The user guide for writers using IXIA CCMS Web. It contains information to help users with authoring, managing, and reviewing content in CCMS Web.
In CCMS Web, you can create, edit, and organize topics, maps, images, resources, and other CCMS-specific objects such as Collaborative Reviews, Approvals, and Snapshots.
Topics are the basic containers for all content in IXIA CCMS Web.
This section explains how to access CCMS Web.
The CCMS Web is designed to be intuitive and consistent, making it straightforward to navigate the application.
You can use the Search in the Navigation bar to quickly find IXIA CCMS Web objects.
In IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM), if you edit an object in more than one branch, you can choose whether to edit the object in some or all of the branches that use it.
Topic Editor provides the editing tools you need to add or change content in topics.
Create a topic for use in a map, once you determine the nature of content you intend to develop and its relationship to other map objects.
You must check out an object, such as an image, map, or topic before you can edit it.
If you want to edit a topic that is in more than one branch, you might be able to edit it in all branches or you might need to fork the topic because some branches are unavailable. You can also choose to fork the topic even if it is not required.
While in a topic, you can determine if there is a context map in the Details side panel. If the topic does not have one or you need to switch to a different context map, you can designate a context map.
You may be prompted to provide a description of the changes or add a tracker link when you check in an object, depending on the workflow settings in IXIA CCMS.
You can enable the automatic spell checker to assist you with spelling and grammar choices during topic edits.
You can manage comments while editing an object in any editor.
If the image you need does not already exist as an object in IXIA CCMS Web, you must add it, which requires an upload.
You can search the images already uploaded to IXIA CCMS Web for inserting within a topic.
During development or edit, you can add special characters to CCMS Web content.
You can insert text as a variable into a topic. This variable is more commonly known as a key reference or <keyref>.
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You can condition content by adding a metadata or profiling attribute to an element to specify either information about the element or for the element's inclusion or exclusion during output.
Use links in topics to direct end users to other topics that might be useful or are related to the current topic.
You can format tables using the Table Properties dialog.
You can adjust the width of a column in a table using the <colspec> element.
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When you are done editing, you must check in the image, topic, or map so that the changes can be saved and other users can make changes.
In IXIA CCMS Web, you can reuse content instead of creating multiple copies of the same content.
If you checked out the wrong topic, map, or image and/or you wish to start over, you can choose to discard all changes and revert to the previously-saved version instead of checking in an object.
If you need to delete an object, such as a map or a topic, you can use the Delete feature to do so.
Maps provide a structured hierarchy to the objects and content within it.
Because images are not text-based content like maps or topics, CCMS Web treats them uniquely.
Resources are non-DITA files (such as PDF files and Word files) that support documentation. You can use resources to upload and store these files in IXIA CCMS. For a definition of what constitutes a resource, see https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/specs/archSpec/base/dita-terminology.html.
You can use the Spell Checker feature to detect possible spelling errors of words within a topic or a map.
A worklist is a list of objects that you share with a user group. The group uses the worklist to coordinate work on the related objects and tracks related assignments.
You can mark an object as a personal favorite, which adds it to your Favorites side panel so that you can quickly find it and work with it.
Any kind of relationship one object has to another object is called a dependency: all dependencies are reciprocal relationships.
Whenever an important change happens to an object, IXIA CCMS Web creates a new revision. CCMS Web tracks all the changes to an object with each revision and stores the information in the revision history.
A taxonomy is a hierarchical classification system that organizes taxonomy terms. Taxonomy terms are a type of metadata, which you can use to classify objects.
A snapshot records all the important data about a map and the objects in it at the moment the snapshot is created. It is a complete picture of the map and its content at that point in time.
When you select an object in IXIA CCMS Web, the Bulk Actions basket saves your selection to the basket for taking a given action.
You can track all IXIA CCMS Web work assigned to you on the My Assignments page.
Reviewers can use the Collaborative Review (CR) feature on the content assigned to them as a means to both provide feedback to writers and view any annotations added by other assigned reviewers.
Use the Approvals feature to get a final sign off on content after completion of all reviews.
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All of the content that you create can be exported from IXIA CCMS Web to the target document deliverables using the IXIA CCMS Output Generator. The CCMS Output Generator is the component that executes the transformation processes from DITA files to a specified output type, such as PDF, HTML, and XML.
IXIA CCMS Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.
