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Use

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer provides a development environment for rapidly creating and adapting model-based transactional and analytical applications. It can be used by a range of users - from business analysts to experienced developers - to create enterprise applications using standardized components that meet SAP standards and quality criteria. As the organization's business objectives evolve, these applications can be subsequently customized and continuously changed using Visual Composer.

Visual Composer is delivered and installed as an integral part of the EP usage type that is part of SAP NetWeaver 7.0. The Visual Composer client accesses Visual Composer Storyboard through a web browser with network access to the Visual Composer server.

Also included in the Visual Composer installation - as part of the EP usage type - is the Adobe Flex service used to compile applications modeled in Visual Composer to Flash .swf files, for deployment to the portal. The Flex server must be installed on every J2EE server that will be used to compile and deploy applications modeled with Visual Composer.

Overview of the Installation and Configuration Process

  1. Check that your system meets all the prerequisites outlined in the SAP NetWeaver Master Guide for the EP usage type. You can find the guide at SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/inst allnw70 Start of the navigation path Master Guide End of the navigation path (in the Planning section at the top). Section 4 of the guide describes the prerequisites and implementation sequence needed for EP.

  2. Check section 2 of this installation and configuration guide, Prerequisites , which outlines the general prerequisites for installing Visual Composer.

  3. Perform the installation, following the instructions in section 3, Installing the EP Usage Type.

  4. Access the installed portal and:

    1. Create the systems you need for application modeling. See Defining Portal Systems and Aliases .

    2. Define the access permissions for each security zone relevant to Visual Composer, and assign permissions to the relevant content. See Configuring Permissions .

    3. To configure an alert data service in Visual Composer Storyboard, see Configuring Universal Worklist Connectivity .

    4. Optionally, configure general Storyboard parameters in Visual Administrator. See Configuring Optional Properties in the Visual Administrator .

Note

Be sure to read SAP Note 1169887 for the latest information about limitations, known issues, and workarounds for SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer.

You can find the SAP Note at SAP Service Marketplace: http://service.sap.com/notes .