PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 9.1 PeopleBook: Using Portal Features

Understanding PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal-Delivered Pagelets

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal-delivered pagelets and discusses:

Common elements used in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal pagelets.
Homepage pagelets.
Workspace pagelets.
Template Pagelets.

Understanding PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal-Delivered Pagelets

The PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal pagelets discussed in this chapter can be classified into one of the following pagelet types:

Homepage pagelets

Homepage pagelets are primarily selected and laid out by the user and appear on the user's homepage.

Users can configure their portal homepages with three narrow columns or one narrow and one wide column. Some pagelets have both a narrow and a wide version, each with its own object name. When this documentation provides two object names for a pagelet, the first one refers to the narrow version.
Workspace pagelets

Workspace pagelets are determined by the workspace template and can be configured by a workspace administrator.

Workspace administrators can configure workspace homepages with three narrow columns or one narrow and one wide column.
Template pagelets

Template pagelets are configured by a portal administrator and appear in the menu frame on the right side of a destination target page.

Oracle provides a table for each of these pagelet types that provides the following information about the pagelets:

The pagelet name.
A pagelet description.
The functional role of the person who would typically use the pagelet.
The pagelet’s enabling feature.

Note. The enabling feature provides the data that appears on the pagelet. If you do not implement the enabling feature, the pagelet does not work as designed.

Common Elements Used in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Pagelets

	Click the Minimize button in the pagelet title bar to minimize the pagelet area.
	Click the Expand button in the pagelet title bar to expand the pagelet area.
	The Customize button displays in the pagelet title bar of a pagelet that supports personalization. Click the Customize button to access a personalization page for the pagelet. Note. The personalization option for default pagelets does not appear until you click the Content or Layout link on homepage to personalize the tab on which the pagelet resides.
	Click the Refresh button in the pagelet title bar to refresh the data displayed on the pagelet.
	Click the Remove button in the pagelet title bar to remove the pagelet from the homepage.
	Click the Help button in the pagelet title bar to view the PeopleBooks help associated with this pagelet.

Homepage Pagelets

The following table lists the homepage pagelets delivered with PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal:

