IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2

Preference settings

The Preference settings in the Bootstrap page determine location for the site preferences file and the server location for the IBM® FileNet® P8 Documentation. You must enter an object store location and preference name during bootstrap initialization.

Object store location (subject to customization): Select an object store from the choice list. The site preferences file is saved in this object store.
Important: To run an IBM FileNet P8 Platform application, the user must have access to this object store.
Preference name: Enter a name for the document that will contain the site preferences.
Documentation server: You can link to the online information center on www.ibm.com or to a local information center that you install and deploy. Internet access is required for online information center. See Installing IBM FileNet P8 Platform documentation for more information. Choose one of the following options:
- To link to the online information center (V 5.2), use the following base URL:
```
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/p8docs/v5r2m0/topic/com.ibm.p8.xt.user.doc
```
- To link to a local information center, enter the base URL in the following format:
```
http://server-name[:port]/
  application-name/topic/com.ibm.p8.xt.user.doc
```
  where:
  - server-name is the name of the server where the IBM FileNet P8 Platform documentation information center is installed.
  - port is the optional port number.
  - application-name is the name of the deployed IBM FileNet P8 documentation application. If you have installed a local information center, the application name is typically p8docs.

Remember: If you change any of these preferences after installing an expansion product or another custom application, you must also copy the updated bootstrap.properties file to the location the custom application uses to access the bootstrap.properties file.

The servers in a web farm support a single web site and share preferences by using the same object store and preference name.

Bootstrap preferences are stored separately on each application server in the bootstrap.properties file.

The current version of the preferences file (in XML format) is kept in the /Preferences folder, which is in the root folder of the selected object store. The /Preferences folder is invisible to users of client applications.

You can also move the preferences file and reinitialize all preferences.