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xPression Admin Track - Workgroup Edition

Learn xAdmin and xDashboard in this course intended for an xPression Workgroup Edition administrator. Learn how to create categories, create and maintain output processing components, as well as configure system management components in xAdmin. Also learn about job management in xDashboard. 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:

2 Days

Who Should Attend:

Professionals who are responsible for xAdmin and xDashboard Workgroup Edition functions.

Course Prerequisites:

Intermediate understanding of the following
  • 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

  • Understand the products and services provided by EMC Document Sciences
  • Describe the benefits provided by Dynamic Content Publishing
  • Explain the business needs addressed by xPression
  • Identify the applications within the xPression Product Suite

Introduction to the Document Development Cycle

  • Describe the Workgroup Edition document development cycle
  • Understand the xPression document lifecycle

Introduction to xPresso Design Tools

  • Understand the purpose of each design tool
  • Describe different types of dynamic content created with the tools

Introduction to xAdmin

  • Understand the purpose of the tools and menus available within the xAdmin utility
  • Understand the difference between Workgroup Edition and Enterprise Edition

Category Management

  • Understand the purpose of categories in Workgroup Edition
  • Understand xPression Workgroup Edition data requirements
  • Create a category

Resource Management

  • Understand output variables and their connection with document properties
  • Create output variables
  • Understand Documentum configuration options

Migration Utilities

  • Understand how to migrate xPresso documents, publish profiles, and job definitions
  • Deploy a document
  • Export job definitions and publish profiles

System Management

  • Understand the impact of System Management settings on the xPression environment
  • Learn about license management
  • Learn about security settings
  • Understand default file paths
  • Understand event logging
  • Learn about configuring performance settings

Output Management

  • Introduce output management and its role in dynamic content publishing
  • Understand printer definitions and markers
  • Create printer and marker definitions
  • Specify features from printer definitions using marker definitions
  • Understand content stamps
  • Create bar codes and text content stamps
  • Understand and create separator sheet definitions
  • Understand and created imposition definitions
  • Understand and create e-mail profiles
  • Understand publish profiles
  • Create a print and an e-mail publish profile

xDashboard

  • Introduce xDashboard Workgroup Edition and its role in the xPression Product Suite
  • Create a job definition and run a job
  • Create a temporary publish profile
  • Understand and work with job monitoring
  • Understand and work with job history
  • Understand concurrency management


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