Did anyone had issue with Login Module in SAP Portal 7.3 when upgrading the Portal from 7.01 to 7.30 ?

We have just upgraded to Netweaver 7.5 and are trying to impliment the new themes but the platinum there is not avaiable for customisation in the UI Theme Designer.

The theme is available to be used in Portal Desktops and does seem to apply correctly but we would like to brand the theme like we did in tradeshow.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so have you found a way to modify this theme.

Hi,

I am getting below....how to resolve that....

JMX access failed

Thrown:

java.security.PrivilegedActionException: null

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.initialize(MBeanServerProxy.java:56)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.<init>(MBeanServerProxy.java:46)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SldUtil.getMBeanServer(SldUtil.java:706)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SldUtil.setHostAndPortsIfNull(SldUtil.java:674)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.J2EESystem.getHostName(J2EESystem.java:69)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.XISubSystem.getHostName(XISubSystem.java:907)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SystemLandscapeDirectory.setAccessInfoFromAiiProperties(SystemLandscapeDirectory.java:422)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.XISubSystem.setFromAiiProperties(XISubSystem.java:295)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SubSystemFactory.createSldFromAiiProps(SubSystemFactory.java:638)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SubSystemFactory.createXISubSystemWithoutServices(SubSystemFactory.java:245)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.sld.SubSystemFactory.createXISubSystemFromAiiProps(SubSystemFactory.java:165)

at com.sap.aii.af.lib.sld.impl.SLDAccessor.createThisAF(SLDAccessor.java:546)

at com.sap.aii.af.lib.sld.impl.SLDAccessor.getThisAF(SLDAccessor.java:523)

at com.sap.aii.af.lib.sld.impl.SLDAccessor.getSLDInstanceName(SLDAccessor.java:496)

at com.sap.aii.af.lib.sld.impl.SLDAccessImpl.getSLDInstanceName(SLDAccessImpl.java:100)

at com.sap.aii.af.service.trex.impl.Util.getIndex(Util.java:66)

at com.sap.aii.af.service.trex.TrexManager.getTrexConfiguration(TrexManager.java:2184)

at com.sap.aii.af.service.trex.TrexScheduler.run(TrexScheduler.java:79)

at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.ActionObject.run(ActionObject.java:37)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.execute(SingleThread.java:185)

at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.run(SingleThread.java:302)

Caused by: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: null

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.run(MBeanServerProxy.java:83)

... 23 more

Caused by: com.sap.engine.services.jmx.exception.JmxSecurityException: Caller J2EE_GST_TCJ not authorized, required permission missing ("javax.management.MBeanPermission" "-#Host[:SAP_J2EECluster="",j2eeType=SAP_J2EEInstance,name=local]" "getAttribute")

at com.sap.engine.services.jmx.auth.UmeAuthorization.checkMBeanPermission(UmeAuthorization.java:106)

at com.sap.engine.services.jmx.JmxServerFrame.checkMBeanPermission(JmxServerFrame.java:101)

at com.sap.engine.services.jmx.MBeanServerSecurityWrapper.checkMBeanPermission(MBeanServerSecurityWrapper.java:438)

at com.sap.engine.services.jmx.MBeanServerSecurityWrapper.getAttribute(MBeanServerSecurityWrapper.java:234)

at com.sap.engine.services.jmx.ClusterInterceptor.getAttribute(ClusterInterceptor.java:559)

at com.sap.pj.jmx.server.interceptor.MBeanServerInterceptorChain.getAttribute(MBeanServerInterceptorChain.java:161)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.readJmxAttribute(MBeanServerProxy.java:186)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.lookUpDispatcherProps(MBeanServerProxy.java:97)

at com.sap.aii.utilxi.rtcheck.mx.MBeanServerProxy.run(MBeanServerProxy.java:76)

Hi expert,

I have create a custom implementation ZG_SET_FORMULA_EXIT, and i have insert a new custom exit.

Now when i go in transaction GS11 for create a new variable, but when i chose variable type "Formula", i don't see my new custom exit.

