Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- Who's Who
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Part I Introduction to Oracle WebCenter Portal
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Introduction to Administration for WebCenter Portal
- Introducing Oracle WebCenter Portal
- Oracle WebCenter Portal Architecture
- Oracle WebCenter Portal Topology
- Understanding the Oracle WebCenter Portal Installation
- Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools
- Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Understanding Security
- Data Migration, Backup, and Recovery
- Oracle WebCenter Portal Administration Tools
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Introduction to Administration for WebCenter Portal
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Part II Getting Started
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Getting Started Administering WebCenter Portal
- Role of the System Administrator
- Installing WebCenter Portal
- Setting Up WebCenter Portal for the First Time (Roadmap)
- Customizing WebCenter Portal for the First Time (Roadmap)
- System Administration for WebCenter Portal – Fusion Middleware Admin Role (Roadmap)
- System Administration for WebCenter Portal – WebCenter Portal Admin Role (Roadmap)
- 3 Starting Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
- 4 Starting and Stopping Managed Servers and Applications for Oracle WebCenter Portal
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Getting Started Administering WebCenter Portal
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Part III Administering Tools and Services
- 5 Managing Tools and Services
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Managing Connections to Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- About Oracle WebCenter Content Server Connections
- Prerequisites for Configuring Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Configuration Roadmap for Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Creating a Connection to Oracle WebCenter Content Server
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Configuring Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Creating a Custom Administrator
- Enabling Mandatory Components
- Configuring the Inbound Refinery
- Setting Up SSL for Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Setting Up Site Studio
- Enabling Full-Text Search
- Creating Content Profiles in Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Configuring Access Control List Security
- Enabling Digital Asset Manager
- Additional Optional Configurations for Oracle WebCenter Content Server
- Registering the Default Oracle WebCenter Content Server Repository
- Setting Connection Properties for the Default Oracle WebCenter Content Server Connection
- Modifying Oracle WebCenter Content Server Connection Details
- Deleting Oracle WebCenter Content Server Connections
- Changing the Maximum File Upload Size
- Configuring Content Manager for Oracle Content and Experience Cloud
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Managing Analytics
- About Analytics in WebCenter Portal
- Configuration Roadmap for Analytics
- Analytics Prerequisites
- Configuring Analytics Collector Settings
- Registering an Analytics Collector for Your Application
- Validating Analytic Event Collection
- Viewing the Current WebCenter Portal's Analytic Event List
- Purging Analytics Data
- Partitioning Analytics Data
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Managing Calendar Events
- About Events Connections
- Configuring Personal Events for WebCenter Portal
- Events Prerequisites for Personal Events
- Registering Events Servers
- Choosing the Active Events Server Connection
- Modifying Events Server Connection Details
- Deleting Event Server Connections
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Integrating Other Oracle Applications
- About Integrating Other Oracle Applications
- Integrating Siebel Applications
- Integrating E-Business Suite Applications
- Integrating JD Edwards Applications
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Integrating PeopleSoft Applications
- About Integrating PeopleSoft Applications
- How to Integrate PeopleSoft Applications as WSRP Portlets
- How to Integrate PeopleSoft Applications as Data Controls in WebCenter Portal
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Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
- About Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
- How to Configure Credentials for Connecting to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
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How to Integrate Oracle Business Intelligence Objects in WebCenter Portal
- How to Add or Modify a Presentation Services Connection After Deployment
- How to Add Oracle BI Objects to a WebCenter Portal Resource Catalog
- How to Add Oracle BI Content at Runtime
- How to Modify a Business Intelligence Object's Prompt Values
- How to Modify a Business Intelligence Task Flow's Initialization Parameters
- Integrating with Oracle Content and Experience Cloud
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Configuring Search in WebCenter
Portal
- Creating a Crawl Admin User in WebCenter Portal
- Integrating with Elasticsearch
- Integrating with OCI Search Service with OpenSearch
- Configuring WebCenter Content for Search
- Configuring WebCenter Portal for Search
- Synchronizing Users in WebCenter Portal
- Configuring Search Crawlers
- Enabling AutoSuggest in WebCenter Portal
- Configuring Search Custom Attributes
