Generating output from IXIA CCMS to Madcap Central

You can configure the IXIA CCMS Output Generator to generate HTML output for a map and send it automatically to an existing project in Madcap Central.

After you properly configure CCMS Output Generator, the process for your users to publish to Madcap Central is the following:

  1. The user selects Generate Output for a map and then selects the Central - Publish to Project output type.

    This output type invokes the ccms2central.project preprocessor, which specifies the project to publish to.

    This preprocessor calls the target ccms2central.map.publish, found in the file conductor-central.xml. In turn, this target has a number of dependent targets and also calls additional targets, one of which refactors all CCMS .image files back to their original file extensions, such as .png, .jpg, or .svg.

  2. (Optional) The user selects values for any user properties.
  3. (Optional) The user selects a ditaval.
  4. The user selects a target and clicks Generate.

    The list of targets is built dynamically. The CCMS Output Generator "reads" the project specified by the preprocessor and determines which targets are available in it. It displays a list of these targets in the Target drop-down.

At this point, the CCMS Output Generatortransforms the DITA content to HTML and sends it to the project (specified by the preprocessor) in the Madcap Centralinstance specified by the central.api.url property in central.properties.

It also creates related files in a MadCapCentral folder in the location specified by the repos.local.dir parameter in central.properties.

When the HTML content is all present in Madcap Central, Central initiates a build, which applies specified templates, sets other properties, and outputs the result to the specified URL.

Any IXIA CCMS user can generate output using the Central - Publish to Project output type. However, only users who have accounts in Madcap Central and who are members of the project can access Central to manage the final output. Users without accounts in Central can only view the final output using the URL provided to them.

To review related features, see Madcap Central Home Page or Madcap Central Project Page.