Providing Uniform Content Access in SAP NetWeaver Portal

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Provid i ng Uni formContent Ac c ess –Leve l 3 Presenta t ion





SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd ’05 / UP356 / 3

SAP Net Weaver Tec hnology Map

User ProductivityEnablement

Running an EnterprisePortal

Enabling UserCollaboration

Business TaskManagement

Mobilizing BusinessProcesses

Enterprise KnowledgeManagement

Data Unification Master-Data Harmonization Master-Data ConsolidationCentral Master-DataManagement

Enterprise Data Warehousing

Business InformationManagement

Enterprise Reporting, Query, andAnalysis

Business Planning and AnalyticalServices

Enterprise Data Warehousing

Business EventManagement

Business Event Resolution Business Task Management

End-to-End Process

Integration

Enabling Application-

to-ApplicationProcesses

Enabling Business-to-

Business Processes

Business Process

Management

Enabling Platform

Interoperability

Business Task

Management

Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications Enabling Platform Interoperability

Unified Life-CycleManagement

Software Life-Cycle Management SAP NetWeaver Operations

ApplicationGovernance & Security

Authentication and Single Sign-On Integrated User and Access Management

ConsolidationEnabling PlatformInteroperability

SAP NetWeaver Operations Master-Data ConsolidationEnterprise KnowledgeManagement

Enterprise Service

Architecture – Design &Deployment

Enabling Enterprise Services

IT Pract ices IT Sc enar ios

On the concept of IT Practices and IT Scenarios…




Why Running an Ent erpr ise Portal ?

Provide users with a uniform, homogeneous view on theirday-to-day work, applications, services, and information.

The existing portal capabilities are covered and extended

in the scenario variant:

Providing Uniform Content Access

NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s) will introduce new scenario variants:

Implementing a Federated Portal

Implementing an External Facing Portal




Var iant ” Prov id ing Uni form Cont ent Ac cess”

SAP Enterprise Portal provides people-centric integration of alltypes of enterprise information, including SAP applications,

third-party applications, databases, data warehouses, desktopdocuments, and Web content and services. It provides employees,supply chain partners, customers, and other communities withimmediate, secure, and role-based access to key information andapplications across the extended enterprise.

The IT scenario variant „Providing Uniform Content Access” will

Continue the portal capabilities

and

Extend the portal capabilities with

Enhanced navigation

Enhanced administration features

Enhanced end-user role




Porta l In f ras t ructure

Role based, …

…and Web based…

…access to any kind

of applications,information and

services

ERP CRM

SAP

NetWeaver

Knowledge

Management

…secure,… Authentication

Sales

Manager

Line

Manager

Business

Developer

SAPNetWeaver

Collaboration

Single Sign-On

SAP NetWeaver Portal

SAP NetWeaver Portal






Configuring the Portal Creating Portal Content Maintaining the Portal Using the Portal

Scenar io Var iant “ Prov id ing Uni form Cont ent Ac c ess”

EP

(SystemAdmin)

EP(EndUser)

3. Configure connectionsto back-end systems

6. Define portal displaysettings

7. Assign user permissionsettings to content and

security zones

13. Monitor the portal

14. Register new users inthe portal (opt.)

15. Log on to the portal

16. Personalize portal

17. Personalize content

19. Log off

18. Work in portal to perform

daily business-related tasks

4.a) Import businesspackages (opt.)

DI4.b) Develop and deploycustomer specific

applications (opt.)

1.a) Assign permissionsfor various administrators

EP(Content

Admin)

2. Create templates (e.g. foriViews and pages)

4.c) Create iViews

5.a) Adjust imported

business packages (opt.) 12. Adjust portal content

11.a) Analyze contentusage

5.e) Finalize navigationsettings

5.d) Create worksets / roles

5.b) Configure and testiViews in the portal

5.c) Create portal pages

EP(User

Admin)

1.b) Assignment initial

roles to administrators

8. Assign users and groupsto roles

9. Set user mapping

10. Modify users

11.b) Analyze time-relatedactivities




Port al Content Design Tools: Posit ioning

Content

Complexity

Required

Technical

Development

Skills

ContentAdmin

SAP NW Portal

Content Studio

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio(Java + PDK Perspective)

SAP ABAP Development Workbench

(Business Server Pages)

PDK for .Net

J2EE/ABAP/.NetDeveloper

InteractiveApplications

Transactional

Business

Applications

Web

Applications

Business ApplicationDeveloper

BusinessAnalyst

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio

(Web Dynpro for Java Perspective)

SAP ABAP Development Workbench

(Web Dynpro for ABAP*)

