 Preparing for installation

2.4.2 Installing eClient

2.4.3 Configuring eClient

2.4.4 Verifying eClient installation

Chapter 3. Installing eClient in a WebSphere Network Deployment environment

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 Introducing the scenario

3.1.2 What is WebSphere Network Deployment?

3.2 Installing HTTP Web server

3.3 Installing WebSphere Network Deployment

3.3.1 Installing WebSphere Application Server

3.3.2 Installing WebSphere Network Deployment

3.3.3 Verification

3.4 Configuring WebSphere Network Deployment

3.5 Installing EIP

3.6 Installing eClient

3.7 Creating eClient cluster server

3.7.1 Creating eClient cluster server

3.7.2 Viewing cluster topology

3.7.3 Starting the eClient cluster server

3.8 Configuring HTTP Web server

3.9 Monitoring workload balance

3.9.1 Enabling performance monitoring for eClient.

3.9.2 Monitoring workload balance

Chapter 4. Using eClient

4.1 Logging on to eClient

4.2 Searching for documents

4.2.1 Search results

4.3 Displaying documents

4.4 Importing documents

4.5 Creating folders

4.6 Document routing

4.6.1 Adding documents to a workflow process

Part 2 Preparing for eClient customization and integration

Chapter 5. eClient architecture

5.1 Introducing J2EE

5.1.1 What is a servlet?

5.1.2 What is a JavaServer Page (JSP)?

5.2 Understanding eClient architecture

5.2.1 Overview

5.2.2 Inspecting eClient control flow

5.3 Customization and integration

5.3.1 Overview

5.3.2 eClient JSPs

5.3.3 Customizing eClient graphics

Chapter 6. Creating applications with EIP

6.1 Programming interface overview

6.2 Taking an API test drive

6.2.1 Setting up sample data

6.2.2 Using Content Manager connector

6.2.3 Using DB2 connector

6.2.4 Using federated connector to access DB2

6.2.5 Using federated connector to search across content servers

6.2.6 Working with Information Mining Service

6.2.7 Working with controller servlet

6.2.8 Working with viewer toolkit

Chapter 7. Setting up an eClient development environment

7.1 Development environment options

7.2 Using simple editor and command-line utilities

7.3 Configuring Studio Application Developer for use with eClient

7.4 Deploying customized eClient to another system

Part 3 Customizing eClient

Chapter 8. Design and implementation considerations

8.1 Design considerations

8.1.1 Considerations for incorporating future upgrades of eClient

8.1.2 Considerations for working with different EIP back-end servers

8.1.3 EIP back-end access vs direct access to back-end servers

8.1.4 Maximum length of a URL

8.1.5 Variations in Web browsers

8.2 General programming tips.

8.2.1 Accessing configuration data using properties files

8.2.2 Using cookies to maintain session status

8.2.3 Invoking code on the server from JavaScript

Chapter 9. Customizing look and feel using style sheets

9.1 What is Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)?

9.2 Simple CSS example

9.2.1 Changing entry field text color

9.2.2 Using background image

9.3 Using CSS for eClient

9.4 Changing background image on eClient

Chapter 10. Customizing the edit attributes window

10.1 Overview

10.2 Configuring and using customization

10.3 Edit attributes customization overview

10.3.1 Understanding IDMEditAttributes.jsp

10.3.2 Modifying IDMEditAttributes.jsp

10.3.3 IDMEditAttributes.jsp code change details

Chapter 11. Adding custom functions to the search results window

11.1 Overview

11.2 Adding custom entries to combo box

11.3 Installing sample code

11.4 Adding your own custom function

11.5 Using sample code

11.5.1 Export documents option

11.5.2 View document with plug-in option

11.6 Process selected documents option

Chapter 12. Using EIP custom privileges

12.1 Overview

12.2 Defining custom privileges

12.3 Checking for privileges in a JSP

12.3.1 Installing sample code

12.3.2 Checking custom privileges

12.3.3 Source file XYZPrivsData.java

12.3.4 Source file XYZPrivsMethods.java

Part 4 Integrating eClient

