Content Model Management

New

The portal system administrator can use this new feature to facilitate content management by grouping object properties into specific categories. Presently, the administrator can group properties into a Basic category, which contains the required properties for defining the object. Subsequently, when the user opens the Properties editor for a portal object, the interface displays a Basic tab of properties by default and an All tab containing the standard, complete Properties editor.

For more information, see Managing the Content Model and Editing Object Properties.

Testing Role Connectivity

New

The back-end connections of the contents of roles can be tested.

For more information, see Checking Role Connectivity.

Using Unassigned System Aliases

New

The system landscape allows the reuse of unassigned system aliases, such as an alias whose system was deleted.

For more information, see System Landscape Overview and Managing System Aliases.

System Delete Options

New

The system landscape overview allows three delete options: system only, system alias only, and system with all its aliases.

For more information, see System Landscape Overview.

Transport – Access from Content Administration

New

Access to transport packages for editing and exporting is also available from Content Administration, as well as from System Administration.

Transport – Context Menu Access to Configuration Tasks

New

Access to all transport package configuration tasks, as well as export, is available in the context menu in the Portal Catalog.

For more information, see Adding Content to a Transport Package.

Transport – Folder Synchronization

New

Folders can be added to transport packages as synchronized folders so that changes to content in the Portal Catalog are automatically reflected by the content in the package.

For more information, see Adding Content to a Transport Package.

Quick Export

New

A quick export capability now skips the intermediate steps of the export wizard and goes directly to the Summary step.

For more information, see Exporting a Transport Package.

Assigning Aliases in the System Landscape Overview

Enhanced

The system landscape overview enables the assigning of system aliases to systems and systems to system aliases.

For more information, see System Landscape Overview.

New System Wizard

Enhanced

The wizard for creating a new system encompasses the additions of system aliases, configuration of system properties, and checking the back-end connection of the system.

For more information, see Creating Systems.

System – Connection Tests

Enhanced

The connection test tool is called the Quick System Connection Test. It includes the ability to return a detailed exception if a connection test fails.

For more information, see Checking System Connections.

Theme Integrity Test

Deleted

The theme integrity test has been removed from the Portal Display area.

Role Uploader

Deleted

This functionality has been removed. It has been replaced by the Upload Role from Back-End function in Content Administration (see following table).

Support for SAP Business Suite Role Structure

New

To support the structure of roles imported to the portal from the SAP Business Suite, certain content-management functions have been added and others enhanced or changed. The content of this type of role is designed and ordered according to the strict layout and hierarchy defined in the SAP NetWeaver Standards and Guidelines for Pattern-Based User Interfaces. In SAP NetWeaver Portal, roles created according to the SAP NetWeaver guidelines for user interfaces are called workcenter roles. All content of these workcenter roles is created and edited directly within a new Workcenter Role editor in the portal. Pages and iViews from one workcenter role can be reused in other roles as well. Standard portal-based roles are now called freestyle roles.

For more information, see Understanding Workcenter Roles and What Are Workcenter Roles and Freestyle Roles?.

Detailed View Tile

New

The Detailed View tile in the navigation panel displays a tree structure of the contents of the object selected in the Portal Catalog, including views and services used in workcenter roles. You can use the Detailed View to:

For more information, see Using the Detailed View.

Copy URL

New

This feature enables the administrator to retrieve the URL of an object for subsequent use in a different portal that integrates portal content. It is available in the context menu of objects in the Detailed View tile.

For more information, see Managing Objects in the Portal Catalog.

Upload Role from Package

New

The content administrator can now directly upload roles from SAP Business Suite packages previously downloaded to the portal, using the  New Role Role from Package option in the context menu of the target folder in the Portal Catalog. The tool displays a list of available roles by business package, by role name, or by current use in the Portal Catalog. When the selected role is uploaded, it is added directly to the selected folder in the Portal Catalog.

For more information, see Uploading Roles from Packages.

Upload Role from Back-End System

New

The content administrator can now choose to upload roles directly from ABAP systems using the  New Role Role from Back End option in the context menu of the target folder in the Portal Catalog. The Role Upload wizard allows the administrator to search for the role in the selected back-end system, and then upload the role with its contents directly into the folder from which the upload was initiated.