Pagelet Name	Description	Enabling Feature	Delivered Permission List
Blogs	Displays user-selected blogs with most recent posts and comments. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Blogs Pagelet.	See Working With the Blogs Pagelet.
Branding Center	Provides a navigational guide to configure and use the Branding features. Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables. See Navigating in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Branding.	Branding See Understanding PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Branding.	PAPP5000 PAPP5100 PAPP5150 PAPP5160 PAPP5180 PAPP9000
Calendar Events	Enables employees to access calendar information without leaving the portal. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Calendar Events Pagelet.	Calendar integration See Setting Up Integration with Third-Party Email and Calendar Systems.	PAPP1300 PAPP9000
Company Promotions	Enables you to promote transactions so that users can link to specific transactions or URLs in your system. This pagelet can be personalized. Appropriate for guests. See Working with the Company Promotions Pagelet.	Company Promotions See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.	PAPP1110 PAPP9000
Content Manager Center	Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Content Management features. Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.	Content Management See Understanding the Content Management System.	PAPP2010 PAPP2020 PAPP2025 PAPP2045 PAPP2050 PAPP2070 PAPP2080 PAPP9000
Context Manager Center	Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Context Manager features. Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables. See Working With the Context Manager Center Pagelet.	Context Manager See Context Manager.	PAPP4300 PAPP4350 PAPP4600 PAPP4680 PAPP4700 PAPP4710 PAPP4855 PAPP9000
Demo	Provides example code for creating a simple component-based pagelet.	Not applicable.	PAPP9999 PAPP9000
Discussion Forums	Displays user-selected discussion forums with most recent topics and replies. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Discussion Forums Pagelet.	Discussion Forums See Using the Discussions Module.	PAPP4800 PAPP9000
Email	Enables employees to access email without leaving the portal. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Email Pagelet.	Email integration See Setting Up Integration with Third-Party Email and Calendar Systems.	PAPP1300 PAPP9000
Feed Reader	Provides access to feed headlines and articles directly from the PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.	Web proxy server See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: Integration Broker Administration, “Using Listening Connectors and Target Connectors,” Working With the HTTP Connectors, Running Integration Gateways Behind Proxy Servers.	PAPP1000 PAPP9000
Language Selection	Allows you to change the displayed language without having to access the language options on the sign-in page. This pagelet is useful for guest users, who may never see the sign-in page, as well as for users who are already logged into the database. Appropriate for guests. See Working With the Language Selection Pagelet.	No special setup is required. All languages enabled for the application database are available for selection. The pagelet can be extended to support any languages as long as the translated data is available. See Extending the Language Selection Pagelet.	PAPP0000 PAPP9000
My Feeds	Allows you to view a list of feeds published within PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal to which you have access. See Working With the My Feeds Pagelet.	Feed publishing must be enabled and feeds published within the system. See Publishing PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Content as a Feed.	PAPP0002 PAPP9000
My Managed Content	Provides one-click access to your favorite Managed Content folders, as well as content status summaries and counts of the number of items in each status. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the My Managed Content Pagelet.	Managed Content See Setting Up and Working With Managed Content.	PAPP1140 PAPP9000
My News Content	Serves as an inbox for news content users, managers, and publishers providing them visibility and quick access to articles requiring their attention. See Working with the My News Content Pagelet.	News Publications See Setting Up and Working With News Publications.	PAPP1150 PAPP9000
My Workspaces	Provides access to the collaborative workspaces to which you belong. See Working With the My Workspaces Pagelet.	Collaborative Workspaces See Working in Collaborative Workspaces.	PAPP5300
News publication (pagelet name is defined by the pagelet publisher) The Company News pagelet delivered with PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal is an example of a news publication pagelet.	You can set up multiple internal news publication pagelets targeted at different audiences. The pagelet presents links to articles and displays top story summaries and images. This pagelet can be personalized. Appropriate for guests. See Viewing a News Publication in a Pagelet.	News Publications See Setting Up and Working With News Publications.	PAPP1100
Pagelet Wizard-generated pagelets	Pagelet Wizard allows you to create and register a pagelet integrating and transforming data from a wide variety of data sources, both internal and external to PeopleSoft applications. Pagelets created using Pagelet Wizard may be configured to include personalization options. May be appropriate for guests.	Pagelet Wizard See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technology, “Using Pagelet Wizard.”	Pagelet Wizard enables you to create a pagelet with security definitions.
Promotions by Role	Enables promotion managers to quickly verify which promotions are currently appearing for a particular portal viewer role. There is no stored personalization for this pagelet, but it does allow an input parameter. See Working with the Promotions by Role Pagelet.	Company Promotions See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.	PAPP1130 PAPP9000
Resource Finder	Provides immediate access to the basic search capabilities of Resource Finder, all from any portal homepage tab. Appropriate for guests. See Using the Resource Finder Pagelet.	Resource Finder See Performing Resource Finder Searches.	PAPX1000 PAPX9000
Resource Finder Center	Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Resource Finder features. Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.	Resource Finder See Understanding PeopleSoft Portal Resource Finder.	PAPX2050 PAPX2060 PAPX1070 PAPX9000
Saved Searches	Allows you to define your frequently performed searches and rerun them quickly the next time by clicking a link on the pagelet. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Saved Searches Pagelet.	Search See Creating a Saved Search.	PAPP1600 PAPP9000
Signon	Enables users to switch from a GUEST user account to their own user account. Appropriate for guests. See Working With the Signon Pagelet.	Guest User Account See Managing Guest User Accounts.	PAPP0001 PAPP9000
Site Manager Center	Provides a navigational guide to configure and use the Site Management features. Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables. See Managing Sites.	Site Management See Site Management Overview.	PAPP5000 PAPP5050 PAPP5060 PAPP5070
Submitted Promotions	Provides promotion managers visibility into the status of and quick access to their submitted promotions. See Working with the Submitted Promotions Pagelet.	Company Promotions See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.	PAPP1160 PAPP9000
Tasks	Enables you to keep track of your workflow tasks and personal reminders across your business solutions. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Tasks and Tasks Pagelet.	Integrated Task List See Using the Integrated Task List.	PAPP1200 PAPP9000
User Logon Statistics	View monthly logon data, including logon dates, times, and user IDs. Appropriate for portal administrators. See Working With the User Logon Statistics Pagelet.	Portal Logon Statistics See Enabling the Signon PeopleCode.	PAPP4200 PAPP9000
Web Magazine	Provides access to web magazine publication issues. Appropriate for guests. See Working With the Web Magazine Pagelet.	Web Magazines See Setting Up and Managing Web Magazines.	PAPP1120 PAPP9000

