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Using IT News, information can be distributed to all users of specified business roles.

You can customize which links are displayed automatically in IT News.

In addition to the links that are displayed automatically, every user can add personal links to their IT News that are only displayed to them.

Prerequisites

To display links in IT News automatically, in Customizing, do the following:

  • Creating a link: In the SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide for Customer Relationship Management, choose   UI Framework   UI Framework Definition   Define Web Links  .

  • Assigning the link profile to a business role: In the SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide for Customer Relationship Management, choose   UI Framework   Business Roles   Define Business Role  .

Features

Create a screen area that is displayed permanently and where you can link to information. Use it, for example, for news from the IT department.

Example

Assume that in IT News, you want to publish a link to   http://www.sap.com  .

To create a link:

  1. In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, choose   UI Framework   UI Framework Definition   Define Web Links  .

  2. Choose Define Web Links and choose New Entries.

  3. Enter an ID (for example, 1), and select Web link type External Link.

  4. Enter a title (for example, SAP home page) and in the text area, enter the URL http://www.sap.com.

  5. Save your entries.

  6. Select Define Groups for External Links.

  7. Enter an ID (for example, 1) and a description (for example, IT News Links).

  8. Save your entries.

  9. Select the group you just created (that is, IT News Links) and choose Assign External Links to Groups.

  10. Add a new entry and choose the Web link defined in step 3 (that is, 1).

  11. Save your entries.

To assign the link profile to a business role:

  1. In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, choose   UI Framework   Business Roles   Define Business Role and create a new entry  .

  2. Select the relevant business role (for example, SOLMANREQU) and choose Assign Function Profiles.

  3. Add the EXT_WEB_LINKS function profile ID and select the external link group you created (that is, 1).

  4. Save your entries.

The link is pushed to the IT News of all users of the business role.