The Connections Administration Toolkit comes with universal features

IBM Connections as a system and its modules must be configured and administered. Whether XML files must be changed for the service configuration, whether users are added to a community, or if a user's access problems must be investigated and resolved, CAT will help you.

Connection Administration Toolkit Features

Basic System Management
  • Configuration of the Connections Module URLs
  • Activation / deactivation and configuration of Connections Language Selector
  • Module specific notification services
  • Extended backup and restore functions for global connections configuration
  • Bulk processing of changes (e.g. for modifications of module URLs)

User Management
  • Convenient filter options for simple and fast access to users (e-mail, name, UID, login ID)
  • Fast access to users, activities, communities etc. through typeahead in all search boxes
  • Assigning / erasing of users in profiles and all feature data bases
  • Synchronization of single or all users between LDAP and Connections data bases
  • Editing of user data to resolve inconsistencies with LDAP (e-mail, name, GUID, UID, login ID)
  • Replacement/returnee functions (exchange of GUIDs)
  • Troubleshooting for duplicated login values

Administration of "Activities"
  • Configuration of global activities properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor
  • Convenient filter options for fast access (activity name, members by roles)
  • Deletion, restoring out of trash or final removal
  • Assigning / erasing of users to activities with different roles

Administration of "Blogs"
  • Configuration of global blogs properties

Administration of "Bookmarks"
  • Configuration of global bookmarks properties

Administration of "Communities"
  • Configuration of global communities properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor
  • Removal of a user from all communities
  • Adding another user (additionally / alternative) to all communities of a community owner
  • Creation of a community with all basic parameters including member list
  • Editing of community names or descriptions
  • Deletion of Communities
  • Convenient filter options for fast access (community name, members by roles, tags)
  • Deletion, restoring out of trash or final removal
  • Assigning/erasing of users to communities with different roles

Administration of "Files"
  • Configuration of global files properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor
  • Configuration of allowed mime and file types
  • Filtering of user or community libraries
  • Deletion of libraries
  • Allocation of quota management policies

Administration of "Forums"
  • Configuration of global forums properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor
  • Convenient filter options for fast access to forums, topics or replies (name, user name)

Administration of "Moderation"
  • Management of global flag categories for all moderation enabled IBM Connections features
  • Configuration of moderation properties for feature "Blogs"
  • Management of reviewers for flagged blogs content
  • Configuration of moderation properties for feature "Files"
  • Configuration of moderation properties for feature "Forums"
  • Management of reviewers for flagged forums content

Administration of "News"
  • Configuration of global news properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor

Administration of "Profiles"
  • Configuration of global profiles properties
  • Configuration of several profile functionalities for different user types (Who is allowed to follow whom? Who is allowed to leave messages on a user's board? etc.)

Administration of "Search"
  • Configuration of global search properties
  • Addition or removal of language specific lexicons
  • Display and edit of existing search processes
  • Creation of new search tasks
  • Deletion of all or selected Connections search indexes

Administration of "Wikis"
  • Configuration of global wikis properties
  • Management of all time-controlled background processes with comfortable graphic Cron Job editor
  • Configuration of allowed mime and file types
  • Filtering of wikis by name or id
  • Deletion of wikis
  • Allocation of quota management policies

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