The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal

... Introduction ... 13

1 ... SAP NetWeaver Portal Basics ... 17
... 1.1 ... General Introduction to Enterprise Portals and SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 17
... 1.2 ... Features of SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 22
... 1.3 ... Summary ... 40

2 ... Architecture ... 41
... 2.1 ... AS Java Architecture ... 42
... 2.2 ... Server Administration Tools ... 45
... 2.3 ... Portal Runtime ... 56
... 2.4 ... Network Architecture ... 63
... 2.5 ... Summary ... 65

3 ... Installation and Configuration ... 67
... 3.1 ... Preparation for Portal Installation ... 67
... 3.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Portal Installation Steps ... 70
... 3.3 ... Post-Installation Steps ... 73
... 3.4 ... Transport Layer Security Configuration ... 77
... 3.5 ... User Management Configuration ... 82
... 3.6 ... System Landscape ... 87
... 3.7 ... Universal Worklist (UWL) Configuration ... 90
... 3.8 ... Transports and Change Recording ... 104
... 3.9 ... Summary ... 109

4 ... Integration with SAP Backend Systems and Single Sign-On ... 111
... 4.1 ... Single Sign-On (SSO) ... 111
... 4.2 ... Uploading Roles from ABAP-Based SAP Systems ... 126
... 4.3 ... Role Distribution to ABAP-Based SAP Systems ... 130
... 4.4 ... Summary ... 134

5 ... Implementation Planning ... 135
... 5.1 ... Blueprinting ... 136
... 5.2 ... Choosing the Technology ... 148
... 5.3 ... Summary ... 156

6 ... Portal Content Development ... 157
... 6.1 ... Roles, Worksets, Pages, and iViews ... 158
... 6.2 ... Portal Content Translation ... 174
... 6.3 ... Portal Branding ... 183
... 6.4 ... Integrating SAP and Non-SAP Content ... 201
... 6.5 ... Implementing Business Packages ... 203
... 6.6 ... Summary ... 205

7 ... Development for SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 207
... 7.1 ... Introduction to Portal Component Development ... 208
... 7.2 ... Creating a Portal Component ... 217
... 7.3 ... Web Dynpro Java ... 240
... 7.4 ... Web Dynpro ABAP ... 263
... 7.5 ... Summary ... 296

8 ... Federated Portal Network Implementation ... 299
... 8.1 ... Types of Content Sharing ... 301
... 8.2 ... Preparing the Portals ... 304
... 8.3 ... Managing FPN Connections ... 311
... 8.4 ... Managing WSRP Connections ... 316
... 8.5 ... Exposing Content ... 320
... 8.6 ... Consuming Content ... 323
... 8.7 ... Summary ... 325

9 ... Backup and Recovery ... 327
... 9.1 ... Downtime and High Availability ... 328
... 9.2 ... Backup and Restore Strategy ... 342
... 9.3 ... Backup of SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 343
... 9.4 ... Restore of SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 344
... 9.5 ... SAP NetWeaver Portal Database Backup ... 345
... 9.6 ... SAP NetWeaver Portal Database Restore ... 356
... 9.7 ... Summary ... 357

10 ... Monitoring Technology and Logging ... 359
... 10.1 ... Using SAP NetWeaver Administrator for Monitoring ... 359
... 10.2 ... Activity Reporting ... 376
... 10.3 ... Logging and Tracing ... 388
... 10.4 ... Viewing Logs ... 399
... 10.5 ... Logging for SAP NetWeaver Portal PCD Objects ... 403
... 10.6 ... Troubleshooting ... 407
... 10.7 ... Summary ... 411

... Appendices ... 413
... A ... Blueprinting Questionnaire Sample ... 415
... B ... Useful Resources and Products ... 429
... C ... Upgrading Applications for SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3 ... 435
... D ... Useful SAP Notes ... 439
... E ... The Author ... 443

... Index ... 445