Although a content repository can simply collect and hold various files relevant to your line of business, the value of that content increases tremendously when you can integrate it with your automated business processes. webMethods Content Service Platform (CSP) provides you with the ability to define one or more content listeners; when you create the listener, you specify exactly what repository location and document types you want the listener to monitor.

Within a repository, documents are stored in a hierarchical archive structure, referred to as a content hierarchy tree. Each location, or hierarchical level of the tree, can also be referred to as a node. Document types are usually the lowest level of the tree.

You can configure a listener to monitor the specified location and document types for any or all of these actions: creation, deletion, updating, and deactivation. By linking the listener to a webMethods business process model, you can trigger a business process when the listener detects that any of the monitored actions has occurred. For example, the creation of a new Purchase Order document type could be used to trigger an order handling process.

Content listeners are created in My webMethods; you must have the Content Service Platform Configuration interface installed to carry out this procedure. If this interface is not installed, you can install it with the Software AG Installer. For more information, see Determining Whether the Content Service Platform Configuration Interface Is Installed.