FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) contain a collections of problems and questions with solutions and answers to topics around the SAP NetWeaver Portal.

Basic APIs

Portal Content Directory (PCD) — The Portal Content Directory (PCD) is the main repository for portal content, both delivered with the portal and created by administrators. The PCD contains a hierarchy of folders, each of which can contain semantic objects, such as iViews, pages and roles.

Navigation — Although there are standard navigation functions within the SAP Portal, it is possible to extend those capabilities. Navigation is generally based on role structures, which can have content filters to allow for different content to be viewed by different users based on their attributes.

User Interface

User Interfaces — This section describes how to build solid user interfaces for your applications.

Look and Feel — Changing the look and feel of the SAP Portal is quite useful to make the user experience more consistent with the rest of your organisation.

Back-End Systems

Connectivity — Connectivity refers to the ability of a portal application to access data from a back-end system or application.

Application Integrator — The application integrator lets you integrate remote Web applications into the portal. The service creates portal components that serve as template for iViews which represent the remote application.

Scenarios

Universal Work List (UWL) — The Universal Work List (UWL) provides a framework for integraing a user's business tasks, whether from SAP Workflow or other sources.

Federated Portal Network — A federated portal network (FPN) allows organizations with multiple portals, SAP and non-SAP, to share content between the portals. By implementing a federated portal network and sharing content between portals, organizations can provide users at each location with a single portal access point. From each portal configured as an access point, the users are able to access information, services and applications distributed on portals throughout the entire organizational network.

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External-Facing Portal — The portal includes a set of features that enable the use of the portal as an external-facing (public) portal.

External Facing Portal

SAP Transaction iView - Transfering code page parameters to start SAP GUI

Development (General)

Debugging — The AS Java provides debugging tools that portal developers can take advantage to uncover problems in their applications.

User Management

User Management — Portal users must be authenticated to use most portal functions (except for those available to anonymous users). The portal takes advantage of the User Management Engine of the AS Java.

Administration

Java Monitoring

Implementing a Federated Portal Network on SAP NetWeaver Portal 7

Creating iViews — iViews are the fundamental building blocks for SAP NetWeaver Portal content. All the objects that will appear to the portal user will be iViews. SAP provides numerous iView templates and new templates can be constructed by customers. Here are some pages that discuss different types of iViews and how to create them.

Transporting Portal Content

Trace files

J2EE Administration Tools (Config Tool, Visual Admin, NWA) — There are three different tools that are used to do certain Java engine administration tasks. This attempts to describe each.

Accessing Visual Admin and Config Tool

Changing Navigation Panel and Background of Portal

To Reset Administrator Password through Config Tool — It may sometimes happen that a user enters the wrong password a number of times (by default, 3) and if that user is the administrator, then the administrator user is locked. This prevents all sorts of things happening. To unlock the administator, use the following process

Installation and Implementation

Installation

Support Information

Updates to NW Java Component Hierarchy in Service Marketplace

Other Topics

Troubleshooting While Deploying CRM 5.0 BP on Enterprise Portal 7.0

Business Packages — Business Packages are predefined portal content, provided either by SAP or certified partners. The use of business packages can greatly reduce the time to implement an SAP NetWeaver Portal, as the iViews, pages etc are already defined.

Portal Implementation — Find here all answers to Portal Implementation, including SSO issues.

4 SLD (Post Install)

Implementing a Federated Portal Network on SAP NetWeaver Portal 7

Cannot add Portal Pages to Portal favourites.

3 Utilities - Locating and Installation

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What I Want SAP to Develop in the Portal

Portal Drive

Forcing your portal logon page changes to appear

Cool Stuff and Special Features — Here's a page for putting cool stuff that doesn't fit into any other category.