Finally it is time for another SCN blog

After my last blogs about SAP Mobile Documents (SAP Mobile Documents in Action& SAP Mobile Documents Strengthens the Position of SAP NW Knowledge Management) and the SAP NetWeaver Portal (SAP NW Portal Star: Vote for btexx/sotric) quite a lot has happened at SAP and btexx, so I am happy to share some insights/experiences about the main topics that we were working on in the last months...

Mainly I will focus on explaining you potential uses cases of a SAPUI5 based Mobile Portal and how it can interoperate with the latest version of SAP Mobile Documents.

SAPUI5 based Mobile Portal

The SAP NetWeaver Portal provides a great infrastructure to build a mobile version of your existing Corporate Portal. Based on that infrastructure and the new SAPUI5 User Interface technology we built a mobile version for our Intranet Template Portal.

Based on a Market Assessment we focused on the following Mobile Portal Use Cases

• Mobile Portal Content
  • News, User-Profiles, etc.
• Mobile Portal Applications
  • Search and Workflow-Management (Mobile UWL)
• Mobile Self Service Applications
  • Mobile HCM (Leave and Time Management) via SAP Gateway Services
• Mobile Document Consumption and Exploration
  • Usage and deep Integration of SAP Mobile Documents
• Integration possibilities of (SAP) Native and (SAP) Web Apps
  • Integration/Consumption of SAPUI5 apps provided by SAP, e.g. FIORI Apps

The following screens give you a visual impression of our SAPUI5 based Mobile Portal, more screenshots can be found on our website.

Cross Device Support of SAPUI5 for Mobile

SAPUI5 based UWL (Universal Worklist) for Approvals like Leave Requests, etc.

Deep Integration with SAP Mobile Documents

To provide our customers a good user experience and to eliminate system barriers between our web based Mobile Portal and the native SAP Mobile Documents Client we contacted the SAP Mobile Documents team and got pretty soon in a constructive working mode to exchange ideas how one could overcome the typical interoperability challenges between different mobile apps.

In the following 2 parts you will find further information about our functional use case and the implemented solution.

Video / Use Case of the SAP Mobile Documents Portal Integration

• Michael Miller of the fictional energy company sotric is on the road and wants to find information about the annual financial figures of the power plant in Bergen
• Furthermore Michael wants to synchronize the project management document folders, so that he can work with this documents although he has no connectivity on the airplane
• To solve this task Michael is using his Mobile Portal with SAP Mobile Documents Integration

Have fun with the short video which is covering the described use case!

Technical Use Cases

• SAP Mobile Documents Integration into the Mobile Search
• Launching of SAP Mobile Documents with different Input parameters

Technical Insights

Before I go into the technical details I would like to thank the SAP Product and Development Team of SAP Mobile Documents for the close cooperation in discussing the required interfaces with us to achieve the shown use case! Thanks for the great Co-Innovation!

The magic word for the parameterized launch of native Apps is URL Schemes. With URL Schemes the developer of a native mobile app can specify how and with which parameters his app can be launched. On the website handleOpenURL: Shared Interapp Communication on iOS you find a good overview of available URL schemes for existing apps.

SAP Mobile Documents URL Scheme Syntax

Following you will find a sneak preview of the hidden and yet unofficial URL Scheme syntax of SAP Mobile Documents Version 1.0 SP2

• Syntax: mobiledocs://[version]/[action]?obj=[Object-ID-Ressource]&rep=[Object-ID-Repository]
  • [version] = Denotes the schema version for SAP Mobile Documents, current version is = v1
  • [action] = Action is an action the client performs on the provided parameters
    • select = navigates in the specified folder and selecting the specified document
    • open =  opens the specified document, showing the content
  • [Object-ID-Resource] =  The CMIS Object ID of a file or folder. For KM resources this is the GUID
  • [Object-ID-Repository] = The Mobile Documents Repository ID

Have fun exploring the possibilities of the URL scheme syntax! Currently SAP is planning to support and document the URL scheme syntax with the next support package, which will be SP3.

I hope you found the provided information valuable! I am looking forward to your feedback or questions...

Best regards,

Michael

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Hi,

We are in phase of Upgrading our ECC system to SP11.

