I did have the problem that if someone uploaded a file to a CCM library within a Community, the Activity Stream entries for “Recent Updates” and the users homepage did not appear immediately but appeared only the next day at
Some issues with Migration of IBM Connections 5.0 to 5.5
I had some new issues while migrating a customer environment from IBM Connections 5.0 to 5.5 (Oracle) and I would like to document them here: ORA-01722: invalid number during Homepage upgrade While running the script “homepage/oracle/upgrade-50CR4-55.sql” we got the
IBM Connections 5.5 CR2 available
Since last week, IBM Connections 5.5 CR2 is available. Here are some important links: Download IBM Connections 5.5 CR2 Download IBM Connections 5.5 CR2 Database Update Scripts IBM Connections 5.5 CR2 Fix List Updating IBM Connections 5.5 Update Strategy for
IBM Connections: Find out which Communities do have a Sharepoint widget added
A customer would like to know which IBM Connections Communities have a Sharepoint widget added. The following SQL statement should give the UUID and the name of these Communities:
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select COMMUNITY_UUID,NAME from SNCOMM.COMMUNITY where COMMUNITY_UUID IN(select EXT_RESOURCE_ID from SNCOMM.LC_EXTENSIONS where dbms_lob.instr(EXT_VALUE_EXTENDED,utl_raw.cast_to_raw ('SharePointFiles'), 1,1)>0); |
The customer also wanted to send a mail to all creators
IBM Connections: Batch Mode for accessing configuration files
For many Connections administration tasks you need to specify which Connections configuration file you want to use by running a WSADMIN command like e.g. execfile(“activitiesAdmin.py”). If you have more than one Connections node this command will ask you on which
IBM Connections: Rich Content Widget stops working after migrating server
If you change the host name of your server or, as in my case, install as non-root user under Linux and therefore need to use non-standard ports like “8080” and “4430” in the URL for installing and then later switch
IBM Connections: Migrated Communities do no longer display the Sharepoint Widget
If you configure the Sharepoint Widget for IBM Connections as it is described in the Infocenter, then Communities which are migrated from IBM Connections 4.5 to 5.5 no longer show the Sharepoint Widget if one was configured in 4.5. The
IBM Connections 5.5 CR1 has been released
IBM Connections 5.5 Cumulative Refresh 1 (CR1) has just been released. You can find the fix list here and the download here. Make sure you check the upgrade guide and download also the required database upgrade scripts. In case you have
IBM Connections 5.5: Custom Community Themes based on the new Connections 5.5 (Hikary ) design
If you would like to create a custom theme fpr IBM COnnections 5.5 Communities according to the description in the Wiki, you need to keep the following in mind: The reference to the default theme files in the documentation is
IBM Connections 5.5: Error using the Rich Content app in a Community
In a Connections environment, where you have changed the permissions so that only authenticated users can use Connections (by setting all “reader” roles in all Websphere applications to “All Authenticated in Application’s Realm”), you are no longer able to use