Pagelet Name

Description

Enabling Feature

Delivered Permission List

Blogs

Displays user-selected blogs with most recent posts and comments.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Blogs Pagelet.

Branding Center

Provides a navigational guide to configure and use the Branding features.

Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.

See Navigating in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Branding.

Branding

See Understanding PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Branding.

PAPP5000

PAPP5100

PAPP5150

PAPP5160

PAPP5180

PAPP9000

Calendar Events

Enables employees to access calendar information without leaving the portal.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Calendar Events Pagelet.

Calendar integration

See Setting Up Integration with Third-Party Email and Calendar Systems.

PAPP1300

PAPP9000

Company Promotions

Enables you to promote transactions so that users can link to specific transactions or URLs in your system.

This pagelet can be personalized.

Appropriate for guests.

See Working with the Company Promotions Pagelet.

Company Promotions

See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.

PAPP1110

PAPP9000

Content Manager Center

Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Content Management features.

Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.

Content Management

See Understanding the Content Management System.

PAPP2010

PAPP2020

PAPP2025

PAPP2045

PAPP2050

PAPP2070

PAPP2080

PAPP9000

Context Manager Center

Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Context Manager features.

Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.

See Working With the Context Manager Center Pagelet.

Context Manager

See Context Manager.

PAPP4300

PAPP4350

PAPP4600

PAPP4680

PAPP4700

PAPP4710

PAPP4855

PAPP9000

Demo

Provides example code for creating a simple component-based pagelet.

Not applicable.

PAPP9999

PAPP9000

Discussion Forums

Displays user-selected discussion forums with most recent topics and replies.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Discussion Forums Pagelet.

Discussion Forums

See Using the Discussions Module.

PAPP4800

PAPP9000

Enables employees to access email without leaving the portal.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Email Pagelet.

Email integration

See Setting Up Integration with Third-Party Email and Calendar Systems.

PAPP1300

PAPP9000

Feed Reader

Provides access to feed headlines and articles directly from the PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.

Web proxy server

See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: Integration Broker Administration, “Using Listening Connectors and Target Connectors,” Working With the HTTP Connectors, Running Integration Gateways Behind Proxy Servers.

PAPP1000

PAPP9000

Language Selection

Allows you to change the displayed language without having to access the language options on the sign-in page.

This pagelet is useful for guest users, who may never see the sign-in page, as well as for users who are already logged into the database.

Appropriate for guests.

See Working With the Language Selection Pagelet.

No special setup is required. All languages enabled for the application database are available for selection.

The pagelet can be extended to support any languages as long as the translated data is available.

See Extending the Language Selection Pagelet.

PAPP0000

PAPP9000

My Feeds

Allows you to view a list of feeds published within PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal to which you have access.

See Working With the My Feeds Pagelet.

Feed publishing must be enabled and feeds published within the system.

See Publishing PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Content as a Feed.

PAPP0002

PAPP9000

My Managed Content

Provides one-click access to your favorite Managed Content folders, as well as content status summaries and counts of the number of items in each status.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the My Managed Content Pagelet.

Managed Content

See Setting Up and Working With Managed Content.

PAPP1140

PAPP9000

My News Content

Serves as an inbox for news content users, managers, and publishers providing them visibility and quick access to articles requiring their attention.

See Working with the My News Content Pagelet.

