Integrating Applications in the Work Center Infrastructure

The URL Framework provides an overview of URLs used in SAP Solution Manager. It provides an interface which allows you to integrate custom applications in SAP Solution Manager work centers. You can do the following:

Create a URL of the application
Integrate the application in one of the following SAP Solution Manager work centers:
- Root Cause Analysis
- SAP Solution Manager Administration
- Technical Administration
- System & Application Monitoring
Edit existing URL
Rearrange existing applications in the work centers

Prerequisites

You have developed an application which you want to make accessible. The application is installed on the SAP Solution Manager system or on a managed system.

Procedure

Create URL for the application

Start the Launchpad, and in the group SAP Solution Manager Administration, choose the tile Templates - Root Cause Analysis.
Note
The tile Templates - Root Cause Analysis is not in the home page by default; to add it, proceed as follows:
1. Choose the button Personalize Home Page.
2. Add a new tile in the group SAP Solution Manager Administration by choosing the "+" button. The Tile Catalog is displayed.
3. Navigate to the group SAP Solution Manager Administration, and for the tile Templates - Root Cause Analysis, choose the button Add tile to group.
4. Leave the tile catalog by choosing the button Back, and choose the button Exit Action Mode.
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Choose the URL Framework tab page.
On the Applications tab page, choose Create.
A dialog box appears.
Enter data as required.
Select the application type and choose OK.
Choose OK.
A logical representation of the application is created.
In the Properties screen area, under URL, enter the following data:
1. In the URL Type field, select the URL type and choose OK.
2. In the URL Path field, enter the absolute path to indicate where the application is installed on the server.
  The absolute path contains the top directory, sub directories, and file name. Example: /sap/diagls_landscape_browser_app.
3. In the Cardinality field, define whether the application is able to handle several objects or not.
To see the generated URL, if the application is installed on a managed system, you have to specify the system context. The context is provided by the work center framework when the URL Framework is started.
- To specify a managed system, do the following:
  1. Expand the Managed System Context screen area.
  2. Select the technical system or instance on which the application is installed.
- To check the values of dynamic parameters, specify a managed system for dynamic parameters:
  1. Expand the Dynamic Parameters Context screen area.
  2. Select the technical scenario, system, host or instance on which the application is installed.
Optional: You can create static and dynamic parameters, which are directly related to the Landscape API and which depend on the selected work center context.

Example
The application needs to have the extended system ID and the installation number of the selected technical system in the work center context. You create the dynamic values T_SYSTEM_LONG_SID and T_SYSTEM_INSTALL_NUMBER. At runtime these values are interpreted by the Landscape API, to provide the right value.

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1. Choose the Parameters link.
2. Choose Add.
3. Enter the name of the parameter.
4. In the Parameter Details field, enter a static value or select a dynamic value.
Save your entries.
In the Link field, a link is automatically generated and can be tested..

Integrate the application in a SAP Solution Manager work center

Choose the Groups tab page.
In the Groups hierarchy, select the view and group into which the application is to be integrated.

Note
Under a View, only the application type Web Dynpro embedded (WD_EMB) is allowed. Under a POWL or Group both application types are allowed.

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Select the Applications node.
In the context menu, select Add Application.
A dialog box appears.
Select the application.
Choose OK.