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xPression Admin Track - Enterprise Edition

The Enterprise Edition Admin track focuses on xAdmin and xDashboard, and is intended for xPression administrators. Learn how to create xPression Categories, complex Output Profiles, Batch Jobs, as well as how xAdmin affects other applications in the xPression suite. New for xPression 3 SP1 are modules on Documentum configuration, enabling font logging, and challenge exercises designed to give your more practice using xAdmin. Through presentations and hands-on instructor led training, students gain the knowledge needed to be proficient in xAdmin and xDashboard. In order to provide a thorough understanding of xPression as a whole, students are introduced to dependent and related applications of xAdmin and xDashboard through live presentations*.

Course Length:

3 Days

Who Should Attend:

Professionals responsible for xAdmin and xDashboard functions.

Course Prerequisites:

Intermediate understanding of the following
  • Relational Databases such as Oracle, or DB2, or SQL Server
  • Application Server based applications
  • XML and XML schemas
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft® Windows® NT, 2000 or higher

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Topics

Introduction to xPression Overview

  • About EMC Document Sciences
  • Dynamic Content Publishing
  • The xPression Product Suite

Document Development Overview

  • About the Document Development Cycle
  • Profile of xPression users
  • Document Development Cycle Stages
  • A Real Life Scenario

Introduction to Enterprise Edition xAdmin

  • Introduction to EE xAdmin
  • The xAdmin Interface
  • Working with xAdmin
  • How to Get Started

EE xAdmin Category Management Overview

  • About Attributes
  • Creating an Attribute Set
  • Data Sources and Data Source Groups
  • About Schemas
  • About RDB Data Sources
  • About XML Data Sources
  • About XML User Exit Data Sources
  • About Stylus Studio Data Sources
  • Creating a Data Source Group
  • Add Data Source to Data Source Group
  • Automapping your Data
  • An Auto Map Demonstration
  • Manually Mapping Your Data
  • About Categories
  • Create an xPresso-Only Category
  • Create xDesign-Only Data Source and Category
  • Creating a Category for xPresso and xDesign Content
  • Challenge Exercise: Categories

EE xAdmin Resource Management Overview

  • About Resource Management
  • About Output Variables
  • About the Image Utility
  • About the Font Utility
  • About ECM Configuration and Servers
  • About User Exit Management
  • About Track Changes
  • Creating Output Variables
  • Add image to the xPression Database
  • Add a Font to Your xPression Database
  • Challenge Exercise: Resource Management

Migration Utilities Overview

  • About Migration Utilities
  • How Do the Migration Utilities Work?
  • When You Migrate a Doc more Than Once?
  • PDPX Contents
  • Importing Documents, Profiles, and Jobs
  • Exporting Documents, Profiles, and Jobs
  • Migrating Documents, Profiles, and Jobs
  • Importing an xDesign Document
  • Importing a Package (xPresso)
  • Importing a Package (xPresso & xPression)
  • Challenge Exercise: Migration Utilities

Tour of xDesign Overview

  • Categories
  • Variable Replacements
  • Images and Fonts

Introduction to xPresso Design Tools Overview

  • The xPresso Design Tools
  • Components of the xPresso Tools
  • Creating xPresso Output

Introduction to Output Management

  • About Output Management
  • About Printer Definitions
  • About Marker Definitions
  • About Content Stamp Definitions
  • About Separator Sheet Definitions
  • About Imposition Definitions
  • About Output Definitions
  • About Stream Definitions
  • About Distribution Definitions
  • About Output Profiles
  • How to Use the Conditional Toolbars

Output Management Basic Lesson Overview

  • Creating a Simple Output Profile
  • Enabling Font Logging

Output Management Advanced Lesson Overview

  • The Imposition Scenario
  • Create the Imposition Definition
  • Create the Output Profile
  • Create the Markers
  • Associate Markers with Printer Features
  • Create the Separator Sheet Definitions
  • Creating the Content Stamps
  • Inserting Separator Sheet by Change in Variable
  • Challenge Exercise: Output Management

Introduction to EE xDashboard Overview

  • What is xDashboard?
  • The xDashboard Interface
  • Batch Processing Basics
  • How Does xPression Handle Batch Jobs?
  • Job Definitions
  • About Job Steps
  • The Job Monitor Tab
  • Querying for Information About Your xPublish Batch Job
  • Server Management Tab
  • Job History Tab
  • Running a Batch Job
  • Creating a Job Definition
  • Adding Pre- and Post-Processing Scripts to Your Job
  • Command Line Batch Jobs
  • Run a Job From the Command Line
  • Challenge Exercise: xDashboard


*Please note “Introduction to ...” chapters are presentation only.