Can you support me for see and chose my custom exit for create a new variable to use in a report painter.

Thanks

Luke

Backdrop: As per your business requirements you have created a search index in Knowledge Management (KM) to search for Enterprise Portalpages or iViews.

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Issue: When using the search mechanism you are unable to find a specific page or iView.

Prerequisites: You have configured the Page/iView search in accordance to the index management service and Portal Content Directory (PCD).

• Configuring the Search for Portal Pages & iViews http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b2/d59a4271c80a31e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
  

How to Search & Test the Behavior

1. After configuring the search forportal pages andiViews as per guidance documentation outlined above.
2. Login to the Enterprise Portal.
3. Try to search for a specific iView or portal page from the KM Search iView.
4. The expected result is not displayed as the iView or page is not found and returned to the end user.

Why is this occurring (Important) ?

When you use the KM search for portal pages and iViews, you can only search for content for which you have the correct roles assigned.

• If you do not have the appropriate role, you will not be able to search for its content.

Resolving the issue

1. Navigate to User Administration -> Identity Management.
2. Search for the relevant user id.
3. Select the modify option.
4. Assign your user the appropriate user role which contains the page or iView.
5. Save your changes.
6. Perform your search again.

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Now if you perform the search again is the correct result (Page/iView) returned?

Hi All,

I would like to know upgrading the SAP NW Portal Service Pack from 7.31 SP 7 to SP 12. I am new to this environment. I need more info about this.

1) What are the prerequisites for upgrading the netweaver portal SP from 7 to 12.

2) What are the things to be changed in portal when upgrading.

3) What impacts  I will face when upgrading.

4) If something went wrong, can I able to restore my original portal system

Our Portal Version:

SAP NW 7.31 SP7

Thanks and regards,

  Karthik.S

Hi All,

We are running SAP Portal 7.4 and currently the UME is Portal db - dataSourceConfiguration_database_only.xml.

The user store for the portal are distributed between the portal DB and ABAP systems; and hence we need to reconfigure the UME accordingly.

Is it possible to have a datasource configuration that caters to such user store distributed between Portal DB and ABAP?

Also, are there any known implications of using a datasource config file from Portal 7.0 in Portal 7.4?

Regards,

Karen A.

With the release of 7.50, EP now runs with SAP JVM 8, which is JDK 8 compliant Java VM, to keep up with the speed of innovation and enable customers to benefit from new Java features.

Here is some info that may assist you you understand the differences and issues you may encounter migrating from older java versions.

• Java 8 provides some new cool features like Lambdas and Concurrency, new Date Time API, Nashorm Javascript , Interface Default , Method reference and more.
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  Clik here to view. However , it also have some pitfalls. Some of them are incompatibilities with older java versions.

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Clik here to view.All SAP applications provided with EP 7.50 are compatible with Java 8.

You may want to inspect and fix any custom application that you have to make it Java 8 compliant.

Sample issues that you may encounter in your java code related to Java version:

1. Dependencies changes:

With Java 8, when using a class, the interfaces it implements must be on the compile classpath as well. With Java 7, it was enough that the interface was on the classpath while compiling the used class.

Given a jar api.jar containing an interface, and a jar api-impl.jar containing an implementation of the interface. While compiling source code that is dependent on the concrete implementation, you obviously need api-impl.jar on the classpath. With Java 8, additionally, you need to have api.jar on the classpath, even when you do not reference the API.

2. Deprecated and removed APIs:

assert / assertTrue deprecation:

    response.assert(ok," : default value is not null","1002001"); --> deprecated and will not compile with java 8    response.assertTrue(ok," : default value is not null","1002001"); --> will compile correctly.

