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<strong>CQ</strong> <strong>Gems</strong> on Adobe Experience ManagerGilles Knobloch | Launches (AEM 5.6.1)© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

Launches use cases§§§§§Live content needs to be maintainableVery often, your content is iterativeNext iteration is based on previous oneContent of previous iteration is often the one in production (“Live”)Example:§§Next season’s product catalog is based on this season’s product catalogMedia company preparing versions of their homepage for each day of the week§Launches provide ability to prepare multiple versions of a websiteconcurrently© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.2

Typical solution§§§§Manual copy of Production siteEdits are duplicated manuallyEventually make usage of live copiesReplacing current Production content with Next Release is tricky and errorpronePublished contentProduction(Author)DANGER ZONESummer’13© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.3

Launches goals§§§§Prepare content in advanceAllow multiple versions of the page to be worked concurrentlyPromote the changes back to production versionBackup your previous working version© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.4

A Launches user workflow§§§§§Create a branch of the current contentEdit content of the launchEdit content of the production version & duplicate changes in the launchPromote the launch, to replace the production version on author instanceActivate contentPublished contentProduction(Author)Summer’13123475 896Fall’13© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.5

Advanced features§§§§§§§§Switch between versionsCreate or delete pagesDisconnect a launch from production versionClone a launchDelete a launchRestore a previous versionWorkflow packages integrationLaunches Administration UI© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.6

Technical view§API available to developers§§§com.adobe.cq.launches.api.Launchcom.adobe.cq.launches.api.LaunchManagerFactorycom.adobe.cq.launches.api.LaunchManager§ check if a resource belongs to a launch§ get existing launch(es)§ create / clone§ delete§ promote© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.7

Content storage§§Launches are stored under /content/launches§No activation rightsLaunch: cq:Page containing the launch configuration§§§§TitleSource resourceLaunch dateLive Copy flag§§Last modification / launch promotionChildren: reflects the production treeProductionLaunch/content/geometrixx/en/company/content/launches/summer/content/geometrixx/en/company© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.8

Launch promotion§Based on MSM§A specific rollout configuration: /etc/msm/rolloutconfigs/launch§§§§Get the corresponding production pageCreate a jcr:version of the production page in case something goes wrongPause other live copies of launch’s source pageCreate virtual live relationships for each resources of the launch§Could not be a persisted relationship§§§§Rollout those relationshipsRe-enable paused live copies(Add resources to workflow package)Update last promotion date© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.9

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What’s coming next?§§Full integration in Touch-optimized UI§Launches to be visible from “References list”UI enhancements§Enhancement wizard to create a launch (for instance change template)§§List changed pages before promoting a launchOptimizations and hardening© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.11

Adobe Technologist Resources§Adobe.com/go/gems§§Upcoming <strong>CQ</strong> Gem SessionsOn-demand <strong>CQ</strong> Gem RecordingsDeveloper Resources: http://dev.day.com/docs/en/cq/current/wcm/launches.htmlTwitter Handles@Adobe <strong>CQ</strong>@Adobe WEM@paolomoz@bdelacretazAEM BlogAdobe Marketing CloudAdobe <strong>CQ</strong> Enterprise Users Group© 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.12