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

Workcenter Role Editor

New

The Workcenter Role editor has been designed especially to add new content and edit existing content of workcenter roles, according to the specific structure and layout defined for this type of role.

The editor itself is designed to reflect the standard structure of an SAP Business Suite role, including:

Like the Freestyle Role editor, the administrator can add content from the Portal Catalog and from the Detailed View tile, and can open each object in the role for editing.

For more information, see Adding and Editing Content in Workcenter Roles.

Object Creation Wizards

Enhanced

The object-creation wizards have been upgraded with the following improvements:

Page Editor

Enhanced

The administrator can now create new iViews directly from the Page editor.

For more information, see Adding Content to a Page.

Properties Editor

Enhanced

The following enhancements have been added to the Properties editor:

For more information, see Editing Object Properties.

Desktop Title Property

Enhanced

A new property, Desktop Title, has been added to the Classic Framework Page. Until now, the browser caption read SAP NetWeaver Portal for all portal desktops.

You can now configure the browser caption so that it contains a different title depending on the portal desktop in use.

For more information, see Classic Framework Page.

Management of Objects in GPAL Repositories

Enhanced

Using the context menus of the objects within the GPAL repositories, the administrator can now add content directly to pages and roles. This replaces the previous two-step method of first copying the objects and then pasting them into the Portal Content Directory.

For more information, see Working with GPAL Repositories.

Portlet Applications Repository

Enhanced

The Portlet Applications repository now supports the JSR–286 standard, with backward compatibility with the previous JSR-168 standard.

Web Dynpro Applications Repository

Changed

The name of the repository has been changed to Web Dynpro Java Applications.

Context Menus in the Portal Catalog

Changed

The options of the context menus for the objects in the Portal Catalog have been regrouped and, in a number of cases, renamed to accommodate the support for workcenter roles and new features that have been added to the portal.

For more information, see Managing Objects in the Portal Catalog.

Freestyle Role Editor

Changed

The Freestyle Role editor has undergone a number of changes, including:

For more information, see Maintaining Roles and Worksets.

Web Target iViews

Deleted

The Web Target iView template is no longer available.

User Authorization Reports

New

The portal user administrator can use this new feature to generate reports for ensuring that the proper back-end authorizations have been assigned for using the portal applications. The following User Authorization reports are available:

For more information, see Generating User Authorization Reports.

Filtering Entry Points

New

In previous versions, all of a portal user’s entry points were displayed in top-level navigation, regardless of the desktop that was used to display the portal.

You can now filter entry points so that only certain entry points are displayed in a given desktop. This applies only to roles, worksets, and folders in this version.

If you are using the Ajax Framework Page, portal users can access the defined navigation sets from the View menu in the header area.

For more information, see Filtering Entry Points.

Configuring Levels of Top-Level Navigation

Changed

In previous versions, to set the number of levels that appear in top-level navigation, administrators needed to set three separate properties – one each on the Top-Level Navigation iView, the Detailed Navigation iView, and the Content Area iView. A new property, Number of Levels in Top-Level Navigation, has been added to the Classic Framework Page whereby you can determine the number of levels in top-level navigation in a single step. The old properties remain, but are overridden if the Number of Levels in Top-Level Navigation property is set.

For more information, see Configuring Levels of Top-Level Navigation.

Headerless Framework Page

Changed

In previous versions, the Headerless Framework Page was hidden and could not be edited or configured from within the portal administration environment. You can now access the Headerless Framework Page from within the Classic Framework Page and the Ajax Headerless Framework Page from within the Ajax Framework Page.

For more information, see Headerless Navigation.

Detailed Navigation Property

Changed

The Open Folder When Launched property in the Detailed Navigation iView of the Classic Framework Page determines whether selecting an item in top-level navigation automatically opens a folder if it is the first item in detailed navigation.

The Open Folder When Launched property has been renamed to Expand First Item in Detailed Navigation.

Automatic PCD Notification

New

Changes to OBN-related objects in the portal content directory (PCD) automatically clear the OBN cache.

For more information, see Activating the OBN Cache.

Activating the Portal Runtime Cache

Enhanced

Information has been added about using cache properties to activate the portal runtime cache for specific pages and iViews.

