Experience Manager
Experience Manager (CMS-only mode) allows you to run Sitecore XP without the Experience Database (xDB) enabled or purchasing xDB licenses.
With Experience Manager, you can use Sitecore to create, manage, and publish content to your websites.
Requirements
To run Experience Manager, you must have:
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Sitecore XP 8.1 or later.
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SQL server.
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A server environment that has a content management and a content delivery server.
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A valid Experience Manager Sitecore license.
Experience Manager can also work in a single-instance configuration, when the instance acts as a content management and content delivery server.
Limitations
To run Experience Manager, you must set the Xdb.enabled
configuration setting to false
in the Sitecore.Xdb.config
configuration file.
When xDB.enabled
is set to false
, you do not have any access to the reporting or collection databases. Any functionality that depends on the xDB for data collection is not available and a number of applications in the Sitecore Experience Platform cannot run.
Personalization
You can implement some in-session personalization rules, such as ones based on IP Geolocation, to provide personalized content to your contacts. You cannot, however, implement personalization rules based on historical data, like outcomes or past goals triggered, because the xDB stores that information.
Compatibility
With Experience Manager, Sitecore XP applications and functionality can be described as:
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Fully compatible
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Compatible with limited functionality
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Incompatible
Fully compatible
The following features can run Experience Manager without any changes:
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Content editing in the Experience Editor
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Device detection
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IP Geolocation detection
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Experience Explorer
Compatible with limited functionality
The following features can run Experience Manager with limitations:
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Campaign Creator – runs without analytics functionality.
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Commerce Connect – currently incompatible, but will run with limited functionality in future releases.
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Personalization – in-session personalization works, while personalization based on historical data is unavailable.
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Web Forms For Marketers.
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Sitecore Forms – runs without analytics functionality.
Incompatible
The following features are incompatible with Experience Manager:
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Content testing
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Email Experience Manager
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Experience Analytics
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Experience Profile
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List Manager
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Path Analyzer
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Segmentation
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Federated Experience Manager
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Marketing Automation