MDM
Portal Content Development Guide
Introduction
One of the most pressing problems facing many organizations today is how to provide everyone in the company with unified access to the tasks and information they need to carry out their assignments, interact with one another, and make informed decisions.
SAP Enterprise Portal (a key component of the SAP NetWeaver platform) addresses these problems by providing the tools and resources needed for developing portal content.
Portal content is everything that you see and interact with on the portal and where information from both SAP and non SAP sources can be accessed through a single user interface.
You can develop portal content using a custom MDMrepository or you can use Business Packages for predefined and shipped repositories.
Custom Repositories
In this guide, we show you how to easily create portal content for custom repositories focusing on:
● How to search for and manage Master Data through creating iViews and placing them on a standard portal page so that they can interact with one another (eventing)
For more information, see Creating and Managing iViews
● How to configure special functions and features such as change tracking, Drag&Drop, multiple language display, workflow and creating dedicated iViews
For more information, see:
○ Configuring a Change Tracker
○ Configuring Special Features
● How to customize the portal and enhance usability by configuring data exchange between iViews and accessing internal and external information resources
More information: Customizing Advanced UI Integration Options
Predefined Repositories
For more information about predefined repositories, see the document, SAP NetWeaver MDM 5.5 SP06 Portal Business Package which can be accessed on the SAP Service Market Place at http://service.sap.com/installMDM → Installation
You can use the predefined worksets, roles, and pages to work with the following shipped MDM repositories for SAP Business Suite remote systems:
● ERP repositories for customer, vendor, material, and employee
● Cross-system (ERP, SRM, CRM) repositories for business partner and product
Technical Data
Availability: Customers using SAP NetWeaver 04
Customers using SAP NetWeaver 7.0 |
SAP NetWeaver '04 SPS19 or higher is required
SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS10 or higher is required |
Browser Recommendations: |
Any browser supported by EP 6.0 |
Languages: |
All A and B languages are supported |
MDM Requirements: |
The MDM server SP04 is mandatory for integrating repositories with the portal |
Glossary
Term |
Definition |
System Object |
The system object represents the iView’s information source and contains the necessary authentication settings. Allows an iView that is based on the system object to connect to and retrieve data from a back-end application. |
System Alias |
A name associated with a system by which portal components can reference that system. The alias serves as a bridge between the iView and the system object. |
Eventing |
Exchange of data between iViews. Some iViews are coded to initiate events and some to receive them. |
Quicklink |
The portal enables the user to navigate to a specific node by entering the portal's base address. The Quicklink is the shortcut to an iView or page. |
Isolation |
Isolation occurs when iViews are assigned different System Aliases to prevent them from responding to each other. |