Introduction

Oracle WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration brings collaborative functionality to an Enterprise portal. The portlets allow you to work with information stored on a Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino server. This is the information that you typically access with a Microsoft Outlook or a Lotus Notes client. Similar to these clients, WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration enables you to read email, send messages, organize contacts, schedule appointments, add tasks and more.

WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration gives you access to the following functionality in Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino:

Feature	Description
Mail	Performs email functions such as sending and receiving email messages.
Calendar	Allows scheduling of appointments and meetings.
Contacts	Enables personal address book management.
Tasks	Provides personal task list management.

Feature Overview

WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration sets a new standard for enterprise-level integration of Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks with Oracle WebLogic Portal, and provides features and enhancements for three portal audiences:

For Portal Developers

Flexible development environment with a Model View-Controller architecture based on Page Flows and Oracle Workshop for WebLogic Platform
Quickly deploy and configure portlets with GUI/Page Flow Control
Easier third party single sign-on integration

For Portal Administrators

Single configurable portlet increases portal flexibility
Logging enables tracking of portlet execution
Diagnostic portlets streamline troubleshooting and diagnosing groupware connectivity

For Portal End-Users

Enhanced user interface with additional features such as spell check and rich-text formatting
Access and manage multiple Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino accounts
Internationalization and localization for English, Japanese, German, and French

How to Use WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration

The Groupware Portlets allow you to access your email, appointments, contacts and tasks in either a single portlet instance or from multiple portlet instances. Your Portal Administrator will determine how many portlets you will use.

Once you, or your Portal Administrator, have set up your Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino account in the portal, you can access all the features and personalize the portlets to meet your specific needs.

Single Portlet Instance

In the single portlet instance, the first view you will see is the Home Summary view. From this screen you can get summary information for your calendar, tasks and mail messages. In this view the small “home” icon is highlighted at the bottom of the portlet.

You can scroll through the other portlets by clicking on the appropriate icon to the right of the home icon. There are six, one for home, mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and options. Each one is highlighted when you are in that view. To maximize any portlet and access the full array of features, click on any item inside the summary view of the portlet, or the appropriate arrow icon to the left of each view.

Multiple Portlet Instances

With multiple portlet instances, there will be summary and maximized views for Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks. You will be able to personalize each portlet from inside the maximized view.

There are home, or miniature, views of each portlet which provide overview information. You also have the option of including a Summary view which encapsulates recent information contained in your calendar, mail inbox and task list. From this view you can see a week's worth of appointments, how many unread messages are in your mail in-box and what tasks are due or over due.

Clicking on any of the links inside any home view will maximize that particular portlet and allow you to manage that piece of information.

User’s Guide