PreparedStatement interface has new methods, so if you have class implementing it, you should add new methods:

class PlStmt implements PreparedStatement
{..
.
public void closeOnCompletion() throws SQLException{....}
public boolean isCloseOnCompletion() throws SQLException{....}
public long executeLargeUpdate() throws SQLException{...}
public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, SQLType targetSqlType,int scaleOrLength) throws SQLException{...}
public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, SQLType targetSqlType) throws SQLException{....}
...
}

You can use the following link for learning the exact incompatibilities of Java 8 with previous versions:

• Java SE 7 and JDK 7 Compatibility
• Compatibility Guide for JDK 8

The suggestion is first try to build your applications with SAP JVM8 and fix any build issues, afterwards try to deploy and execute it.

Further reading for your reference:

• Java 8 APIs - Java Platform SE 8
• Java 8 Features tutorial: https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2014/05/java-8-features-tutorial.html

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Thanks!

Tal

Hi

We are setting up the Fiori Launchpad in Portal, all the iviews properties are maintained to be displayed as tiles. We would like to change the icon displayed on the right hand side of the tile, to something from web resource repository.

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The image type property is maintained as 'Image(small)" and the ICOn URL is maintained as - com.sap.portal.resourcerepository/repo/com.sap.wrr/Mobile/application_icons/sapstore-tablet.png

But it does not work. Does anybody have any inputs on how the icon should be referenced from the WRR

HI,

I am using fiori iview in sap portal for My Inbox. I am unable to get number of workitems count on tile.

What value should pass in Service url parameter and unit label to be displayed

Regards

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Hi All,

We went for Portal upgrade from EP7.3 SP5 to EP 7.3 SP14. Post upgrade, MSS tab shows 2013, 2014 tasks in users UWL.  We checked the backend and those tasks exists in ready status.  But user wants these old tasks to be hidden/should not show in UWL.  We are not sure, how this was handled before to hide but post upgrade, these are visible and user is having nearly 2000 tasks in inbox and finding it difficult to manage.

Please guide me to hide these tasks from portal/from backend.

Regards,

Subashini

Hello All,

I need some info. About Hardware Requitements for SAP portal installation 7.3.

Can  8 GB ram and 4 GB harddisk with 2 CPU be find for a sandbox installation?

Any comments?

Thanks

Reza

Dear All,

We recently upgraded ECC to EHP 7 (Netweaver 7.4)  but our Portal is still at Netweaver 7.0 EHP2 SP16.

The ABAP Webdynpro iViews in Portal have the following issues. ( We use IE11).

1. The ABAP Webdynpro Table filtering is not working. When I click the filter button it does nothing.  

2. The cursor in the  Input fields reset back to the first position while typing and create a big mess.

Any help appreciated.

Thank you.

PK

Hi Experts,

     I have a requirement like need to change the portal url from http to https. Can anyone tell me the pre-requisites and steps for achieving this. Am using portal 7.3.

Thanks,

RR

Introduction

A recommendation was recently put to me through an SCN Associate regarding the possibility of developing a blog posting which covers the Portal and the Context Navigation Panel (CNP). I believe covering a blog on this topic base is a great suggestion and can perhaps help offer additional insight into the "inner workings" behind the Enterprise Portal and the element containers which support it's overall functionality Image may be NSFW.
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So what is the Context Navigation Panel?

The Context Navigation Panel is also referred to on some occasions as the Contextual Navigation Panel and the CNP for short. All three naming references are in association to the same instrument container on the Enterprise Portal. As we know with different complex Netweaver environments different naming references and abbreviations can cause a great deal of confusion therefore to keeps things in perspective in this instance we can draw all three names to the same element.

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• The Context Navigation Panel (CNP) is essentially a configuration container displaying navigation nodes within the Enterprise Portal (EP) and is holstered within the DTN within the left hand column of the Portal UI.
• As a default standard the Contextual Navigation Panel displays all Workcenter Roles.
• You can consider the Contextual Navigation Panel as the means through which Roles are displayed to end-users in the Detailed Level Navigation.

Roles displayed by Default?

As mentioned above as a standard the Context Navigation Panel (CNP) presents users with Workcenter Roles without the requirement of any pre-configuration.

