WCC - Howto update SecurityGroup of Contribution Folder

Environment

This case has been tested in the following environment

• WebcenterContent 11.1.1.4
• Folders_g component

UseCase

UseCase is defined in the title. It is not allowed to update the metadata of the "Contribution Folder" by default. But we want to make changes anyways.

Solution

The following steps have to be done to be able to make updates

• open <mw_home>/Oracle_ECM1/ucm/idc/components/Folders_g/Folders_environment.cfg
• Set the parameter CollectionReadOnlyMarkedFolders to false
• Restart the UCM Server
• The SecurityGroup and other metadata of the "Contribution Folder" can be updated now
• Set the parameter CollectionReadOnlyMarkedFolders to true
• Restart UCM Server

 

Attention Oracle Bug:

After updating the "Contribution Folder" it is no longer possible to access the "Contribution Folder" with your Desktop Integration Suite.
This problem can be solved by ...

• Use SQLDeveloper to access the Collections table of the UCM. In my case DEV_OCS has to be accessed
• Updating the "Contribution Folder" did set the dParentCollectionID of "Contribution Folder" from -1 to null. Revert this automatic change and set the dParentCollectionID to -1 again. 
• Now accessing the "Contribution Folder" with Desktop Integration Suite should be possible again.

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