1. In the Recurrence Pattern, Days of the week tab, click Monday and drag to Saturday to select all days of the week except Sunday. The days highlight in gray as you select them.

   Figure 17-1 Days of the Week Tab

   
   Description of "Figure 17-1 Days of the Week Tab"
2. Skip the Days of the month tab, since you have selected the days you want.
3. In the Months tab, click All to select all months. All months become highlighted in gray.

   Figure 17-2 Months Tab

   
   Description of "Figure 17-2 Months Tab"
4. In the Times of Recurrence section, Hours selector, click 7am, 4pm, and 8pm.
5. In the Minutes selector, click 0.

   Figure 17-3 Hours and Minutes Section

   
   Description of "Figure 17-3 Hours and Minutes Section"
6. Ensure the dates and times selected in the Enabled Dates and Times section of the form.

   It should look as follows:

   Figure 17-4 Schedule Detail

   
   Description of "Figure 17-4 Schedule Detail"
7. In the Enabled Dates and Times section, click Enabled.
8. Click the Save button.

   A summary of the schedule now opens in the Publish Event section of the Publish Destination form.

When scheduled events are created, these events are displayed in string format in the WebCenter Sites interface.

In the Edit Publish Events form the schedule opens in easy-to-read format on the Enabled Dates and Times section at the top of the page. In the Publish Destination forms, the schedule opens in the Publish Event field as a string.

Here is the key to the schedule string:

hours:minutes:seconds weekdays/days of month/months of year

This information opens as follows:

• Hours are displayed as numbers from 0 (midnight) through 23 (11 p.m.) and are separated from the minutes with a colon.

  When multiple hours are selected, the selected hours display with commas separating them.

  In the example schedule (in Scheduling a Publish Event), 7 a.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m. were set as the times to publish. This displays as 7,16,20:

• Because you can set minutes in increments of 5, minutes are displayed as numbers 0 – 55 in five minute increments. Minutes are separated from the seconds with a colon.

  If the schedule describes multiple minutes increment, the scheduled increments are listed with commas separating them.

  When minutes are displayed as a 0, it means the event runs on the hour.

  The hours and minutes for the example are displayed like this: 7,16,20:0:

• Seconds are always set to zero. Therefore, the complete expression of the time in the display of the example is: 7,16,20:0:0

• The time and the days are separated with a space.

  • Days of the week are expressed as numbers 0 (Sunday) through 6 (Saturday) and end with the slash (/) character.

  • If either no days or all days were selected, the publish event runs every day of the week. An asterisk (*) character is in the field in that case.

  • If multiple days are scheduled, the selected days are displayed with commas separating them.

  The example schedule includes all the days of the week except Sunday. Therefore, the days of the week are appended to the display as follows: 7,16,20:0:0 1,2,3,4,5,6/

• Days of the month are also displayed as numbers (1–31) and end with the slash (/) character.

  • The list of days is separated with a comma.

  • If no days of the month were selected, the publishing event runs every day of the month. An asterisk (*) character is in the field in that case.

  • If you specify both days of the week and days of the month, the event runs when either setting matches the current day.

  The example schedule does not specify days of the month. Therefore, the value for this item is appended to the display as an asterisk: 7,16,20:0:0 1,2,3,4,5,6/*/

• After the string are the months, displayed as numbers from 1 (January) through 12 (December).

  • The list of months is separated with a comma.

  • If all the months are selected, the publishing event will run every month. An asterisk (*) character is in the field in that case.

  The example schedule specified all the months. Therefore, the final result is:

  7,16,20:0:0 1,2,3,4,5,6/*/*

1. In the General Admin tree, expand the Admin node, expand the Publishing node, and then expand the Destinations node.
2. Double-click the destination to schedule a publish event for.
3. In the Publish Destination form, click Set Publish Event.

   The Publish Event form is displayed. The text at the top of the form describes how the event is currently configured.

4. Edit the event as required and click Schedule. To clear your selections, click Cancel.

1. In the Admin interface, click the Publishing button in the toolbar.
2. In the Publishing Console, from the list, select the destination to publish to.
3. Click the Select Destination button.

   WebCenter Sites determines whether there are any assets that can be published to the destination and displays a summary form.

   If there are assets that can be published to the destination, the Publish button opens. If there are no assets to publish, there is no Publish button.

4. Click Publish.

   The publishing session starts.

   Note:

   If a publishing session for this destination is underway, the publish event that you just tried to run fails and WebCenter Sites displays a status message describing that another session for the same destination is in progress. If you still want to run this event, wait until the current session completes and then repeat this procedure.

1. In the General Admin tree, expand the Admin node, expand the Publishing node, and then expand the Destinations node.
2. Expand the destination to configure default templates for and then select the Set Default Templates item.
   The Default Templates form is displayed.
3. In the Default Templates form, click Edit Configuration.

   The system displays a form similar to the following figure:

   Figure 17-5 Default Templates Form

   
   Description of "Figure 17-5 Default Templates Form"
4. For each asset type that you have to configure, select the template and wrapper page for WebCenter Sites to use as the approval or preview template for assets of that type. If there are subtypes configured for an asset type, you can specify a default template for each subtype of that asset type.
5. Click the Save button.

   You are returned to the Default Templates form for that destination.

You use the Publish Console to monitor publishing sessions. To open the Publish Console, click the Publishing button at the top of the WebCenter Sites interface. The Publish Console form will open.

The console displays a summary of all the publishing activity, including any sessions that are currently running, scheduled, or completed.

Figure 17-6 Publish Console Form

Description of "Figure 17-6 Publish Console Form"

1. In the Publish Console, select the destination from the list.
2. Click the Select Destination button.

   A summary form opens. It lists any assets that have to be published but are not ready (they are held) and assets that can be published.

3. Click the link for the number of assets help for publish or the number of assets ready for publish to see the details.

   A list of assets that are either approved or approved and still held for dependency reasons is displayed. On one tab is the list of Approved Assets, and the other tab are the assets that are in the On-Demand Queue.

   If you have to resolve an issue, click the link to the asset and make any changes that are necessary (and perhaps approve it):

Publishing sessions that are completed are listed in the Publish History section of the Publish Console, which opens when you click the Publishing button. Each publish session in the list has a status; Running, Done, or Failed.

Each item in the list has two icons:

• The inspect icon (the circled letter "i"), which displays a summary of that session. Examining the summary is the first step in troubleshooting a failed session.

• The delete icon (the trash can), which deletes the session. When you click this icon, WebCenter Sites deletes the row from the PubSession table, the publishing log file for the session, and any messages for the session from the PubMessage table.

The greater the number of publishing sessions listed in this section, the longer it takes WebCenter Sites to open the Publish Console.

If a session shows its status to be Failed, click the inspect icon, note any error messages, and then consult Troubleshooting.

The publishing system conducts incremental publishing sessions. That is, during any session, only those assets that have been approved since the last session for this destination are published.

However, you may find a situation in which you have to publish all the approved assets in your entire site. (For example, after data repair on the delivery system.) When this is the case, use the Force Publish All Items Next Time button in the Edit Destination form.

When you click this button, it is the equivalent of changing the status of all approved assets to that of "never been published." That means that the next publishing session to the destination will publish all approved assets, regardless of whether they have been published and have not changed since they were published.

This section describes error messages and other system indicators that reveal configuration, system, or data errors and suggests corrective actions for each. It contains the following topics:

• Understanding Publishing System Error Messages

• Understanding Numeric Messages

• Indicating Other System or Configuration Issues