General property and ontology files

Zilliant CPQ uses specific files to store and maintain application system properties and support ontology-based customization of the application.

Access properties and ontology files

1. From the application left navigation area, select Administration.
2. From the top navigation bar, select Content Management .
3. Select conf.

4. Download the properties file you want to configure.
5. Use a text editor to make and save changes.
6. Upload the file.

The conf folder contains the following file types:

• .properties—General property files for Zilliant CPQ. For example, application.properties.
• .n3—Mapping files to find the .owl files.
• .owl—Ontology files located in /conf/ontology folder.

Files in the conf folder

• application.properties—Main properties file. It contains the properties for starting up a Zilliant CPQ tenant.
• email-content.properties—Provides keys to customize the content of notification emails, such as approval and routing emails.
• location-mapping.n3 and location-mapping-to-empty.n3—Use to find the exact path to the ontology .owl files.
  • location-mapping.n3—A key mapper to map file’s unique identification (URI) to its location.
  • location-mapping-to-empty.n3—Use when starting a tenant application.
• schema.owl—Entities definition and their relationship.
  • Contains Classes (Business Types, BT), Data Attributes (Business Data Attribute, BDA) and Relation Attributes (Business Relation Attributes, BRA) definitions.
  • Contains meta attributes (Business Meta Attributes, BMA) that are used together with BDA and BRA.
    Additional ontology concepts can be defined in application-schema-ext.owl to further customize the product based on customer needs. (Examples: legacy BDAs, SPARQLs, custom data points.)