Capability

Platform

Liferay DXP is a robust platform with its own navigation menus, configuration methods, and core features. These core features are foundational to effective system administration, maintenance, notifications, and other core platform functions.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Creating a Condition Evaluator
Official Documentation
Creating a Condition Evaluator A Workflow condition node uses a Groovy script to determine the proper transition a workflow item traverses. Instead of writing logic in Groovy directly in a workflow...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Using Forks and Joins
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Using Forks and Joins Subscription Here you'll learn how to use the Fork, Join and Join XOR nodes. These nodes are useful for workflow processes that have multiple reviewers like the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Creating Workflow Tasks
Official Documentation
Creating Workflow Tasks Subscription The default Single Approver Definition offers a simple introduction to workflow tasks. It has only two task nodes: Review and Update. The workflow enters the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Workflow Transitions
Official Documentation
Workflow Transitions Subscription Transitions represent the paths a workflow can traverse. In the Workflow Designer's palette, transitions are the arrows connecting the workflow nodes: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Developer Guide
Official Documentation
Developer Guide Using The Script Engine in Workflow Crafting XML Workflow Definitions Workflow Definition Node Reference Workflow Notification Template Variables Workflow Task Node Reference ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Using Task Timers
Official Documentation
Using Task Timers Task nodes can include task timers to trigger an action after a specified time period. Timers are useful for ensuring a task does not go unattended for too long. Available timer...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Workflow Nodes
Official Documentation
Workflow Nodes Subscription A Workflow Node represents a specific point in an approval process, whether it begins the review process, approves or rejects the asset, or reassigns the task. Below...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Working with Workflow Context
Official Documentation
Working with Workflow Context Workflows in Liferay are used as approval processes. At each step of the process, the workflow has certain data that's available in a Map object referred to in your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Introduction to Workflow
Official Documentation
Introduction to Workflow Liferay DXP ships with a workflow engine that allows users to review and approve content such as Blogs, Web Content, Wikis before they are published. The Workflow...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Using Workflows
Official Documentation
Using Workflows Activating Workflow Reviewing Assets Using Workflow Metrics Workflow Metrics Reports
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Activating Workflow
Official Documentation
Activating Workflow You can activate a workflow process for an asset type either across the DXP instance or only on a specific site. When a workflow process is activated across the instance for a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Reviewing Assets
Official Documentation
Reviewing Assets When an asset's workflow is activated, one or more users must review it before publication. You can assign workflow review processes to specific users or to a particular Role (for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Using the Script Engine in Workflow
Official Documentation
Using the Script Engine in Workflow As of DXP 2024.Q3, scripting is disabled by default. You can enable it in System Settings → Script Management (under the Security category). Add Groovy scripts...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Using Workflow Metrics
Official Documentation
Using Workflow Metrics Subscription This feature works only with Elasticsearch. Workflow Metrics gives insight into the time spent to complete certain workflow events. To use it, set up...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Workflow Metrics: Reports
Official Documentation
Workflow Metrics: Reports Subscription Open the Workflow Metrics from the Applications Menu (Applications Menu) (Control Panel → Workflow → Metrics) and you immediately see metrics on each...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Configuring Liferay
Official Documentation
Configuring Liferay Liferay is a very adaptable tool. You can modify and configure it to suit the needs of your application.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Administration
Official Documentation
Administration Liferay is highly adaptable and customizable. You can configure multiple aspects of it in the system or instance scope. For an overview of the different settings and configurations...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Security and Administration
Official Documentation
Security and Administration After installation comes configuration. There are three areas you should examine carefully before opening your system to users: Security Administration Settings ...
