Assigning Remote Content to Roles

Administrators use the remote content editor to assign content from the ABAP front-end server to portal roles.

Prerequisites

You are assigned the Content Admin role.
The system from which you assign content is set as the destination.
ABAP is selected in the SAPUI5 Library Source field in the Fiori Framework Page configuration.
SAP Web Dispatcher or another reverse proxy is configured to work with the system from which you assign content.
The ABAP SAPUI5 and Java SAPUI5 versions must be compatible.

Context

You use the remote content editor to search for content, such as SAP Fiori catalogs and SAP Fiori groups, in the ABAP front-end server and to assign the content to the role. You can also use the editor to assign the remote content of the role to portal categories. You can assign remote content to more than one category.

When accessing the SAP Fiori launchpad home page, users are seamlessly presented with the appropriate categories and applications assigned to their roles. The applications associated with the remote content container appear as tiles in the home page and the tile catalog, together with the tiles that existed before the remote content was assigned.

If remote content is assigned to a category, the title is taken from that category.

If remote content is not assigned to a category, the title is taken from the SAP Fiori Launchpad Designer.

When assigning an SAP Fiori group, the corresponding SAP Fiori catalog must be assigned as well for authorization purposes.

Procedure

In the portal, navigate to Content Administration Portal Content Management.
In the Portal Catalog, select the role to which you want to assign remote content.
From the context menu of the role, choose Open Role.
The Role editor appears.
Choose Manage Remote Content.
The remote content editor appears.
In the Search In dropdown list, select a destination and choose Go. You can refine your search by entering a keyword in the Search For field, and by selecting the content type in the Available Content dropdown list.
In the Available Content table, select one or more table rows and choose Add. To add all the table rows, select Add All.
The selected table rows are added to the Selected Content table.
Optionally, select one or more table rows and choose Assign Categories.

Note

You can only assign a remote group to a locked group. If you select a remote catalog, the locked group does not appear in the list of available categories in the Merge with Categories window.

The Merge with Categories window appears.
Select the categories under which you want the selected content to appear and choose Ok. Choose Finish to save and exit the editor.

Results

Portal users assigned to this role can see the selected remote content merged with iViews and pages appearing under the assigned categories and can access the related applications.