Saturday, September 18, 2010

Steps to set up E-mail Notifications during IBM WCM Workflow


Hi Friends,
In IBM Workplace Webcontent Management (IWWCM) you can set up the e-mail notifications during each stage of webcontent management workflow. This helps the web content author and publisher know the status of content which needs to be published.
Here are some additional steps required to set up e-mail notification during a webcontent workflow:
  • ensure the WCMConfigService.properties file is configured to use your SMTP server.
  • ensure the Member Manager user has a valid e-mail address.
In addition to the InfoCenter steps (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wp.ent.doc/wcm/wcm_config_smtp.html) you may need to add a username and password if your SMTP server requires authentication.

Step 1:
Check WCMConfigService.properties file under /wcm/shared/app/config/wcmservices

Step 2:
Add defaultusername and defaultpassword. See example:

#SMTP Mail Setup
connect.connector.mailconnector = defaultsmtpserver, defaultfromaddress, defaultreplytoaddress, defaultusername, defaultpassword
connect.connector.mailconnector.defaultsmtpserver= mail.myserver.com
connect.connector.mailconnector.defaultfromaddress= chirag@myserver.com
connect.connector.mailconnector.defaultreplytoaddress= chirag@myserver.com

#Add these lines:
connect.connector.mailconnector.defaultusername= chirag@myserver.com
connect.connector.mailconnector.defaultpassword= mypassword

Step 3:
Restart IBM WebSphere Portal Server for the new settings to take effect.

Note: For the 6.1 server the config file should be under: was_profile_root/PortalServer/wcm/shared/app/config/wcmservices/

1 comment:

  1. Hi Chirag,

    Thanks for the information, I have been trying this approach and couldn't able to get email when the content is in approver stage. Did all kinds of possibilities and no luck. We are using portal 7.0. And we configured both in WAS console as well as on WCMConfigServerice.properties file. Let me know your thoughts.

    Thanks,
    Girish

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