CMIS Integration

Introduction

CMIS is the e-Democracy Committee Management Information System for Local Government. It has a comprehensive member’s database which stores contact and other information such as election history, images, biography and a register of interests. Astun have written a Python script to download this information in order that Councils who have CMIS can configure the My House page to include councillor information e.g.

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Pre-Requisites

• iShare v5.4.0 - This version includes the required version of Python together with the Scripts and XML etc. for this integration.

• Python 2.7 (including SUDS Library) - The SUDS Library is required to communicate with SOAP Web Services.

Configuration Steps

The following steps describe how to configure iShare to link to CMIS.

• Create a Job to Refresh the CMIS data

• Update .MAP file for Councillor Ward Layer

• Configure My House Councillor Ward Layer

• Style My House Councillor Content