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Context

Portal roles, whether created freestyle or uploaded with business packages, contain iViews, some or all of which may retrieve data from back-end applications. The system administrator can connect to the back ends to check the connectivity of the roles.

Procedure

  1. In the portal, navigate to Start of the navigation path System Administration Next navigation step System Configuration End of the navigation path.
  2. In the Portal Catalog, from the context menu of any role, choose Connect to Back End .

    The connection check wizard appears, showing the Overview of Back-End Connection step. This step lists all the system aliases that are referenced by the iViews in the selected role. You have the following options:

    • Show all the role's iViews that reference the selected system alias by expanding the content of the iViews field.

    • Associate system aliases with a portal systems as follows:

      1. Click in the Portal System field of a selected alias.

      2. From the context menu, choose a system to associate with the alias. The system appears in the Portal System field.

        You can now choose Finish to conclude the wizard or continue by selecting the checkbox for running a connection test under Additional Wizard Steps and choosing Next .

        If the role you are connecting has unassigned system aliases, which did not previously exist in the portal, the next step in the wizard lists these aliases and informs you that they will be created as new unassigned aliases. You have the option of assigning systems to these aliases before moving on to the next step.

        The Test Connection Results step of the wizard appears.

      3. You can choose Open System to view the system properties or choose Finish and go to the What's Next step where can choose to view properties, permissions, restart, or close the wizard.