• Workcenter Roles are essentially the context navigation units in association to the Enterprise Portal. In layman's terms end-users interact with such navigation units through the form of pages/iViews, worksets, folders, and documentation units.
• There are two types of roles in association to the Context Navigation Panel (CNP)which are (1) Workcenter Roles& (2) Freestyle roles.
• A Workcenter Roles shares common trains with that of a freestyle role although Workcenter Roles are primarily utilized to define and conjoin Portal interaction and layout in accordance to business requirements.
• Freestyles Roles as the name suggests are in true essence are more flexible and free willed in scope.

Creating & Editing Workcenter Roles: (Determines What Will Appear in the Navigation Panel)

• https://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/15/2ec91549ad4ecfa041a4e92ef7edc9/content.htm

Remember

• The default setting of the CNP means that all Workcenter Roles are displayed within the navigation panel without any additional reconfiguration.

Context Navigation Panel Vs Detailed Navigation iView

The means in which Workcenter Roles are displayed to users by default is through the CNP (Contextual Navigation Panel). If required you can change this approach of display to to the "Detailed Navigation iView".

1. Login to the portal from desktop.
2. http://<host>:<port>/portal
3. Navigate to the "Ajax Framework Page".
4. Within the "Ajax Detailed Navigation" iView in the Ajax Framework Page.
5. Locate the "Navigation Panel Mode" property setting.
6. Set the parameter to "Always Use Detailed Navigation iView".

You can perform this check and review via the path below:

• PCD Path: pcd:portal_content/every_user/general/defaultAjaxframeworkContent/com.sap.portal.AFPpage

Configuration changes determine the way in which content elements is presented to our Portal Users and the means of which such presentation is defined is dependent on user preference and business requirements. The Navigation Panel (in which the CNP/DTN) operate contains Navigation iViews which operate based on the information displayed within the Portal Content Area.

• The Navigation iView will only appear if it is handling content assigned to a users task.

Important

When creating a content that contains navigation nodes with the same merge priority, same sort priority and even the same node name, it can on some occasions cause inconsistent nodes ordering because that the order in this situation depends on what will be the node order in query result from the database and this result changes from query to query.

Customizing the Display?

As with any Portal protocol that involves editing/creation, careful planning and diligence is required. After all we do not want to create themes which contribute negatively in terms of aesthetic appeal to the overall look and feel of the Enterprise Portal.

So you have taken the decision to go and create a custom theme using the Theme Editor. Through utilization of the Theme Editor you are able to create multiple themes for all Portal Users. Each theme you create (custom theme) is based upon a SAP Standard Theme template with which you tailor the visual elements to meet your own organizational business requirements.

The CNP& Navigation Panel is of no difference and you may need to perform some customizing in order to tailor the display to your liking.

For example you might want to change the color coding, backgroundimages or general balance of display.

• Adjusting these parameters requires a knowledge of how the specific parameters are mapped to Runtime Stylesheet definitions

Some elements of the DTN itself are composed of PNG images which means they are separate parts from the one entire background of Detailed Navigation Pane.

To clarify the AFPDTN is rendered using images, so you can brand it by replacing the images rather than setting background colours (this gives the more attractive 3-D style to the AFP). For instance, you can set the background image for a selected item using the 'URL to Background Image of Down State of Item' element in the 'Outer Frame of AJAX Framework Page' > 'Detailed Navigation' area.

• How To... Apply Custom Branding Using the AJAX Framework L-Shape APIs
• http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/001bfa1a-958e-2e10-c2be-d914f673e21e?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true

Regarding the Ajax Framework Page itself in true essence it is nested above normal portal Outer Frame which means you have to do 'TLN' and 'DTN' customizing against 'Outer Frame of AJAX Framework Page' instead of 'Portal Outer Frame'.

As per our product design, the Ajax Framework Page 'DTN' is rendered using images, so you can ONLY brand it by replacing the images rather than setting background colours.

Issues With Branding (Customizing e.g. Color Changes)

You should be able to achieve the desired look and feel by modifying the theme parameter using the Update Customer Portal Theme Parameters tool - this allows adjusting of theme parameters that are not exposed in the theme editor.

