Feature Pack 3: Deprecated feature

Approve content

In this lesson, you assume the role of Elle, the content approver that is assigned to approve the Product Introductions task group. You use the Tasks tool in the Management Center to validate the changes that are made for this task group.

Introduced in Feature Pack 3Note: The Workspace Administration Tool is deprecated. The Workspace Management tool replaces all of the workspace management features in the Workspace Administration Tool and the Tasks tool. If your site uses the Workspace Management tool, do not follow the steps that are contained within this tutorial. Instead, see Workspace Management tool.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Management Center as user elle. Access Management Center at the following URL:

    https://host_name:8000/lobtools

    Where host_name is the fully qualified WebSphere Commerce web server host name.
  2. In the explorer view, click the To Do folder.

    To Do task list
    The list of tasks that are assigned to you are displayed.
  3. In the list view, right-click the Product Introductions task; then click Work On.
  4. Double-click the task; then in the properties view, click the Comments tab to view any comments that are made by the Content Contributors.
  5. Verify the changes that are made to the product:
    1. In Management Center, select the Catalogs tool; then select the Sample B2B Store.
    2. Navigate to the find area; then type in Coolest cell phone, and from the list, select All Catalog Entries as the search object type.

      Find area
    3. Click Search Search.
    4. Double-click the product in the search results view.
      The product properties view displays.
    5. Verify that all information is complete.
    6. On the toolbar, click Store preview.
    7. On the Store Preview Options dialog, select the store home page in the Store Address field. You can also enter the store URL of the first page that you want to see in the preview.
      For example, enter a product display URL.
  6. Approve the work that is done:
    1. Click the Tasks tab.
    2. Click the To Do tab in the explorer view.
    3. Right-click the Product Introduction task, then in the context menu click Approve.

      Approve Content
      The approved tasks can be viewed by clicking the Approved folder in the explorer view.
  7. Click Logout.
  8. Check the status of the task group commit in the Workspace Administration Tool:
    1. Log in to the Workspace Administration tool as the user Jim at the following URL:

      https:// host_name:8000/webapp/wcs/wkspcadmin/servlet/ToolsLogon?XMLFile=workspaceadmin.WorkspaceAdminLogon

      Where host_name is the fully qualified WebSphere Commerce web server host name.
    2. Select Workspaces > Manage Workspaces.
    3. Change the view to show current, completed, and canceled objects in the Workspace Administration Tool.
    4. Locate the Product introductions task group in the Maintenance workspace:

      Committed View

      This image indicates that the Production introductions task group was successfully committed and that the new task group and tasks are created. The new task group and tasks were created because the task group was created as a recurring task group. This task group and its tasks are ready to be used to introduce different products.

Results

Tutorial Summary

This tutorial illustrated the capabilities of workspaces in WebSphere Commerce.

In this tutorial you learned how to complete the following tasks:

  • Create a workspace with task groups and tasks to manage a content change process.
  • Create content within the product management and attachment tools within WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
  • Monitor workspace and task group status within the Workspace Administration Tools.