News Publications

See Setting Up and Working With News Publications.

PAPP1150

PAPP9000

My Workspaces

Provides access to the collaborative workspaces to which you belong.

See Working With the My Workspaces Pagelet.

Collaborative Workspaces

See Working in Collaborative Workspaces.

PAPP5300

News publication (pagelet name is defined by the pagelet publisher)

The Company News pagelet delivered with PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal is an example of a news publication pagelet.

You can set up multiple internal news publication pagelets targeted at different audiences. The pagelet presents links to articles and displays top story summaries and images.

This pagelet can be personalized.

Appropriate for guests.

See Viewing a News Publication in a Pagelet.

News Publications

See Setting Up and Working With News Publications.

PAPP1100

Pagelet Wizard-generated pagelets

Pagelet Wizard allows you to create and register a pagelet integrating and transforming data from a wide variety of data sources, both internal and external to PeopleSoft applications.

Pagelets created using Pagelet Wizard may be configured to include personalization options.

May be appropriate for guests.

Pagelet Wizard

See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technology, “Using Pagelet Wizard.”

Pagelet Wizard enables you to create a pagelet with security definitions.

Promotions by Role

Enables promotion managers to quickly verify which promotions are currently appearing for a particular portal viewer role.

There is no stored personalization for this pagelet, but it does allow an input parameter.

See Working with the Promotions by Role Pagelet.

Company Promotions

See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.

PAPP1130

PAPP9000

Resource Finder

Provides immediate access to the basic search capabilities of Resource Finder, all from any portal homepage tab.

Appropriate for guests.

See Using the Resource Finder Pagelet.

Resource Finder

See Performing Resource Finder Searches.

PAPX1000

PAPX9000

Resource Finder Center

Provides a navigational guide to configure and use Resource Finder features.

Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.

Resource Finder

See Understanding PeopleSoft Portal Resource Finder.

PAPX2050

PAPX2060

PAPX1070

PAPX9000

Saved Searches

Allows you to define your frequently performed searches and rerun them quickly the next time by clicking a link on the pagelet.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Saved Searches Pagelet.

See Creating a Saved Search.

PAPP1600

PAPP9000

Signon

Enables users to switch from a GUEST user account to their own user account.

Appropriate for guests.

See Working With the Signon Pagelet.

Guest User Account

See Managing Guest User Accounts.

PAPP0001

PAPP9000

Site Manager Center

Provides a navigational guide to configure and use the Site Management features.

Created using Navigation Collections with its definition stored in Pagelet Wizard tables.

See Managing Sites.

Site Management

See Site Management Overview.

PAPP5000

PAPP5050

PAPP5060

PAPP5070

Submitted Promotions

Provides promotion managers visibility into the status of and quick access to their submitted promotions.

See Working with the Submitted Promotions Pagelet.

Company Promotions

See Setting Up and Managing Company Promotions.

PAPP1160

PAPP9000

Tasks

Enables you to keep track of your workflow tasks and personal reminders across your business solutions.

This pagelet can be personalized.

See Working With the Tasks and Tasks Pagelet.

Integrated Task List

See Using the Integrated Task List.

PAPP1200

PAPP9000

User Logon Statistics

View monthly logon data, including logon dates, times, and user IDs.

Appropriate for portal administrators.

See Working With the User Logon Statistics Pagelet.

Portal Logon Statistics

See Enabling the Signon PeopleCode.

PAPP4200

PAPP9000

Web Magazine

Provides access to web magazine publication issues.

Appropriate for guests.

See Working With the Web Magazine Pagelet.

Web Magazines

See Setting Up and Managing Web Magazines.

PAPP1120

PAPP9000

Workspace Pagelets

The following table lists the pagelets delivered with PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal for display on a collaborative workspace homepage.