SAP NetWeaverVisual Composer

Display

Applications

Developing NetWeaver Content Creating NetWeaver Content

*Planned for future release




Posit ioning SAP Net Weaver Port al Content St udio

BusinessApplicationDeveloper




ContentAdmin

ContentAdmin

BusinessExpert

BusinessExpert

Technology Focus

Business Focus

Integrated into SAP

NetWeaver Portal

Wizard-based

Rapid creation of iViews

SAP provides templates asout-of-the box; customerscan create their own

templates




SAP Net Weaver Port al Content St udio




Posi t i on ing V isual Composer

Browser-based

Intuitive modeling anddesign

Rapid application

development

Prototyping

Code-free development

Support of JSP andHTMLB; Planned: Support ofWeb Dynpro metadata





ContentAdmin

ContentAdmin

BusinessExpert

Business

Expert

Technology Focus

Business Focus




Visual Composer




Posi t ioning SAP Net Weaver Developer Studi o(Web Dynpro Perspect ive)

Eclipse-based

Basic Java know-howrequired

Scalable MVC architecture

Model-driven

Device independent

Access to source code





ContentAdmin

ContentAdmin

BusinessExpert

BusinessExpert

Technology Focus

Business Focus




SAP NetWeaver Developer St udio(Web Dynpro Perspect ive)




Posi t ioning SAP Net Weaver Developer Studi o(Jav a/PDK Perspec t iv e)

Eclipse-based

Full J2EE support

Advanced object-orientedand J2EE knowledgerequired

Portal Development Kitplug-in

JSP, HTMLB for Java, taglibrary with easy and

complex UI elements




J2EE/ABAP/.Net

DeveloperContentAdmin

ContentAdmin

BusinessExpert

BusinessExpert

Technology Focus

Business Focus




SAP NetWeaver Develope r Stud io(Jav a/PDK Perspec t iv e)




What a re the bas ic e lemen ts o f t he SAP Ne tWeaver Po r ta l?

Top-Level Navigation

DetailedNavigation iViews




Relat ionsh ips betw een Por ta l Objec t s – Exam ple

Sales Manager

TeamLead

KeyAccountManager

PromotionManager

MarketWatch

Budget

MonitoringPlanning

ApprovingForecasting

Activity assignment

HiringCommunication

Sell products

ImproverelationshipsSend productinformation

Track orderfulfillment

Monitor /

analyze key figuresWatch competitorsCreate sales/ promotion strategies

Explore market

Create promotions

Run promotionsTrack statusAnalyze impact

Business

Role

Area of

Responsibility

Task Areawithin aBusiness

Process

Task(s)

Workstep

Role

Pages

iViews

Worksets

MonitoringPlanning

ApprovingForecasting

Activity assignment

Hiring

Communication

Sell products

Improve

relationshipsSend productinformation

Track orderfulfillment

Monitor /

analyze key figures

Watch competitorsCreate sales/ promotion strategies

Explore market

Create promotions

Run promotions

Track statusAnalyze impact




What i s an iView ?

It is the basic unit of portal content – a small application thatdisplays information

iView information can be in any format(texts, figures, graphs, reports, tables, charts etc.)

iViews can be interactive, allowing you to perform business functions

iViews can display information from any data source




Porta l Cat a log and Por ta l Cont ent St udio

All content objects (like roles, worksets, iViews, and pages) are available

in the Portal Catalog and are maintained in the Portal Content Studio:

The Portal Content Studio provides a central

environment for developing and managing portal content,including iViews, pages, layouts, worksets, roles and

transport packages.

The Portal Catalogprovides a centralaccess point to all

portal contentobjects stored inthe PCD. It permitsyou to store,manage andorganize content in

a structuredhierarchy.




Porta l Cat a log and Por ta l Cont ent St udio

The Portal Content Studio includes:

Portal Content Catalog

Wizards for creating content objects

iView Wizards

Page Wizard

Layout Wizard

Role Wizard

Workset Wizard

Transport WizardPortal

Catalog

Portal Content Studio Global Menus

Object Tabs and Path

Object Editor Tools

ObjectEditor

Child Object Tools

PropertiesEditor

Wizards run here Wizards run here

Contains all content objects

Contains all content objects

Customize content

objects

Customize content

objects

Editors formaintaining andmodifying contentobjects




Porta l Cont ent Cat a log

Portal Content Catalog: a tree-structured collection of folders

that contains all content objects

Provides single framework forcreating and editing contentobjects

Organization of catalog isflexible, so structure can reflect

business or organizationalscenarios

Administration permissionscan be delegated so thataccessible content is filtered

Portal

Company 1

User management

Role 1

Role 2

Landscape

Data Source 1

Data Source 2

Branding

Style 1Content

RoleX

RoleY

Company 2

User management

Landscape

Branding

Content




Role

workset 1workset 1 workset 2workset 2 workset 3workset 3

WS2.1WS2.1 WS2.2WS2.2

service 1

service 2

service 3service 4

service 1

service 2

service 3service 4

service 1

service 2

service 1

service 2

Generat ing a Role-Based Port al

Role A content template consisting of

worksets (from zero to n) thatmodel a typical job

Workset A set of coherent activities thatbelong to one or more related

work areas

Service A (complex) task or service that is

performed in the context of aworkset

The SAP NetWeaver Portal uses roles to generate a role-based user interface, simplifying application and information

access.

The SAP NetWeaver Portal uses roles to generate a role-based user interface, simplifying application and information

access.




Business Scenar i os SAP Ent erpr ise Port al

Examples:

Efficient and Effective Communication

Working Collaboratively

Sales Order Processing

Purchase Order Processing

Account Analysis

Analytical Cockpits: Sales Analysis,Financial Analysis, Inventory Analysis,Production Analysis

Employee Self-Service

Manager Self-Service

CRM Sales, Marketing and Service Scenarios




Configuring the Portal Creating Portal Content Maintaining the Portal Using the Portal

Scenar io Var iant “ Prov id ing Uni form Cont ent Ac c ess”

EP

(SystemAdmin)

EP(EndUser)

3. Configure connectionsto back-end systems

6. Define portal displaysettings

7. Assign user permissionsettings to content and

security zones

13. Monitor the portal

14. Register new users inthe portal (opt.)

15. Log on to the portal

16. Personalize portal

17. Personalize content

19. Log off

18. Work in portal to perform

daily business-related tasks

4.a) Import businesspackages (opt.)

DI4.b) Develop and deploycustomer specific

applications (opt.)

1.a) Assign permissionsfor various administrators

EP(Content

Admin)

2. Create templates (e.g. foriViews and pages)

4.c) Create iViews

5.a) Adjust imported

business packages (opt.) 12. Adjust portal content

11.a) Analyze contentusage

5.e) Finalize navigationsettings

5.d) Create worksets / roles

5.b) Configure and testiViews in the portal

5.c) Create portal pages

EP(User

Admin)

1.b) Assignment initial

roles to administrators

8. Assign users and groupsto roles

9. Set user mapping

10. Modify users

11.b) Analyze time-related

activities




Porta l Content Studio – Create iV iew




Porta l Content St udio – iV iew Wizard: St ep 1












Porta l Content St udio – iV iew Wizard: Step 3, Capt ure




Porta l Content St udio – iV iew Wizard: Disc l a imer












Por ta l Content S tud io – iV iew Edi tor




Porta l Content St udio – iV iew Edi t or : Prev iew






Por ta l Conten t Stud io - Create Page




Porta l Cont ent St udio – Page Wizard




Por ta l Content Stud io – Add Content t o Page




Porta l Content St udio – Page Layout




Porta l Cont ent St udio – Page Prev iew




Por ta l Conten t Stud io – Create Workset




Por ta l Content S tud io – Workset : Create Folder




Por ta l Conten t Stud io – Add Conten t t o Workset




Porta l Conten t Stud io – Crea te Ro le And Add Conten t




Ass ign User t o Ro le – Search Ro le/Use r






End User View




Users Need an Intu i t i ve Naviga t ion

DetailedNavigation

Top-Level

NavigationNavigation

History

vv

All navigation scenarios are role-specific!All navigation scenarios are role-specific!

Object-

BasedNavigation

WorksetMap iView

DynamicNavigation

Favorites andRelated Links




Re lated L inks - Overview

A list of links whose target topics are relevant to the iView or portalpage with which you are currently working.

The links are predefined on the iView and the page levels (Portal

Content Studio). Clicking an object in Related Links opens its

content in a new browser window, which can be customized.




Re lated L inks – Open Re la ted L inks Ed it o r




Re la t ed Li nk s – Add Obj ec t as Rel at e d Li nk




Re lated L inks – L is t o f Re la ted L inks of an Ob jec t




Re lated L inks - Resu lt




Workse t Map iView - Overview

The Workset Map iView is similar to a sitemap, displays pictograms, short texts, and

links representing the entries in a workset.

