Where is admin config page ? ...

[Former Member]

Hi, I'd like to know if there is some kind of administrator's page that controls a portlet's look and feel, so that all users who access that portlet would get that same look? If so, can you guide me how to get to there?

The reason why I'm asking is b/c I see in other portals (like Vignette) that a user can click on a Portlet List link --> Then a list of portlets displays. Then I click on one of the portlets previously created --> and then a page opens with a toolbar that has 'Details || Permissions || ..." and other links. When a user clicks on the 'Details' link, then the portal would be in 'CONFIG_MODE' and a special page that allows the administrator to change the way that particular portlet looks would open. whatever changes that I make (i.e. change background color) and save will be affecting all users.

In the end, I would like to create this special page but for now, I'd just like to see this similar page in SAP. I'm a beginner in all this and any help would greatly, greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi DetLev, I'm looking at question <b>"How to :Logging or System.out.println????"</b> by sujesh kc, but the link(

see https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/webas/using loggivng and tracing on the sap web as java.pdf</b>) provided there gives me this error:<b>404 The requested resource is not available.</b>. Do you have any link available?

My latest question regarding this is titled <b>"Log file location question..."</b>, thanks so much,

Baggett.

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Baggett,

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/webas/s-u/using logging and tracing on the sap web as java.pdf

Hope it helps

Detlev

Message was edited by: Detlev Beutner

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev, thank you so much for your response! My apologies for the delay, but I will check out that link you provided now.

Thanks so much again,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Baggett,

In Vignette, as you have mentioned at the portlet level you can change the chrome and other properties and ofcouse easily customize it. Surely it is at the portlet level.

In SAP Enterprise Portal, the only thing you can change at the iview level is the tray similar to chrome but you can only select the sap delivered ones.

Also in the theme you can change the tray colors, iview background, fonts etc. As this is at the theme level all the iviews would have the same look and feel.

To simplify the difference, the only property you can change at the iview (portlet) level is the tray selection. (Transparent/Filled etc)

Hope this helps.

-Venkat Malempati

[Former Member]

Hi Venkat, thank you so much for your response. What is the 'chrome' that you are referring to?

Thanks so much,

Baggett.

[Former Member]

Baggett,

Chrome is the skin around the portlet content.

The area where the portlet name and the portlet controls like minimize, maximize, Edit etc. are displayed. For each of the portlets you can either select one of the Vignette default chromes or customized chrome.

In SAP EP, the equivalent is "TRAY". You don't have the same kind of flexibility in SAP as in Vignette, but as 'Detlev" mentioned with theme editor you can change the look and feel at the global level.

Hope this clarifies your question.

Regards

-Venkat Malempati

[Former Member]

Thanks so much Venkat, if possible can you tell me what you know about the SAP "CONFIG_MODE" field in NodeMode class I mentioned?

Thanks so much Venkat,

Baggett

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Baggett,

seems that there is no further doc on this mode as well as no much use of it within the portal. Smells a bit like a "dead feature"...

Best regards

Detlev

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev, Venkat, this is getting to be a great learning experience for me! Thank you all! I have some questions that I hope you can clarify for me:

1. From my understanding, the "CONFIG_MODE" is a mode in which the admininstrator can change the preferences of an iView (height, width...) and the changes will affect all user's who view that iView.

If this mode has no more use, what has replaced it, or what mechanism does the SAP Portal have in which an administrator can change the preferences of an iView (height, width...) and the changes would affect all user's who view that iView ?

Thank you greatly for your responses and help!

Baggett

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Baggett,

> From my understanding, the "CONFIG_MODE" is a mode

That's what I would have expected (before being sure that it's not really used).

> what has replaced it, or what mechanism does the SAP

> Portal have in which an administrator can change the

> preferences of an iView

I will have to develope a special property editor within the next months, so that's a question I'm also interested in.

