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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New
Issues Addressed in Release 11.1.1.5.0
Part I Introduction
1
Developer's Quick Start Guide
1.1
WebCenter Portal Developer's FAQ
1.2
Installing Required Software
1.3
Preparing for Team Development
1.4
Creating a New WebCenter Portal Application
1.5
Preparing for Iterative Development
1.5.1
What Is Iterative Development?
1.5.2
How Does Iterative Development Work?
1.5.3
Enabling Iterative Development
1.5.4
Turning Off Iterative Development
1.6
Creating Application Resource Connections
1.6.1
Where Are Connections Located?
1.6.2
How Do I Access the Connection Wizards?
1.6.3
Where Can I Learn More About Connections?
1.7
Planning the Portal Layout
1.8
Working with Skins
1.9
Preparing for Round-Trip Development
1.10
What Configuration Files Should I Know About?
1.10.1
The WebCenter Portal Application Template Default web.xml File
1.10.2
The WebCenter Portal Application Template Default faces-config.xml File
1.10.3
The WebCenter Application Template Default trinidad-config.xml File
1.10.4
The WebCenter Application Template Default adfc-config.xml File
1.11
Installing Database Schemas
2
Understanding Oracle WebCenter
2.1
What Is Oracle WebCenter?
2.2
Introducing the Oracle WebCenter Portal Framework
2.3
What WebCenter Features Can I Add to a Portal?
2.3.1
Portlets and Pagelets for Accessing Remote Applications and Services
2.3.1.1
What Are Portlets?
2.3.1.2
What Are Pagelets?
2.3.2
Oracle Composer Allows User Customization
2.3.3
Content Integration with Supported Content Repositories
2.3.4
Search Framework
2.3.5
Resource Catalogs Help Organize the Development Experience
2.3.6
Application Security
2.4
Introducing Oracle WebCenter Services
2.4.1
WebCenter Services and the REST APIs
2.5
Introducing Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF)
2.5.1
What Is Oracle ADF?
2.5.2
Why Is Oracle ADF Important for WebCenter Portal Developers?
2.5.3
What Does Oracle ADF Technology Include?
2.6
Introducing Oracle JDeveloper and the WebCenter Extension
2.7
Understanding the Application Life Cycle
2.8
Design Questions to Consider Before You Start
2.8.1
User Considerations
2.8.2
Site Administrator Considerations
2.8.3
Developer Considerations
2.9
Overview of WebCenter Accessibility Features
2.9.1
Generating Accessible HTML
2.9.2
Accessibility Features at Runtime
2.9.3
Accessibility Considerations for Portlets
3
Preparing Your Development Environment
3.1
Installing Oracle JDeveloper
3.2
Installing the WebCenter Extension Bundle
3.3
Setting the User Home Directory Environment Variable
3.4
Working with the Integrated WebLogic Server
3.4.1
How to Start and Stop Integrated WLS
3.4.2
What You May Need to Know About Integrated WLS
3.4.3
The WebCenter Preconfigured Server Readme File
3.4.4
What You May Need to Know About Preconfigured Portlet Producers
3.4.4.1
OmniPortlet and Web Clipping
3.4.4.2
The WSRP Sample Portlet Producers and Portlets
3.4.4.3
The PDK-Java Sample Portlet Producer and Portlets
3.5
Installing Database Schemas
3.5.1
Installing Schemas With RCU
3.5.2
Installing the WebCenter Schema with a SQL Script
3.6
Installing the Oracle WebCenter Adapter for Microsoft SharePoint
4
Working Productively in Teams
4.1
Enabling Source Control on WebCenter Portal Applications
4.1.1
Creating a Subversion Repository
4.1.2
Understanding Oracle Team Productivity Center
4.2
Understanding WebCenter Portal Application Files Affected by Developers
4.2.1
Files Associated With Common Objects
4.2.2
Developer Actions Affecting Metadata Files
4.3
Implementing Common Requirements One Time
4.4
Portlet Producer Considerations
4.4.1
Portlet Producer Connections
4.4.2
Portlet Producer Name Clashes
4.4.3
Combining Portlets from Different Portlet Producers
5
Creating WebCenter Applications
5.1
What Are WebCenter Application Templates?
5.2
Creating a WebCenter Portal Application and Adding Pages
5.2.1
How to Create a WebCenter Portal Application
5.2.2
Adding Pages to the Portal
5.3
Understanding the PortalWebAssets Project
5.3.1
Introduction
5.3.2
Decoupling the Static Application Resources Project
5.3.3
Deployment Options
5.3.4
Using EL to Manage Static Resources
5.3.4.1
Defining a Base URL Preference
5.3.4.2
Mapping URLs Dynamically
5.4
Creating a Portlet Producer Application
5.4.1
How to Create a Portlet Application Using a Template
5.4.2
What Happens When You Use a Portlet Producer Application Template
5.5
How Is Portal Application Security Configured by Default?
6
Advanced Configuration Options
6.1
Manually Configuring a WebCenter Application With Technology Scopes
6.1.1
What are Technology Scopes?
6.1.2
Adding and Removing Technology Scopes
6.1.3
What Are the Default Technology Scopes for a Portal Application?
6.1.4
Which Technology Scopes Are Portal Application-Specific?
6.1.5
Can I Create a Portal Application by Adding the Portal Framework Technology Scope Later?
6.1.6
Migrating a WebCenter PS2 or Earlier Application to a WebCenter Portal Application
6.2
Extending Non-WebCenter Applications to Include WebCenter Capabilities
6.3
Creating a Project by Importing a WAR File
7
Preparing Your Application for Oracle WebCenter Services
7.1
Understanding WebCenter Services Technologies
7.1.1
Understanding WebCenter Horizontal Services
7.1.2
Understanding WebCenter APIs
7.1.3
Using WebCenter Data Controls
7.2
Preparing Your WebCenter Portal Application to Consume Services
7.2.1
How to Prepare Your Application to Consume Services
7.2.1.1
Implementing Security for Services
7.2.1.2
Setting Up SSL-Protected Connections for Services
7.2.2
Setting Up a Database Connection
7.2.2.1
Associating Existing Database Connections
7.2.3
Setting Up an External Application Connection
7.3
Extending Your Application with Custom Components
7.3.1
Introducing the Resource Action Handling Framework
7.3.2
Registering a Resource Viewer
7.3.3
Creating a Resource Authorizer Class
7.3.4
Specifying the View Handler and Navigation Behavior
7.4
Configuring General Settings for Your Services
7.4.1
Building a Preferences User Interface
7.4.2
Using General Settings to Specify the User's Locale
Part II Setting Up Your Portal Structure
8
Understanding WebCenter Portal Applications
8.1
What is a Portal?
8.2
What is the WebCenter Portal Framework?
8.2.1
How Do I Add Portal Framework to a Project?
8.2.2
What Features Does the Portal Framework Provide?
8.3
What is the Portal Life Cycle?
8.4
Creating a WebCenter Portal Application
8.5
Understanding the Features of a Portal Application
8.5.1
Understanding Pages, Page Templates, and the Portal Page Hierarchy
8.5.2
Securing Your Portal Pages
8.5.3
Understanding the Navigation Model and the Navigation Registry
8.5.4
Understanding Resource Catalogs and the Catalog Registry
8.5.5
Other Design Time Folders
8.5.6
Tips for More Advanced Development Use Cases
8.6
Developing Your Portal's Look and Feel
8.7
Changing Default Portal Preferences
8.7.1
What Are the Default Portal Preferences?
8.7.2
How to Change the Default Preferences at Design Time
8.8
Using Iterative and Round Trip Development Techniques
8.9
What is the Application Sources Folder?
8.10
Running and Testing a Portal
8.11
WebCenter Portals at Runtime
8.11.1
Preserving Runtime Customizations on the Integrated WebLogic Server
8.11.2
Runtime WebCenter Portal Administration Console
8.11.3
How Security Settings Affect the Runtime Portal?
8.11.4
Runtime Editing of Portal Resources
8.12
How are WebCenter Portal Files Organized?
8.12.1
Understanding the Organization of a WebCenter Portal Application
8.12.1.1
How is a Portal Application Organized?
8.12.1.2
Why Is a Portal Application Organized the Way It Is?
8.12.2
Viewing Your Portal Project on the Filesystem
8.12.3
Viewing Your Portal Project in JDeveloper
8.13
Changing the Default Home Page and Login/Logout Target Pages
8.13.1
Understanding How the Home Page is Specified
8.13.2
How to Change the Default Home Page
8.13.3
How is the Default Index Page Specified?
8.13.4
Specifying the Target Page After a Login or Logout
8.14
Basic Portal Development Tasks
9
Understanding the Portal Life Cycle
9.1
What is the WebCenter Portal Life Cycle?
9.2
What Are the Major Life Cycle Tasks?
9.2.1
One-Time Setup Tasks
9.2.2
Development Environment Tasks
9.2.3
Nightly Build Environment Tasks
9.2.4
Testing Environment Tasks
9.2.5
Stage Environment Tasks
9.2.6
Production Environment Tasks
9.3
Who Participates in the Portal Life Cycle?
