Process Control Elements | HCL Digital Experience

These elements are used to provide the Web Content Integrator with some information about how to handle the data that is contained within the item.

action

This element indicates the action to be run on the item that is represented by the <item>.
Table 1. action element
Element parameters: Details for this element:
Applies to item types All
Required for item types All
Allowable Values "add", "update", or "delete".
Required Attributes None
Optional Attributes None
Required sub-elements None
Optional sub-elements None
Example:
<ibmwcm:action>update</ibmwcm:action>

itemType

The itemType element indicates the type of item that is represented by the feed entry. These correspond to the Web Content Manager item types that can be created or updated via the feed. In some cases, the value of this element is combined with the value in the <ibmwcm:path> element to determine which Web Content Manager item type to create.
Table 2. itemType element
Element parameters: Details for this element:
Applies to item types All
Required for item types All
Allowable Values

"siteArea" for site areas.

"content" for content items.

"component" for components.

"category" for taxonomies and categories.
Required Attributes None
Optional Attributes None
Required sub-elements None
Optional sub-elements None

Example:

Site Area
<ibmwcm:itemType>siteArea</ibmwcm:itemType> + any other value for <ibmwcm:path> 
or the lack of an <ibmwcm:path> element.
Taxonomy
<ibmwcm:itemType>category</ibmwcm:itemType> + <ibmwcm:path>/</ibmwcm:path>
Category
<ibmwcm:itemType>category</ibmwcm:itemType> + any other value for <ibmwcm:path> 
or the lack of an <ibmwcm:path> element.
Component
<ibmwcm:itemType>component</ibmwcm:itemType>
Content
<ibmwcm:itemType>content</ibmwcm:itemType>