As part of this Upgrade, SAP_HR will be Upgraded from 66 to 73 and EA-HR will be Upgraded from 28 to 35.

We have EA-HR_MSS(2011_1_731) component also in our ECC System will be upgraded from 4 to 7 SP Level.

ECC System is connected to Portal 7.31 SP5 and has ESS, MSS components installed on it.

ESS - BPERPESSWDA - 1000.1.50.5.0.20110704084821

MSS - BPMSSADDON - 1000.1.0.0.1.20110708141210

Can you please let us know if there is any impact on ESS and MSS Business Packages and do we need to Upgrade them as we are upgrading HR and MSS component in ECC.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Shivam   

Hello all,

My client asked me to implement the infotypes 377 (Miscellaneous Plans) and 410 (Transportation Allowance) on the employee self service of our Portal.

I would like to hear frow you experts if this already exists at the ESS standard package, or if we'll need to develop a Webdynpro application to show these infotypes.

Cheers,

Fernando

Hi all,

We are stumped with a problem in our QA Enterprise Portal (7.3.1 Sp7) that throws a portal runtime error when we preview a Business Objects document iview.  The Business Objects Server versions are 4.0 SP5 and/or 4.1 SP3.

The error is caught in the the defaultTrace file, /usr/sap/QNW/J00/j2ee/cluster/server0/log

[EXCEPTION]

com.sapportals.portal.prt.runtime.PortalRuntimeException: There is no portal component associated with the following context:

pcd:portal_content/com.summit.SES_BI/com.summit.iviews/Daily_Margin

at com.sap.portal.prt.component.PortalComponentContext.<init>(PortalComponentContext.java:93)

Here is what we have tried

* Confirmed the iviews exist in the PCD, by browsing to the content folders and right lick, preview on the iview.

* Our PRD and DEV systems work correctly and are on same versions of EP Runtime and java. 7.3.1.7.0.201..

* Occurs with all Businessobjects iviews from the QA portal and all doc types, webis, dashboards. Tried creating new iview.

* Reapplied the com.sap.businessobjects.iviews.templates.epa to the Portal from t he BI 4.1 SP3 distribution

* Deleted and recreated the BI portal system connector using the SAP BOBJ system template set path to http://bi-qas:8080/BOE

* Set the embed key value in the BI system connector property and in the custom global.properties file, restarted tomcat and SIA services

* Set permissions for everyone end user on the content folders and the BI system connector

* Confirmed Single sign on configured correctly between BI and Portal

* Confirmed that the QA BI server is configured correctly by directing the working DEV Portal to the QA BI server.

* Performed actions in note 1709737

We are certainly stuck and the defaultTrace file is not very informative.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Lee Lewis

Hello -

Please find below status of Portal after upgrade and suggest some solution.

1) /irj/portal is not working, giving 500 error.

2) NWA page is opening but after giving valid login credentials it

shows

blank screen.

3) User Admin page is also opening but after giving valid login

credentials it allows me to enter Identity Management but I cant do

anything.

4) I can not use Administrator for nwa since it is not working although

it is not locked. I have activated the emergency user SAP*.

5) Even by emergency user I am not able to change(password) any user in

Identity management. It gives message "contact your adminstrator"

6) I have tested LDAP authentication through SPNEGO wizard in nwa by

using SAP* and it is working fine.

6) I am attaching tshw trace for irj/portal.

Hi

I have created one development component which type is java. I have developed few classed in that dc component.  when i right click on this dc component, deploy option is not enable for this component. Please let me know ,how to deploy this component in to portal server.

Is it possible deploy the java dc component in to portal server ?

Thanks

HEllo Experts,

our server logs are full of this error ,we are on nw 7.3 ehp1 sp07 and the error is with a particualr user id and with guest any inputs are most welcome to resolve this error:

UWL completed items refresh for system: <alias> error:  ENQUEUE_EUWLNOTIFREG:already locked error

Thanks,

Siddharth

Hello Masters,

I have the following issue using theme editor in portal 7.31 sp4. I open the SAP Tradeshow (or another one) theme and click Save as to save it as new to change it. I enter new name and in some minutes the theme is saved. When I go back to the Theme editor i can see the new theme. But if I close the browser, log off logon again the new theme disappears from the list of themes in the Theme editor. I tried also clearing browser cache. I am using IExplorer (tried in compatability mode also). In Firefox a theme cannot be opened at all. In previous portal versions I have not met such a issue. Do you have any suggestions what could be the problem here?