9.4
Understanding the Build and Test Environments
9.5
Understanding the Staging and Production Environments
9.5.1
Provisioning the Staging Environment
9.5.2
Adding Content to the Staging Environment
9.5.3
Moving the Portal from Staging to Production
9.6
Tools for Managing the Life Cycle
9.7
Configuring a Nightly Build Script
9.8
Setting Up a Staging or Production Environment for the First Time
9.9
Moving a WebCenter Portal Application to an Existing Environment
9.10
Deploying to Managed Servers
9.11
Deploying and Configuring the Application on Targeted Servers
9.11.1
Introduction
9.11.2
Using the Deploy and Configure Script
9.12
Building and Deploying WebCenter Personalization Service Files
9.12.1
Building the WCPS MAR File
9.12.2
Deploying WCPS Files to a Server
9.12.3
Deploying WCPS Files to an Archive File
9.12.4
Importing and Exporting MAR Files
9.13
Using the Propagation Tool to Propagate From Staging to Production
9.13.1
Introduction to the Propagation Tool
9.13.2
Configuring the Propagation Tool
9.13.2.1
Configuring the URL Connection With Oracle Enterprise Manager
9.13.2.2
Configuring the URL Connection with WLST
9.13.3
Propagating Portal Metadata
9.13.4
Propagating WCPS Files
9.14
Propagating UCM Content
9.15
Managing Security Through the Life Cycle
9.15.1
Migrating Security Policies for First-Time Deployment
9.15.2
Migrating Security Policies On Redeployment
9.15.3
Migrating Credentials for First-Time Deployment
9.15.4
Migrating Credentials On Redeployment
9.16
Migrating Portlet Preferences
10
Building a Navigation Model for Your Portal
10.1
Introduction to Navigation Models
10.2
Creating a Navigation Model
10.3
Adding Resources to a Navigation Model
10.3.1
How to Drag and Drop a Resource onto a Navigation Model
10.3.2
How to Add a Content Item to a Navigation Model
10.3.3
How to Add Content Based on the Results of a Query to a Navigation Model
10.3.4
How to Add a Page, Portlet, Task Flow, External Application, or Web Page to a Navigation Model
10.3.5
How to Add a Page Hierarchy to a Navigation Model
10.3.6
How to Embed Another Navigation Model Within a Navigation Model
10.3.7
How to Extend Navigation Model Data
10.3.7.1
How to Add a Link to a Custom Resource
10.3.7.2
How to Add a Component to a Navigation Model
10.3.7.3
How to Add a Custom Folder to a Navigation Model
10.3.7.4
How to Add a Custom Content Provider to a Navigation Model
10.3.8
How to Organize Resources in a Navigation Model
10.3.9
How to Set Display Options for a Resource
10.4
Selecting the Default Navigation Model
10.5
Editing the Navigation Renderer
10.6
Setting the REDIRECT_OPTIONS Context Parameter
10.7
Enabling Runtime Administration of Navigation Models
10.7.1
How to Edit the Navigation Registry File
10.7.2
How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Navigation Models
10.7.2.1
Importing a Navigation Model
10.7.2.2
Exporting a Navigation Model
10.8
Working with WebCenter Spaces Navigation Models
11
Designing the Look and Feel of Your Portal
11.1
Introduction to Page Templates and Styles
11.1.1
Page Templates
11.1.2
Page Styles
11.1.3
Mashup Styles
11.1.4
Content Presenter Display Templates
11.2
Working with Page Templates
11.2.1
Introduction to the WebCenter Portal Application Seeded Page Templates
11.2.2
How to Create a Page Template
11.2.3
What You Should Know About Creating Page Templates for WebCenter Portal Applications
11.2.4
Enabling Runtime Switching of Page Templates
11.2.5
How to Edit a Page Template
11.2.6
How to Delete a Page Template
11.2.7
How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Page Template
11.2.8
How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Page Templates
11.2.8.1
Importing a Page Template
11.2.8.2
Exporting a Page Template
11.2.9
How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Page Templates
11.3
Working with Page Styles
11.3.1
How to Create a Page Style
11.3.2
How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Page Style
11.3.3
How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Page Styles
11.3.3.1
Importing a Page Style
11.3.3.2
Exporting a Page Style
11.3.4
How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Page Styles
11.4
Working with Mashup Styles
11.4.1
How to Create a Mashup Style
11.4.2
How to Enable Runtime Administration of Mashup Styles
11.4.3
How to Enable Further Development of Mashup Styles in a Deployed Application
11.4.3.1
Importing Mashup Styles
11.4.3.2
Exporting Mashup Styles
11.4.4
How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Mashup Styles
12
Adding Resources to Your Portal
12.1
Adding Pages to Your Portal
12.2
Adding Service Task Flows to Your Portal
12.3
Adding Custom Task Flows to Your Portal
12.4
Adding Content from Oracle Content Server to Your Portal
12.5
Adding Portlets to Your Portal
12.6
Adding Pagelets to Your Portal
12.7
Adding External Applications to Your Portal
12.8
Adding Data Controls to Your Portal
13
Visualizing Your Portal Navigation
13.1
Introduction to Navigation Visualization
13.2
Adding Built-in Navigation Task Flows to a Page Template
13.2.1
How to Add a Navigation Task Flow to a Page Template
13.2.2
Navigation Task Flow Parameters
13.2.3
What You May Need to Know About Navigation Task Flow Style Classes
13.3
Programmatically Adding Navigation to a Page Template
13.3.1
Using the Navigation Expression Language APIs
13.3.1.1
Introduction to the Navigation Context
13.3.1.2
Introduction to the Navigation Runtime Model
13.3.1.3
Introduction to the Navigation Resource
13.3.1.4
How to Render the Navigation Model as a List of Links
13.3.1.5
How to Render the Navigation Model as a Tree
13.3.1.6
How to Render the Navigation Model as a Three-Level Menu
13.3.1.7
How to Render the Navigation Model as Breadcrumbs
13.3.1.8
How to Render Master-Detail Navigation
13.3.2
Using the Navigation REST APIs
13.4
Using Portal Navigation to Create a Sitemap
14
Creating and Managing Skins
14.1
Overview of Skins
14.2
Creating a Skin in JDeveloper
14.2.1
What You Should Know About Skin Creation
14.2.2
How to Create a CSS File
14.2.3
How to Define Skin Selectors
14.3
Editing portal-skin.css
14.3.1
What You Should Know About portal-skin.css
14.3.2
How to Edit portal-skin.css
14.4
Enabling Runtime Administration of Skins
14.4.1
What You Should Know About Enabling Runtime Administration of Skins
14.4.2
How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Skin
14.4.3
How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Skins
14.4.3.1
Importing a Skin
14.4.3.2
Exporting a Skin
14.4.4
Creating a Skin in JDeveloper and Making it Available at Runtime
14.4.5
How to Create and Manage Skins at Runtime
14.5
Applying Skins to WebCenter Portal Applications
14.5.1
Applying a Skin at Design Time
14.5.2
Applying a Skin at Runtime
14.6
How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Skins
14.7
Deploying a Skin as a Separate Shared Library
14.7.1
About Skin Sharing
14.7.2
How to Deploy a Skin as a Separate Shared Library
14.8
Conditionally Changing Skins for Users
14.9
Troubleshooting Problems with Skins
14.10
Files Relates to Skins
14.10.1
adf-config.xml
14.10.2
trinidad-config.xml
14.10.3
trinidad-skins.xml
15
Creating and Managing Resource Catalogs
15.1
Overview of Resource Catalog
15.2
Creating a Custom Resource Catalog
15.2.1
How to Create a Custom Resource Catalog
15.2.2
How to Define Connections to Resources
15.2.3
How to Manage Content in the Resource Catalog
15.2.3.1
Adding a Folder
15.2.3.2
Adding a Link
15.2.3.3
Adding a Resource Catalog
15.2.3.4
Adding a Component
15.2.3.5
Adding a Custom Folder
15.2.3.6
Adding a Custom Content Provider
15.2.3.7
Dragging and Dropping a Resource into the Catalog
15.2.3.8
Editing a Resource
15.2.3.9
Deleting a Resource
15.2.3.10
Rearranging Resources in the Catalog
15.2.4
How to Expose Data Controls Created at Design Time
15.2.5
How to Expose Data Controls Created at Runtime
15.2.6
How to Control Visibility of Portlets in the Resource Catalog
15.2.7
How to Configure the Default Resource Catalog for an Application or Page
15.2.8
What You May Need to Know When Defining a Resource Catalog
15.2.9
How to Define Task Flow Parameters and Attributes of the Enclosing Show Detail Frames for Task Flows
15.3
Managing a Resource Catalog and Enabling Runtime Administration
15.3.1
Managing Resource Manager Entries
15.3.2
Enabling Further Development of Deployed Resource Catalogs
15.3.2.1
Exporting a Resource Catalog
15.3.2.2
Importing a Resource Catalog
15.3.3
Working with WebCenter Spaces Resource Catalogs
15.4
Filtering Items in the Resource Catalog
15.4.1
Resource-Level Filtering
15.4.2
Catalog-Level Filtering
15.5
Configuring Multiple Resource Catalogs
15.5.1
How to Configure Multiple Resource Catalogs
15.5.2
What Happens at Runtime
15.6
Troubleshooting Problems with the Resource Catalog
16
Adding and Using the Resource Manager
16.1
Introduction to Runtime Resource Management
16.2
Working with Portal Resources in JDeveloper
16.2.1
How to Add a Resource to the Resource Manager
16.2.2
What You May Need to Know About Portal Resource Images and Style Sheets
16.2.3
How to Update Portal Resource Properties
16.2.4
How to Remove a Resource from the Resource Manager
16.3
Enabling Runtime Administration of Your Portal
16.3.1
How to Add the Resource Manager Task Flow
