Developer's Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Applications

1 Introduction 15
1.1 Structure of the Book 19
1.2 Target Audience and Aim of the Book 21

2 Installation and Basic Setup 23
2.1 Preparation 23
2.2 Installation 26
2.3 Basic Maintenance Functions 32
2.4 Setting Up the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio 43
2.5 Deployment Tools for the Portal 45
2.6 SAP Communities and Online Help 53

3 Portal Content 59
3.1 Basic Structure of the Supplier Portal 60
3.2 Content Elements 63
3.3 iViews 78
3.4 Permissions 107
3.5 Translations 111
3.6 Linked Menu Trees 115
3.7 Systems 119

4 User Administration 127
4.1 Users 129
4.2 Roles 132
4.3 Groups 134
4.4 Users (Import and Export) 137
4.5 Companies 140

5 Single Sign-On 145
5.1 User Mapping 146
5.2 SAP Logon Ticket (MYSAPSSO2 Cookie) 149
5.3 SAP Certificate 155
5.4 SAP ECC Target System 156
5.5 Portal-to-Portal Connection 160
5.6 Third-Party Systems 165

6 External Facing Portal 169
6.1 Themes 170
6.2 Framework 176
6.3 Desktop 183
6.4 Main Rule 184
6.5 Short URLs and Quick Links 187

7 Web Page Composer 191
7.1 Role Assignment 192
7.2 Web Content 194
7.3 Permissions and Details 199
7.4 Web Page 203
7.5 WPC Navigation 208
7.6 Integrating a Web Page into Portal Navigation 218
7.7 WPC Permissions (Security Zones/UME Actions) 223

8 System Administration 229
8.1 User Management Engine 229
8.2 LDAP Connection and SAP User Administration 236
8.3 URL Encoding 238

9 Transport 241
9.1 Content 242
9.2 Main Rule, System Alias, and Quick Link 247
9.3 Themes 248
9.4 Users, Groups, and Roles 249

10 Developing and Customizing Design Components 255
10.1 Overview 255
10.2 Basics 260
10.3 Customizing the Login Page 264
10.4 Creating a Site Map 297
10.5 Creating the Light Framework 321
10.6 Customizing the Header Area 324
10.7 Summary 346

11 Developing and Implementing Application Components 351
11.1 Building Applications WithinSAP NetWeaver 352
11.2 Creating a Sample Model 357
11.3 Developing a Web Dynpro Application 383
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Marcus Banner has worked on SAP implementations and projects for approximately 10 years. Today he oversees the implementation control and coordination of 14 developers at ITELLIUM Systems and Services. His first experience working with SAP NetWeaver occurred during the ramp-up phase of the first version at KarstadtQuelle AG. Since then, he has expanded his knowledge to include the components SAP NetWeaver XI 3.0, SAP EP 6.0, and SAP Web AS 6.40 while working on numerous projects as a consultant and project manager.