FileNet Connector Prerequisites

The following tables details the permissions and software required to use the FileNet connector:

FileNet Connector

User Accounts and Application Permissions

Required Permission Description
FileNet Account A FileNet administrator, or account with full READ permissions, must be provided, with password.

Connector Features and Requirements

Features Supported Additional Information
IBM FileNet Support

IBM FileNet P8 Content Engine

  • v4.5
  • v5.0
  • v5.1
    and
  • v5.5

Enterprise Records (formerly FileNet Records Manager version) version 3.5
Searchable content types Yes All content types.
Content Update Full and Incremental All BA Insight Connectors support both Full and Incremental crawls, unless noted.
Permission Types Yes
Required Software
  • .NET Framework v4.7.2
  • SQL Server 2005 and 2008
  • Oracle v10g-11g
  • The Web Service Connector API must be installed
  • ASM (Optional)

  • The server that hosts the FileNet connector must have .NET v4.7.2 installed.

  • Federator with the Advanced Security Module is required for the Advanced feature.

FileNet P8 API Connector

User Accounts and Application Permissions

Required Permission Description
FileNet Account A valid FileNet account with full READ access to the FileNet Content Engine content

Connector Features and Requirements

Features Supported Additional Information
IBM FileNet P8 Support

IBM FileNet P8 CE

  • v4.5
  • v5.0
  • v5.1
  • v5.5
Searchable content types Yes All content types.
Content Update Full and Incremental All BA Insight Connectors support both Full and Incremental crawls, unless noted.
Permission Types Yes

  • All BA Insight Connectors support fetch ACLs from the source system.

  • To make items public or restricted to a single user/set of users, you can do so within your Connector Framework.
Required Software
  • .NET Framework v4.7.2
  • ASM (Optional)

Federator with the Advanced Security Module is required for the Advanced feature.