16.3.2
How to Use the Resource Manager at Runtime
16.3.2.1
Accessing the Resource Manager
16.3.2.2
Creating a Resource
16.3.2.3
Uploading and Downloading a Resource
16.3.2.4
Editing a Resource
16.3.2.5
Copying a Resource
16.3.2.6
Setting Security for a Resource
16.3.2.7
Deleting a Resource
16.3.2.8
Showing or Hiding a Resource
16.3.2.9
Editing the Source Code of a Resource
16.3.2.10
Setting Properties on a Resource
16.3.2.11
Previewing a Resource
16.4
Enabling Round-Trip Development of Resources
16.4.1
How to Download a Resource Using the Resource Manager
16.4.2
How to Import a Portal Resource into JDeveloper
16.4.3
How to Export a Portal Resource from JDeveloper
16.4.4
How to Upload a Resource Using the Resource Manager
Part III Customizing Your Application and Extending Customization Options
17
Introduction to Oracle Composer
17.1
Application and User Customizations
17.2
View and Edit Modes of a Page
17.3
Customizing Capabilities in Page View Mode
17.3.1
Rearrange Components
17.3.2
Change the Layout
17.3.3
Expand and Collapse Components
17.4
Editing Capabilities in Design View in Page Edit Mode
17.4.1
Add Content
17.4.1.1
Add Box Components Adjacent to Existing Ones
17.4.1.2
Add a Tab Set or a Tab to a Box Component
17.4.2
Rearrange Page Content
17.4.3
Edit Component Properties and Parameters
17.4.4
Reset and Override Component Properties in the Current Layer
17.4.5
Edit Resource Strings
17.4.6
Show or Hide Components
17.4.7
Delete Components
17.4.8
Change the Layout
17.4.9
Edit Page Properties
17.4.10
Wire Components to Page Parameters
17.4.11
Reset Page
17.4.12
Reset Application Customizations on Detecting Errors
17.4.13
Create Labels On Saving Application Customizations
17.4.14
Manage Application Customizations
17.5
Editing Capabilities in Source View in Page Edit Mode
17.5.1
Rearrange Page Content Using Cut and Paste Options
17.5.2
Edit Content Inside a Task Flow
17.5.2.1
Reset Task Flow
17.5.3
Edit Content Inside a Declarative Component
17.5.4
Show or Hide Components
17.6
Oracle Composer Components
17.6.1
Page Customizable
17.6.2
Change Mode Link and Change Mode Button
17.6.3
Panel Customizable
17.6.4
Show Detail Frame
17.6.5
Layout Customizable
17.7
Security and Oracle Composer
17.7.1
Page and Task Flow Security
17.7.1.1
Task Flow Security
17.7.2
MDS Customization Restrictions
17.7.3
Component Action-Level Security
18
Enabling Runtime Creation and Management of Pages
18.1
Introduction to Page Creation and Management
18.2
Creating Pages and Task Flows
18.2.1
How to Create Pages
18.2.1.1
How to Add the Page - Create New Task Flow
18.2.1.2
Setting Security for the Page Service
18.2.1.3
How to Create Pages at Runtime
18.2.1.4
Structure of Pages Created at Runtime
18.2.1.5
How to Access Pages Created at Runtime
18.3
Defining Values for the Page - Create New Task Flow Parameters
18.3.1
How to Access Page - Create New Task Flow Parameters
18.3.2
Setting Scope in a Page - Create New Task Flow
18.3.3
Setting an Outcome Parameter
18.3.4
Specifying Styles
18.3.4.1
Out-of-the-Box Styles
18.3.4.2
Custom Styles
18.3.5
Specify an ADF Template
18.3.6
Showing a Command Link
18.3.7
Displaying an Image
18.3.8
Customizing the Label
18.4
How to Create Task Flow View Pages
18.5
Managing Pages
18.5.1
Using the Page Service Data Control to Manage Pages
18.5.2
Using the Page Service APIs to Manage Pages and Task Flows
18.6
Introduction to Custom Styles and Templates
18.6.1
How to Create Templates for Pages Created at Runtime
18.6.1.1
How to Create a Page or Page Fragment Style
18.6.1.2
How to Edit Create Page Dialog Styles
18.6.2
Using ADF Templates
18.6.2.1
How to Specify the ADF Template Name Using the Task Flow Parameter
18.6.2.2
How to Specify the ADF Template Name Using API Parameters
18.6.3
Creating Styles for the Create Page Dialog
18.6.3.1
How to Create a Style for the Create Page Dialog
18.6.3.2
How to Reference a New Style from the Page - Create New Task Flow
18.7
Customizing Page Service Views
18.7.1
Rendering Pages with ADF Faces Components
18.7.1.1
Rendering Pages as Tabs Using ADF Faces Components
18.7.1.2
Rendering Pages as Links Using ADF Faces Components
18.7.1.3
Rendering Pages as Image Links Using ADF Faces Components
18.7.2
Managing User Security on Pages and Task Flows
18.8
Advanced Information for the Page Service
18.8.1
Using the Page Service Java APIs
18.8.1.1
Configuration Settings Required for Using Page Service APIs
18.8.1.2
Introduction to the Page Service APIs
18.8.1.3
How to Set up Your Application to Use the Page Service APIs
18.8.1.4
Example: How to Create a Page
18.8.2
Using the Page Service Data Control
18.8.2.1
How to Add the Page Service Data Control
18.8.2.2
How to View, Edit, and Delete Pages at Runtime
18.9
Page Service Samples
19
Enabling Runtime Editing of Pages Using Oracle Composer
19.1
Designing Editable Pages Using Oracle Composer Components
19.1.1
How to Create a Customizable Page
19.1.2
How to Enable Runtime Customization Using a Page Customizable
19.1.3
How to Enable Switching Between Page Modes Using a Change Mode Link or Change Mode Button
19.1.4
How to Define Editable Areas of a Page Using Panel Customizable Components
19.1.5
How to Enable Layout Customization for a Page Using a Layout Customizable
19.1.6
How to Enable Component Customization Using Show Detail Frame Components
19.1.7
How to Create a Page Template for Creating Customizable Pages
19.1.8
How to Enable Customization in a Populated Page
19.1.9
What Happens When You Add Oracle Composer Components
19.1.10
What Happens at Runtime
19.1.11
What You May Need to Know When Designing Editable Pages
19.2
Designing Editable Pages Using Oracle Composer Components: Example
19.3
Populating Pages with Content
19.3.1
What You May Need to Know When Adding Content to the Page
19.3.1.1
Considerations for Adding Task Flows
19.4
Troubleshooting Oracle Composer Problems
20
Extending Runtime Editing Capabilities Using Oracle Composer
20.1
Overview of Extensibility Options
20.1.1
Oracle Composer Add-Ons
20.1.2
Oracle Composer Custom Property Panels
20.1.3
Oracle Composer Events Handlers
20.1.4
Drop Handlers
20.1.5
Component Property Filters
20.1.6
Customization Manager
20.1.7
Oracle Composer Toolbar Customization
20.1.8
Configuration Files
20.2
Creating Oracle Composer Add-Ons
20.2.1
How to Create and Register Add-Ons
20.2.1.1
Creating an Add-On Task Flow
20.2.1.2
Registering Add-Ons with Oracle Composer
20.2.1.3
Registering Add-Ons in adf-config.xml
20.2.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.2.3
How to Exclude Oracle Composer Default Add-Ons
20.2.4
How to Display the Customization Manager Add-On
20.2.5
How to Selectively Display Add-Ons
20.3
Creating Custom Property Panels
20.3.1
How to Create and Register Custom Property Panels
20.3.1.1
Creating a Custom Property Panel
20.3.1.2
Registering a Custom Property Panel for a Component
20.3.1.3
Registering a Custom Property Panel for a Task Flow
20.3.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.3.3
How to Exclude Default Property Panels
20.3.4
How to Override Default Property Panels
20.3.5
How to Selectively Render Property Panels
20.3.6
How to Display Properties and Parameters in a Custom Property Panel
20.4
Extending the Expression Builder
20.4.1
How to Extend the Expression Builder
20.4.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.5
Configuring Custom LOVs or Pickers for Task Flow Parameters
20.5.1
How to Configure an LOV
20.5.1.1
Configuring a Static LOV
20.5.1.2
Configuring a Dynamic LOV
20.5.1.3
Configuring a Picker
20.5.1.4
Configuring an LOV from a Global List
20.5.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.6
Configuring Event Handlers for Oracle Composer UI Events
20.6.1
How to Create and Register Handlers for Composer UI Events
20.6.1.1
UI Events that Support Event Handler Registration
20.6.1.2
Creating a Save Event Handler: Example
20.6.1.3
Registering an Event Handler with Oracle Composer
20.6.2
What Happens When You Create and Register Event Handlers
20.6.3
Performing Additional Oracle Composer Event Handler Configurations
20.7
Configuring Drop Handlers in the Resource Catalog
20.7.1
How to Create and Register Java Drop Handlers
20.7.1.1
Creating a Drop Handler
20.7.1.2
Registering a Drop Handler with Oracle Composer
20.7.1.3
Adding an XML Component to the Resource Catalog
20.7.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.8
Defining Property Filters
20.8.1
How to Define Property Filters
20.8.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.8.3
How to Remove Property Filters
20.9
Enabling Parameter Support on the Customization Manager Task Flow
20.9.1
How to Set the Customization Manager Task Flow Parameters
20.9.2
What Happens When You Enable Parameter Support
20.10
Customizing the Oracle Composer Toolbar
20.10.1
How to Rearrange or Hide Toolbar Elements
20.10.2
What Happens at Runtime
20.10.3
How to Add New Sections to the Toolbar
20.10.4
How to Override a Toolbar Section to Display Custom Content
20.11
Troubleshooting Problems with Oracle Composer Extensibility Features
21
Performing Advanced Oracle Composer Configurations
21.1
Enabling Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Component by Using Facets
21.2
Enabling Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Component By Using Facets: Example
