Post-migration step for status updates

If you changed the maximum length of status updates in your IBM® Connections 3.0.1 deployment, update the 4.0 news-config.xml file to maintain this setting.

Maximum length of status updates

In IBM Connections 4.0, the property that specifies the maximum length of status updates has been moved from the profiles-config.xml file to the news-config.xml file. The default value of the property in IBM Connections 3.0.1 is 1000.

If you edited the com.ibm.lconn.profiles.config.theboard.entry.MaxChars property in the profiles-config.xml file in IBM Connections 3.0.1 deployment, you must update the value of the microblogEntryMaxChar property in the news-config.xml file. For information about how to edit this property, see the Specifying the maximum size for microblogs topic.

If you did not edit the default maximum length for status updates in IBM Connections 3, this post-migration step is not required.

J2EE mapping for profile policies

The access control checks for Profiles policies for the board and status updates features are now handled by the News application. If you used the person_and_self and person_not_self access level for these policies in IBM Connections 3.0.1, you must map the same users to the person J2EE role in the News application in IBM Connections 4.5. For more information, see the Assigning people to J2EE roles topic.