External Services are the smallest modules you can add to a role. External Services are added directly to the role. They are not part of a page.

External Services can have the following types:

• SAP transactions
• SAP reports
• BEx Web applications
• Simple URLs or Web addresses
• Documents
• Everything created based on a master iView

External Services are content that is located outside the iView Server and does not run on the iView Server. This could be for example IACs that reside on the Internet Transaction Server. In contrast to External Services, Java iViews and .NET iViews are within the iViewServer and are managed there.

An External Service is based on a master iView that is created in the PCD and can be called with the Role Editor.

You use External Services in:

• Roles
• Worksets