Repository Manager

The repository manager for DAM makes versions of digital assets managed by the CRM server available to SAP Enterprise Portals Knowledge Management Collaboration (KMC). To activate this functionality, activate the instance of the repository manager for DAM.

Note that the repository manager is available with Digital Asset Management and is not a standard repository manager in KM.

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Calculating the Hierarchy Depth

The repository manager for DAM uses a technical, alphabet-based hierarchy to distribute documents in a virtual tree. This hierarchy is purely a technical one, and is used to make versions of digital assets available to the KMC Crawler. It has not been developed for navigation purposes to assist users find digital assets. The hierarchy is determined by height and depth parameters. Before activating DAM, calculate both parameter values and enter them in Customizing at Customer Relationship Management Marketing Digital Asset Management Maintain General Settings in DAM under the RM_HIERARCHY_DEPTH and RM_HIERARCHY_RANGE parameters.

You can reorganize the technical hierarchy, but this may require some time depending on the number of digital assets contained within it. No more than 100 digital assets should be assigned to a virtual directory.

To improve performance, we recommend you use a formula to calculate the depth beforehand. To do this, you need the following input:

Variables
Variable	Description	Value
M	Maximum number of digital assets assigned to a virtual folder	Recommended: 50
R	Hierarchy width, is specified as an interval, for example, 4 is the interval from A to D	Default: 26
A	Estimated number of digital assets required	--
D	Hierarchy depth	Default: 2

Formula

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Prerequisites

You have been assigned to the SystemAdmin role.
You have modified parameters RM_HIERARCHY_DEPTH and RM_HIERARCHY_RANGE to meet your requirements in Customizing at Customer Relationship Management Marketing Digital Asset Management Maintain General Settings in DAM .

Activities

Activate a new instance of the DAM Repository Manager with the following settings:

Configuration of the DAM Repository Manager
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
System Alias	Yes	System Alias Default: SAP_CRM
Service User	Yes	Service user for access to the backend. Default: index_service
Cluster ID	No	If you have connected your portal to a CRM system by several server nodes or portal instances, enter a unique ID. If you want to change the ID, delete the ID with report CRM_DAM_REMOVE_RM_INSTANCE.

The repository definition is in the portal at System Administration Knowledge Management Content Management.

Example

If you have made the following settings in Customizing, RM_HIERARCHY_DEPTH = 2 and RM_HIERARCHY_RANGE = 4, the structure of your repository in the portal would look like this:

A
- A
- B
- C
- D
B
- A
- B
- C
- D
C
- A
- B
- C
- D
D
- A
- B
- C
- D