Adding NetWeaver Producers

Applicable to: remote role assignment, remote delta link, WSRP application sharing 

Use

This topic describes how to create a NetWeaver producer portal instance using the Producer Wizard in the portal.

Alternatively, a system administrator can use an XML script to create a producer instance on the consumer. For more information, see Using XML to Automate FPN Tasks.

Prerequisites

●      You know the URL of the producer portal (including protocol, host name, and port number).

●      You have access to the federated portal administration tools in the standard System Admin role on your portal.

●      You have administrator read-write permission for the Portal Catalog in the NetWeaver Content Producers folder.

Procedure

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       1.      In the consumer portal, navigate to System Administration → Federated Portal → Myself as Content Consumer → Manage My Producers.

       2.      In the Portal Catalog, right-click the NetWeaver Content Producers folder (or any of its subfolders), and then from the context menu, choose New → NetWeaver Content Producer.

The Producer Wizard is launched.

§         You cannot create a producer object elsewhere in the Portal Catalog.

§         Once you have created a producer object, you cannot move it to another folder, unless you first delete it and then create a new instance in another folder. Removing a producer results in loss of personalized data. For more information, see Removing Producers.

       3.      Proceed through the wizard and provide the necessary information as needed:

                            a.      Enter the general properties of the producer portal. These properties are used to define the semantic object in your Portal Catalog that represent the producer portal.

■       The name you give to the producer is the name of the semantic object that is displayed in the Portal Catalog when the producer has been created.

■       The portal automatically generates an alias for the producer from its producer ID. This alias is used in various user interfaces in the portal to represent the producer portal. Since you cannot modify a producer alias, we recommend you enter a producer ID that clearly identifies the producer. For example, copy the producer name to the producer ID and add _producer as the suffix.

If the default alias already exists in your portal, an underscore is automatically added as a suffix to the producer ID until a unique alias is formed.

                            b.      Enter the producer URL by defining its protocol (HTTP or HTTPS), host name, and port.

■       When working in remote delta link usage, the port value must be that of the P4 port (recommended to use the default). If, for any reason, you are not using the default P4 port, you must configure the portal service ProducerInformationService accordingly. See Configuring to P4 Port with RDL Usage.

■       You can use the SAP Management Console (SAP MC) in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio to obtain communication port information. See Viewing and Configuring the Communication Ports.

In the event you are using one or more reverse proxies in your landscape, note the following:

■       If a reverse proxy is located between the consumer and the producer, enter the protocol, host name, and port of the reverse proxy.

■       If there is no reverse proxy located between the consumer and the producer, enter the protocol, host name, and port of the producer portal.

■       Additional configuration steps are needed when using a reverse proxy in a federated portal network landscape. For more information, see How to Set Up the Landscape for a Federated Portal Network, available on SAP Developer Network at sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/howtoguides → SAP NetWeaver 2004s → User Productivity Enablement → Running an Enterprise Portal.

Do not edit the default path (/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.portal.wsrp.coreproducer.WsdlGenerator) in the Path to WSDL Definition File field unless you want to connect to a different WSDL definition file or service. Do not include the protocol, host name, and port of the producer portal in the path.

                            c.      In the Summary step, verify the information you have entered is correct. If needed, go back to the necessary step to make any corrections.

                            d.      Click Finish to create a producer object in the Portal Catalog.

Results

You have created a new producer object in the Portal Catalog in the folder you selected. The producer represents a connection instance to the remote site you have just defined. For information on what should do next after creating a producer instance, see Configuring Producer Instances on Your Consumer Portal.

For information on how to test the connection to the producer, see Testing the Connection to a Producer.