Hi people,

I have to add some screen fields on Webdynpro Java Application Who's Who like "HR Area", "Phone", etc.

How can I do It?

I know ITS Version just need to configure PZ01C Transaction. But how can I do it on WD Java?

Thank you!

Hi,

I am working on setting up web dispatcher for multiple server in an environment (suppose Dev1) that will have 10 SAP systems being load balanced through it.

I want to check if I can setup a maintenance page for individual SAP systems in one web dispatcher?

Thanks

Pankaj

Hi experts,

when  im logging in to my portal im getting an  java pop up with  message as "The website certificate could not be found do you want to continue" .

on click of more information , another popup with heading more information and content as follows

The certificate was issued  by a source that is not trusted

The certificate has expired

The application being loaded from a site other than the one specified in the security Certificate.

Downloading from "xxxxxepd00"  ("xxxxxepd00" is my host entry for the server ip).

Exepcting "local host".

why is this pop up occuring should we do any configuration or change setting in the browser.

Regards

Govardan Raj

HI,

I need to migrate pcd content(pages/iviews etc) from sap portal 7.0 to sap portal 7.4

Pls suggest the way to be taken forward

Thanks

Mano

By Default UWL will be having Alers, Tasks, Notifications and Tracking Tabs.

In most of the cases there will be requirement from the Customer to

•      Select Tasks as the default Tab
•      Hide all the tabs other than Tasks and
•      Sort Tasks workitem according to the Send Date.

All these requirement can be achieved using ‘Customize the look of UWL Main page’ option from the ‘UWL configuration Wizard’.

But with the Standard  settings ‘Customize the look of UWL Main page’ will usually display the following screen, which will force us to download uwl.standard.xml file and edit it manually. This blog will show how you can ‘Customize the look of UWL Main page’ using ‘UWL configuration Wizard’.

Step 1: By Default UWL will be having Alerts, Tasks, Notifications and Tracking

Step 2: Navigate to System Administration --> System Configuration --> Universal WorkList & Workflow and click on the link " Click to Configure Item Type and Customize Views Using a Wizard" as Highlighted

Step 3: On the next screen select ‘Customize the look of the UWL Main page’ and click next

Step 4: As the drop down for Navigation node to be customized is showing None the UWL main page tabs are not displayed.

Fix for 'Navigation node to be customized' showing 'None'

Step 5: To fix the above issue, from the Universal WorkList & Workflow main page click on the link "Click to Manage Item Types and View Definitions" as Highlighted

Step 6: In the Next Screen(Universal Worklist Configuration Content) Select the configuration uwl.standard

Step 7: After Selecting, Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and click on Download Button as Highlighted.

Step 8: On the Next Screen Click on the Link "Download Configuration uwl.standard"   and save the xml file in your Desktop.

Step 9: Once saved From the same Screen Select "Upoad New Configuration" Tab

Step 10: Give the Configuration Name as "Main" and Browse the uwl.standard.xml file from your Desktop

Step 11: Tick the High Priority Checkbox, Select the UWL System and Click on Upload

Step 12: Once uploaded successfully system will display the message as Highlighted

Step 13: Now go to the Same Screen in Step 4.  Now the navigation Node to be Customized is shown as "Main" (Configuration Name given to our Uploaded XML)

Removing Tabs From Universal WorkList

Step 14: To Remove Tabs from the UWL, Select the Tab to be removed and click on the button "Remove Tab from Current View"

Step 15: Repeat Step 14 for all the tabs to be removed and removed tabs can be viewed from the dropdown "Removed Tabs" as Highlighted

Sorting Tasks WorkItem by Send Date as Default

Step 16: To Sort Tasks Workitem  by send Date, click on "Customize View" As Highlighted below

Step 17: On the next screen Change the Sorting properties as Highlighted and Save the entries.

Clearing UWL Cache

Step 18: To Clear Cache, from the Universal WorkList & Workflow main page click on the link "Cache Administration Page".