21.2.1
How to Create an ADF Task Flow
21.2.2
How to Include an Additional Actions Facet
21.2.3
How to Create a Redirection Page
21.2.4
How to Create Navigation Rules Between Pages
21.2.5
What Happens at Runtime
21.3
Enabling Custom Actions on a Task Flow
21.3.1
How to Enable Custom Actions Directly on a Task Flow
21.3.2
How to Enable Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow
21.3.2.1
Defining Custom Actions at the Instance Level
21.3.2.2
Defining Custom Actions at the Global Level
21.3.2.3
Configuring Custom Actions that Display Task Flow Views in a Separate Browser Window
21.3.3
What Happens at Runtime
21.3.4
How to Enable Custom Actions On a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow: Example
21.4
Enabling Custom Actions that Display on Task Flows in the Component Navigator
21.4.1
How to Configure Custom Actions in the Component Navigator
21.4.1.1
Defining the Logic for the Custom Action
21.4.1.2
Creating a JSPX Page Containing the Custom Action
21.4.1.3
Calling the JSPX Page from the Application Page Containing the Task Flow
21.4.2
What Happens at Runtime
21.5
Configuring a Keyboard Shortcut to Access Oracle Composer
21.5.1
How to Enable Linkless Entry Into Edit Mode
21.5.2
How to Configure an Event Handler for the Shortcut Key
21.5.3
What Happens at Runtime
21.6
Creating Event-Enabled Task Flows
21.7
Configuring an Application Page to Display in Source View by Default
21.7.1
How to Configure an Application Page to Display in Source View by Default
21.7.2
What Happens at Runtime
21.8
Disabling Source View for the Application
21.8.1
How to Disable Source View
21.8.2
What Happens at Runtime
21.9
Disabling Task Flow Zoom Capability
21.10
Applying Styles to Components
21.11
Configuring the Persistence Change Manager
21.11.1
Overview of the Default Change Manager Configuration
21.11.2
How to Configure ComposerChangeManager in Existing 11.1.1.1 Applications
21.11.2.1
Updating CHANGE_PERSISTENCE Context Parameter in the web.xml File
21.11.2.2
Adding Relevant Entries to the adf-config.xml File
21.12
Configuring Runtime Resource String Editing
21.12.1
Overview of the Resource String Editor
21.12.2
How to Enable the Resource String Editor in Your Application
21.12.3
How to Configure the Override Bundle
21.12.4
What Happens at Runtime
21.13
Troubleshooting Problems with Advanced Oracle Composer Configurations
22
Performing Oracle Composer-Specific MDS Configurations
22.1
Introduction to MDS
22.2
Using Oracle Composer Sandbox
22.2.1
How to Enable Oracle Composer Sandbox Creation
22.2.1.1
Updating Your Application's adf-config.xml File
22.2.1.2
Updating Your Application's web.xml File
22.2.1.3
Selecting a Database Store for Your Application
22.2.1.4
Enabling a Full Page Refresh at Runtime
22.2.2
What Happens at Runtime
22.2.3
How to Disable Sandbox for an Application
22.2.4
How to Destroy Stale Sandboxes
22.2.5
How to Enable Application Sandbox Creation
22.2.6
What Happens When You Enable Application Sandbox Creation
22.3
Adding Customization Layers to View and Edit Modes: Example
22.3.1
How to Add Oracle Composer to a JSF Page
22.3.2
How to Create a Custom SiteCC Tip Layer
22.3.3
How to Create a Custom UserCC Tip Layer
22.3.4
How to Implement the ComposerSessionOptionsFactory Class
22.3.5
How to Register the Implementation with Oracle Composer
22.3.6
How to Configure WebCenterComposerFilter
22.3.7
How to Redirect the Servlet to Enable Switch Between MDS Customization Layers
22.3.7.1
How to Create the AppNavigationUtils Class
22.3.7.2
How to Create AppCloseHandler
22.3.7.3
How to Register the AppCloseHandler
22.3.7.4
How to Create AppModeBean
22.3.8
What Happens at Runtime
22.4
Troubleshooting MDS-Related Problems with Oracle Composer
23
Modifying Default Security Behavior of Oracle Composer Components
23.1
Applying Component-Level Restrictions by Defining Customization Policies
23.1.1
How to Define Type-Level Customization Policies
23.1.2
How to Define Instance-Level Customization Policies
23.2
Applying a Component Instance-Level Customization Restriction By Using Security Roles: Example
23.2.1
How to Configure ADF Security
23.2.2
How to Define Roles and Grant Privileges in the jazn-data.xml File
23.2.3
How to Customize the SessionOptions Object to Include Customization Policy
23.2.4
How to Register the Implementation with Oracle Composer
23.2.5
How to Configure WebCenterComposerFilter
23.2.6
How to Apply an Instance-Level Customization Restriction
23.2.7
What Happens at Runtime
23.3
Applying Tag-Level Security Using the customizationAllowed Attribute
23.3.1
How to Enable Application Customization on an Image Component
23.3.2
How to Restrict Customization on an Image Component
23.4
Applying Attribute-Level Security
23.4.1
How to Define Change Persistence at the Component Level
23.4.2
What Happens at Runtime
23.5
Applying Action-Level Restrictions on Panel Customizable and Show Detail Component Actions
23.5.1
How to Add an enableSecurity Section to adf-config.xml
23.5.2
Defining Security at the Actions Category Level
23.5.3
Defining Security at the Actions Level
23.6
Implementing Task Flow Security
23.6.1
Granting Permissions on Task Flows
23.6.2
Enabling Task Flow Permission Check
23.7
Overriding Oracle Composer's Default Security Policies
23.7.1
How to Create a Custom Security Policy
23.7.2
How to Register a Custom Policy with Oracle Composer
23.7.3
What Happens at Runtime
23.8
Troubleshooting Problems with Oracle Composer Components Security
24
Customizing Task Flows
24.1
Preparing for Task Flow Customization
24.1.1
WebCenter Spaces: Create a New Task Flow Customization Application
24.1.2
WebCenter Portal Application: Enable Customization
24.2
Configuring the JDeveloper Customization Developer Role
24.3
Customizing Oracle WebCenter Task Flows
24.3.1
Examples: Customizing Task Flows for WebCenter Spaces
24.3.1.1
Example: Customizing the Discussion Forums Task Flow
24.4
Applying Task Flow Customizations to Deployed WebCenter Applications
24.5
Removing Customizations from Deployed WebCenter Applications
24.6
Catalog of WebCenter Task Flows
Part IV Integrating and Publishing Content
25
Introduction to Integrating and Publishing Content
26
Configuring Content Repository Connections
26.1
Overview of Content Adapters
26.2
Configuring Content Repository Connections
26.2.1
How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle Content Server Adapter
26.2.1.1
Roadmap - Configuring Oracle Content Server for WebCenter Portal Applications
26.2.1.2
Configuring a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle Content Server Adapter
26.2.2
How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle Portal Adapter
26.2.3
How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle WebCenter Adapter for Microsoft SharePoint
26.2.3.1
Creating a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle WebCenter Adapter for Microsoft SharePoint
26.2.3.2
Mapping Microsoft SharePoint Content and Services
26.2.4
How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the File System Adapter
26.2.5
What Happens When You Create a Repository Connection
26.2.6
What You May Need to Know When Creating a Repository Connection
26.2.6.1
What You Should Know About Using Identity Propagation and External Application Authentication Methods
26.2.6.2
What You Should Know About Oracle Portal
26.2.6.3
What You Should Know About Oracle WebCenter Adapter for Microsoft SharePoint
26.3
Editing Content Repository Connections
26.3.1
How to Edit a Common Repository Connection
26.3.2
How to Edit a WebCenter Portal Application-Specific Content Repository Connection
26.4
Using an Existing Repository Connection for a New WebCenter Portal Application
27
Configuring Content Data Controls for JCR Adapters
27.1
Overview of Content Data Controls
27.1.1
The getItems Method
27.1.2
The search Method
27.1.3
The advancedSearch Method
27.1.4
The getURI Method
27.1.5
The getAttributes Method
27.2
Configuring Content Data Controls for JCR Adapters
27.2.1
How to Configure a Content Repository Data Control
27.2.2
What Happens When You Configure a Content Repository Data Control
27.3
Editing Content Repository Data Controls
27.4
Securing a Content Repository Data Control
27.5
Integrating Content Using Content Data Controls
27.5.1
How to Publish Content As Links
27.5.1.1
Publishing Content As a Textual Link
27.5.1.2
Creating a Clickable Image to Link to a Document
27.5.2
What Happens at Runtime
27.5.3
How to Publish Content in a Table
27.5.3.1
Displaying Files and Folders in Read-Only Format
27.5.3.2
Displaying the Name Attribute As a Go Link
27.5.3.3
Configuring a Table to Show Only Files
27.5.4
What Happens at Runtime
27.5.5
How to Publish Folder Content in a Tree
27.5.5.1
Displaying Files and Folders in Read-Only Format
27.5.5.2
Displaying File Names As Hyperlinks
27.5.6
What Happens at Runtime
27.5.7
How to Add Search Capabilities to Content Repositories
27.5.7.1
Adding Simple Search Capabilities
27.5.7.2
Adding Advanced Search Capabilities
27.5.8
What Happens at Runtime
27.5.9
What You May Need to Know When Using Search Capabilities
28
Creating Content Presenter Display Templates
28.1
Adding Content Presenter to an Application
28.2
What Is a Content Presenter Display Template?