For more information, see Activating and Clearing the Portal Runtime Cache.

Caching Documentation

Enhanced

All documentation topics related to caching have now been restructured and gathered under a single node – Configuring Caching – in SAP Help Portal. This includes documentation about application caching, navigation caching, the object-based navigation cache, and the portal runtime cache.

For more information, see Configuring Caching.

Portal Monitors

New

A number of monitors are available for monitoring different aspects of the portal, including the PCD database, PCD cache, and OBN cache. These monitors are located in the Monitor Browser in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

For more information, see Activating and Viewing Portal Monitors in SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

Supportability Documentation

Enhanced

All documentation topics related to supportability issues have now been restructured and gathered under a single node (Supportability) in Help Portal. This includes documentation about monitoring, reporting, logging and tracing, and troubleshooting.

For more information, see Supportability.

Request Support iView

Deleted

The Request Support iView is no longer supported.

Ajax Framework Page

New

Portal framework pages define the structure and layout of a portal desktop, providing all the necessary components for users to navigate and operate the portal, and to facilitate the integration of applications in the portal desktop. SAP NetWeaver Portal now provides an additional framework page with JavaScript libraries, which leverage standard and non-proprietary Ajax technology. The Ajax Framework Page offers the SAP Signature Design theme (an SAP visual design that offers a harmonized interface for SAP's diverse software products) as the default look and feel for the portal.

The underlying Ajax technology, together with enhanced client-side caching, ensures that most of the portal page functionality is moved to the client side at runtime and that asynchronous data transfer takes place between the server and the client. The result is a significant improvement in usability of the portal through reduced server load and a flicker-free portal experience. These improvements apply specifically to the navigation areas.

The Ajax Framework Page is the default framework page for all new SAP NetWeaver Portal installations. If you are upgrading from a previous version, the Classic Framework Page remains the default framework page.

For more information, see Ajax Framework Page.

The administration documentation has been updated to reflect the fact that the Ajax Framework Page is now the default framework page for new installations.

Dynamic Overview Pages

New

A new dynamic Overview page is now delivered with the many of the functions in portal administrative roles, such as Transport and System Configuration in System Administration, and Portal Content Management and Portal Content Translation in Content Administration. The relevant administrator can fully customize the links for each source Overview page, as a default page for each function. Administrators can then personalize any of the Overview pages relevant to their own tasks, by defining and describing the links that they need for their own work, and organizing them into categories.

For more information, see Customizing the Overview Page.

My Objects Tile

New

The My Objects tile in the navigation panel lets you manage the content in the Portal Catalog by defining a selected set of your most frequently-used objects. When you add an object to the My Objects list, you create a shortcut to the source object, giving you direct access to it without requiring subsequent searches. With each object in the My Objects list, you can perform the same actions as you would using the Portal Catalog context menus.

The My Objects option is available in areas of the portal where the Portal Catalog is used. In each instance, the portal objects that are available in both the Portal Catalog and My Objects list are filtered according to the administrative task.

For more information, see Using My Objects.

Copy ID

New

This feature enables the administrator to copy the PCD ID of an object to the clipboard. It is available in the context menu of objects in the Portal Catalog, the My Objects tile, and the Detailed View tile (in Content Administration) For more information, see Managing Objects in the Portal Catalog.

PortalAlias Cookie: Security Update

Enhanced

By default, the PortalAlias cookie is sent to users using a non-secure protocol. You can now set the PortalAlias cookie to be delivered using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL.

You configure this in the following Web module (application) and portal service in SAP NetWeaver Administrator:

Portal Administration Documentation

Enhanced

The portal administration documentation has been restructured and streamlined and now focuses on user and administration tasks.

For more information, see Managing the Portal.

Initial Configuration Documentation

Enhanced

The initial configuration documentation has been enhanced and updated.

The initial configuration of the portal includes the tasks you typically need to perform for the portal immediately following the installation, and up to, but not including, the creation of content for your portal.

For more information, see Configuring the Portal for Initial Use.

Quick Info Tile

Deleted

The Quick Info tile in the navigation panel has been removed; its functionality is replaced by the Copy ID and Copy URL options.