HCL Connections Extension Toolkit (ICXT)
What is ICXT?
In general, ICXT is an asset that is maintained by the HCL Software team.
It can be used as:
- an admin tool for Connections (profiles, backup&restore)
- an end-user tool for managing Connections content (move&merge, pdf export)
- a migration tool for supporting several scenarios (Connections merger, Cloud migrations, Carve outs)
Following list provides an overview about features and functions that are provided by ICXT:
- Find duplicate or faulty user profiles and fix them
- Find HCL Connections content
- Backup and restore content
- Retrieve reports of unused or inactive contents (e.g.: standalone activities that do have only inactive members)
- Transfer personal files from one profile to another profile
- Merge Wikis, Blogs, Forums
- Convert personal files to community files
- Export Connections content items as PDF
- Easily manage and assign file library policies to Communities or Profiles
- Create Communities through a templating API
- Move on-Premise data to the HCL Connections Cloud
- Manage files policies: Creation, Read, Update and Deletion (except for system default policies)
- Assign a files policy to community files libraries, a personal files libraries and wiki libraries
What’s New
Refer Changelog for what’s new.
Dependencies
- IBM WebSphere (for deployment)
- HCL Connections (as endpoint)
- Access to an administrative HCL Connections account
- Access to an administrative WebSphere cell account
- Database (for storing ICXT application data)
A complete list of requirements is listed here
Usage
An user-interface at CONNECIONS_HOST/ic360/ui/index.html provides all functionality available by this tool.
Installation
It is recommended to use HCL AutoDeploy for Connections, in order to install this software asset. A detailed guide for installation can be found here