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Chapter 21
IntroductionThis chapter contains the following sections:
What is Display Profile?The display profile is a series of XML documents describing container management and properties for providers and channels. The display profile creates the display configuration for the Desktop by defining the following items in the XML document:
Specifies the name and the Java™ class for the provider. A provider is a template used to generate content, which is displayed in the channel. See Provider Object for more information.
Specifies the run-time configuration of an instance of the provider class. A channel is a unit of content, usually (but not necessarily) arranged in rows and columns. You can also have channels of channels, that is, container channels. See Channel Object for more information.
The container channel properties include the display definition about how to display the contained channels in the container, including: the layout of the container (thin-wide, wide-thin, or thin-wide-thin); a list of the contained channels; the position of the channel (the row and column number); and the window state of the contained channels (minimized or detached).
Provider and channel property definitions
Specify the values for provider and channel properties. Properties defined in a provider usually specify default values for the channels that are derived from the provider. The display configurations for the channels include properties such as the title, description, channel width, and so on. The properties defined in the channel usually specify the specific value for that channel that is different from the default value. See Property object for more information.
The display profile does not actually define the overall layout or organization of what users see on their Desktops. The display profile exists only to provide property values for channels. However, the display profile does indirectly control some aspects of channel presentation, such as column layout for a table container or how the table container draws channels in a table.
Administering the Display ProfileYou can edit the display profile and other Portal Desktop service data through the Sun Java System Access Manager software administration console and the dpadmin command. When you edit the display profile, you add, modify, and remove providers, containers, and channels, and edit properties. The Upload XML and Download XML links allow you to upload and download the display profile document. In addition, the Access Manager software administration console provides an Channel and Container Management link in the Portal Desktop attributes page to add channels and containers and edit existing properties. The Channel and Container Management link enables you to define properties when a new channel or container is created. You can also use the Channel and Container Management link to add, modify, and remove channels and containers. See the Portal Server Administration Guide for more information.