Step 19: On the next Screen select the UWL System Alias and Click on Clear Cache Button.

Changing UWL iView Properties for the changes to get Reflected

Step 20: Now If we check the UWL, Still the changes are not reflected. This is because the UWL iView is picking the old Configuration File( uwl.standard.xml instead of Main.DVEUWL.xml). To fix this issue UWL iView Property have to be modified.

Step 21: Navigate to the 'Universal Worklist' iView Location in Portal Content. We are using standard MSS Business Package so the iView is in Portal Content --> Content Provided by SAP --> Line Manager --> Manager Self-Service --> iViews. If you are using MSS ADDON it will be in Portal Content --> Content Provided by SAP --> Line Manager --> Manager Self-Service WDA --> iViews.

Then Open Properties of 'Universal Worklist'

Step 22: On the Properties Screen Click on the Link "All" and then click on Modify Properties. After that from the Show Category Dropdown select 'UWL'.

Step 23: Change the property "useNavigationId" to "Main" and save the changes.

Step 24: Now the Changes are reflected in the UWL. All the Tabs are hidden and the Tasks Workitems are sorted according to send Date.

Hi,

How to get Portal Navigation URL dynamically through coding in Masterhead.jsp?

Suppose I am on Test iView which is currently opened on Portal. I will have a button on Masthead and on click I want to get the current navigation URL and add some parameters and submit the new URL.

Could someone please help?

Thanks and Regards,

Visweswara Rao Andhe.

Hi Experts,

In our project we are using WPC and KM to show some documents to end-users. We are on 7.31 and using Ajax Framework page.

We have written HTML docs which shows initial content and that HTML also have some links to other internal KM HTML files.

We have a home page with different iViews. Few for KM News Browser Navigation iViews and Few URL iViews which will display the HTML Content.

The Issue is when I use target as _Parent or _top on Anchor tag of the HTML in URL Navigation iView, It is displaying the content on same window without Toplevel and Left Detailed Navigations. If I Use _self as target it is displaying the html inside the URL iView.

I need something which can work to open on entire Content area. Not on the URL Iview or not the whole window.

How could I achieve this? Could someone please help me on this?

Thanks and Regards,

Visweswara Rao Andhe

Hello Experts,

We have FPN RRA implemented. All the PCD objects and Business Objects are in Producer portal.

we have a requirment to provide the addtional link to navigate to (eg: Request iview)  from home page. If we directly hit the Request iview we are able to open but when we try to open from home page as additional link we get an error "there is no iview found in system alias.."

The additioanl link is working fine in producer portal but in consumer portal we are getting the above error.

Out portal versions are :

Consumer 7.0.1

Prodcuer 7.3

Kindly advise

we have tried FPN Cache still we are facing the issue in cosumer portal.

Regards,

V Karthi

HEllo Experts,

our server logs are full of this error ,we are on nw 7.3 ehp1 sp07 and the error is with a particualr user id and with guest any inputs are most welcome to resolve this error:

UWL completed items refresh for system: <alias> error:  ENQUEUE_EUWLNOTIFREG:already locked error

Thanks,

Siddharth

Hi all,

we have some HTM files stored in KN respository and they internally refer some images which are in the same folder as that of the HTML file.

But at times the name of the images are slightly different(some lettes are in CAPS) from the ones whcih are maintained in KM, andd hence while opening the HTML page the  image is not seen.

Is there a way in which this reference of file can be made case insensitive?

Thanks,

Jeet

Good day,

We have just upgraded to Portal 7.10 SP18 CE and Portal 7.4 (Federated Portals). Since doing so we are having an issue accessing our CE content via a URL iView.  We get a page saying "This content cannot be displayed in a frame".  There is a link to open the item in a new window and when we click this the CE content comes up.

The problem with this is it results in a complete change to how our end users are used to using the system and will result in a lot of confusion.

Has anyone else experienced this and possible found a solution to it?

Hi,

My requirement is as follows:

Currently i have designed HTML5 page which will be displayed after portal authentication. Based on the logged-in userid i need to call the Service from SAP ECC.

My Question is How to read Logged-in Portal(7.4) userid from html5 page ?

Thanks,

Mano.