Configure federated documents feature for files | HCL Digital Experience

Complete the configuration of the federated documents feature to communicate with HCL Connections.

Procedure

  1. Specify whether credential vaults slots are used for authentication with remote servers.

    Because you can access federated documents through either the personalization editor or the rich text editor that is provided with Web Content Manager, you can configure credential vault slots for each method independently.

    1. If you are accessing federated documents through the personalization editor, click wp.federated.documents.pzn.vaultselection.enabled. To enable credential vaults slots, set the value to true, or, to disable credential vault slots, set the value to false.
      By default, the value is true.
    2. If you are accessing federated documents through the rich text editor in Web Content Manager, click wp.federated.documents.wcm.vaultselection.enabled. To enable credential vaults slots, set the value to true, or, to disable credential vault slots, set the value to false.
      By default, the value is true.

    If you enable credential vault slots, users can select a credential vault slot in the user interface. You can also use the property wp.federated.documents.suffix.vault.slot to specify a default credential slot to be used with a given remote server.

  2. If you enable credential vault slots, grant access to credential vault slots for all authenticated users.
    1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.
    2. Click the Administration menu icon. Then, click Access > Resource Permissions.
    3. From the list of resource types, click Virtual Resources.
    4. For the ADMIN_SLOTS resource, click the Assign Access icon.
    5. Edit the User role, and add the All Authenticated Portal Users group to the role.
  3. Optional: Configure the amount of data that is returned for the summary metadata attribute of the document.
    1. Click Resources > Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers.
    2. Click WCM WCMConfigService.
    3. Under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties.
    4. Click wcm.pzn.ecm.max.field.length, and enter the number of characters to be returned. If no value is specified, the default value is 128 characters.
  4. Optional: Configure whether property changes are automatically loaded.

    By default, the Federated Documents service automatically reloads properties at a specified interval, without requiring you to restart the portal. You can change the automatic reloading behavior or modify the reloading interval.

    1. Click Resources > Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers.
    2. Click WP FederatedDocumentsService.
    3. Under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties.
    4. Click wp.federated.documents.document.service.reload.disabled, and specify a value of true to disable automatic reloading of properties. The default value is false.
    5. Click wp.federated.documents.document.service.reload.interval, and specify the interval in seconds for reloading properties. The default value is 3 seconds.
  5. Save your changes. The Federated Documents service automatically reloads any updated properties.
    If you disabled automatic reloading, restart the portal server.