How To Install Business Package In Sap Portal 7.3
You may be wondering why this article, since there are tutorials already available in SAP SDN community about developing a portal application. I tell you, if you are coming from portal application development background with other platforms such as WebSphere, Web logic, SharePoint etc., There is good chance that you will be confused with how and where to start. SAP have made simple things complex and introduced several jargon's and keywords. You may find number of several tutorials discussing about it, but you need to know how to connect all of them together to write your first hello world application. So I made it here. SAP Net Weaver Developer Studio (NWDS) 7.3 SP7. SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3 SP3 and above.
JDK 1.6 or above. You have a good Java/ JavaScript development background.
1 GB RAM (If you are planning to install SAP EP server on you desktop, then you would require 4 GB RAM). You need SAP SDM administrator username/password (this will be the OS username/password used for installation).
Small Business Package
You need SAP EP Portal administrator, username and password. Optinoal portal development experience with any of java portal server or sharepoint.
Create iViews. Create an AJAX Framework page (customize look and feel of your portal) - Alternatively you can create a layout as well. We will discuss thi later.
How To Install Business Package In Sap Portal 7.3 Engine
Deploy your iView application and Framework page to server. Create iViews from your portal components. Create iView from your framework page. Create a framework page from existing 'Ajax Framework Page'. Add framework page iView (create in step 5 above) to the page. Add AFP Resources to the above page.
Create Worksets. Create roles and assign worksets. Create a theme for your portal. Create a Portal Desktop. Modify the Master Rule collection to assign the new portal desktop to user. Toshiba e studio 205 windows 7 driver. Create a user and assign the roles to the user.