28.3
Using the Out-of-the-Box Display Templates
28.4
Creating Content Presenter Display Templates
28.4.1
Overview
28.4.2
Defining Single-Item Display Templates
28.4.3
Defining Multiple-Item Display Templates
28.4.4
Using EL Expressions to Retrieve Content Item Information
28.4.4.1
Retrieving Basic Information About a Content Item
28.4.4.2
Working with Content Item Properties and Values
28.4.4.3
Working with Content Item Icons and URLs
28.4.5
Discovering Content Type Property Names
28.4.6
Referencing External Files in Display Templates
28.4.7
Using the Content Presenter Display Template
28.5
Using Content Presenter Display Templates in a WebCenter Portal Application
28.5.1
Export a Content Presenter Display Template as a Portal Resource
28.5.2
Upload the New Content Presenter Display Template to a WebCenter Portal or Spaces Application
28.5.3
Test the New Content Presenter Display Template
28.6
What Happens at Runtime?
28.6.1
Runtime Overview
28.6.2
Identifying Display Templates for Selected Content Items
28.7
Performance Considerations for Content Presenter Display Templates
29
Integrating the Documents Service
29.1
Introduction to the Documents Service
29.2
Setting Up Connections
29.3
Setting Security for the Documents Service
29.4
Using the Documents Service with Other WebCenter Services
29.5
Setting Parameters to Upload Files to Content Repositories
29.6
Using Adapters with the Documents Service
30
Adding Content Task Flows and Document Components to a Portal Page
30.1
Understanding the Content Presenter Task Flow
30.2
Understanding the Documents Service Task Flows
30.3
Understanding Document Components
30.4
Adding a Selected Folder or File to a Page
30.5
Adding a Content Task Flow to a Page
30.6
Modifying Content Task Flow Parameters
30.7
Content Task Flow Parameters
30.7.1
Content Presenter Task Flow Parameters and Out-of-the-Box Display Templates
30.7.2
Document Explorer Task Flow Parameters
30.7.3
Document List Viewer Task Flow Parameters
30.7.4
Document Manager Task Flow Parameters
30.7.5
Document Navigator Task Flow Parameters
30.7.6
Folder Viewer Task Flow Parameters
30.7.7
Recent Documents Task Flow Parameters
30.7.8
Document Viewer Task Flow Parameters
30.7.9
Document Mini Properties Task Flow Parameters
30.7.10
Document Properties Task Flow Parameters
30.7.11
Rich Text Editor Task Flow Parameters
30.7.12
Document Upload Task Flow Parameters
30.7.13
Document Version History Task Flow Parameters
30.7.14
AutoVue Task Flow Parameters
31
Integrating Wikis and Blogs
31.1
Introduction to Wikis and Blogs
31.2
Requirements for Wikis and Blogs
31.3
Integrating Wikis
31.3.1
What You Should Know About the Document Explorer Task Flow
31.3.2
Adding the Document Explorer Task Flow to Provide the Wiki Functionality
31.3.3
Modifying Document Explorer Task Flow Parameters
31.3.4
What Happens at Runtime
31.3.5
Displaying Wiki Page Links Within Content Presenter
31.4
Integrating Blogs
31.4.1
Integrating the Blogs Functionality into a Page
31.4.1.1
Adding the Blogs Task Flow for a Selected Folder
31.4.1.2
Adding the Standalone Blogs Task Flow to a Page
31.4.2
What You Should Know About Blogs Task Flow Parameters
31.4.3
How to Modify Blogs Task Flow Parameters
31.4.4
What Happens at Runtime
Part V Enabling Communication and Collaboration
32
Integrating the Announcements Service
32.1
Introduction to Announcements
32.1.1
Understanding the Announcements Service
32.1.2
Requirements for Announcements
32.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
32.2
Basic Configuration for the Announcements Service
32.2.1
Setting Up a Connection for Announcements
32.2.1.1
Announcements Connections
32.2.1.2
How to Set Up Connections for Announcements
32.2.2
Adding the Announcements Service at Design Time
32.2.2.1
Announcements Service Task Flows
32.2.2.2
How to Add Announcements to Your Page
32.2.2.3
How to Modify Announcements Service Task Flow Parameters
32.2.3
Setting Security for Announcements
32.3
Advanced Information for the Announcements Service
32.3.1
How to Add the Announcements - Quick View Task Flow
32.3.2
Customizing Announcements Views
32.3.3
Obtaining Space RSS News Feed URL for the Announcements Service
33
Integrating the Discussions Service
33.1
Introduction to Discussions
33.1.1
Understanding the Discussions Service
33.1.2
Requirements for Discussions
33.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
33.2
Basic Configuration for the Discussions Service
33.2.1
Setting up Connections for Discussions
33.2.1.1
Discussions Connections
33.2.1.2
How to Set Up Connections for Discussions
33.2.2
Adding the Discussions Service at Design Time
33.2.2.1
Discussions Task Flows
33.2.2.2
How to Add Discussions to a Page
33.2.2.3
How to Modify the Discussions Service Task Flow Parameters
33.2.3
Setting Security for Discussions
33.3
Advanced Information for the Discussions Service
33.3.1
Adding the Discussions - Popular Topics Task Flow
33.3.2
Adding the Discussions - Recent Topics Task Flow
33.3.3
Adding the Discussions - Watched Forums Task Flow
33.3.4
Adding the Discussions - Watched Topics Task Flow
33.3.5
Adding the Discussions - Quick View Task Flow
33.3.6
Obtaining Space RSS News Feed URL for the Discussions Service
33.3.7
Using Custom Discussions APIs
33.3.8
Using the Discussions Service REST APIs
33.3.8.1
Discussions Entry Point
33.3.8.2
Discussions Resource Type Taxonomy
33.3.8.3
Security Considerations
33.3.8.4
Discussions Resource Types
33.3.9
Troubleshooting the Discussions Service
34
Integrating the Instant Messaging and Presence Service
34.1
Introduction to the IMP Service
34.1.1
Understanding the IMP Service
34.1.2
Requirements for IMP
34.2
Basic Configuration for the IMP Service
34.2.1
Setting up Connections for the IMP Service
34.2.1.1
IMP Service Connections
34.2.1.2
How to Set Up Microsoft LCS Connections for the IMP Service
34.2.1.3
How to Set Up Microsoft OCS Connections for the IMP Service
34.2.1.4
How to Set Up OWLCS Connections for the IMP Service
34.2.2
Adding the IMP Service at Design Time
34.2.2.1
IMP Service Task Flows
34.2.2.2
How to Add the IMP Service to your Application
34.2.3
Setting Security for the IMP Service
34.3
Advanced Information for the IMP Service
34.3.1
Enabling Network Presence
34.3.1.1
Setting Up Yahoo! Messenger Presence
34.3.1.2
Setting Up Other Network Presence Providers
34.3.2
Customizing IMP Views
34.3.3
Troubleshooting the IMP Service
35
Integrating the Mail Service
35.1
Introduction to the Mail Service
35.1.1
Understanding the Mail Service
35.1.2
Requirements for the Mail Service
35.2
Basic Configuration for the Mail Service
35.2.1
Configuration Roadmap - Mail Service
35.2.2
Setting up Connections for the Mail Service
35.2.3
Adding the Mail Service at Design Time
35.2.3.1
Mail Service Task Flows
35.2.3.2
How to Add the Mail Service to your Application
35.2.3.3
How to Modify the Mail Service Task Flow Parameters
35.2.4
Setting Security for the Mail Service
35.3
Advanced Information for the Mail Service
35.3.1
Invoking the Mail Compose Page
35.3.2
Configuring the Number of Mails Displayed
35.3.3
Troubleshooting the Mail Service
36
Integrating the Polls Service
36.1
Introduction to Polls
36.1.1
Understanding the Polls Service
36.1.2
Requirements for Polls
36.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
36.2
Basic Configuration for the Polls Service
36.2.1
Setting up Connections for the Polls Service
36.2.2
Adding the Polls Service at Design Time
36.2.2.1
Polls Task Flows
36.2.2.2
How to Add the Polls Quick View to Your Page
36.2.2.3
How to Modify the Polls Service Task Flow Parameters
36.2.3
Setting Security for Polls
36.3
Advanced Information for the Polls Service
36.3.1
How to Add the Polls Manager Task Flow
36.3.2
How to Add the Take Polls Task Flow
36.3.3
How to Add the Polls - View Poll Results Task Flow
36.3.4
Using the Polls Service Data Controls
36.3.4.1
Take Poll Data Control
36.3.4.2
Polls Manager Data Control
Part VI Working with the People Connections Service
37
Introducing the People Connections Service
37.1
Overview of the People Connections Service
37.1.1
People Connections Service Task Flows
37.1.1.1
Activity Stream
37.1.1.2
Connections
37.1.1.3
Feedback
37.1.1.4
Message Board
37.1.1.5
Profile
37.1.1.6
The Publisher Task Flow
37.1.2
People Connections Service Requirements
37.2
Troubleshooting the People Connections Service
38
Basic Configuration for the People Connections Service
38.1
How to Set Up a Database Connection for the People Connections Service
38.2
How to Add People Connections Task Flows to a Page
38.3
Setting Security for the People Connections Service
38.4
Establishing Site-Level Settings for People Connections Features
38.4.1
Understanding the People Connections Site-Level Setting Scripts
38.4.1.1
Preparing and Running settings-insert.sql
38.4.1.2
Preparing and Running settings-update.sql
38.4.2
Supported Site-Level Settings for People Connections Features
38.4.2.1
Activity Stream Site-Level Settings
38.4.2.2
Connections Site-Level Settings
38.4.2.3
Feedback Site-Level Settings
38.4.2.4
Message Board Site-Level Settings
38.4.2.5
Profile Site-Level Settings
38.4.3
Example: Configuring Connections to Accept Invitations Automatically