1. Navigate to Support > Support Desk> Update Customer Portal Theme Parameters.
2. From the drop down menu labeled 'Browser' choose 'default'.
3. From the drop down menu labeled 'Parameter' choose 'AFPDtnTextColor'
4. After choosing a parameter all themes that can be adjusted appear below the parameter.
5. After you have adjusted all neccessary parameters press "Set Value" and "Save and Generate".
6. If the changes do not become visible immediately, delete the browser cache, open the theme you have adjusted in the theme editor and press there "SAVE" too.

• The primary point of analysis here is to locate the correct theme class.

For theAJAX setupthe relevant parameters are:

• AFPDtnSubViewItemNormal,
• AFPDtnSubViewItemHoverColor,
• AFPDtnSubViewItemDownColor.

Removing the Contextual Navigation Panel?

You can indeed removed the Contextual Navigation Panel if better suited to your business requirements and operational setup.

• Through Removing the 'Contextual Navigation Panel' value from 'Navigation Panel Mode' within the DTN you remove the subsequent display from the Ajax Framework Page (AFP).

Are you missing Roles?

On some occasions problematic scenarios can arise with the CNP which can relate to missing role types or invalid displays in terms of levels and entry points.

If this behavior is noted in your system environment there are a few methods of analysis to follow to try and eliminate potential root sources and pinpoint the exact cause of the issue.

Firstly especially in the case of a recently performed upgrade check the following:

• Is the issue occurring for each and every user/in all Web Browser Platforms?
• Is the scenario reproducible in all Portal Theme/Framework combinations?

Now after performing the analysis steps outlined above and you still find the Portal Roles are missing we need to dig a little deeper to identify the root source.

If you have recently performed an upgrade and jumped significantly in terms of versions e.g. 7.0 -> 7.4 check whether the old navigation cache is disabled.

• Open the browser and navigate to: http://host:port/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.portal.navigation.service.NavigationCacheMonitor
• If the "Cache" property is displayed as enabled,
• Open the Administrator setup and navigate to: Global Configuration -> Server -> com.sap.portal.prt.sapj2ee.prt
• Set the portal.navigation.cache.enable property to false
• Save the modification (click in on update and on the "Floppy" button).
• Restart the cluster.
• System administration >> system configuration >> services>> application com.sap.portal.navigation.service use.hashed.urls >> Set to " false "
• System administration  >> cache management>> navigation cache >> clear

In the case of an upgrade next in order to check file synchronization has been successful you can follow SAP Note: 710663 to set the bootstrap properties to FORCE in order to force a file synch. The bootstrap module of J2EE Engine 6.30/6.40/7.0 is responsible for keeping the file system files up to date with all the updates performed in the database. It has one functional property that should be modified in order to achieve different goals on the system. The property's name is: element.resynch

• The properties file for the bootstrap process is located under : <j2ee-home>\cluster\bootstrap\bootstrap.properties
• Set to this property to:  force - totally ignores the local pre-computed values and recalculates all the local hashes from the files themselves. Any kind of change made on the binaries of the installation will be immediately detected and reverted. This mode runs slower than the default behavior and is most suitable for cleanup after any unattended modifications on the binaries.

Troubleshooting Reference Documentation:

• SAP Note: 1835181 - DTN displayed wrong when number of levels in TLN is 1
• SAP Note: 1811456 - 'Services' links always open in new window in AFP
• SAP Note: 1752462 - Navigation tab reording of Merged Roles is not working
• SAP Note: 1811456 - 'Services' links always open in a new window in AFP
• SAP Note: 1166135 - Central Note for Ajax Framework Page with SAP NW
• SAP Note: 1774243: - Remove CNP view from DTN in AFP
• SAP Note: 2028050 - When selected node in DTN is missing - DTN is not refershed anymore
• SAP Note: 1752515 - Updating Custom Theme Parameters Not Exposed in the Theme Editor

SAP Enterprise Portal offers a comprehensive portfolio of innovative solutions, based on best in class portal platform. The latest release SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3 includes:

• Enterprise-ready, highly scalable platform, with significantly enhanced capabilities and tools for end users, administrators and developers
• Open, extendable platform for implementing intranet, extranet or mobile portal scenarios based on innovative add-on solutions, flexible APIs, industry standards
• Flexible UI integration layer to interoperate and integrate business processes with on premise / on demand services

For more information about Portal capabilities see the Solution in Brief.

