Friday, July 24, 2015

How to Publish User Productivity Kit (UPK) Contents via IIS

Author:-Sanjay Purohit
Objective
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to publish recorded using Player Package publishing format via IIS

how To                                              
Steps to publish UPK recorded contents:-
·         Select the recorded Module/Selection/Topic.
·         Go to File->Publish
·         Provide the location where you want to store the recording.
·         Select the option whether you want to publish entire outline or selection only.
·         Select appropriate option from publish content wizard.
·         The publishing in progress and you should see the progress.
·         Open IIS
·         Right click on the web site being used (Default Web Site) and select Add Virtual Directory
·         Under Alias, give the virtual directory a name (preferably one word only) and for the Physical Path, navigate to the location of your Player Package folder which you moved to the server
·         Test its access by right-clicking the virtual directory you created and selecting the bottom most option (Switch to Content View)
·         Right click on the Index.html file and select browse


Select the recorded Module/Selection/Topic. 


  Provide the location where you want to store the recording.

 Select the option whether you want to publish entire outline or selection only. 

 Select appropriate option from publish content wizard.

  Publishing progress can be seen here

Go to IIS and right click on the web site being used (Default Web Site) and select Add Virtual Directory

  Under Alias, give the virtual directory a name (preferably one word only) and for the Physical
Path, navigate to the location of your Player Package folder which you moved to the server 
Test its access by right-clicking the virtual directory you created and selecting the bottom most option (Switch to Content View)
 Right click on the Index.html file and select browse



  URL is ready to view online. :- http://samplerecording.com/BudgetUsers/index.html

Important Notes to consider:-Make sure ASP.NET, Basic Authentication  and Windows Authentication are installed in your server. Also ensure the player package folder has the following security
USERS group
NETWORK_SERVICES group
·         I had some issue with security therefore I had to share the folder with everybody


Related URL




UPK: How To Access UPK Published Content from the Intranet? (Doc ID 1904674.1)



Setting up Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) Client in Users Machine

Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) is a comprehensive content development and maintenance tools. With Oracle UPK, project teams can mitigate risk through all phases of any project lifecycle, dramatically reduce the time to deployment, and ensure end user adoption. Rapidly producing materials tailored for all phases of the software lifecycle - from test scripts, system process documents, and interactive simulations, to job aids, instructor manuals, presentations, and in-application performance support, Oracle User Productivity Kit can reduce overall software implementation and maintenance costs” S- (Oracle)

Objective
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to setup the UPK client in local machine before recording

how To                                              

Start UPK client by clicking “UPK Developer Client” and you will be redirected to below given screen and will be asked to setup a profile.

The next screen will be require you to enter the Library Location. Please make sure you are connecting with server installation. UPK requires IIS to be deployed in order to communicate with client machine. The URL should looks like

Click Next (please make sure you are connect to network or using VPN).  The client will try to connect to UPK server via IIS
After connecting to server you will be asked to enter the connection details. Please ask your UPK admin to provide you the login details and enter the login name/password
 After entering the server details you will be asked to select profile name. I am selecting default profile name


That’s all. The UPK is set and you are good to go… Start Recording…………………….

  

Related blogs and URLs

UPK Single user installation.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKmZi_7bFHM


Additional Oracle KM
UPK: "The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error" and 'ORA-28001: the password has expired' When Creating a Profile in UPK 12.1 (Doc ID 2008691.1)

UPK: UPK Client Error "Server Unable to Process Request Internal Error" (Doc ID 1967207.


Setting up Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) Client in Users Machine

Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) is a comprehensive content development and maintenance tools. With Oracle UPK, project teams can mitigate risk through all phases of any project lifecycle, dramatically reduce the time to deployment, and ensure end user adoption. Rapidly producing materials tailored for all phases of the software lifecycle - from test scripts, system process documents, and interactive simulations, to job aids, instructor manuals, presentations, and in-application performance support, Oracle User Productivity Kit can reduce overall software implementation and maintenance costs” S- (Oracle)

Objective
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to setup the UPK client in local machine before recording

how To                                              

Start UPK client by clicking “UPK Developer Client” and you will be redirected to below given screen and will be asked to setup a profile.

The next screen will be require you to enter the Library Location. Please make sure you are connecting with server installation. UPK requires IIS to be deployed in order to communicate with client machine. The URL should looks like

Click Next (please make sure you are connect to network or using VPN).  The client will try to connect to UPK server via IIS
After connecting to server you will be asked to enter the connection details. Please ask your UPK admin to provide you the login details and enter the login name/password
 After entering the server details you will be asked to select profile name. I am selecting default profile name


That’s all. The UPK is set and you are good to go… Start Recording…………………….

  

Related blogs and URLs

UPK Single user installation.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKmZi_7bFHM


Additional Oracle KM
UPK: "The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error" and 'ORA-28001: the password has expired' When Creating a Profile in UPK 12.1 (Doc ID 2008691.1)

UPK: UPK Client Error "Server Unable to Process Request Internal Error" (Doc ID 1967207.