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Creating Custom Facets
- Adding a Custom Metadata Field in Oracle WebCenter Content
- Rebuilding the WebCenter Content Index
- Configuring the SESCrawlerExport Component
- Configuring the Search Setting Metadata
- Configuring the Search Custom Facet Metadata
- Update the Metadata for the Document in Your Portal
- Configuring the File Exclusion in Search Results
- Customizing Search Query Pattern
- Scheduling a Crawl
- Customizing Search Settings in WebCenter Portal Administration
- Modifying the Default Connection Settings for Document Content Crawl Plugin in Elasticsearch Server
- Modifying Search Global Attributes
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Managing Instant Messaging and Presence
- About Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
- Instant Messaging and Presence Server Prerequisites
- Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers
- Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence
- Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connection Details
- Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
- Setting Up Instant Messaging and Presence Defaults
- Testing Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
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Managing Mail
- About Mail Server Connections
- Configuration Roadmap for Mail
- Mail Server Prerequisites
- Registering Mail Servers
- Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection
- Modifying Mail Server Connection Details
- Deleting Mail Server Connections
- Setting Up Mail Defaults
- Testing Mail Server Connections
- Configuring Send Mail Notifications for WebCenter Portal
- 13 Managing People Connections
- 14 Managing RSS
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Managing Subscriptions and Notifications
- About Subscriptions and Notifications
- Setting Up Default Subscription Preferences
- Setting Up Notifications
- Creating and Applying Custom Notification Templates
- Testing the Notifications Connection
- 16 Managing the SOA Connection for WebCenter Portal Membership Workflows
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Managing Portlet Producers
- About Portlet Producers
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Managing WSRP Portlet Producers
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Registering WSRP Producers
- Registering a WSRP Producer Using Fusion Middleware Control
- Registering a WSRP Producer Using WLST
- Registering a WSRP Portlet Producer in WebCenter Portal
- Adding a Grant to the Policy Store for a Mapped User Identity
- WSRP Producer Connection Parameters
- WSRP Producer Security Connection Parameters
- WSRP Producer Keystore Connection Parameters
- Testing WSRP Producer Connections
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Editing WSRP Producer Registration Details
- About Editing WSRP Producer Registration Details
- Editing WSRP Producer Registration Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
- Editing Producer Registration Details Using WLST
- Editing WSRP Producer Registration Details in WebCenter Portal
- Migrating WSRP Producer Metadata to a New WSDL URL
- Editing the Portlet Client Configuration
- Deregistering WSRP Portlet Producers
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Registering WSRP Producers
- Managing Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producers
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Deploying Portlet Producer Applications
- Preparing Portlet Producer Applications for Deployment
- Deploying a Portlet Producer Application Using Fusion Middleware Control
- Deploying a Portlet Producer Application Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
- Deploying a Portlet Producer Application Using WLST
- Deploying a Portlet Producer Application Using Oracle JDeveloper
- 18 Managing External Applications
- 19 Managing REST Services
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Part IV Monitoring
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Monitoring WebCenter Portal Performance
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Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance Metrics
- Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal Metric Collection
- Understanding the Key Performance Metrics
- Using Key Performance Metric Data to Analyze and Diagnose System Health
- Understanding Some Common Performance Issues and Actions
- Understanding Page Request Metrics
- Understanding Portlet Producer Metrics
- Understanding WebLogic Server Metrics
- Understanding Security Metrics
- Understanding Page Response and Load Metrics
- Understanding Portal Metrics
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Understanding Tool and Service Metrics
- Metrics Common to all Tools and Services
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Metrics Specific to a Particular Tool or Service
- Announcements Metrics
- BPEL Worklist Metrics
- Content Repository Metrics
- Discussion Metrics
- Events Metrics
- External Application Metrics
- Instant Messaging and Presence Metrics
- Import and Export Metrics
- List Metrics
- Mail Metrics
- Note Metrics
- Page Operation Metrics
- People Connection Metrics
- RSS News Feed Metrics
- Search Metrics
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Troubleshooting Common Issues with Tools and Services
- Announcements - Issues and Actions
- Content Repository (Documents and Content Presenter) - Issues and Actions
- Discussions - Issues and Actions
- External Applications - Issues and Actions
- Events - Issues and Actions
