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Use

Applications that access the integration layer of the ECM Infrastructure (ECMI) can use the repositories connected to it to manage unstructured content. You can define the availability of the ECM repositories for an application as follows:

  • All repositories

  • Individual repositories (one or more)

  • No repository

You can define company-specific ECM repository assignments for each application.

Type and Status of Repository Assignments

Type of

Repository Assignment

Description

Status: Active Description

Status: Overridden Description

Default

The repository assignment is defined in the default settings of the application.

If there is no company-specific repository assignment, the default repository assignment is activated automatically.

If you add a company-specific repository assignment, the system automatically overrides the default repository assignment.

Company-specific

The repository assignment is defined by you (the administrator).

Note

The company-specific repository assignment takes precedence over the default repository assignment.

If you assign individual or all repositories, these repository assignments are activated automatically.

The assignment No Repository overrides all existing repository assignments.
Procedure

  1. Open SAP NetWeaver Administrator in the browser.

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path Configuration Next navigation step Infrastructure Next navigation step Enterprise Content Management End of the navigation path.

1. Identify Application for Repository Assignment

  1. The table of client applications contains all applications with default repository assignments. If your application is not listed in the table of client applications, proceed as follows:

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Create End of the navigation path.

    2. Enter the name that the application will use to log on to the ECM integration layer.

  2. In the table of client applications, select the application whose repository assignment you want to define.

    The Details table displays all repository assignments for the selected application.

2. Add a Company-Specific Repository Assignment

  1. In the details for the application, choose Start of the navigation path Add End of the navigation path.

  2. In the Repository Name selection list, select one of the options described below.

    Note

    If you add a company-specific repository assignment, the system automatically overrides the default assignment.

    Repository Assignment

    Description

    One of the listed repositories

    The selection list contains all repositories that are connected to the ECM integration layer. You can assign individual repositories to the application.

    All repositories

    You can choose this setting in the following cases, for example:

    • In the default setting the application does not have access to all repositories.

    • In the default setting the application has access to all repositories, but you have overridden the default setting manually, for example by assigning an alias to a repository.

    No repository

    This setting overrides all existing repository assignments. As a result, the application does not have access to any repositories.

  3. If you want the repository to be called using an alias, enter it in the Repository Alias field.

    A repository alias is necessary, for example, for repository access using the WebDAV client.

    Note

    If the "All Repositories" assignment is active for an application, the system automatically sets the repository name (without namespace) as the alias for repositories that have no other active assignment.

    Exception: To avoid conflicts, the system does not set an alias for repositories with identical names; it issues a message.

3. Edit Company-Specific Repository Assignments

Use the options described below.

Note

A default repository assignment cannot be changed or deleted. Applications with a default repository assignment cannot be removed from the table of client applications.

Editing Company-Specific Repository Assignments

Description

Change a repository assignment

  • In the Details table, select the entry you want to change.

  • Choose Edit .

  • Under Repository Name , change the assignment or enter an alias for the repository.

Delete a repository assignment

  • In the Details table, select the entry you want to change.

  • Choose Delete and confirm the prompt.

    Note

    If an application has a default repository assignment, this is automatically activated once all company-specific repository assignments have been deleted.

Reset all repository assignments

(only if there is no default repository assignment)

  • In the Client Applications table, select the application whose company-specific repository assignments you want to delete.

  • Choose Delete and confirm the prompt.

Note

If you delete an application from the table of client applications, it can no longer access any assigned ECM repositories. If you add the application to the table again, the repository assignment No Repository applies, and you can define the repository assignments again.