Published Date: Jul 16, 2025 2:26 AM
Adding Custom Fields
Official Documentation
Adding Custom Fields Custom fields are in maintenance mode. Use Liferay Objects if possible. Many of Liferay's assets and resources can be extended with custom fields. Adding custom fields can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Common Tasks
Official Documentation
Common Tasks Enabling OpenOffice / LibreOffice Configuring Mail Managing Instance Email Notification Templates Setting a Terms of Use Managing User Authentication Configuring Default User...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using Configuration Files
Official Documentation
Using Configuration Files System Settings provides a user interface for making system-scoped configuration changes and setting default configurations for other scopes. The same configurations in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Beta Features and Feature Flags
Official Documentation
Beta Features and Feature Flags Feature Flags DXP 7.4 U69+/GA69+ Some features in Liferay are hidden behind feature flags. Using feature flags, you have control over new functionality introduced...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Changing Translations with Language Override
Official Documentation
Changing Translations with Language Override Liferay DXP 7.4 U4/Portal 7.4 GA8. Import/Export and filtering functionality in Liferay DXP 7.4 U17/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA17 Liferay's Language...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuration Files and Factories
Official Documentation
Configuration Files and Factories Using Configuration Files Using Factory Configuration
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using Factory Configuration
Official Documentation
Using Factory Configuration Most Liferay DXP System Settings allow just one set of configurations for an entry. To change the configuration, you update the single configuration form, and it applies...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Managing Countries
Official Documentation
Managing Countries Liferay DXP 7.4 U36/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA36 and above Liferay contains a list of available countries as defined by the ISO 3166 Standard, but you can use the Countries...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
System Settings
Official Documentation
System Settings You can make System-scoped configurations from Control Panel → Configuration → System Settings. The System Settings application shows configuration sections underneath four...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Virtual Instances
Official Documentation
Virtual Instances Liferay DXP can host multiple portals on one installation. These are called virtual instances. Each virtual instance has completely separate data and configurations. Each is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding a Virtual Instance
Official Documentation
Adding a Virtual Instance Before you do anything in Liferay DXP to add a virtual instance, you must configure its domain name in your network to point to your installed Liferay DXP system. There's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Email Settings
Official Documentation
Email Settings The email configuration is where you configure email notifications at the virtual instance scope. To access these options, Open the Global Menu (Global Menu) and navigate to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Understanding Configuration Scope
Official Documentation
Understanding Configuration Scope Liferay DXP settings are applied at four levels, or scopes: System, Virtual Instance, Site, and Widget. System Settings define the system-wide defaults. For all...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Analytics
Official Documentation
Analytics The Analytics category defines the available analytics systems for the virtual instance. Enter an analytics system or remove one of the two pre-configured options (google and piwik)....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Users in Virtual Instances
Official Documentation
Configuring Users in Virtual Instances You can define the look and feel of the personal menu, the default user associations, and the fields that appear when a new user creates an account. To...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Infrastructure
Official Documentation
Infrastructure The Infrastructure category contains settings related to the export/import, staging, and site template propagation processes. You can also configure the session timeout. To access...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Localization
Official Documentation
Localization To access the Localization settings, Open the Control Panel and navigate to Configuration → Instance Settings, and select the Localization category under the PLATFORM section. Here,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Instance Configuration
Official Documentation
Instance Configuration The Instance Configuration settings define the configuration information for the virtual instance, from its appearance to the Terms of Use your Users agree to the first time...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Third Party
Official Documentation
Third Party The Third Party category specifies the maps API provider for geolocalized assets. Choose OpenStreetMap or Google Maps as the maps API provider. Configure API provider for mapping...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Redirect URLs
Official Documentation
Redirect URLs Available 7.4+ Your Liferay Instance can be configured to allow redirects to certain URLs or IP addresses. To configure, navigate to Control Panel → Instance Settings → Content and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
File Storage
Official Documentation
File Storage All files uploaded to Liferay DXP are stored in the instance's designated file store. This includes files uploaded using Documents and Media, as well as those uploaded using...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files
Official Documentation
Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files DXP 7.3 SP 1+, Portal 7.3 GA7+, and DXP 7.2 FP 9+ This feature is not currently available on Portal 7.2 and earlier versions. You can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM