Running an Enterprise Portal

This IT scenario provides all members of a company's value chain-employees, customers, partners, and suppliers-with uniform, role-based, and secure access to their day-to-day work and information resources through a Web-based portal interface. These resources include SAPapplications, third-party applications, databases, data warehouses, desktop documents, Web content, and services. The portal makes it possible to search internal and external sources, and to access both structured and unstructured information from any geographical location throughout the organization.

Using the role-based user interface of SAPNetWeaver Portal, a company can use modular building blocks to dynamically structure its business processes and deliver business content tailored to the needs of specific user groups. SAPcustomers can speed up their portal implementation by leveraging a wide range of predefined role-specific business packages suitable for a variety of industries and user roles.

The security features integrated into the portal include authentication, single sign-on (SSO), and authorization capabilities. Business users only require a standard browser on their desktop, without the need for additional software components.

Required or Optional Installable Units

To use this IT scenario you require the following installable units:

System with activated usage types:

Application Server Java (AS-Java)
EP Core (EPC)
Developer Infrastructure (DI)
Note
- Usage type DI is required only if you intend to develop your own applications and content for the portal.
- You can install usage type DI either in the EPC system or in a separate system. If you choose the latter option, you will have one system with usage types AS-Java and EPC, and a second system with usage types AS-Java and DI.

Standalone engines:

No standalone engines are required

For more information about the required system landscape, see the Master Guide at service.sap.com/instguidesnw70 .

Integration with Other IT Scenarios

This IT scenario serves as a basis for the following IT scenarios or their variants:

Enterprise Knowledge Management
Enabling User Collaboration
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications
Business Planning and Analytical Services
Business Task Management
Integrated User and Access Management

Scenario Variants

This scenario consists of the following scenario variants:

Variant	Description
Providing Uniform Content Access	Lets organizations develop, configure, and operate a knowledge-based, Web-like user interface that provides their users with a consistent environment and single point of access to content they need to perform their daily tasks.
Implementing a Federated Portal Network	Lets organizations configure and operate a network of enterprise portals. The federated portal approach makes it possible for organizations to share content among portals and to create a single virtual-content pool. SAP NetWeaver Portal supports the WSRP standard, thus enabling the portal network to also integrate content from WSRP-compliant portals of other vendors.
Implementing an External-Facing Portal	Lets organizations implement public Web portals that perform well in low-bandwidth networks and offer a familiar Web experience for anonymous users, as well as create Web portals that provide business partners, employees, and other registered users with a Web portal that fully supports SAP application functionality

Variant

Description

Providing Uniform Content Access

Lets organizations develop, configure, and operate a knowledge-based, Web-like user interface that provides their users with a consistent environment and single point of access to content they need to perform their daily tasks.

Implementing a Federated Portal Network

Lets organizations configure and operate a network of enterprise portals. The federated portal approach makes it possible for organizations to share content among portals and to create a single virtual-content pool.

SAP NetWeaver Portal supports the WSRP standard, thus enabling the portal network to also integrate content from WSRP-compliant portals of other vendors.

Implementing an External-Facing Portal

Lets organizations implement public Web portals that perform well in low-bandwidth networks and offer a familiar Web experience for anonymous users, as well as create Web portals that provide business partners, employees, and other registered users with a Web portal that fully supports SAP application functionality

Related Information

The following role-specific guides contain further information about this IT scenario:

Task	Documentation Reference
Planning (Installation)	Master Guide - SAP NetWeaver: SAP Service Marketplace at `service.sap.com/instguidesnw70` → Installation
Planning (Upgrade)	Master Guide - SAP NetWeaver: SAP Service Marketplace at `service.sap.com/instguidesnw70` → Upgrade
Installation and Upgrade	Technology Consultant's Guide
Configuration	SAP Solution Manager or SAP NetWeaver Technology Consultant's Guide: Running an Enterprise Portal
Getting Started	Getting Started - Using SAP Software: Portal
Administration	SAP NetWeaver Technical Operations Manual (TOM): Running an Enterprise Portal
Security	SAP NetWeaver Security Guide: Running an Enterprise Portal: Security Aspects
Development	SAP NetWeaver Developer's Guide: Running an Enterprise Portal