Add-on features

Add-on features are modules containing custom metadata (classes and properties) and data (objects such as folders, custom objects, and so on) that support extensions to core Content Platform Engine features, as well as support applications that integrate with Content Platform Engine.

Content Engine uses Add-on features that help you install selected metadata for other components of the FileNet Content Manager platform. However, no mechanism is provided to author your own Add-on features. Applications that need to create custom metadata in Content Engine need to develop tools by using the Content Engine API. You can also use the FileNet Deployment Manager tool to apply a common set of metadata to different object stores.

An add-on feature can be a non-FileNet® product that is compatible with the FileNet P8 Platform , or an add-on feature included with the Content Platform Engine software. The add-on feature name indicates underlying functionality of the add-on. For example, Teamspace Extensions provides the base functionality necessary for IBM® FileNet P8 Navigator teamspaces. In addition, the description for each add-on describes the add-on's functionality in more detail.

Modifying an add-on feature does not affect object stores that already use the add-on feature. You can delete add-on features that have not yet been installed; you cannot delete an add-on feature if it is currently installed in an object store.

Important: When you install add-on features to an object store, you might notice system-provided add-on features that are not supported by your product. When you create or update an object store for your environment, choose only those add-on features that are supported by your product or application.