Create a topic in DRM

You can create a new unit of information using one of the structured topic templates.

About this task

Typically, you create new topics at the beginning of a project, during the Authoring cycle or its equivalent in your workflow. IXIA CCMS provides templates for all the standard DITA topic types, such as tasks and concepts. Your system may contain custom templates designed for use in your particular working environment.

If your working environment has a large number of templates, organized into folders, which appear in the Topic Template pane to locate the template you need.

Note: Any document that you create is automatically assigned to you.

Procedure

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Press CTRL+ALT+T.
    • On the Document Creation toolbar, click create file icon.
    • From the menu bar, select IXIA CCMS > Create Topic.
    The Create Topic dialog appears.
  2. Enter a topic title in the Topic Title box.
  3. Select a language from the Language list.
  4. Select a template from the Topic Template list.
    When you click in the checkbox of a template that contains text, you'll see the text in the Preview pane.
  5. In the Labels pane, click Select to add labels.
    The labels that you select are listed in the Labels pane.
  6. To edit the new topic immediately, select Open topic in default editor.
    To edit an existing topic at any time, use Search and then open the topic from the Search Results view.
  7. To add the new topic to the open map in the DITA Map view, select Append topic to current map.
    This option is only available if the map is locked.
  8. Optional: To save the settings you have selected, click Save Settings.
    Your action saves the selections used as the default values in the Create Topic dialog. You'll see them there the next time you create a topic.
  9. Click Next.
  10. In the resulting Select Versions dialog and the Add Object To pane, select Products or Libraries.
  11. In the All Products/All Libraries pane, select the product or library for which you would like to display the releases and versions.
    Use the filter at the bottom of the pane to filter the elements by name.
    The releases and versions for the product or library selected are displayed in the Selected Products/Libraries, Releases, and Versions pane.
  12. To exclude products or libraries, releases, or versions according to the exclusion filters, click Apply global exclusion filter settings.
  13. In the Selected Products/Libraries, Releases, and Versions pane, select the related versions.
    Use the filter at the bottom of the pane to filter the elements in the list by name.
    The Primary Version dropdown list is populated with the list of selected versions.
  14. In the Primary Version list, select the primary version for the object.

    The primary version is the version for which the object was initially created.

  15. Optional: To save the settings you selected, click Save Settings.
    Your selections are saved and used as the default values in the Select Versions dialog. You'll see them there the next time you create a topic.
  16. Click Create to create the topic.

Results

The new topic is added to the repository and given a unique file name. Use Search with the Authoring checkbox selected to display the new file in the Search Results view.

Note: Any document that you create is automatically assigned to you.