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.
Because images are not text-based content like maps or topics, CCMS Web treats them uniquely.
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.
Topics are the basic containers for all content in IXIA CCMS Web.
Maps provide a structured hierarchy to the objects and content within it.
Image Editor shows all the image formats for an image object and the image metadata. Use Image Editor to edit images.
Image titles are not always intuitive when you see them listed in a datagrid. To make it easier to identify the image you want to work with, you can display a thumbnail of each image.
You must check out an object, such as an image, map, or topic before you can edit it.
You can open an image directly from within a topic for greater convenience and faster editing.
You can update an existing image by importing a new version of the image. The new version you import overwrites one of the existing versions for an image format.
You can save each image object with up to three different formats and also store its related source file in Image Editor.
You can delete image formats that you are no longer using.
Each image object has basic details, which are stored in IXIA CCMS Web as metadata.
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.
You can download the source file for an image format while in Image Editor so that you can edit the image locally, and then upload the edited image.
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.
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.
