The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.0, who are using the IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module. It contains information to help information architects understand basic tasks and workflows for the CCMS Desktop authoring environment. It also contains information on how to author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
This section provides a brief overview about working in IXIA CCMS Desktop.
This section covers how to start CCMS Desktop.
IXIA CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
The first time you open IXIA CCMS Desktop, a pop-up appears asking for the Oxygen license.
If your company uses a dedicated SaaS deployment, you must log in to the remote desktop server before launching IXIA CCMS Desktop.
When you log in to the preconfigured IXIA CCMS Desktop for the first time, it obtains the settings for the initial working environment from a configuration file. Instead of manually configuring your environment you can simply enter your password and begin working.
The first time that you open IXIA CCMS Desktop, or if you are working in a new workspace, you must enter your access information.
The status of your connection to the TEXTML Server is displayed in the Global Actions toolbar. You can also modify the connection information as necessary.
Use this procedure to connect to another Content Store or server, or as another user.
To apply the latest configuration updates made by an administrator, you must synchronize your system configuration files. Synchronizing copies the most recent version of the files onto your hard drive without having to restart Eclipse.
Having an anti-virus program perform real-time scanning of the IXIA CCMS Desktop installation directory and workspace folder can reduce the performance of CCMS Desktop.
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) provides a topic-oriented content architecture built on XML technologies.
This section describes the basic features of the IXIA CCMS Desktop working environment.
You can keep working in IXIA CCMS Desktop in the Offline perspective when you cannot connect to the Content Store.
IXIA CCMS Web has a streamlined user interface that is easier for SMEs and reviewers to use than IXIA CCMS Desktop, and it provides writers with all the core tools they need to author content. The documentation development process spans both CCMS Web and CCMS Desktop.
This section provides procedures for searching DRM objects, filtering objects, etc.
You can configure the global exclusion filter settings to filter out products, libraries, releases, and versions based on a specific set of criteria. You can then turn on these filter settings in dialogs in DRM.
The IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module allows technical publication teams to easily manage the documentation for multiple products across multiple release cycles.
This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIA CCMS Desktop.
This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIA CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
IXIA CCMS Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.
