Creating External Services for Web Addresses 

Use

You create an External Service for a Web address based on a master iView. For Web addresses you do not have to know which master iView is involved because the master iView is selected automatically.

Procedure

To create an External Service of type Web address:

  1. Select object "External Service" in the edit area and choose Create.
  2. Enter the title, technical name and possibly description for the service and choose next.
  3. Enter an original language and choose next. Read also Translation of Roles, Worksets and External Services.
  4. Select the type. In this case it is "Web Address".
  5. Choose next.
  6. Enter the Web address and choose next.
  7. Check your entries and choose finish.

    8. The External Service is generated based on the master iView.

    You now see the newly created External Service and can see which properties it has. If necessary, you can overwrite certain properties of the master iView.

  8. Save the External Service.

Result

You created an External Service for a Web address that you can insert directly in a role. Read also Changing External Services in the Role.