Just have a look at the URL-iView Editor (this is some special property editor). See portal application com.sap.portal.httpconnectivity.urliviews and the portalapp.xml provided there. The runtime component has a profile property

<property name="com.sap.portal.reserved.iview.EditorURL"
value="com.sap.portal.httpconnectivity.urliviews.editor">

- and that's the component defined just before the runtime component. This again seems to need different properties set, like com.sap.portal.admin.editorframework.dataHandler and com.sap.portal.admin.editorframework.jsResource. Anyhow, again, this doesn not seem to be documented at all (nevertheless, it does not appear that hard to get behind these secrets...).

Hope it helps

Detlev

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev, thanks so much for your response. Where can I find the 'URL-iView Editor'?

Thanks so much again,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Baggett,

Sorry I could not get back to you quickly. Like you and Detlev I also got into the research mode but could not get far. Looks tempting to see them as the different view types in Vignette (EDIT, VIEW, ADMIN_EDIT etc..) so that you can create the view specific to either enduser/admin to edit/display information, but the way it is documented not certainly for the developers to use.

I vaguely rember reading about these modes in PRT runtime guide and I will keep you posted if I have come across any worth while information. This is certainly interesting to learn.

Regards

-Venkat Malempati

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Baggett,

to have a look at how the editor pane looks like, go to Content Administration, Portal Content, create a new iView -> URL iView, and watch the wizard coming up as well as the editor after having created everything. Both - the wizard as well as the editor - are coming from the URL-iView-implementation.

Hope it helps

Detlev

[Former Member]

Baggett,

Please read the Portal Runtime Guide to understand this better[ Pages 43-50]. It has some examples on how to use the nodeMode class.

If you have the PDK installed [Assuming you are running 6.0 SP9 or above)

Java Developer-->Getting Started -->Java Runtime Guide

Hope this helps.

[Please feel free to send E-mail at malempativ@gmail.com

if you want me to send you the Portal Runtime Guide]

Regards

-Venkat Malempati

[Former Member]

Hi Venkat, I'm very grateful for your help! And I hope we all will get a lot of learning and solutions to this issue. I've been digging for some sample code on CONFIG_MODE but no luck so far but I'm going to continue searching! If you have any breakthroughs, I hope you can post again on this site.

I have sent you an email regarding the guide, your great help has been greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for your great help,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi DetLev, thank you for your response. I'm currently also looking at these applications inside the Component Inspector. If you are able to use the CONFIG_MODE in the future, I hope you can post again on this site.

Thanks so much for your help,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi everyone!, I posted a related question "Which portal application does...?" and it involves the iView configuration page

I hope if you have some time that you can take a look at that question.

Thank you both so much for your excellent and valuable responses!

Thanks so much again,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev and Venkat, I have posted a new question '<b>Some guidance on config...</b>' I was wondering if you have time, you can take a look at it if possible.

It's a question that clarifies what I'm trying to achieve with asking these questions.

Thank you so much,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi, I am trying to get the same sample par working, I was wondering if anyone can help me out in my question: How to set up sap personalization par...?

Thanks so much for your help!

Baggett

[detlev_beutner]

Hi Bagett,

the thing(s) you are looking for are to be found at different places.

Mainly, the look and feel (that is: CSS definitions) are set through System Admin - Portal Display - Theme Editor. Which theme will be presented to an enduser depends on the display rule(s). Search for these terms on help.sap.com to gather further details.

These settings are global and not intended for single iViews.

As far as an iView can be changed, these possibilities have to be defined within the component configuration itself. There is also defined if these values are personalizable or not, i.e. if each user is able to change them individually. Anyhow, the portal admin can change them while creating an iView out of a component. These values can change, but are not restricted to, UI.

Hope it helps

Detlev

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev, thank you so much for your reply, I'll get back to you after more research.

Thanks so much,

Baggett

[Former Member]

Hi Detlev, do you know of any sample code involving the CONFIG_MODE?

I noticed in the PRT Api Nodemode class has this field and wondering if there is any sample code that I can look at.

Thanks so much,

Baggett.