Workflow: WSRP Application Sharing

Purpose

This topic describes the basic activities that must be performed by administrators on a producer and consumer portal to expose and consume WSRP-based applications.

For more information about this content usage mode, see 'WSRP Application Sharing' Mode.

Typically you use the content usage mode to share applications between a NetWeaver portal and a non-SAP portal. Technically, you can use it share content between NetWeaver portals; however, the remote role assignment and remote delta link modes are preferred (see 'Remote Role Assignment' Mode and 'Remote Delta Link' Mode).

Prerequisites

See Prerequisites.

Process Flow

The following workflows describe the sequence of basic activities performed by administrators in the following scenarios:

●      A NetWeaver producer portal exposing its WSRP-compliant iViews to a:

○       non-SAP consumer portal

○       NetWeaver consumer portal

●      A NetWeaver consumer portal consuming:

○       WSRP portlets exposed by a non-SAP producer portal

○       iViews exposed by a NetWeaver producer portal

If you connecting your SAP NetWeaver 7.1 portal with either a SAP NetWeaver 7.0 consumer or producer portal, do not use the respective documentation links provided below. Instead, refer to the corresponding topics in the SAPNetWeaver 7.0 documentation set. You can find the complete documentation set for implementing a federated portal network in a SAP NetWeaver 7.0 environment at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/5b/9f2d4293825333e10000000a155106/frameset.htm. To view documentation for the SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 release, change saphelp_nw70 in the aforementioned URL to saphelp_nw70ehp1.

For information about the activities performed by a non-SAP consumer or producer, refer to the documentation provided by the portal vendor.

Workflow for NetWeaver Producers

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       1.      Configure your user repository.

       2.      Configure your proxy settings.

       3.      Set your root PCD folder for WSRP-based content requests (for non-SAP consumers only).

       4.      Depending if the consumer is NetWeaver or non-SAP do one of the following:

                            a.      Create a registration user and password for the consumer (for non-SAP consumers only).

A non-SAP consumer can now register with your portal; however you may want to first assign access permissions to your content before providing the consumer with the relevant logon information.

                            b.      Configure your registration password (for NetWeaver consumers only).

A NetWeaver consumer can now register with your portal.

       5.      Set permissions to local folders and WSRP-compliant iViews and configure necessary iView properties:

○       Set permissions and configure properties for non-SAP consumers 

○       Set permissions and configure properties for NetWeaver consumers   

A non-SAP or NetWeaver consumer can now integrate your exposed iViews as local WSRP portlets or NetWeaver iViews, respectively.

Workflow for NetWeaver Consumers

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       1.      Configure your user repository.

       2.      Configure your proxy settings.

       3.      Add a non-SAP or NetWeaver producer.

       4.      Check the producer alias.

       5.      Test the connection to the producer.

       6.      Register your consumer portal.

       7.      Assign administrator permissions (to the producer object).

       8.      Create proxy-to-portlet iViews.

       9.      Assign proxy-to-portlet iViews to self-created pages and roles.

   10.      Assign self-created roles to users and groups.

   11.      Assign end-user permission to producer object and local content.