Workset: System Administration
The System Administration workset provides administrators with tools to configure, maintain, and support the portal, its services, and system landscape.

This topic does not describe other tools, assigned to the System Admin role, which are installed with other portal add-on capabilities, such knowledge management and collaboration.
By default, the System Administration workset is integrated into the System Admin role (see Administration Roles).
ID (source object): portal_content/com.sap.pct/administrator/system_admin/worksets/com.sap.portal.system_admin_ws
The workset contains the following subordinate worksets (which contain various pages and Views):
Workset |
Description |
Transport |
Provides the tools and services for importing and exporting content in transport packages, uploading content and actions using an XML script, uploading roles from ABAP-based systems, and content mirroring. This workset contains the following content: · Transport Packages (see Transport of Content Objects) ¡ Export ¡ Import ● XML Content and Actions (see XML Content and Actions) ○ Export ○ Import ● Role Upload (see Upload of Roles from ABAP-Based Systems) ● Content Mirroring (see Content Mirroring) |
Monitoring |
This workset contains the following content: ● Object Locking (see Object Locking) |
Permissions |
Provides services for defining portal permissions and SAP authorizations. This workset contains the following page and iView: ● Portal Permissions (see Portal Permissions) ● SAP Authorizations (see Role and User Distribution to the SAP System) |
System Configuration |
Provides configuration tools for user management, system landscape, services, portal licenses, and Web Dynpro. This workset contains the following content: ● System Landscape (see System Landscape) ● System Landscape Overview (see System Landscape Overview) ● UM Configuration (see User Management Configuration) ● Web Dynpro Console (see Web Dynpro Console) |
Portal Display |
Provides the services for editing portal themes, defining rules for portal desktops through user and role assignments, generating ITS themes, and access to the theme archive. This workset contains the following content: ● Theme Editor ● Theme Archive ● Desktops & Display Rules ● ITS Theme Generator For more information, see Portal Display. |
Support |
Provides information on your system, which you may need to give to a customer support person, in case you require assistance. Also offers access to various configuration, testing, and browsing tools. This workset contains the following content: ● Support Desk ● Web Dynpro Test Tools |
Federated Portal |
Provides tools for administering and managing consumer and producer portals in a federated portal network. This workset contains the following items: ● Myself as Content Consumer
Not available in an SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment installation. ● Myself as Content Producer |
Navigation |
Provides configuration tools for enhancing the runtime navigation experience in the portal. This workset contains the following iViews: ● Navigation Cache (see Caching Navigation Nodes) ● Short URLs (see Navigation with Short URLs) |
See also: System Administration