Pagelet Name	Description	Enabling Feature	Privilege Set
Blogs	Members can monitor recent blog postings and comments using the Blogs pagelet.	Blogs module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Blogs Module Privileges.
Calendar	Shows all of the events a user has access to across portals, sites, and workspaces. This pagelet can be personalized. See Working With the Calendar Pagelet.	Calendar module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Calendar Module Privileges.
Links	Displays a collection of useful links related to a collaborative workspace. See Working With the Links Pagelet.	Links module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Links Module Privileges.
Poll	Use the Poll pagelet to show a single question or poll in a pagelet and enable users to add comments and see other responses to the poll. See Working With the Poll Pagelet.	Polls module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Polls Module Privileges.
Recent Discussions	Members can monitor recent discussion topics and replies using the Recent Discussions pagelet. See Working With the Recent Discussions Pagelet.	Discussion module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Discussions Module Privileges.
Recent Documents	Members can monitor recently added or changed documents using the Recent Documents pagelet. See Working With the Recent Documents Pagelet.	Documents module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Documents Module Privileges.
Tags	Members can view and edit the workspace-level tags.	Workspace homepage See Designating the Content and Layout of the Workspace Homepage.	Not applicable
Upcoming Action Items	Displays a list of all open action items for the workspace. See Working With the Open Action Items Pagelet.	Action Items module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Action Item Lists Module Privileges.
Upcoming Events	Displays a list upcoming events for the workspace. See Working With the Open Action Items Pagelet.	Calendar module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Calendar Module Privileges.
Welcome	Displays a welcome message from the workspace administrator. See Administering Workspace Properties.	Welcome module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Welcome Module Privilege.
Wiki Content	Displays the wiki content.	Wiki Content module See Administering Workspace Modules.	See Designating the Content and Layout of the Workspace Homepage.

Template Pagelets

The following table lists the template pagelets delivered with PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal. The pagelets are discussed in the final chapters of this book:

Note. Template pagelets cannot be personalized.

Pagelet Name	Description	Enabling Feature	Delivered Permission List
Content Ratings	Displays links to questions set up for an associated menu item target page. Authorized users can also view summarized rating responses. See Working With the Content Ratings Pagelet.	Content Ratings See Managing Content Ratings and iTracker.	PAPP0000 Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF.
Related Contacts	Displays contacts that are relevant to the associated menu item. Provides email and instant messaging functionality that can be used to reach the related contacts. Appropriate for Guests, if guests are allowed access to the menu item. See Working With the Related Contacts Pagelet.	Context Manager See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.	PAPP0000 Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF
Related Information	Display links to content relevant to an associated menu item. Appropriate for Guests, if guests are allowed access to the menu item. See Working With the Related Information Pagelet.	Context Manager See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal. Content Management See Understanding the Content Management System.	PAPP0000 Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF.
Related Discussions	Display links to discussion forums relevant to an associated menu item. See Working With the Related Discussion Pagelet.	Context Manager See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.	PAPP0000 Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF.
Related Resources	Provides access to resources related to an associated menu item. These resources are configured and stored in the Resource Finder feature. Appropriate for guests. See Working With the Related Resources Pagelet.	Context Manager See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal. Resource Finder See Enterprise Portal Resource Finder Overview.	PAPX0000 Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF.
Related Workspaces	Enables immediate access to all workspaces that you have access to that are related to that transaction page. See Working With the Related Workspaces Pagelet.	Context Manager See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.

Pagelet
Name

Description

Enabling
Feature

Delivered
Permission
List

Content Ratings

Displays links to questions set up for an associated menu item target page. Authorized users can also view summarized rating responses.

See Working With the Content Ratings Pagelet.

Content Ratings

See Managing Content Ratings and iTracker.

PAPP0000

Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF.

Related Contacts

Displays contacts that are relevant to the associated menu item. Provides email and instant messaging functionality that can be used to reach the related contacts.

Appropriate for Guests, if guests are allowed access to the menu item.

See Working With the Related Contacts Pagelet.

Context Manager

See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.

PAPP0000

Controlled by the permission list on the related target CREF

Related Information

Display links to content relevant to an associated menu item.

Appropriate for Guests, if guests are allowed access to the menu item.

See Working With the Related Information Pagelet.

Context Manager

See Working With Context Manager in PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal.