Creating an Intrinsic Portlet Web Service
Portlet web services
allow you to specify functional settings for your portlets,
leaving the display settings to be set in each associated portlet. An intrinsic portlet web service references one or more sets of code
that are located on the portal computer.
Before you create an intrinsic portlet web service, you must:
- Install the portlet code on the computer that hosts the portal
- Create a remote server pointing to the computer that hosts the
portlet code (optional, but recommended)
To create an intrinsic portlet web service you must have the
following rights and privileges:
- Access Administration activity right
- Create Web Service Infrastructure activity right
- At least Edit access to the parent folder (the folder that will
store the intrinsic portlet web service)
- At least Select access to the remote server that the intrinsic
portlet web service will use
- Click Administration.
- Open the folder in which you want to store the intrinsic
portlet web service.
- In the Create Object drop-down list,
click Web Service — Intrinsic Portlet.
The Intrinsic Portlet Web Service Editor opens.
- On the Main Settings page, complete
the following task:
- Click the Advanced Settings page
and complete the following task:
- Click the Preferences page and complete
the following task:
- Click the Alternative Browsing Devices page and complete the following task:
- Click the Properties and Names page
and complete the following tasks:
The default security for this intrinsic portlet web service
is based on the security of the parent folder. You can change the
security when you save this intrinsic portlet web service (on the Security tab page in the Save As dialog box), or by editing
this intrinsic portlet web service (on the Security page of the Intrinsic Portlet Web Service Editor).
Portal
administrators with at least Select access to this intrinsic portlet
web service can create portlets or portlet templates based on the
web service.
