Understanding the Wireless Desktop Dispatcher

Once you install Mobile Access software, your Portal Server site provides a mobile Portal Desktop as well as a standard Portal Desktop. At the time a user logs in to Portal Server, the wireless desktop dispatcher, which is a component of Mobile Access software, determines which Portal Desktop is the appropriate one to route user requests to. The wireless desktop dispatcher uses an XML Display Profile configuration to determine which Portal Desktop—standard, mobile—is the appropriate one to route user requests to.

The wireless desktop dispatcher:

• Determines the client type of the desktop request

• Uses a display profile configuration to match that client to the appropriate container

• Routes the request to the appropriate container

The default channel for the mobile Portal Desktop is the WirelessDesktopDispatcher. Follow the steps to edit the WirelessDesktopDispatcher container from the Portal Server 7.2 administration console to support other containers for particular devices.

To Edit the Parent Container in Portal Server 7.2 Administration Console

1. Log in to the Portal Server 7.2 Administration Console as administrator.

2. Click the Portals tab. The available Portals are displayed.

3. Click on the name of the Portal, which you want to manage.

4. Choose the Org option from the SelectDN drop down list box. The Desktop Tasks and Attributes page is displayed. The Parent Container attribute is available under the Desktop Attributes. The top level container value in the display profile for the selectedDN is displayed in the Parent Container text box.

5. Edit the value in the Parent Container text box to support other containers for particular devices.

6. Click Save.