In the following sections you find information about the right tools and capabilities for each user group (end users, expert users, administrators and developers).

End Users - Consume and Collaborate Everywhere

More information on wikis and forums, see Collaboration.

Smart Access with Ajax Framework Page:

• Harmonized, intuitive user interfaces design
• Easy navigation with quick launch and tabsets
• Quick access via favorites, history and personalization

End users can use Business Suite applications and services via more than 90 valuable Business Packages for SAP NetWeaver Portal.

Key or Expert Users - Deliver Your Message to Everyone

SAP Enterprise Portal - Enabling key users to efficiently do their job.SAP NetWeaver Portal offers smart tools to support professionally managed content scenarios:

• Web Content Management provides various web content management services for easily creating and managing pages in SAP NetWeaver Portal
• Knowledge Management with KM enables key users to manage their documents in the portal
• Mashups enable key users to quickly create interactive portal pages by connecting (wiring) various content items on a portal page
• Flexible tools and APIs allow customers and partners to easily configure, extend and customize the solutions

Administrators - Run a High-Performance Portal with Near-Zero Downtime

SAP Enterprise Portal - Providing powerful tools for managing and administrating your portal landscape:

• Simplified content and system administration
• Improved server performance & scalability
• Reduced costs for portal operations and administration
• Enhanced content sharing with SAP NetWeaver Portal
• Improved performance & availability of the new Java server
• Easier integration of applications with improved „Application Integrator" tool
• Better tools for administration, monitoring und troubleshooting with SAP NetWeaver Administrator
• Support Near Zero Downtime for Maintenance
• Better transport management with CTS+
• Apply your individual corporate design to the portal (branding)

For more information see SAP NetWeaver Portal Administration and Development.

Developers - Extend the Portal to Meet the Diverse Needs of Your Organization

SAP Enterprise Portal - Extending your Portal based on open standards and interfaces.

• Developer Studio:  Enhanced version of SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (based on Eclipse 3.5)
• Open framework for custom development and extensions using powerful portal APIs and Web Services
• Web Standards Supports modern standards for security, development and portal interoperability such as Java EE5, EJB 3.0, JSP 2.1, SAML 1.1/2.0, JSR 168/28
• Upgrade tools and how-to guides for application migration
• Enhanced SAP NetWeaver Administrator for easier server administration: system and deployment status, logging, troubleshooting and error handling

For more information see Developing for SAP NetWeaver Portal.

SAP Enterprise Portal offers a stable and flexible platform for running multiple, business-critical business scenarios.  In this section you find a summary of SAP's experience from various projects of different industry and scale and some best practices for different phases of a portal implemententation project.

Best Practices for Project Management

In this section you will get information on strategic aspects of a portal implementation and how you can position a portal successfully in your enterprise.

Presentations:
Planning and Succeeding with your SAP NetWeaver Portal Project
Based on various customer projects, this presentations aims at providing some general information and guidance for successfully implementing an enterprise portal. Starting with a clear vision and strategy, we show how you can define step-by-step a clear roadmap including the concrete work packages.

ASAP Implementation Roadmap for SAP Enterprise Portal   (SMP Login Required)
This presentation provides guidance for the implementation teams embarking on implementation project of SAP NetWeaver Portal Solution. The roadmap is a subset of the ASAP Implementation Roadmap and covers steps specific for portal implementation. If your project includes other SAP Solutions we recommend to use the full ASAP Implementation Roadmap.

FEATURED EVENTS
This presentation explains the important aspects of a global portal implementation. It focuses on the central portal set-up as the main use case of implemented global portals. And it gives you the opportunity to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of other implementations as well.

