What You Should Know About Discussions Server Connections

14-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter 3. From the list of services on the WebCenter Service Configuration page, select Discussions and Announcements .

4. To connect to a new discussions server, click Add

Figure 14–2 . Figure 14–2 Configuring Discussion and Announcement Connections 5. Enter a unique name for this connection, and indicate whether this connection is the active or default connection for the application Table 14–1 .

6. Enter connection details for the discussions server. For details, see

Table 14–2 . Table 14–1 Discussion and Announcement Connection - Name Field Description Connection Name Enter a unique name for the connection. The name must be unique across all connection types within the WebCenter application. Active Connection Select to use this connection for the Discussions and Announcements services in the WebCenter application. While you can register multiple discussions server connections for a WebCenter application, only one connection is used for discussion and announcement services—the default or active connection. Table 14–2 Discussion and Announcement Connection - Connection Details Field Description Server URL Enter the URL of the discussions server hosting discussion forums and announcements. For example: http:discuss-server.com:8890owc_discussions Administrator User Name Enter the user name of the discussions server administrator. This account is used by the Discussions and Announcements services to perform administrative operations on behalf of WebCenter users. In WebCenter Spaces, this account is mostly used for managing Space-related discussions and announcements. It is not necessary for this user to be a super admin. However, the user must have administrative privileges on the current root category for WebCenter Spaces, that is, the category on the discussions server under which all Space-related discussions and announcements are stored. Note: If your WebCenter application does not include Space-related functionality, the administrator’s user name is not required.