- Instant Messaging and Presence - Issues and Actions
- Import and Export - Issues and Actions
- Lists - Issues and Actions
- Mail - Issues and Actions
- Notes - Issues and Actions
- Page Services - Issues and Actions
- Portlets and Producers - Issues and Actions
- People Connections - Issues and Actions
- RSS News Feeds - Issues and Actions
- Search - Issues and Actions
- Viewing Performance Metrics Using Fusion Middleware Control
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Customizing Key Performance Metric Thresholds and Collection
- Understanding Customization Options for Key Performance Metrics
- Understanding Default Metric Collection and Threshold Settings
- Configuring Thresholds for Key Metrics
- Configuring the Frequency of WebLogic Server Health Checks
- Configuring the Number of Samples Used to Calculate Key Performance Metrics
- Editing Thresholds and Collection Options for WebCenter Portal
- Diagnosing and Resolving Performance Issues with Oracle WebCenter Portal
- Tuning Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance
- Monitoring Performance Using WebCenter Portal Performance Pack
- Improving Data Caching Performance
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Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance Metrics
- 21 Managing WebCenter Portal Logs
- 22 Managing WebCenter Portal Audit Logs
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Monitoring WebCenter Portal Performance
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Part V Administering Security
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Managing WebCenter Portal Security
- Introduction to Application Security
- Default Security Configuration
- Setting the Policy Store Refresh Interval and Other Cache Settings
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Configuring the Identity Store
- Reassociating the Identity Store with an External LDAP Server
- Configuring the GUID Attribute for External LDAP Identity Stores
- Adding Users to the Embedded LDAP Identity Store
- Moving the Administrator Account to an External LDAP Server
- Configuring Oracle WebCenter Content to Share the WebCenter Portal Identity Store LDAP Server
- Aggregating Multiple Identity Store LDAP Servers Using libOVD
- Configuring Dynamic Groups for WebCenter Portal
- Configuring the REST Service Identity Asserter
- 25 Managing Users and Application Roles
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Configuring Single Sign-On
- Introduction to Single Sign-On
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Configuring Oracle Access Manager
- OAM Components and Topology
- Roadmap to Configuring OAM
- Installing and Configuring OAM 11g
- Configuring the WebLogic Domain for OAM
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Additional Single Sign-on Configurations
- Configuring WebCenter Portal for SSO
- Configuring the Discussions Server for SSO
- Configuring SOA Server Connections for SSO
- Configuring OAM for RSS Feeds Using External Readers
- Configuring the WebLogic Server Administration Console and Enterprise Manager for OAM 11g
- Configuring Elasticsearch for SSO
- Configuring Content Server for SSO
- Restricting Access with Connection Filters
- Configuring Portlet Producers and Additional Components
- Testing Your OAM Installation
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Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-On
- SAML Components and Topology
- Configuring SAML1.1-based Single Sign-On
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Configuring SAML 2.0-based Single Sign-On
- Creating SAML 2.0 Credential Mapping Provider
- Configuring SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Services
- Configure SAML 2.0 General Services for Identity Provider
- Configuring Service Provider Partner Metadata on SAML Identity Provider Source Site
- Creating SAML 2.0 Identity Assertion Provider
- Configuring SAML 2.0 Service Provider Services
- Configuring SAML 2.0 General Services for Service Provider
- Configuring Identity Provider Metadata on SAML Service Provider
- Troubleshooting Common Issues with SAML 2.0
- Configuring SSO for Microsoft Clients
- Configuring SSO with Virtual Hosts
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Configuring SSL
- Securing the Browser Connection to WebCenter Portal using SSL
- Securing the Connection from Oracle HTTP Server to WebCenter Portal with SSL
- Securing the Browser Connection to Discussions with SSL
- Securing the WebCenter Portal Connection to Portlet Producers with SSL
- Securing the WebCenter Portal Connection to the LDAP Identity Store
- Securing the WebCenter Portal Connection to IMAP and SMTP with SSL
- Securing the WebCenter Portal Connection to an External BPEL Server with SSL
- Securing the WebCenter Portal Connection to Content Server with SSL
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Configuring Web Services Security
- Configuring WS-Security for a Typical Topology
- Configuring WS-Security for Multiple Domains
- Securing WebCenter Portal for Applications Consuming WebCenter Portal Client API with WS-Security
- JKS Command Summary for a Typical Topology
- JKS Command Summary for Extensions to a Typical Topology
- 29 Configuring Security for Portlet Producers
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Managing Impersonation
- Introduction to WebCenter Portal Impersonation
- Preparing WebCenter Portal for Impersonation
- Configuring WebCenter Portal for Impersonation
- Configuring Impersonators
- Disabling Impersonation
- Turning off the Session Indicator
- Overriding the Impersonation Hotkey
