Creating a new partition for eMessage
Installing eMessage creates a default partition for eMessage in Marketing Platform. You can create multiple partitions for eMessage to isolate and secure data for different groups of users.
Before you begin
- Before you create multiple partitions in eMessage, complete
the following tasks for eMessage:
- Contact HCL® Support to request an account and credentials for each partition. Each partition requires a separate IBM EMM Hosted Services account and access credentials. For more information, see the HCL Startup and Administrator's Guide.
- Create a system user that can access the eMessage system
tables that you will create in the Campaign schema
for the partition.
You can update the system user that you created for the Campaign partition so that it can also access the eMessage system tables.
- Before you create multiple partitions in eMessage, complete
the following tasks in Campaign:
- Create a partition in Campaign to operate with the partition that you are creating for eMessage. Note the name of the partition.
- Create Campaign system tables in the Campaign partition.
- Configure a system user to access the system tables in the partition.
If you have multiple partitions, each partition must have its own system user. The system user cannot be the same across partitions.
About this task
The HCL installer registers the eMessage configuration properties and a default partition during initial installation. The default partition includes a template that you can copy to create additional partitions.
Procedure
Identifying the partition template
The Configuration page displays the eMessage partition template in the navigation tree for the default partition. You can identify the partition template in the tree because its label is in italics and enclosed in parentheses.
What to do next
Naming the new partition
The following restrictions apply when you name a new partition.
- The name must be unique among categories that are siblings in the tree (that is, among categories that share the same parent category).
- The partition name may not start with a period. Also, the following characters are not allowed in partition names.