39
People Connections Task Flow Binding Parameters
39.1
How to Revise People Connections Task Flow Binding Parameters
39.2
People Connections Task Flow Binding Parameters
39.3
What You Should Know About the Activity Stream Advanced Query Option
40
Using People Connections Data Controls and Java APIs
40.1
Using People Connections Data Controls
40.1.1
Adding a Data Control to Your Project
40.1.2
Working with People Connections Management Data Control
40.1.2.1
connectionLists
40.1.2.2
groupedPeopleCounts
40.1.2.3
receivedInvitations
40.1.2.4
sentInvitations
40.1.2.5
acceptInvitation(String invitationId)
40.1.2.6
addConnectionsToList(List userids, String listName)
40.1.2.7
createConnectionList(String listName)
40.1.2.8
declineInvitation(String invitationId)
40.1.2.9
dropConnectionList(String listName)
40.1.2.10
getConnectionList(String connectionListName)
40.1.2.11
getConnections(String userid, String connectionListName, String filterPattern, String sortBy, int startIndex, int fetchSize)
40.1.2.12
getNumberOfConnections(String userid, String connectionListName, String filterPattern)
40.1.2.13
ignoreInvitation(String invitationId)
40.1.2.14
inviteUserForConnection(String userid, String invitationMessage, Collection connectionListNames)
40.1.2.15
isConnectionListModifiable(String listName)
40.1.2.16
isConnectionPartOfUnmodifiableList(String connecteeGuid)
40.1.2.17
removeConnection(String userid, boolean fromListOnly, String listName)
40.1.2.18
searchUsers(String filterPattern, int startIndex, int fetchSize)
40.1.2.19
updateConnectionListsMembership(String member, Collection addListIds, Collection removeListIds)
40.1.3
Working with Profile Data Control
40.1.3.1
Method: getProfile(String userId)
40.1.3.2
Method: getProfileForUpdate(String userId)
40.2
People Connections Service Java APIs
41
People Connections Service REST APIs
41.1
Activity Stream REST APIs
41.1.1
Activity Stream Entry Point
41.1.2
Activity Stream Resource Type Taxonomy
41.1.3
Activity Stream Security Considerations
41.1.4
Activity Stream Resource Types
41.2
Connections and Profile REST APIs
41.2.1
Connections and Profile Entry Point
41.2.2
Connections and Profile Resource Type Taxonomy
41.2.3
Connections and Profile Security Considerations
41.2.4
Connections and Profile Resource Types
41.3
Feedback REST APIs
41.3.1
Feedback Entry Point
41.3.2
Feedback Resource Type Taxonomy
41.3.3
Feedback Security Considerations
41.3.4
Feedback Resource Types
41.4
Message Board REST APIs
41.4.1
Message Board Entry Point
41.4.2
Message Board Resource Type Taxonomy
41.4.3
Message Board Security Considerations
41.4.4
Message Board Resource Types
41.5
Creating an Invitation
41.5.1
Creating an Invitation
41.5.2
Deleting an Invitation
Part VII Helping Users Find Content
42
Integrating the Links Service
42.1
Introduction to the Links Service
42.1.1
Understanding the Links Service
42.1.2
Requirements for the Links Service
42.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
42.2
Basic Configuration for the Links Service
42.2.1
Setting up Connections for the Links Service
42.2.2
Adding the Links Service at Design Time
42.2.2.1
Links Service Task Flows
42.2.2.2
How to Add the Links Service to your Application
42.2.3
Setting Security for the Links Service
42.2.4
Troubleshooting the Links Service
42.3
Advanced Information for the Links Service
42.3.1
Using the Links Service REST APIs
42.3.1.1
Links Entry Point
42.3.1.2
Links Resource Type Taxonomy
42.3.1.3
Security Considerations
42.3.1.4
Links Resource Types
43
Integrating the Tags Service
43.1
Introduction to the Tags Service
43.1.1
Understanding the Tags Service
43.1.2
Requirements for the Tags Service
43.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
43.2
Basic Configuration for the Tags Service
43.2.1
Setting up Connections for the Tags Service
43.2.2
Adding the Tags Service at Design Time
43.2.2.1
Tags Service Components
43.2.2.2
Tags Service Task Flows
43.2.2.3
How to Add the Tags Service to your Page
43.2.2.4
How to Modify the Tags Service Task Flow Parameters
43.2.3
Setting Security for the Tags Service
43.3
Advanced Information for the Tags Service
43.3.1
Using the Tags Service Java APIs
43.3.2
Using the Tags Service REST APIs
43.3.2.1
Tags Entry Point
43.3.2.2
Tags Resource Type Taxonomy
43.3.2.3
Security Considerations
43.3.2.4
Tags Resource Types
43.3.3
Optional Way to Show Tags on Pages
43.3.4
Using the Resource Action Handling Framework to Tag Custom Objects
44
Integrating the Search Service
44.1
Introduction to Search
44.1.1
Understanding the Search Service
44.1.1.1
Understanding Search with the Oracle SES Adapter
44.1.1.2
Understanding Search with the WebCenter Search Adapters
44.1.1.3
Click Actions on Search Results
44.1.2
What Happens at Runtime
44.2
Basic Configuration for the Search Service
44.2.1
Configuration Roadmap - Oracle SES
44.2.2
Setting up Connections for Oracle SES
44.2.3
Adding the Search Service at Design Time
44.2.3.1
Search Service Task Flows
44.2.3.2
How to Add the Search Service to Your Page
44.2.3.3
How to Modify the Search Service Task Flow Parameters
44.2.4
Setting Security for the Search Service
44.3
Advanced Information for the Search Service
44.3.1
Adding the Search Task Flow
44.3.2
Adding the Search - Saved Searches Task Flow
44.3.3
Adding the Search Preferences Task Flow
44.3.4
Configuring Search with the Oracle SES Adapter
44.3.5
Configuring Search with WebCenter Search Adapters
44.3.6
Using the Search Service Java APIs
44.3.7
Using the Search Service REST APIs
44.3.7.1
Search Entry Point
44.3.7.2
Search Resource Type Taxonomy
44.3.7.3
Security Considerations
44.3.7.4
Search Resource Types
44.3.8
Using the Search Service Data Control
44.3.8.1
Search Data Control Methods, Attributes, and Classes
44.3.8.2
Integrating the Search Data Control
44.3.9
Building Adapters for the Search Service
44.3.9.1
How to Add a Search Source
44.3.9.2
How to Register a Custom Adapter
44.3.9.3
Search Adapter Attributes
44.3.9.4
What Happens at Runtime
44.3.10
Customizing the Search UI Without the Search Service APIs
44.3.11
Troubleshooting the Search Service
45
Integrating the Activity Graph Service
45.1
Introduction to the Activity Graph Service
45.1.1
Understanding the Activity Graph Service
45.1.2
Requirements for the Activity Graph Service
45.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
45.2
Basic Configuration for the Activity Graph Service
45.2.1
Configuration Roadmap for the Activity Graph Service
45.2.2
Setting Up Connections for the Activity Graph Service
45.2.3
Adding the Activity Graph Service at Design Time
45.2.3.1
Activity Graph Service Task Flows
45.2.3.2
How to Add Activity Graph Service Task Flows to a Page
45.2.3.3
How to Modify Activity Graph Service Task Flow Parameters
45.2.3.4
Activity Graph Service Task Flows and Task Flow Parameters
45.3
Advanced Information for the Activity Graph Service
45.3.1
Using the Activity Graph Data Control
45.3.2
Using the Activity Graph Service REST APIs
45.3.2.1
Activity Graph Entry Point
45.3.2.2
Activity Graph Resource Type Taxonomy
45.3.2.3
Security Considerations
45.3.2.4
Activity Graph Resource Types
45.4
Extending the Activity Graph Service
45.4.1
Defining Custom Node Classes
45.4.2
Defining Custom Actions
45.4.3
Defining Custom Similarity Calculations
45.4.4
Defining Custom Rank Calculations
45.4.5
Registering Custom Activity Providers
45.4.6
Registering Custom QRPPs
45.5
Troubleshooting the Activity Graph Service
45.5.1
Troubleshooting the Activity Graph Service Task Flows (All Task Flows)
45.5.2
Troubleshooting the Recommended Connections Task Flow
45.5.3
Troubleshooting the Similar Spaces Task Flow
45.5.4
Troubleshooting the Similar Items Task Flow
Part VIII Helping Users Keep Track
46
Integrating the Analytics Service
46.1
Introduction to the Analytics Service
46.1.1
Understanding the Analytics Service
46.1.2
Requirements for the Analytics Service
46.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
46.2
Basic Configuration for the Analytics Service
46.2.1
Configuration Roadmap for the Analytics Service
46.2.2
Setting up Connections for the Analytics Service
46.2.2.1
How to Set Up a Connection to the Analytics Database
46.2.2.2
How to Set Analytics Collector Properties
46.2.2.3
How to Set Up a Connection to the Analytics Collector
46.2.3
Configuring a Namespace for Analytics Customizations in MDS
46.2.4
Adding Analytics Task Flows at Design Time
46.2.4.1
Analytics Task Flows
46.2.4.2
How to Add Analytics Task Flows to a Page
46.2.4.3
How to Modify Analytics Task Flow Parameters
46.2.4.4
How to Allow End Users to Customize Analytics Task Flows at Runtime
46.2.4.5
Analytics Task Flows and Task Flow Parameters
46.2.5
Setting up Security for Analytics Task Flows and Usage Data
46.3
Building Analytics Reports
46.3.1
Using SQL Data Controls
46.3.2
SQL Statements for Out-of-the-Box Analytics Reports
46.3.2.1
Analytics SQL: WebCenter Traffic
46.3.2.2
Analytics SQL: Page Traffic
46.3.2.3
Analytics SQL: Login Metrics
46.3.2.4
Analytics SQL: Space Traffic
46.3.2.5
Analytics SQL: Space Response Time
46.3.2.6
Analytics SQL: Portlet Traffic
46.3.2.7
Analytics SQL: Portlet Instance Traffic