- Managing Audit Logs for WebCenter Portal Impersonation
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Managing WebCenter Portal Security
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Part VI Administering WebCenter Portal Lifecycle
- 31 Understanding the WebCenter Portal Lifecycle
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Deploying Portals, Templates, Assets, and Extensions
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Deploying Portals
- About Portal Deployment
- Directly Deploying Portals Using WebCenter Portal
- Directly Deploying Portals Using WLST
- Deploying Portal Archives
- Deploying Portal Templates
- Deploying Assets
- Deploying Custom Shared Library Extensions
- Moving Connections Details from Staging to Production
- Migrating Discussions Resources for a Portal
- Propagating and Redeploying Portals in Production
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Deploying Portals
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Managing WebCenter Portal Backup, Recovery, and Cloning
- Understanding WebCenter Portal Back Up and Recovery
- Comparing Back up, Recovery, and Migration Tools for WebCenter Portal
- Backing Up Individual Portals
- Restoring Portals from a Backup
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Backing Up an Entire WebCenter Portal Installation
- Backing Up and Restoring All WebCenter Portal Schema Data
- Backing Up and Restoring All MDS Schema Data
- Backing Up and Restoring All WebCenter Content Data
- Backing up and Restoring Discussion Schema Data
- Backing up and Restoring Other Schema Data (ACTIVITIES and PORTLET)
- Backing Up and Restoring LDAP Identity Store
- Backing Up and Restoring Policy Stores (LDAP and Database)
- Backing Up and Restoring Credential Stores (LDAP and Database)
- Backing Up and Restoring a WebCenter Portal Domain
- Backing Up and Restoring Portlet Producer Metadata
- Backing Up and Restoring Analytics Metadata
- Backing Up and Restoring Audit Repository Configuration
- Migrating Entire WebCenter Portal to Another Target
- Restoring an Entire WebCenter Portal Installation
- Using Scripts to Back Up and Restore WebCenter Portal
- Cloning a WebCenter Portal Environment
- Part VII Administering Multilanguage Portals
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Part VIII Administering Portals in WebCenter Portal
- 35 Exploring the Settings Pages in WebCenter Portal Administration
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Exploring the Portals Page in WebCenter Portal Administration
- About the Portals Page in WebCenter Portal Administration
- Accessing the Portals Page in WebCenter Portal Administration
- Sorting the Portals Listing
- Creating a Portal
- Exporting and Importing a Portal
- Viewing Information About Any Portal
- Sharing the Link to a Portal
- Closing Any Portal
- Reactivating Any Portal
- Taking Any Portal Offline
- Bringing Any Portal Back Online
- Deleting a Portal
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Configuring Global Defaults Across Portals
- Customizing the Name and Logo in the Home Portal
- Choosing a Default Page Template
- Choosing a Default Skin
- Choosing Default Resource Catalogs
- Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements
- Customizing the Online Help Link
- Choosing a Default Display Language
- Redirecting on Logout
- Choosing a Default Start (or Landing) Page
- Specifying Session Timeout Settings
- Enabling Self-Registration
- Choosing a Default Look and Feel for New Pages
- Enabling and Disabling Access to the Home Portal
- Setting Up Defaults for WebCenter Portal Tools and Services
- Adding a List of Valid External URLs
- 38 Managing Security Across Portals
- 39 Working with Global Attributes Across Portals
- 40 Customizing System Pages
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Managing Business Role Pages
- About Business Role Pages
- Setting Page Creation Defaults for Business Role Pages
- Creating a Business Role Page
- Specifying the Target Audience for a Business Role Page
- Revoking Access to a Custom Business Role Page
- Showing and Hiding Business Role Pages
- Setting a Default Display Order for Business Role Pages
- Editing a Business Role Page
- Editing the Source of a Business Role Page
- Copying a Business Role Page
- Removing All User Customizations from a Business Role Page
- Deleting a Custom Business Role Page
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Managing Personal Pages
- About Personal Page Administration
- Setting Application-Level Page Creation Defaults for Personal Pages
- Preventing Users from Creating Personal Pages
- Providing Navigation to Personal Pages
- Changing Access Permissions on a Personal Page
- Editing a Personal Page
- Editing the Source of a Personal Page
- Copying a Personal Page
- Removing All User Customizations from a Personal Page
- Deleting a Personal Page
- 43 Administering Device Settings
- 44 Customizing Task Flows
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Analyzing Portal Usage
- About the Analytics Task Flows and Service
- About the Analytics Administration Page
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Working with Analytics Task Flows
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Understanding Analytics Task Flows
- WebCenter Traffic
- Page Traffic (Administrator)
- Login Metrics (System Administrator)
- Portal Traffic (System Administrator)
- Portal Response Time (System Administrator)
- Portlet Traffic (Administrator)
- Portlet Instance Traffic (Administrator)
- Portlet Response Time (Administrator)
- Portlet Instances Response Time (Administrator)