Succeeding with your SAP NetWeaver Portal Project - Best Practices for Design, Composition, and Operation (SAP Press Publication):
This exclusive technical guide helps you to avoid typical pitfalls when implementing SAP NetWeaver Portal across various departments in your company. You will uncover proven techniques for developing successful portal strategies and business cases, delve deeply into the details of portal governance, and learn how to design your own processes and structures, based on tried and tested organizational models.

Best Practices for Administration

This section will give you information on best practices for Portal administration.

eLearning:
SAP NetWeaver Portal Administration - Best Practices: Now that you have built and rolled out your SAP NetWeaver Portal, how do you maintain it? Hear about the latest tools available to help you keep your system running at its best. This session will cover the areas of monitoring, change management, central configuration, and testing and tuning.

Best Practices for Customizing the Look & Feel

This section will give you an overview of the different tools and services fo customize the look and feel of the portal.

Presentations:
Changing the Look & Feel of the SAP NetWeaver Portal: SAP NetWeaver Portal offers various tools and services to fully customize look and feel (including framework pages, quick links, and navigation iViews) to meet your corporate branding requirements. This presentation will provide an overview on the different levels of customization and practical examples that illustrate the potential.

Examples of Portal implementations:
In this Google search result list you can find examples of SAP NetWeaver Portal implementations.

Best Practices for Performance

This section will give you an overview on best practices for performance.

Presentations:
Best Practices Performance Guide for SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0: The best practices guide for SAP NetWeaver Portal provides practical as well as conceptual information to help customers improve portal performance. The guide encompasses a variety of portal-related areas, including configuration guidelines for the server and the client, portal runtime, navigation, the Portal Content Directory, as well as hardware sizing information.

FEATURED EVENTS: This presentation will give you detailed information on portal content from a performance perspective.

Best Practices for Interoperability with Other Portal Vendors

Have a look at our interoperability with other portal vendors:IBM

• IBM Interoperability Center: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/ibm
• Blogs Interoperability IBM
• Document Interoperability of SAP NetWeaver and IBM WebSphere

Microsoft

• MSFT Interoperability Center: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/dotnet
• Blogs Interoperability .NET
• Document Interoperability between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft Sharepoint Technologies

Partner Solutions

• Conet Groupware Integration with IBM/MSFT
• btexx MSFT Integration "Sharepoint"

Getting Started

SAP Enterprise Portal (formerly known as SAP NetWeaver Portal) offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases, and services inside and outside your organization - all integrated in a single user experience. SAP Enterprise Portal also provides pre-assembled content bundled as business packagesfor completing business tasks.

Portal in General

SAP Enterprise Portal plays a key role in SAP’s user interaction strategy to increase people’s productivity through innovative solutions. SAP Portal portfolio delivers a flexible SAP HANA-based, enterprise-wide UI aggregation hub for on-premises and cloud scenarios with innovative user experience. SAP HANA Cloud Portal is the new flexibe cloud-based solution for building attractive business sites and extending on-premises and cloud scenarios. SAP Fiori LaunchPad integrated into SAP Enterprise Portal facilitates access to SAP Fiori applications, documents and reports and offers a multi-channel, web-based aggregation point.

SAP Enterprise Portal offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases and services in and outside your organization—all integrated into a single user experience. It provides you the tools to manage and analyze this knowledge, and to share and collaborate on the basis of it.  With its role-based content, and personalization features, the portal enables users—from employees and customers to partners and suppliers—to focus exclusively on data relevant to daily decision-making processes. To get more details, see the following assets:

• SAP Portal 7.5: highlights
• Portal 7.4 Overview and Roadmap
• Solution in Brief
• Portal Portfolio Movie

Here are some details of of the Portal portfolio:

SAP Fiori integration into SAP Enterprise Portal

SAP Fiori launchpad running on the SAP Enterprise Portal is a key milestone in aligning the SAP UI Clients (Fiori launchpad, Portal, NWBC) with the Fiori UX design. The new Fiori launchpad on the SAP Enterprise Portal is the recommended approach for consuming the SAP Portal on mobile devices.

