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This section includes the new features, enhancements, and changes to the portal.

Portal on Device

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Tablet Framework Page

New

Support has been added for tablet devices using a dedicated framework page.

For more information, see Tablet Framework Page .

Toolbox

New

The toolbox is an overlaying list of launchable items, such as Favorites or Contacts, which you open and close using a tab on the left side of the mobile framework page. When the user selects an item in the toolbox, it is launched in the content area of the page.

To define items to display in the toolbox you use the Toolbox mobile perspective.

Note

The Toolbox perspective can be used on both smartphone and tablet devices.

For more information, see Configuring the Toolbox .

Extended Toolbox

New

The extended toolbox is a second-level list that opens next to the toolbox. The extended toolbox is used to display toolbox items, instead of displaying them in the content area. When you select an item in the extended toolbox, it displays in the extended toolbox area, replacing the previous content. In this manner, you can drill down in the extended toolbox. A back button at the top of the list enables you to go back one level at a time.

To define items to display in the toolbox you use the Toolbox Extended mobile perspective, and you need to implement a portal component that provides the data to display in the extended toolbox, using the provided JSON List API.

Note

The Toolbox Extended perspective can be used only on tablet devices.

For more information, see Implementing an Extended Toolbox Application Using JSON List API .

Branding Portal on Device

New

The mobile framework pages come with a palette.less file that enables you to easily change the color scheme of your on-device applications.

For more information, see Branding Portal on Device .

API for Customizing the Mobile Header

New

A client-side API enables you to customize the header of the mobile framework pages.

For more information, see Customizing the Mobile Header .

Portal Explorer and Favorites iViews

New

Portal on device now comes with two Favorites iViews and two Portal Explorer iViews, one for displaying in the toolbox on smartphone devices and another for displaying in the extended toolbox on tablet devices.

For more information, see Using the Portal Explorer and Using Mobile Favorites .

Setup of Portal on Device

Enhanced

The setup of portal on device is now simpler than in the previous release, as a result of initial content and configuration that is provided out-of-the-box in this release.

For more information, see Setting Up Portal On Device .

Action Button

Enhanced

The log off button has been replaced by an action button that enables you to perform various actions, such as refresh, add to favorites, and log off.

On the Smartphone Framework Page , the action button opens a horizontal toolbar that contains the available actions.

On the Tablet Framework Page , the action button opens a vertical menu that displays the available actions.

You can configure different sets of actions depending on the application that is running. For more information, see Adding Actions to the Action Button .

Out-of-the-box Configuration

Enhanced

The following out-of-the-box configuration is provided in this release for new portal installations:

Portal Usage and Administration

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Web Resource Repository

New

The new Web Resource Repository provides a single storage location for all your application resources and branding resources.

For more information, see Working with the Web Resource Repository .

Ajax Theme Studio

New

The new Ajax Theme Studio provides the ability to quickly create new themes by changing the leading color of the SAP Tradeshow theme.

For more information, see Using the Ajax Theme Studio .

Searching in the Portal Catalog

Enhanced

A new checkbox has been added to the Advanced Find screen. You can now specify to search for non-unit objects.

For more information, see Searching the Portal Catalog .

Workcenter Roles in the Navigation Panel

Enhanced

By default, navigation nodes in all workcenter roles are displayed in the navigation panel using the Contextual Navigation Panel . You can now specify to use the Detailed Navigation iView instead of the Contextual Navigation Panel .

In the Ajax Detailed Navigation iView in the Ajax Framework Page , set the Navigation Panel Mode property to Always Use Detailed Navigation iView .

Navigation Suggestions for Remote Role Content

Enhanced

If you have implemented a federated portal network (FPN), you can now enable the portal suggestion provider on the consumer portal to index content from all remotely-assigned roles.

By default, only content assigned through each user's local roles is offered as navigation suggestions. When you enable this feature, portal users also receive navigation suggestions pertaining to remote roles when they type text in the Portal Search field at runtime.

For more information, see Enabling Remote Roles as Portal Search Suggestions .

Referencing J2EE Applications

Enhanced

A new property was added in SAP NetWeaver Administrator to enable referencing J2EE applications that are not portal applications: deployment.supportedProviders .

To reference J2EE applications that are not portal applications, you use the format: SAPJ2EE::<provider name/application name> . When the provider is not SAP ( sap.com ), then you must add the provider name to this property, for the reference to work.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Compatibility Mode

Enhanced

The Browser Document Mode iView was added to all SAP provided Framework pages. This iView adds an X-UA-Compatible header into the framework page that affects the Browser Mode and the Document Mode in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

For more information, see SAP note 1700793 Information published on SAP site.

Launch in New Window

Enhanced

A new value has been added to the Launch in New Window property. The Display in separate headerless portal window (standards mode) value opens the object in a new window within a headerless framework page, optimized for rendering HTML5 content.

For more information, see Features Enabled Through DTN Properties .

Role Upload Results

Enhanced

The presentation and behavior of SAP ERP roles that are uploaded to the portal from back-end systems have been modified.

For information, see Results of Uploading Roles from Back-End Systems .

Portal Application Development

Feature

Type of Change

Description

Web Resource Repository

New

The new Web Resource Repository APIs enable you to access and use centrally-stored resources in your applications, as well as brand your applications.

For more information, see Accessing the Web Resource Repository and Enabling Application Branding .

JSON List API

New

The JSON list API, which is contained in the com.sap.portal.navigation.json.list package, enables you to create and consume portal components that expose lists of data that are represented as JSON objects. A JSON list component returns an ordered list of items and of folders that contain items. The order of the list is defined by the insertion order (first in, first out).

The JSON list API is used in portal on device to implement an extended toolbox application.

For more information, see Implementing an Extended Toolbox Application Using JSON List API .

Integration with SAP NetWeaver Gateway Data Sources

New

You can enhance existing portal applications by integrating with external data sources of SAP NetWeaver Gateway. The integration is implemented by generating Java proxies to SAP NetWeaver Gateway services.

For more information, see Integrating with SAP NetWeaver Gateway Data Sources .

Ajax Framework Page Customization

Enhanced

A new parameter iconURI has been added to the createItem method of the Collections API. You can optionally use it to specify the URI of an icon associated with a collection item.

For more information, see createItem Method .

Ajax Framework Page Customization

Enhanced

A new collection type ACTION_BAR_ITEM has been added to the LSAPI.Collections.Types enumeration to indicate an item in the action bar of the Smartphone Framework Page and the Tablet Framework Page.

For more information, see Data Types .

Changes in Documentation

Change

More Information

The documentation about migrating portal applications from SAP NetWeaver 7.0x to higher versions has been extended and enhanced with additional information.

For more information, see Migrating Portal Applications .

A diagram has been added to the documentation of the Filter ID feature to help illustrate the different work modes.

For more information, see Filtering Entry Points .