Once the K2 for SharePoint components are installed, they must be enabled manually from the K2 for SharePoint page within SharePoint Central Administration.
The following features are available after installation. The K2 features are enabled from SharePoint Central Administration and are enabled for a site collection.
| K2 Features | |
|---|---|
| K2 Site Settings | Adds the K2 Site Settings link to the Site Actions menu, allowing for configuration of K2 components in the site collection. |
| K2 Management Console | Adds the Management Console link to the K2 for SharePoint page in Central Administration, K2 Process Portals and the K2 Site Settings page in the site collection. |
| K2 Designer for SharePoint | Adds the K2 Designer for SharePoint link to lists and libraries on a SharePoint site, allowing users with Contribute permissions to design and deploy K2 processes in SharePoint. |
| SmartObject Management | Adds the SmartObject Service Management link to the K2 Site Settings page, allowing for the configuration of SharePoint lists and libraries as K2 SmartObjects in the site collection. |
| K2 Web Parts | Enables the K2 Web Parts feature for a site collection. |
| K2 Web Designer | Adds a menu item to every list in a site collection in order to add or edit K2 workflow processes. |
| K2 Workflow Integration Content Types |
Adds the necessary content types, mappings and the proxy which is used by K2 for SharePoint Workflow Integration. |
To enable or disable these features, perform the following steps:
- Open SharePoint Central Administration (Start > All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint > SharePoint Central Administration)
- Click on the K2 for SharePoint tab
- Select the applicable feature from the Features list and click the link
- Select the site collection where the K2 SharePoint feature will be activated from the Activation Location drop down menu and click Activate
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When a SharePoint site is extended it is necessary to ”Activate All K2 Features and K2 Configuration Settings” on the main site in Central Administration>K2 for SharePoint to ensure that the K2 Features are applied to the extended sites. |