- Search Metrics
- Document Metrics (System Administrator)
- Wiki Metrics (System Administrator)
- Blog Metrics (System Administrator)
- Discussion Forum Metrics (System Administrator)
- Adding Analytics Task Flows to a Page
- Customizing Analytics Reports
- Personalizing Your Analytics Report
- Setting Analytics Task Flow Properties
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Understanding Analytics Task Flows
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Appendixes
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A
Managing Announcements and Discussions
- About Discussions Server Connections
- Discussions Server Prerequisites
- Registering Discussions Servers
- Choosing the Active Connection for Discussions and Announcements
- Modifying Discussions Server Connection Details
- Deleting Discussions Server Connections
- Setting Up Discussions Defaults
- Setting Up Announcements Defaults
- Testing Discussions Server Connections
- Granting Administrator Permissions on the Discussions Server
- Granting Administrator Role on the Discussions Server
- Configuring Discussion Forum Options for WebCenter Portal
- B Oracle WebCenter Portal Configuration
- C Third-Party Product Support
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D
Migrating Wiki Content to WebCenter Portal
- Understanding Wiki Documents and Wiki Pages
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Migrating Data from the Source Wiki Application to WebCenter Portal
- Preparing WebCenter Portal for Importing Wiki Content
- Writing and Running a Custom Wiki Extraction Tool to Extract Content from the Wiki Application
- Using the Document Migration Utility to Import the Archive into the Target Portal
- Creating Wiki Pages in WebCenter Portal for the Content in WebCenter Content Server
- E Migrating Folders_g to FrameworkFolders
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F
Troubleshooting WebCenter Portal
- Using My Oracle Support for Additional Troubleshooting Information
- Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter Portal Configuration Issues
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Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter Portal WLST Command Issues
- No Oracle WebCenter Portal WLST Commands Work
- Connection Name Specified Already Exists
- WLST Shell is Not Connected to the WebLogic Server
- More Than One Application with the Same Name Exists in the Domain
- More Than One Application with the Same Name Exists on a Managed Server
- Already in Domain Runtime Tree Message Displays
- Troubleshooting Oracle WebCenter Portal Performance Issues
- Troubleshooting WebCenter Portal Workflows
- Troubleshooting WebCenter Portal Import and Export
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Troubleshooting Individual Portal and Portal Template Import and Export
- Portal Blocked After Unsuccessful Export or Import
- Page or Portal Not Found Message After Import
- Portal Import Archive Exceeds Maximum Upload File Size
- Maximum Number of Portals Exceeded on Export
- Lists Not Imported Properly
- Exporting and Importing Portals with Tools and Services Configured
- Tools and Services Disabled After Import
- Importing from the Subportals Page
- Unable to Import a Portal If the Source and Target Applications Share the Same Content Server
- Shared Library Changes Not Available after Portal Deployment
- Members Not Listed in an Imported Portal
- Deployment Messages Not Displayed in the Browser Locale
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Troubleshooting Issues with Mail
- Mail is Not Accessible in Secure Mode
- Mail is Not Accessible in Non-Secure Mode
- Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Non-Secure Mode
- Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Secure Mode
- Provisioning of Mail Fails in a Portal (Default Distribution List not Created)
- Unable to Configure the Number of Mail Messages Downloaded
- Unable to Publish and Archive WebCenter Portal Mail
- Changing Passwords on Microsoft Exchange
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Troubleshooting Issues with Announcements and Discussions
- Authentication Failed
- Discussions Cannot Be Enabled in WebCenter Portal
- Login Failed
- Login Does Not Function Properly After Configuring Oracle Access Manager
- Category Not Found Exceptions
- Watched Topics and Recent Topics Not Displaying Topics From Multiple Discussion Forums
- Discussion and Announcement Updates Not Displayed
- Announcements Page Displays "User Is Not Authorized"
- Discussions Page Displays "User Is Not Authorized"
- Troubleshooting Issues with Events
- Troubleshooting Issues with Users and Roles
- Troubleshooting Issues with Content Repositories
- Troubleshooting Issues with Analytics
- Troubleshooting Issues with Notifications
- Troubleshooting External Application Issues
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Troubleshooting Security Configuration Issues
- WebCenter Portal Application Does Not Find Users in LDAP Provider
- Portal Created with Errors When Logged in as OID User
- Users Cannot Self-Register when WebCenter Portal Configured with Active Directory
- User Made Administrator Does Not Have Administrator Privileges
- Deploying the SAML SSO-specific Discussions EAR file Produces an Exception
- Configuring SAML Single Sign-on Produces 403 Error
- Impersonation Session Produces Error with OAM 11.1.2.2.0
- Troubleshooting Issues with External Links
- Troubleshooting Issues with Elasticsearch
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A
Managing Announcements and Discussions