Getting Started 
With the portal content modeling tools, you can create a collection of portal content objects that make up the structure of an application. You can also reuse existing application components, created with Visual Composer or other tools, such as Web Dynpro, and embed them in this structure.
The portal content modeling tools are targeted at non-programmer users, such as business process experts or content developers, who have the following skills:
Expertise in the relevant business domain
Knowledge of SAP NetWeaver Portal and its content administration
Familiarity with Visual Composer
The tools significantly improve user experience in the following areas:
Convenience, ease of use and speed compared to the existing portal administration tools
End-to-end implementation and deployment in a single environment
Reuse of existing portal content objects and applications
Packaging and deployment
Lifecycle management, including source control
Prerequisites
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 with Visual Composer and the portal is installed and configured. For detailed information, see Prerequisites and Configuring the Portal for Initial Use.
Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher is installed on the client computer from which you access Visual Composer.
To download and install it, go to http://www.adobe.com.
A portal user account is assigned to the VisualComposerUser, VC Dev Preview and Content Administrator roles.
The portal is configured in Visual Composer as the default runtime.
To do this, choose
Tools 
Options 
, and in the Options pane, expand
the Compile node and choose Portal from the Default runtime drop-down list.Software component dependencies for the portal modeling component EP-MODELING are configured in NWDI.
EP-MODELING component depends on the following components:
ENGFACADE
EP-BASIS
EP-BASIS-API
EP-RUNTIME
J2EE-FRMW
VCFRAMEWORK
More information: Defining Software Component Dependencies
In this Section
Introduces terms and concepts used in portal content modeling
High-Level Architecture and Workflow
Provides an overview of the high-level architecture and the portal content modeling workflow
Getting to Know the Working Environment
Introduces the working environment and its tools
Quick Start Tutorial: Modeling a Simple Portal Application
Walks you through the basic steps needed to model and deploy a simple portal application