IBM released CR4 for IBM Connections 4.5 yesterday evening.

You can download CR4, TDISOL and some Cognos Updates at following links:

• Fix list for IBM Connections 4.5 CR4

• Updating the IBM Connections 4.5 databases to the required schema versions for Cumulative Refresh 4 (CR4)

• Fix Central Download Link

• New functions included in IBM Connections 4.5 CR4

New Functions

After deploying CR4 you can enable some new features:

Hash tags in status update replies

Add

<properties>
    <genericProperty name="com.ibm.connections.ublog.hashtagCommentEnabled">enabled</genericProperty>
</properties>

to lotusconnections-config.xml

Now you can use hash tags in replies.

This week i attended Engage in Breda . I had a session with famous Sharon Bellamy , we covered an update of our Connect 2014 session about BP307 – Practical Solutions for Connections Administrators – Tips and Scripts for Your Daily Busines .

I enjoyed it very much to be with lovely community guys, old and new friends. I want to thank Theo Heselman , he and his crew did and does a really great job to get us all together (350 attendees, 30 IBM Champions, 65 speakers).

Kitty and Warren Elsmore were with us again and made lovely copies of ourself in lego. Thanks to you too.

I had a very busy week and had no time to enjoy the feeling to be an IBM Champion 2014, as it was announced . But after finishing an IBM Connections update this night at 0:30, i realised it and i’m very proud that i was nominated and elected from IBM.

See you all in Orlando!

Thanks to the community!

I started a new project on OpenNTF for the collection of scripts we created to speed up and simplify WebSphere and Connections Administration.

Link to this project: Administration Scripts for WebSphere

In the moment most of documentation is only as comment in these scripts. Descriptions can be found in Github and Scripting101 .

Highlights

• J2EE Security Role Backup and Restore

• Set initial Security Roles for Connections Applications (Author: Klaus Bild )

Documentation

When you want to start with this collection, copy the jython script to your Deployment Manager bin-folder ($WAS_HOME/profiles/Dmgr01/bin) and call the scripts with wsadmin.sh -f scriptname

Luis Benitez announced an update for the mobile applications of IBM Connections.

Function is looking great. You can now view, approve and reject CCM Files with your mobile device.

Read more: http://www.lbenitez.com/2013/11/ibm-connections-mobile-apps-updated.html

This week i attended the Admincamp in Gelsenkirchen. It was a awesome event, where i met lots of friends and other cool people.

I made two sessions, you can find the session slides here, in this special case in german.

1. Security and Administration of IBM Connections

2. Save the mice – Scripting in WebSphere, Connections and DB2 (Online Version)

I have extended and translated the session slides from ICONUK.

You can download this Slides as ZIP :

• index.html is ICONUK Version

• index-ac.html is german AdminCamp Version

Here some of my impressions:

Oping session with Rudi Knegt

IBM finally released CR2 for IBM Connections 4.5

You find more details and download links here .

One fix is the hard coded wikis toc strings. Will test it.

Update

• You have to update FNCS to 2.0.0.1-FNCS-IF001 . Document contains a short description of the update procedure (Do not forget to read the whole document! Backup the files, because you have to restore them later).

• Cognos and Metrics Database needs some changes .

I have read about a new function in IBM Connections Wiki, which I missed until now. A new macro to create a table of contents within a wiki page.

The activation of this macro is documented here: Wikis configuration properties

wikimacros.enabled

Specifies whether macros are enabled in Wikis. You can use macros to automate common tasks, such as generating a table of contents in a wiki page. The default value of this parameter is false. To enable macros, set the value to true. When enabled, macros are available from the Macros menu in the editor toolbar.

Created: 7. August 2013
Last Update: 11. July 2022 Read in about 3 min