Pictogram

Link to content

DescriptionExample:

Create an iView based on the workset maptemplate Workset Map (component

com.sap.portal.navigation.worksetmap) to display the content of the

workset “Home” under Role “com.sap.portal.eu_role”The iView is located on a page under “HOME” as shown in the

picture below.

levelsup=3

Relative Workset Location Attributes

levelsup=2; pathlist={com.sap.portal.eu_ws}




Workse t Map iView – Se t t i ngs




Wo rk s et M ap iView - Se t t i ng s




Wo rk s et M ap iView - Se t t i ng s

W k t M iVi Ad d iVi t R l




Wo rk s et M ap iView – Ad d iView t o Ro le

W k t M iVi R lt




Workse t Map iView - Resu lt

D i N i t i




Dynamic Navigat ion

Dynamic navigation iViews are context-sensitive data navigationobjects. When you launch an iView or page that has associated

dynamic navigation iViews, they appear in your navigation panel,below the Detailed Navigation area.

P t l A t i i t R t i




Por ta l Ac t iv i ty Repor t ing

Alias

Data CollectionService


Data Collection

Service

Portal DatabasePortal Database

RawData

AggregatedData

AggregationApplication

Portal Activity Report

iView

One data collectionservice on each node in aportal cluster

Portal Activity ReportiViews display theaggregated data



Data Collection

Service



Data Collection

Service

Portal DatabasePortal DatabasePortal DatabasePortal Database

RawData

AggregatedData

RawData

AggregatedData

AggregationApplication

Portal Activity Report

iView

One data collectionservice on each node in aportal cluster

Portal Activity ReportiViews display theaggregated data

Portal Activity Report is a tool that allows the portal administrator togather and present information about the activities of portal users and

how they use portal contents such as, iViews, and pages:Number of "Logged On Users" (Authenticated Users/ Anonymous

Users) per unit of time (hour, day, month, quarter)"Use of pages and iViews" reports the Page/iView activity (Type,

Object Name, Users, Hits, ID in PCD)

You can configure the report content to only filter statistics from

specific folders, roles or to whole Portal Content Directory.

M lt i l P t R l t




The ‘Search and Replace’ Wizard for Multiple Properties enables youto modify the properties of a number of portal objects at the same

time. You can also use it to search for properties and values inmultiple objects.

The wizard offers two search modes:

Search by property value

Search by property ID

Mult i p le Proper ty Replacement

1

3

2

Cop & Past e




Creates a sibling instance of the object you have copied to theclipboard.

Sibling objects are not directly related to one another through a

delta link; however, they share the same source object via delta link.

At the time the objects are copied, the source object and the new

instance are identical; however they may become different over timesince they do not belong to the same delta link chain.

Copy & Past e

Delta Link

Delta Link

Portal Content Catalog Result

Content Administration Portal Content Studio

Cont ent Mir ror ing




Allows mass duplication of content in the Portal Catalog, whilemaintaining a direct delta link relationship between the original and

copied objects.

Cont ent Mir ror ing

Delta Link

Portal Content Catalog Result

Delta Link

System Administration Content Mirroring

Gener ic Creat or




Simplifies massive content creation (automation) of SAP initial content,

Customer initial content, Demo content.

Allows to trigger portal actions.

Schedule portal activities (currently in restart) such as Initialpermissions, Folder names.

Comprises:

Generic Creator Engine associates script code with a handler

Everything with an API can be subject to execution

Handlers

the component responsible for the execution

XML Script

Defines what should be created (or performed)

Gener ic Creat or

The component is available under

System Administration –> Transport -> Upload Content and Actions

Parsing XML Script

Loading Handlers

Validation

Modes Execution

Processing results

Delt a Link Tracer (1)




Delt a L ink Tracer (1)

Formerly known the “delta link origins” tool, it is now called “delta linktracer” and provides enhanced functionality.

Previously, the tool only displayed the source objects of a selectedobject.

Now, the tool displays all dependent objects of a selected object.Currently, only the first-generation dependencies of each delta link

chain are displayed.

Delt a Link Tracer (2)




Delt a L ink Tracer (2)

The object with the orangeborder is the one the delta link

tracer was launched for.

The Delta Link Tracer enables you toview the delta link chain(s) of anyselected object.

The ability to resolve the sources of anobject allows you to determine fromwhere the current object inherits itscontent and properties.

The ability to resolve the dependentsderived as delta links from an objectallows you to determine which objectswill be directly affected as a result ofediting or deleting an object.



Perm ission Sett ings: Open Perm ission Editor




Perm ission Sett ings: Open Perm ission Editor

Perm ission Sett ings: Add User




Perm ission Sett ings: Add User

Perm ission Set t ing: Def ine Perm ission Set t ings




Perm ission Set t ing: Def ine Perm ission Set t ings

Lock ed Por ta l Content Object s




Lock ed Por ta l Content Object s

Unlock ing of Por ta l Content Object s




Unlock ing of Por ta l Content Object s

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