Creating or upgrading a target object store for test or production environments

A target object store is required for each target environment in the test and production domains.

Before you begin

Prepare appropriate users and groups to assign in the object store creation wizard. It is a best practice to create a case management master group to use for assigning access to object stores at the time that you create the object store. Give this group Use object store permission. With this method, you can grant new users access to the object store by adding them to the master group. This approach can prevent issues with changing security on an established object store.

About this task

A target object store contains the following artifacts for a deployed solution:
  • Deployed solution folder: A folder structure for a deployed solution in the target object store. Case instances are created under this structure.
  • Case class: A representation for a case type in a solution.
  • Document class: A representation for a type of document in a solution.
  • Property template: A definition of a property type.
  • Activity class: A definition of an activity type.
  • Subscription: A case or activity event condition to corresponding Content Platform Engine event actions.

Procedure

To create or upgrade a target object store for your test or production environment:

  1. For a new target environment, if you did not previously create an object store, create one in IBM® FileNet® P8.
    For information, see Defining object stores and Creating an object store.
  2. For a new target environment, if you did not previously create a workflow system, create one now.
    For information, see Creating a workflow system.
  3. For a new target environment or an upgraded target environment, convert the object store to a case management target object store.
    1. Start the IBM Business Automation Workflow Case administration client .
      Enter the following URL in a browser:
      http://server:port/navigator/?desktop=bawadmin
      server is the IBM Content Navigator server name or IP address.
      port is the IBM Content Navigator port number.
    2. In the navigation tree in the left pane, right-click the object store, select Convert to Target Object Store, and complete the wizard steps.

What to do next

Do the following tasks after you create or upgrade the target object store:
  1. Define and register the target environment. See Defining and registering target environments.
  2. Optional: If you plan to use the Timeline Visualizer widget to view case history in the solutions that you deploy to this target environment, set up a case history store before you migrate and deploy the solutions. See Preparing a database for the case history store and Timeline Visualizer widget.
  3. Optional: If you plan to use the IBM Case Monitor Dashboard to view business activity data for cases and activities in the solutions that you deploy to this target environment, set up a Case Analyzer store before you migrate and deploy the solutions.
  4. Configure indexes for the target object store indexes. See Configuring production target object store indexes.