Wiki (Application View)

A wiki is a collection of pages that contain content that can be added or updated by project users. Page versions keep prior content saved when new content is added.

Depending on your permissions, you can participate in a wiki by:

Creating a new wiki page
Updating content on an existing wiki page
Attaching documents or discussions to a wiki page
Retrieving, viewing, and deleting prior page revisions or reverting the current page to a previous revision
Subscribing to a wiki to receive a notification email when new content is added

This topic discusses:

Common Actions
Table Pane
Explorer Action Bar
Details Pane for the Wiki
Details Pane for Wiki Pages

Common Actions

Like other explorers in the application view, the Wiki explorer has a hierarchical navigation tree A tree of subfolders in the navigation pane of the application view. To view the contents of the navigation tree on the table pane, click on a node or folder in the navigation tree., a common tool bar with buttons that change according to the permission level of the user, a table pane Upper right section of the application view. The table pane displays all objects contained in the node you selected in the navigation tree. You can also view detailed information about the objects in the table pane by selecting the check box next to the item. Detailed information appears on the details pane., and a details pane Lower right section of the application view. You can view details and descriptions (if provided) of items selected in the table pane. You can also perform various actions, such as notifying others about the document you uploaded or subscribing to a discussion..

If you have a limited permission level, you cannot see all the buttons in the action bar. In addition, until you have selected a wiki page, some buttons are grayed out and disabled.

To view a wiki page, click the page in the navigation tree or in the table pane.
To apply actions to a specific wiki page, such as editing content, viewing a previous revision of the page, or reverting to a previous revision of a page, select the wiki in the navigation tree then select the wiki page in the table pane Upper right section of the application view. The table pane displays all objects contained in the node you selected in the navigation tree. You can also view detailed information about the objects in the table pane by selecting the check box next to the item. Detailed information appears on the details pane. first. If you do not select a wiki page, the buttons in the action bar remains grayed out.
To unselect a wiki page, clear the check box to the left of the wiki page.

For information on the application view banner, see About Application View; for more information about the components of the explorer, see Navigating the Explorers; for more information on permission levels, see the Permission Matrix.

Table Pane

The table pane displays the following information about the pages in the wiki. To sort the pages by the information in a column, click the column heading.

Column	Description
Name	Name of the wiki page. To view the page, click its name.
Created By	Name of the user who created the wiki page.
Date Created	The date the wiki page was created.
Lasts Author	Name of the user who last edited the wiki page.
Date Modified	The date the wiki page was last edited.
Revision	The number of the latest revision.
Views	The number of times the wiki page has been viewed by users.

Explorer Action Bar

If a button is disabled, you either do not have permission to perform the action or the action does not apply to the selected object. For more information on permission levels, see the Permission Matrix.

Click	To
New	Create a new wiki page. For step-by-step instructions on how to create and configure a wiki page, see Wiki Page Editor. Only users with Write access rights to the project can create a wiki page.
Edit	Change the content of a wiki page. First select a wiki page. Only users with Write access rights to the project can edit a wiki page.
	Project Leaders only. Delete a wiki page. First select a wiki page. Only users with Admin access rights can delete a wiki page. Note: When you delete a wiki page, it is deleted permanently. It is not placed in the project recycle bin.

Details Pane for the Wiki

To view the details pane for the wiki, click the project name (the top node) in the navigation tree.

The action bar for the wiki lets you perform the following actions:

Click	To
Subscribe	Subscribe to all wiki pages in the project. You will receive an immediate notification email when a wiki page is created or deleted in the project. To receive notification when a wiki page is updated, subscribe to the specific wiki page. For more information on notification events, see About Notification Events. To receive summary notification emails for all wiki pages in the project, mouse over the Subscribe button and select Summary email. If your administrator has enabled RSS feeds, you can mouse over the Subscribe button and select RSS to add the RSS feed for all wiki pages in the project to your personal RSS feed. Use the Subscription Explorer to configure your summary notification email frequency or to receive more than one type of notification for wiki pages.
Unsubscribe	Unsubscribe from all wiki pages in the project. You will stop receiving all types of notification when wiki pages are created, updated, or deleted in the project.
Subscribe Others	Project Leaders only. Subscribe others to all wiki pages in the project using the Subscribe Others Editor. Users will be notified of any wiki pages created, updated, or deleted in the project.
	Available when your administrator has enabled RSS feeds. View the RSS feed for all wiki pages in the project. For more information about RSS feeds, see About RSS Feeds.

Details Pane for Wiki Pages

To view the details pane for a wiki page, select the wiki page in the navigation tree.

The pane above the details pane action bar displays the title of the wiki page, the name of the user that created or last modified the page, the date and time the page was created or last modified, and any discussions or documents attached to the wiki page.

To view an attached discussion or document, click its name.
To remove an attached discussion or document, click to the right of the discussion or document. The discussion or document will not be deleted from the project.

The action bar of the details pane for a wiki page lets you perform the following actions:

Click	To
Subscribe	Subscribe to the wiki page. You will receive an immediate notification email when the wiki page is edited or deleted. For more information on notification events, see About Notification Events. To receive summary notification emails for the wiki page, mouse over the Subscribe button and select Summary email. If your administrator has enabled RSS feeds, you can mouse over the Subscribe button and select RSS to add the RSS feed for the wiki page to your personal RSS feed. Use the Subscription Explorer to configure your summary notification email frequency or to receive more than one type of notification for the wiki page.
Unsubscribe	Unsubscribe from the wiki page. You will stop receiving all types of notification when the wiki page is edited or deleted.
Subscribe Others	Project Leaders only. Subscribe others to the wiki page using the Subscribe Others Editor. Users will be notified if the wiki page is edited or deleted.
	Available when your administrator has enabled RSS feeds. View the RSS feed for the wiki page. For more information about RSS feeds, see About RSS Feeds.
Notify	Send an email inviting other users to view, edit, or subscribe to the wiki page. For more information about notification, see About Notification.
Attach Discussion	Edit access level required. Attach discussions to the wiki page. When the Choose Discussions dialog box appears, select the discussion you want to attach and click Finish.
Attach Documents	Edit access level required. Attach documents and files to the wiki page. When the Choose Documents dialog box appears, select the files you want to attach and click Finish. Note: You need to have uploaded the file to Oracle WebCenter Collaboration before you can select it.
View Versions	View the version history of the wiki page. Oracle WebCenter Collaboration saves all revisions of a wiki page, and you can view any of its versions. For a step-by-step procedure on how to manage version history, see Wiki Page Versions.

Below the details pane action bar is the content of the wiki page.

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To display the page associated with this help topic:

Select a project in the My Projects or Community Projects portlet.
Click the Wiki tab in the application view.

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