The IBM® Content Navigator web client includes features that enable users to manage content and work with production imaging systems.
Feature | Description | IBM Content Manager | IBM Content Manager OnDemand | IBM FileNet® Content Manager | OASIS CMIS |
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Searching for documents and folders | You can search for content that is stored on your content management repositories by searching on the properties that are associated with the content. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Running a cross-repository search | You can run a cross-repository search, which
enables you to search for content across multiple types of repositories.
If your repositories are enabled for cross-repository searches, you
can also save the search on an IBM Content
Manager repository
or an IBM FileNet Content Manager repository. When
you create a cross-repository search, you can:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Running a text search | If your content management
repositories are configured to support text search, you can also use IBM Content
Navigator to run a text search
on the content. The support for text search depends on the type of
repository that you use:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewing documents | The viewers that are supported for IBM Content
Navigator vary depending on the
repository that the content is stored on and viewers that you configure
in the administration tool. Some of the viewing features include:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Printing and downloading documents | If you want to work with content when you are
not connected to the web, you can print or download documents from
the web client. In addition to downloading single documents from
the web client, you can:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sending documents through email | You can use IBM Content
Navigator to send documents or
links to documents through supported email clients. If a user receives
a link to a document through email, they must log on to the client
before they can view the document. Restriction: You cannot
send documents as attachments on operating systems other than Microsoft Windows.
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Editing item properties | You can use IBM Content
Navigator to edit the properties
of the documents and folders that you have access to on the repository. If you have version control rules on your repository, IBM Content Navigator enforces those rules when users edit the properties of items. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Browsing for documents and folders | If you use IBM FileNet Content Manager, you can browse for documents
and folders. If you use IBM Content Manager, you can browse for documents and folders if your repository is configured to use hierarchical folders. If your repository is not configured to use or does not support hierarchical folders, you can define a root folder in the IBM Content Navigator administration tool to enable users to browse for content that is stored on the repository. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Editing items | You can use IBM Content
Navigator to check documents out
of the repository and make updates to the content. After you are done,
you can check in the document to the repository to save your changes. If you have version control rules on your repository, IBM Content Navigator enforces those rules when users edit content. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Adding items | If you have the appropriate privileges, you
can create new folders on or add documents to the repository. When
you add content to the repository, you can specify where and how the
document is stored and classified. If you have version control rules on your repository, IBM Content Navigator enforces those rules when users add content to the repository. You can add content to the repository by dragging content from your workstation into IBM Content Navigator, which therefore adds it to the repository. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Saving items as favorites | You can save documents, folders, searches, teamspaces, and entry templates as favorites in the web client so that you can easily find the items again. The favorites are displayed on the Home page of the web client. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
File sync | When you modify and save documents and folders
that are specified as favorites, syncing those items checks-in those
changes to the repository. The changes are also synced across all
your devices. Syncing your favorite files saves time because you do not need to manually check out, check in, and download items that you work with regularly. You can also ensure that other users of those documents receive the changed content. |
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Using workflows | If your repository has workflows that are configured,
you can use the web client to:
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Configuring teamspaces | You can use IBM Content
Navigator to create teamspaces
if your repository is configured to use hierarchical folders. If your
repository is not configured to use or does not support hierarchical
folders, you can define a root folder in the IBM Content
Navigator administration tool
to enable users to browse for content that is stored on the repository. Teamspaces
provide a focused view of the relevant documents, folders, and searches
that a team needs to complete their tasks. You can use teamspaces
to:
You can also control who has access to the teamspace. Only members of the teamspace can access the teamspace. (However, other users might be able to see the content that is stored in the teamspace, depending on how security is configured on your repository.) Teamspaces are created from a teamspace template, which provides a predefined set of choices for creating a teamspace. Users with the appropriate permissions can create and distribute teamspace templates to users who need to create teamspaces. |
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Entry templates | You can use entry templates to add documents,
check in documents, and create folders in a repository. The user
who designs the entry template determines what you can see and do
when you add or check in an item. For example, when you use an entry
template to add or check in a document or create a folder, the entry
template can define:
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Add, view, edit, and delete: comments, download information, likes, and tags | IBM FileNet Content Manager systems
only. If you install the Social Collaboration Base Extensions add-on
on your IBM FileNet Content Manager system,
you can use the following social collaboration features in IBM Content
Navigator:
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Installation, configuration, and deployment features | IBM Content
Navigator includes
the following tools that you can use to get IBM Content
Navigator up and running in your
environment:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Administration features | The IBM Content
Navigator administration
tool is integrated in the web client, so administrators can access
it from remote systems. From the administration tool, administrators
can:
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Application programming interfaces | IBM Content
Navigator provides
application programming interfaces (APIs) that you can use to extend
the existing web client or use to build custom web applications to
manage content. For more information, see Developing Applications with IBM Content Navigator. |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Checkout list | This feature shows you a list of the items that are checked out by you. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Task manager | The task manager service is a REST web application that can be used to run background or asynchronous tasks for any repositories. The task manager service makes it possible for you to create and run automated and scheduled tasks. In addition, you can use the service to run large tasks in the background while you perform other tasks. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Additional features of IBM Content Navigator components can be integrated by using plug-ins. More information on integrating plug-ins with IBM Content Navigator can be found in the Integration with IBM Content Navigator by using plug-ins documentation.