Initial Configuration Tasks 
Purpose
This topic lists the mandatory portal platform-specific tasks you need to perform in order to prepare the portal for basic use within your IT scenario. In order to optimize the portal, perform the tasks marked as recommended and optional.
Prerequisites
· You have fully installed usage type EP.
· You have successfully logged on to the portal (see Logging On to / Off the Portal).
Process Flow
The following table lists the post-installation tasks for the portal platform, their relevancy, and a reference to where you can find detailed information for performing the task. There is no specific order in which you should perform the tasks.
Mandatory Tasks
Task Description |
Reference |
Connect to the base of users who are to work in the portal, such as Application Server (AS) ABAP user management, LDAP directories, or the database of the AS Java.
Note that you may have already defined the user base, during the installation of the portal. If so, you may skip this step. |
Configuration of User Management in the Enterprise Portal
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Perform initial integration tasks (for super administrators). |
Note that some of the tasks described in the reference may already be described on this page. |
Configure the portal to work through a network proxy server* |
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Check initial portal permissions and security zone configuration, and assign permissions to initial content
For guidelines on configuring the initial portal permissions to allow the pre-configured portal roles to access initial content objects relevant to their role, read Configuring Permissions for Initial Content in SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 (SP9 & Higher) available at service.sap.com/nw-howtoguides ® Portal, KM and Collaboration ® Portal. |
(see also Portal Permissions and its sub-topics for additional information) |
Configure the appropriate every user role for your organization’s business users of the portal |
*Mandatory only if applicable to your scenario or system landscape.
**Reference may also contain tasks that are recommended or optional.
Recommended Tasks
Task Description |
Reference |
Distribute default administrative tasks, PCD content, and user administration |
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Create a second
super administrator user as an alternative user in case the default
Administrator user account becomes locked. Without an
alternative user in the event of the default Administrator user account becoming locked, you would need
to To create a second super administrator user, do the following: ... 1. Log on to the portal as user Administrator. 2. Create a new portal user. 3. In the Group administration tool (User Administration ® Groups), add your newly created user to the group Administrators. 4. Log on to the portal using the newly created user, change its initial password and verify that the user has the correct roles assigned to it. |
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Start and configure the data collection service and the aggregation application to enable portal activity reports |
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Define the portal runtime display, including portal display rules |
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Disable the Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) Application Sharing Server if you do not intend to offer application sharing services in your portal. The RTC Application Sharing Server is installed by default with usage type EP. |
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Remove the Search field from the top-level navigation bar in the portal if you do not intend to enable the use of Search and Classification Engine (TREX) in the portal. The search feature is visible in the portal even if you do not install TREX is not installed. |
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the emergency userOptional Tasks
Task Description |
Reference |
Determine which set of languages is to be available to users for portal language personalization |
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Check the configuration data of the Portal Content Directory (PCD) |
Checking Configuration Parameters and Reloading Configuration |
Configure the display of the Portal Catalog |
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Define zones in your cluster environment and map portal content to these zones in order to isolate certain parts of the portal that may cause problems |
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Disable the ActiveX control |