For any document to be published, it must first be registered for publishing from the source system. Documents can be registered either manually from within the source document management system or programmatically from VBScript, a PowerUser user interface extension, or a .NET application. Programmatically registering documents can be done either with or without the Meridian Enterprise Task Server.
The method of registering documents manually for publication is different for each source system. An application for each source system is provided with Meridian Enterprise Server for registering documents manually. Documents can also be registered automatically by triggers customized in the source system. The customization simply creates an entry in the Meridian Enterprise Server database for each document to be published. Whether manually or automatically, documents must be registered using the Meridian Enterprise Server web services or by direct access to the Meridian Enterprise Server database.
The Meridian Enterprise Server registration database is created on the database server that is specified during Meridian Enterprise Server configuration as described in Create the Configuration Database. The database is created when it is needed for the first time.
When a publishing job executes, Publisher scans the database for entries that match the name that is specified for the publishing job and processes the documents with matching entries.
For information on viewing the documents that are currently registered in the Publisher queue, see View the Publisher Queue.
The different methods of registering documents for publication are described in the following topics.
