Providing Collaboration Services in the Portal

Use

As administrator, you can make available a company-specific range of collaboration services for collaboration in the portal.

In this way, you determine for the following iViews which services users can launch:

Collaboration Launch Pad (CLP) and Room Member List (Collaboration menu)
User Details iView (links to the user interface of the iView)
Other iViews that display users or user groups with the context menu for launching collaboration services

Prerequisites

After installation of the SAP NetWeaver usage type Enterprise Portal, you have worked through the basic configuration for Collaboration. For more information, see: Collaboration Configuration .

Procedure

Making collaboration services available comprises the following activities:

Activity	Description
1. Copy the relevant configuration objects to a new namespace.	The configuration objects delivered by SAP are documented in Making Services Available: Standard Configuration . Since the system overwrites all commands and command groups in the SAP namespace during every SAP NetWeaver update, you must note the following information: Commands for launching services (LinkCommand) If you do not change the delivered commands, SAP recommends keeping these in the SAP namespace. Command groups (Command Group) Before you modify command groups to meet the requirements of your company, copy all delivered configuration objects to a new namespace.
2. Decide on the scope of the collaboration services that you want to make available in the iViews.	The iViews in which you can make available the services are documented in iViews with Collaboration Service s. Decide which services you want to make available in the CLP Collaboration menu and the member list. In the standard system, the same configuration is used for these two iViews. Note If you require different services in the member list to those in the CLP, you can create a separate services configuration for the member list. For more information, see point three, configuration for making services available. Decide which services you want to make available throughout the portal in the context menu for displayed users or user groups. Decide which services are particularly important in the User Details iView and should appear directly on the user interface. Check whether individual services must be limited to particular portal roles. Create the portal roles necessary for this. Tip To allow only certain users in your company to create rooms from within the CLP, you assign both the relevant users and the services for creating rooms to the Collaboration portal role. Note A service that is not limited to a particular portal role is available to all portal users.
3. Carrying out the configuration.	More information: Configuring Collaboration Services in the Portal

Activity

Description

1. Copy the relevant configuration objects to a new namespace.

The configuration objects delivered by SAP are documented in Making Services Available: Standard Configuration .

Since the system overwrites all commands and command groups in the SAP namespace during every SAP NetWeaver update, you must note the following information:

Commands for launching services (LinkCommand)
If you do not change the delivered commands, SAP recommends keeping these in the SAP namespace.
Command groups (Command Group)
Before you modify command groups to meet the requirements of your company, copy all delivered configuration objects to a new namespace.

2. Decide on the scope of the collaboration services that you want to make available in the iViews.

The iViews in which you can make available the services are documented in iViews with Collaboration Service s.

Decide which services you want to make available in the CLP Collaboration menu and the member list. In the standard system, the same configuration is used for these two iViews.
Note
If you require different services in the member list to those in the CLP, you can create a separate services configuration for the member list. For more information, see point three, configuration for making services available.
Decide which services you want to make available throughout the portal in the context menu for displayed users or user groups.
Decide which services are particularly important in the User Details iView and should appear directly on the user interface.
Check whether individual services must be limited to particular portal roles. Create the portal roles necessary for this.
Tip
To allow only certain users in your company to create rooms from within the CLP, you assign both the relevant users and the services for creating rooms to the Collaboration portal role.

Note
A service that is not limited to a particular portal role is available to all portal users.

3. Carrying out the configuration.

More information: Configuring Collaboration Services in the Portal