No Content Server Explorer for Mac OS? No Problem!

Posted by N'Dèye Gnagna Marianne on February 27, 2018 Cool Tools, Development, Web Experience Management CSExplorer, WCS, Oracle WebCenter Sites

After years of owning a PC and taking my environment setup for granted, I landed with a Mac OS that has proven to be a bit of a challenge when it comes to spinning up the 11g JSK. Among the drawbacks is the lack of a Content Server Explorer (CS-Explorer) as the JSK stores it as an executable.

The lack of a Mac installer for the explorer within the JSK is not drastic. Technically, miracles can happen - or close enough - when you have an Intel processor and the help of a third-party tool. However, today I have decided to take a completely different route. Come to think of it, the...

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Modern User Profile Management and GDPR

Posted by Tony Field on February 20, 2018 Web Experience Management gdpr, personalization, WEM
What does your business think about its customers’ privacy? Since the dawn of the internet, the answer to this question has varied from company to company. Some organizations have gone to great lengths to protect personal information, while others literally exist to aggregate and sell it to the highest bidder. All of this will change starting in May of this year.
 
Citizens of the European Union have sought a more transparent, responsible, and trustworthy attitude towards consumers from its businesses. This has ultimately led to the creation of Regulation 2016/679,...
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Troubleshooting Tips for Splunk DB Connect 3

Posted by Somen De on February 13, 2018 Best Practices, Cool Tools, Operational Intelligence Cool Tools, db connect, dbx

Hello, fellow Splunkers! In this post, we'll take a look at a few of the pitfalls to be aware of when using the quite powerful, but sometimes hard to troubleshoot, DB Connect (DBX) 3.1.1 application from Splunkbase. So let's jump right in, shall we?

NULL values for Timestamp

If a database table that you're importing (either rising column or batch mode) contains a column representing a timestamp, most likely you'll want to utilize that column as the timestamp of the event (database record) within Splunk, instead of using the index time as the timestamp. However, be careful! If...

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Simplify Your WCS Controllers With Your Own Asset Reader

Posted by David Chesebro on February 06, 2018 Development, Web Experience Management 12c, Oracle WebCenter Sites, Oracle WebCenter Sites 12c

Oracle WebCenter Sites 12c introduced the new Asset Reader API. While you may not be ready to use it in your code - maybe your existing DAOs are working just fine or perhaps for performance reasons - you might be thinking: "Wouldn't it be nice if my controller code was this short and simple?" With a few simple code...

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Are you getting the insights you expect from your website search?

Posted by Aiiaz Khan on January 30, 2018 Web Experience Management Web Experience Management, search, Insights

When considering search, the first thought is generally SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing). Both involve driving and maximizing the visitors to a site or a given page.  However, once they get there, are they getting what they want? Maybe. Can we do more? Probably. How? One way is to factor in the insights from your website search when selecting the content to show them.

We live in a content-centric age where a vast quantity of content is available to everyone. The trick is not only to get people to your site to see your content and show them relevant...

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