Scenarios for Fiori integration into SAP Enterprise Portal

• Integration of SAP Fiori applications (via SAP Fiori iView and/or remote catalog consumption)
• SAP Fiori launchpad as alternative user experience (new Fiori Framework Page, theme and browser support)

The Fiori integration is available since SAP Enterprise Portal 7.4 SP8 and 7.31 SP13

SAP HANA Cloud Portal

SAP HANA Cloud Portal is the name for a new cloud-based portal solution that delivers easy site creation and social consumption at end user level, while leveraging SAP’s differentiating assets: in-memory computing, business applications and installed base. 

SAP HANA Cloud Portal is based on SAP HANA Cloud platform for Java-based applications. This solution provides out-of-the-box secure and accelerated integration with customers’ on-premise system, allowing for content reuse. SAP Cloud Platform and SAP HANA - together with SAP Gateway - provide the means for developing new innovative applications that are deployed to the cloud and easily embedded into the sites.

Portal Content and Knowledge Management

The SAP Portal Content Management by OpenText is a new Document Management offering embedded into SAP Enterprise Portal and Enterprise Workspaces. It helps you streamline content management processes by integrating content with the workflows and resources available in the SAP NetWeaver Portal component.

Knowledge Management (KM) is the basic content services within SAP Enterprise Portal. It provides the basic capabilities that customers need to run their scenarios as well as extension framework for custom implementations.

The Web Content Management capabilities are provided by Web Page Composer (WPC). This tool enables your business users to manage most of the business-relevant WCM tasks (for example creating and updating web sites, pages, and content) in an easy and effective way without the involvement of administrators or portal experts. The Web Page Composer (WPC) enables managed content scenarios for key users from the line of business to easily create and mash up enriched portal pages, blending business applications and user-generated content using intuitive authoring services.

Collaboration and Social

The collaboration capabilities of SAP Enterprise Portal enable individual users and teams to communicate and collaborate within their business processes and access shared data in Enterprise Workspaces. Business users can now use drag-and-drop functionality to create enterprise workspaces inside the SAP Portal component. As shareable virtual environments, these workspaces increase productivity and collaboration. Most enterprise portals lack the end-user flexibility offered by consumer-oriented Web portals such as iGoogle or My Yahoo! Having grown accustomed to this level of flexibility as consumers, workers now demand the same from their enterprise portals. Enterprise workspaces – an optional extension to the SAP Enterprise Portal component – can help.

Basic people-collaboration solutions such as forums, wikis and collaboration rooms are integrated with SAP Enterprise Portal. Those capabilities are included in the portal offering and require no additional licenses. SAP will continue to offer its existing collaboration capabilities so that customers are not forced to replace their solutions, but those scenarios will be maintained in their current state.

Portal Administration and Development and Predefined Content 

To make a portal useful to all the people it seeks to serve, it must not only provide a platform, but also content designed specifically to serve users in various industries and business areas. SAP provides such pre-assembled content bundled as Business packages for completing business tasks.

In essence, the business packages provide out-of-the-box portal applications that can be easily modified to suit a customer's needs. If you would like to learn how to develop your own portal applications, see Developing for SAP NetWeaver Portal.

SAP Portal Releases on SCN

The information on the SCN pages on SAP Enterprise Portal (formerly known as SAP NetWeaver Portal) refer to the Portal releases based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and the new release SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and 7.4.

See also the following links for overview information:

What is New in SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3?

SAP Enterprise Portal 7.4 Overview

Hello Experts,

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On this page you get an overview on partner offerings, interoperability with Microsoft and IBM and other interesting sources for partner information.

There are some Special Expertise Partners that provide complementary offerings for SAP Enterprise Portal:

VANTAiO (formerly known as btexx)

btexx was renamed to VANTAiO in 2015. See also the Portal offering of VANTAiO:

https://www.vantaio.com/de/sap-portal-loesungen

https://www.vantaio.com/de/sap-portal-plattform

Interoperability with Microsoft and IBM