46.3.2.8
Analytics SQL: Portlet Response Time
46.3.2.9
Analytics SQL: Portlet Instance Response Time
46.3.2.10
Analytics SQL: Search Metrics
46.3.2.11
Analytics SQL: Document Metrics
46.3.2.12
Analytics SQL: Wiki Metrics
46.3.2.13
Analytics SQL: Blog Metrics
46.3.2.14
Analytics SQL: Discussion Metrics
46.3.3
Sample Queries for User Metrics
46.3.3.1
Sample SQL: Filter by User Property
46.3.3.2
Sample SQL: Group by User Property
46.3.4
Sample Analytics Database Queries for Specific Metrics
46.3.4.1
Sample SQL: User Activities
46.3.4.2
Sample SQL: Space Activities
46.3.4.3
Sample SQL: Space Activities for a Specific Time Period
46.3.4.4
Sample SQL: Activity for a Service During a Specific Time Period
46.3.4.5
Sample SQL: Search Phrases
46.3.4.6
Sample SQL: Page Views
47
Integrating the Lists Service
47.1
Introduction to the Lists Service
47.1.1
Understanding the Lists Service
47.1.2
What Happens to the Lists Service at Runtime
47.2
Basic Configuration for the Lists Service
47.2.1
Setting Up Connections for the Lists Service
47.2.2
Adding the Lists Service at Design Time
47.2.2.1
Lists Service Task Flows
47.2.2.2
How to Add the Lists Service to your Application
47.2.3
Enabling Users to Work with Lists at Runtime
47.3
Adding Lists to a Resource Catalog
47.4
Using the Lists Service REST APIs
47.4.1
Entry Point for Lists
47.4.2
Lists Resource Type Taxonomy
47.4.3
Lists Security Considerations
47.4.4
Lists Resource Types
47.4.4.1
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:lists
47.4.4.2
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list
47.4.4.3
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:rows
47.4.4.4
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:row
47.4.4.5
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:columns
47.4.4.6
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:column
47.5
Troubleshooting the Lists Service
48
Integrating Notifications
48.1
Introduction to Notifications
48.1.1
Understanding Notifications
48.1.2
Requirements for Notifications
48.1.3
What Happens with Notifications at Runtime?
48.2
Basic Configuration for Notifications
48.2.1
Adding the Notifications Namespace
48.2.2
Creating a Notifications Connection to a Mail Server
48.2.3
Creating a Notifications Connection to a BPEL Server
48.2.4
Setting Application Defaults for Notifications
48.2.4.1
What You Should Know About Subscription Defaults
48.2.4.2
Setting Notifications Subscription Defaults
48.2.5
Adding Notifications Task Flows to Your Application
48.2.5.1
Notifications Task flows
48.2.5.2
How to Add a Notifications Task Flow to a Page
48.2.5.3
Subscription Preferences Task Flow Input Parameters
48.2.6
Setting Security for Notifications
48.3
Advanced Information for Notifications
48.3.1
Using Notifications Java APIs
48.3.1.1
Configuration Settings Required to Use Notifications Java APIs
48.3.1.2
Introduction to Notifications Java APIs
48.3.1.3
How to Set up Your Application to Use Notifications Java APIs
48.3.2
Using Notifications Data Controls
48.3.2.1
Adding a Data Control to Your Project
48.3.2.2
Understanding the Notification Subscription Data Control
48.3.2.3
Notification Subscription Data Control Methods and Attributes
48.3.2.4
Notification Subscription Data Control Classes
49
Integrating the Recent Activities Service
49.1
Introduction to the Recent Activities Service
49.1.1
Understanding the Recent Activities Service
49.1.2
What Happens at Runtime
49.2
Basic Configuration for the Recent Activities Service
49.2.1
Setting up Connections for the Recent Activities Service
49.2.2
Adding the Recent Activities Service at Design Time
49.2.3
Modifying Recent Activities Service Task Flow Parameters
49.2.4
Setting Security for the Recent Activities Service
49.3
Advanced Information for the Recent Activities Service
49.3.1
Refining the Behavior of the Recent Activities Service
49.3.2
Obtaining RSS News Feed URL for the Recent Activities Service
50
Integrating the Worklist Service
50.1
Introduction to the Worklist Service
50.1.1
Understanding Worklists
50.1.2
Requirements for the Worklist Service
50.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
50.2
Roadmap - Configuring the Worklist Service for WebCenter Portal Applications
50.3
Basic Configuration for the Worklist Service
50.3.1
Setting up Connections for the Worklist Service
50.3.1.1
Worklist Service Connections
50.3.1.2
How to Set Up Connections for the Worklist Service
50.3.2
Adding the Worklist Service at Design Time
50.3.2.1
Worklist Service Task Flows
50.3.2.2
How to Add the Worklist Service to your Application
50.3.3
Setting Security for the Worklist Service
50.4
Advanced Information for the Worklist Service
51
Integrating the Events Service
51.1
Introduction to the Events Service
51.1.1
Understanding the Events Service
51.1.2
Requirements for the Events Service
51.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
51.2
Basic Configuration for the Events Service
51.2.1
Configuration Roadmap for the Events Service
51.2.2
Setting Up a Connection for the Events Service
51.2.3
Adding the Events Service at Design Time
51.2.3.1
Events Task Flows
51.2.3.2
How to Add the Events Service to Your Application
51.2.4
Setting Security for the Events Service
51.3
Troubleshooting the Events Service
52
Integrating the RSS Service
52.1
Introduction to the RSS Service
52.1.1
Understanding the RSS Service
52.1.2
Requirements for the RSS Service
52.1.3
What Happens at Runtime
52.2
Basic Configuration for the RSS Service
52.2.1
Setting Up a Proxy Server for the RSS Service
52.2.2
Adding the RSS Service at Design Time
52.2.2.1
About RSS Viewer Task Flow
52.2.2.2
How to Add the RSS Viewer Task Flow to Your Application
52.2.2.3
How to Modify RSS Viewer Task Flow Parameters
52.2.3
Setting Security for the RSS Viewer Service
Part IX Extending Your Application
53
Extending WebCenter Spaces Using JDeveloper
53.1
Downloading a Workspace for WebCenter Spaces Development
53.2
Including Additional Shared Libraries in WebCenter Spaces
53.2.1
What You Should Know About WebCenter Spaces Shared Library Deployment
53.2.2
Deploying Your Own Custom Code and Task Flows in Shared Libraries
53.2.3
Rebuilding the WebCenter Spaces Shared Library List
53.2.3.1
Editing the Shared Library List
53.2.3.2
Setting Build and Deployment Options (config.properties)
53.2.3.3
Building and Deploying the Shared Library List (extend.spaces.webapp.war)
53.2.3.4
Reverting to a Previous Shared Library List
53.2.3.5
Troubleshooting Shared Library Deployment
53.3
Developing WebCenter Spaces Resources
53.3.1
Using the WebCenterSpacesResources Project for Round-Trip Development
53.3.2
Opening and Exploring the WebCenterSpacesResources Project
53.3.3
Enabling Direct Uploads to WebCenter Spaces
53.3.4
Editing WebCenter Spaces Resources in JDeveloper
53.3.4.1
How to Import a WebCenter Spaces Resource into JDeveloper
53.3.4.2
How to Build WebCenter Spaces Resources
53.3.5
Uploading Resources Direct to WebCenter Spaces
53.3.6
Exporting WebCenter Spaces Resources to an Archive
53.3.7
Troubleshooting Resource Round-Trip Development
54
Integrating with Oracle WebCenter Spaces
54.1
Introduction to WebCenter Spaces
54.2
Exposing WebCenter Spaces in WebCenter Portal Applications Using APIs
54.2.1
Introduction to WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.2.2
Case Study 1: Purchasing Application Uses a Space to Evaluate Suppliers
54.2.3
Case Study 2: Customer Support Center Application Uses a Space to Discuss Customer Escalations
54.2.4
How to Set Up Your WebCenter Portal Application to Use the WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.2.4.1
Verifying That WebCenter Spaces Is Up and Running
54.2.4.2
Setting Up the WebCenter Portal Application to Use WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.2.4.3
Securing the Connection Between the Application and WebCenter Spaces
54.2.4.4
Setting Up the WebCenter Spaces Client Context
54.2.5
How to Provide Space Functionality in WebCenter Portal Applications
54.2.5.1
Managing Spaces and Space Template
54.2.5.2
Managing Space Membership
54.2.5.3
Retrieving Information for Spaces and Space Templates
54.2.6
How to Handle Exceptions Raised by WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.2.6.1
Providing Localized Error Messages
54.2.6.2
Listing the Error Stack
54.2.7
Finding More Information on WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.2.8
Troubleshooting Issues with WebCenter Spaces APIs
54.3
Using the WebCenter Spaces REST APIs
54.3.1
WebCenter Spaces Entry Point
54.3.2
WebCenter Spaces Resource Type Taxonomy
54.3.3
WebCenter Spaces Security Considerations
54.3.4
WebCenter Spaces Resource Types
54.3.4.1
urn:oracle:webcenter:spaces
54.3.4.2
urn:oracle:webcenter:spaces:resource:templates
54.3.4.3
urn:oracle:webcenter:space
54.3.4.4
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:resourceindex
54.3.4.5
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:roles
54.3.4.6
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:role
54.3.4.7
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:icon
54.3.4.8
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:attributes
54.3.4.9
