IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1

General configuration

From the General Configuration page, you can configure the exporter options for the federator service and identify specific MIME types.

Exporter options

Exporter options are grouped into the following categories: General, Date and Time, Logging, Content Integrator, Scheduler, Run Workers, and Export Workers (multi-threading), and Federation Query (chunking and sweeping).

MIME types

Configure MIME types for applications that are not installed on the content integration server. IBM® FileNet® CFS for Content Integrator uses this information to set the Content Type property for federated documents. For example, you can configure application types by entering the following extensions and types and clicking Add:

Extension	Description
doc	application/msword
ppt	application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
xls	application/vnd.ms-excel
html	text/html
jpeg	image/jpeg
png	image/png

For more information, see About MIME types.

You can also export or import the content federation configuration from or to an XML format file.

Federation configuration parameter settings

The general configuration settings can greatly affect the performance of the federation process. The default settings are adequate to successfully federate a large number of documents. However, if your site experiences performance problems, you might want to modify the configuration settings to increase the throughput. In particular, modifying the batch size, chunk size, number of run workers, number of export workers, and number of Content Integrator RMI proxy servers can improve the performance of federation.

The following table describes the federation service options available on the General Configuration page.

General Configuration

Field	Type	Description
Documentation URL	String	You can link to IBM Knowledge Center online documentation on www.ibm.com or to a local information center that you install and deploy. Internet access is required for the online documentation. For more information, see Installing IBM FileNet P8 Platform documentation. Choose one of the following options: To link to the online documentation, use the following base URL: `http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSNW2F_5.2.1/` To link to a local information center, enter the base URL in the following format: `http://server-name[:port]/application-name/topic/` where: `server-name` is the name of the server on which the FileNet P8 Platform information center is installed. `port` is the optional port number. `application-name` is the name of the deployed FileNet P8 documentation application. If you installed a local information center, the application name is typically `p8docs`.
Max Retries	Integer	If an item cannot be federated, it is put in an error queue. This setting determines how many times to try federating the item again. The default is 3.
Max Display Errors	Integer	The maximum number of errors to display for each rule in the error list panel. The default is 1000.
Max Display Errors Per Page	Integer	The maximum number of errors to display per page for each rule in the error list panel. The default is 20.
Configuration Refresh Interval	Integer	Determines how often, in milliseconds, the federation manager (main thread) checks for any configuration changes, such as logging level or batch size. The default is 60000 milliseconds.
Monitor Enabled	Boolean	Enable a Java™ applet that is started with each instance of an exporter to allow monitoring of run workers and export workers. The default is FALSE.
Accessibility	Boolean	Enable or disable the accessibility feature. The default is ON.

Data and Time

Field	Type	Description
Date Format	List	Examples of date formats: Default: Jul 24, 2008 (same as Medium) Short: 7/24/08 Medium: Jul 24, 2008 Long: July 24, 2008 Full: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Time Format	List	Examples of time formats: Default: 6:19:12 PM (same as Medium) Short: 6:21 PM Medium: 6:22:00 PM Long: 6:22:09 PM EDT Full: 6:22:18 PM ET
Time Zone	List	Examples of time zone formats: Default: Browser time zone Browser time zone that is determined from browser Any available time zone, such as (GMT-08:00) Pacific Standard Time (PST)

Logging

Field	Type	Description
Logging level	List	Determines the logging level. The default is INFO. DEBUG: Everything INFO: Information, warnings, errors, and unrecoverable errors WARN: Warnings, errors, and unrecoverable errors ERROR: Errors and unrecoverable errors FATAL: Unrecoverable errors only
Log File Name	String	The log file name. By default, the log file is in `CFS_HOME`\FedExporter\logs\federator.log.

IBM Content Integrator

Field	Type	Description
Configuration Server URL	String	Content Integrator configuration server URL. A comma-separated list of URLs can be provided. For example, rmi://localhost:1250/ConfigurationServer
Single Sign-On Server URL	String	Content Integrator SSO server URL. A comma-separated list of URLs can be provided. For example, rmi://localhost:1250/SSOServer
Administrator User Name	String	Content Integrator administrator user name.
Use Session Pool	Boolean	Determines whether to use theContent Integrator session pool or not. The default is TRUE.
Session Pool Pooling Period	Integer	Sets the polling period, in milliseconds, for each Content Integrator session pool to check with the configuration server for updates to the session pool configuration. Use 0 to never check for updates and fix the pool configuration at startup. The default is 300000 milliseconds.
Max Session Checkout Time	Integer	Sets the maximum time, in milliseconds, that a Content Integrator session can be used. If the maximum check-out time is reached, a new session is retrieved to continue the work in progress. The default is 900000 milliseconds.

Scheduler

Field	Type	Description
Refresh Interval	Integer	Determines how often, in milliseconds, the scheduler checks to see whether rules are available to run or if any rules are ready for a state transition. The default is 60000 milliseconds.

Run Workers

Field	Type	Description
Run Lease	Integer	The wait time, in seconds, before a run worker can start processing a rule that was locked or leased by another worker. The default is 900 seconds.
Max Number of Workers	Integer	The number of run workers (threads) that can process runs concurrently. Range is 1-10. The default is 2 run workers.
Max Runs In Queue	Integer	The maximum number of runs that can be locked or leased at the same time for the run workers to process. Range is 5-50. The default is 10.
Batch Size	Integer	The maximum size of each batch of items to federate. The default is 500.

Export workers

Field	Type	Description
Request Lease	Integer	The wait time, in seconds, before an export worker can start processing a batch that was locked or leased by another worker. The default is 900 seconds.
Max Number of Workers	Integer	The number of export workers (threads) that can process runs concurrently. Range is 1-20. The default is 10 export workers.
Max Requests In Queue	Integer	The maximum number of batches that can be locked or leased at the same time for the export workers to process. Range is 5-50. The default is 20.

Federation Query

Field	Type	Description
Unique ID Property	String	The default unique ID property to use for chunking if no such property is defined by the repository or in the data map.
Revision Date Property	String	The default revision date property to use for sweeping if no such property is defined by the repository or in the data map.
Data Map Lookup Only	Boolean	Use the data map definitions for the unique ID (chunking) and revision date (sweeping) properties. Do not use the predefined properties from the repositories.
Chunk Size	Integer	The maximum number of documents to retrieve in a single chunk (query). The default is 2000.