Adding a library to a community

Add a library to your community to give members a central place to store and work with community files.

About this task

Create libraries in your community by adding the Library app or linking to existing libraries using the Linked Library app. You can create or link to multiple libraries from your community, and give the libraries different names to distinguish between them.

When you create a community library using the Library app, the library is created on the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) server and access to the library is granted based on community membership. When you link to an existing library using the Linked Library app, permissions for working with files and folders in the library are set on the ECM server.

Procedure

To add a library to a community, complete the following steps.
  1. From the Overview page, select Community Actions > Add Apps.
  2. Complete one or more of the following tasks:
    • To create a community library, click Library.
    • To link to an existing library, click Linked Library.

What to do next

After creating a community library by adding the Library app, click Add Your First File to start uploading files and working with them. After adding the Linked Library app, ask your administrator to create a connection to an ECM server so that you can access and start working with the files in a linked library.

If you are creating multiple community libraries or linking to multiple libraries, you might want to rename them to make it easier to distinguish between them. For more information, see Managing libraries.