Chapter 13. Enabling metadata-based content retrieval

13.1 Using categories and summaries in eClient searches

13.1.1 Introducing the scenario

13.1.2 Creating the data model

13.1.3 Loading the data

13.1.4 Searching with eClient

13.1.5 Customizing eClient

13.2 Creating categories and summaries during document import

13.2.1 Changing eClient import behavior

13.2.2 Implementing custom servlet

13.2.3 Running new eClient import.

13.3 Searching for related items

13.3.1 Adding new search results action

13.3.2 Changing JSPs

13.3.3 Implementing custom servlet

13.3.4 Running new action

13.4 Organizing existing items in Content Manager

13.4.1 Extending item type

13.4.2 Running OrganizeItems application

Chapter 14. Invoking eClient from another application

14.1 Overview

14.2 Servlet source code

14.3 Configuring and using the servlet

14.4 Servlet URL syntax and source

14.4.1 Servlet parameters

14.4.2 Sample URLs

14.5 Invoking the servlet from an application

Chapter 15. Siebel Integration

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Installing Siebel Integration for Content Manager

15.2.1 Installing Siebel Web templates

15.3 Configuring eClient

15.3.1 Configuring eClient application server in WebSphere

15.3.2 Configuring integration properties file

15.3.3 Configuring browser

15.4 Configuring Siebel

15.4.1 Configuring business component

15.4.2 Displaying external content within an applet

15.4.3 Configuring Siebel application

15.5 Setting up Content Manager and EIP

15.5.1 Creating attributes in Content Manager

15.5.2 Creating item type in Content Manager

15.5.3 Populating unstructured data in Content Manager

15.5.4 Preparing EIP server

15.5.5 Creating EIP federated entity

15.5.6 Creating EIP federated search template

15.6 Verification

Chapter 16. Integrating with e-mail server

16.1 Identifying e-mail server

16.2 Configuring eClient to enable the e-mail feature

16.3 E-mailing documents as attachment

Chapter 17. Single sign-on

17.1 Introduction

17.1.1 Introducing the scenario

17.2 Installing and configuring Directory Server V5.1

17.2.1 Installing Directory Server V5.1

17.2.2 Creating administrator DN and password

17.2.3 Configuring database

17.2.4 Creating a suffix.

17.2.5 Registering the LDAP server

17.2.6 Creating LDAP user

17.3 Configuring Content Manager V8.2 for LDAP

17.3.1 Generating the properties file

17.3.2 Installing properties file

17.3.3 Installing user exit

17.4 Configuring Content Manager V8.2 for SSO

17.4.1 Enabling single sign-on

17.4.2 Creating new privilege set

17.5 Importing LDAP users into Content Manager V8.2

17.6 Configuring WebSphere Application Server V5.0

17.6.1 Configuring LTPA

17.6.2 Generating LTPA keys

17.6.3 Configuring LDAP user registries

17.6.4 Enabling LTPA authentication

17.6.5 Verifying WebSphere security configuration

17.7 Verification

Part 5 Troubleshooting, debugging, and performance

Chapter 18. Troubleshooting and debugging

18.1 Isolating problems

18.2 Tracing eClient

18.2.1 Configuring IDM.properties file

18.2.2 Sample log file

18.3 Tracing EIP Java API

18.3.1 Configuring log manager

18.3.2 Sample log file

18.4 Additional trace information

18.5 Debugging your application

18.5.1 Debugging Java code using stdout

18.5.2 Debugging JavaScript code

18.6 Typical problems

18.7 Support channels

18.7.1 Official support Web site

18.7.2 Forums

Chapter 19. Performance tuning

19.1 Introduction

19.2 Tuning recommendations

19.3 Maintenance and monitoring for performance

Part 6 Appendixes

Appendix A. Calculating memory needed for an image

Introduction

Calculate memory usage for applet viewer

Calculate memory usage for mid-tier conversion

Appendix B. Additional material

Locating the Web material

Using the Web material

System requirements for downloading the Web material

How to use the Web material

Glossary

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks.

Index.

Notes:

"October 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342283