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:attribute bill
54.3.4.10
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:members
54.3.4.11
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:member
54.3.4.12
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:lists
54.3.4.13
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list
54.3.4.14
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:rows
54.3.4.15
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:row
54.3.4.16
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:columns
54.3.4.17
urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:column
54.4
Exposing Enterprise Applications in WebCenter Spaces
54.4.1
Exposing WebCenter Portal Applications in WebCenter Spaces
54.4.2
Exposing Oracle Applications in WebCenter Spaces
54.4.3
Exposing Non-Oracle Applications in WebCenter Spaces
55
Using Oracle WebCenter REST APIs
55.1
Introduction to REST
55.2
Before You Begin: Performing Required Configurations
55.2.1
Introduction
55.2.2
Configuring an Identity Asserter
55.2.3
Configuring the WebLogic Server Credential Store
55.3
Understanding the Username-Based Security Token Encryption
55.4
Benefits of Using REST
55.5
Introduction to WebCenter REST APIs
55.6
Understanding the Link Model
55.6.1
The Resource Index
55.6.2
The Anatomy of a Link
55.6.2.1
Resource Type
55.6.2.2
Relationship
55.6.2.3
Capabilities
55.6.2.4
Media Type
55.6.2.5
Templates
55.7
Understanding Items Hypermedia
55.8
Navigating Hypermedia Using HTTP
55.9
Security Considerations for WebCenter REST APIs
55.10
Security Considerations for CMIS REST APIs
55.11
Understanding Common Types
55.11.1
Common Types
55.11.1.1
personReference
55.11.1.2
groupSpaceReference
55.11.2
Portable Contact Types
55.11.2.1
name Portable Contact Type
55.11.2.2
address Portable Contact Type
55.11.2.3
organization Portable Contact Type
55.11.2.4
value Portable Contact Type
55.12
Managing Caches
55.13
Configuring a Proxy Server
55.14
WebCenter REST API Examples
55.14.1
Navigating the Message Board Hypermedia
55.14.1.1
Accessing the Resource Index
55.14.1.2
Reading Messages
55.14.1.3
Creating a New Message
55.14.1.4
Updating a Message
55.14.1.5
Deleting a Message
55.14.2
Displaying Activity Stream Data
55.14.3
Using the WebCenter People Connections Service REST APIs with Ext
55.14.3.1
Creating the HTML Page
55.14.3.2
Creating the JavaScript File
55.14.3.3
The Result
55.14.4
Updating User Status
56
Integrating Other Oracle Applications
56.1
Integrating Oracle and Other Applications in WebCenter
56.2
Integrating Siebel Applications
56.2.1
Integrating Siebel Applications as Web Services
56.2.1.1
Preparing the Siebel Application
56.2.1.2
Consuming a Siebel Web Service in a WebCenter Portal Application
56.2.2
Integrating Siebel Applications Using the Siebel Web Engine
56.3
Integrating E-Business Suite Applications
56.3.1
Introduction to Integrating EBS Applications
56.3.1.1
Understanding EBS Integration
56.3.1.2
Requirements for Integrating EBS Applications
56.3.2
Integrating EBS Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
56.3.2.1
Preparing the EBS Application for Remote Access
56.3.2.2
Registering the EBS WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
56.3.2.3
Creating a JSF Page to Consume the Remote Producer
56.3.2.4
Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
56.3.3
Integrating EBS Applications in WebCenter Spaces
56.3.3.1
Preparing the EBS Portlet for Remote Access
56.3.3.2
Registering the EBS WSRP Producer in WebCenter Spaces
56.3.3.3
Adding the EBS Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
56.3.3.4
Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
56.4
Integrating JD Edwards Applications
56.4.1
Integrating JD Edwards Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
56.4.1.1
Preparing the JD Edwards Application for Remote Access
56.4.1.2
Registering the JD Edwards WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
56.4.1.3
Creating the JSF Page to Consume the Remote Producer
56.4.1.4
Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
56.4.2
Integrating JD Edwards Applications in WebCenter Spaces
56.4.2.1
Registering the Producer
56.4.2.2
Adding the JD Edwards Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
56.4.2.3
Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
56.5
Integrating PeopleSoft Applications
56.5.1
Introduction to Integrating PeopleSoft Applications
56.5.1.1
Understanding PeopleSoft Integration
56.5.1.2
Requirements for Integrating PeopleSoft Applications
56.5.2
Integrating PeopleSoft Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
56.5.2.1
Preparing the PeopleSoft Application for Remote Access
56.5.2.2
Registering the PeopleSoft WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
56.5.2.3
Creating the JSF Page to Consume the Remote (WSRP) Producer
56.5.2.4
Setting up WS-Security for PeopleTools
56.5.2.5
Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
56.5.3
Integrating PeopleSoft Applications in WebCenter Spaces
56.5.3.1
Registering the Producer
56.5.3.2
Adding the PeopleSoft Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
56.5.3.3
Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
56.6
Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
56.6.1
Introduction to Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
56.6.1.1
Understanding Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Integration
56.6.1.2
Requirements for Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
56.6.2
Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services in WebCenter Portal Applications
56.6.2.1
Installing the Required Business Intelligence Extensions
56.6.2.2
Creating a WebCenter Application that Integrates with Oracle BI Presentation Services
56.6.2.3
Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
56.6.2.4
Post-Deployment Connection Configuration
56.6.2.5
Securing Oracle BI EE Objects Included in a WebCenter Application
56.6.3
Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Objects in WebCenter Spaces
56.6.3.1
Adding Oracle BI Objects to the WebCenter Spaces Resource Catalog
56.6.3.2
Adding Oracle BI Content at Runtime
56.6.3.3
Modifying a Business Intelligence Object's Prompt Values
56.6.3.4
Modifying a Business Intelligence Task Flow's Initialization Parameters
Part X Working with Portlets and Portals
57
Overview of Portlets
57.1
Introduction to Portlets
57.1.1
Portlet Anatomy
57.1.2
Portlet Resources
57.1.2.1
JSF Portlets
57.1.2.2
Prebuilt Portlets
57.1.2.3
Parameter Form and Parameter Display Portlets
57.1.2.4
Web Clipping
57.1.2.5
OmniPortlet
57.1.2.6
Programmatic Portlets
57.1.2.7
Deciding Which Tool to Use
57.1.3
Portlet Modes
57.1.3.1
View Mode
57.1.3.2
Edit Mode
57.1.3.3
Edit Defaults Mode
57.1.3.4
Help Mode
57.1.3.5
About Mode
57.1.3.6
Preview Mode
57.1.3.7
Full Screen Mode (PDK-Java)
57.2
Portlet Technologies Matrix
57.2.1
General Suitability
57.2.2
Expertise Required
57.2.3
Deployment Type
57.2.3.1
PDK-Java Producers
57.2.3.2
WSRP Producers
57.2.3.3
Producer Architecture
57.2.4
Caching Style
57.2.5
Development Tool
57.2.6
Portlet Creation Style
57.2.7
User Interface Flexibility
57.2.8
Ability to Capture Content from Web Sites
57.2.9
Ability to Render Content Inline
57.2.10
Charting Capability
57.2.11
Public Portlet Parameter Support
57.2.12
Private Portlet Parameter Support
57.2.13
Ability to Hide and Show Portlets Based on User Privileges
57.2.14
Multilingual Support
57.2.15
Pagination Support
57.2.16
Authenticating to External Applications
58
Creating Portlets with the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
58.1
Introduction to the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
58.2
Creating a Portlet from a JSF Application
58.2.1
How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Page
58.2.2
How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Task Flow
58.2.2.1
Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Create Portlet Entry Dialog
58.2.2.2
Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Manage Portlet Entries of Task Flows Dialog
58.2.3
How to Test a JSF Portlet Using the Integrated WebLogic Server
58.2.4
What Happens at Runtime
58.3
What You May Need to Know When Creating a JSF Portlet
58.3.1
General Guidelines
58.3.2
Portlet Guidelines
58.3.3
Security Guidelines
58.3.4
JSF Guidelines
58.3.5
Oracle ADF Guidelines
59
Creating Portlets with the Portlet Wizard
59.1
Introduction to Java Portlets
59.1.1
Introduction to Standards-Based Java Portlets
59.1.2
Introduction to PDK-Java Portlets
59.2
Creating Java Portlets
59.2.1
How to Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet
59.2.2
What Happens When You Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
59.2.3
After You Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
59.2.4
How to Create a PDK-Java Portlet
59.2.5
What Happens When You Create a PDK-Java Portlet
59.2.6
After You Create an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
59.3
Troubleshooting Java Portlets
59.3.1
Cannot Access the Create Portlet Wizard
59.3.2
Cannot Add the Portlet Functionality that I Want to the Portlet
60
Coding Portlets
60.1
General Guidelines for Coding Java Portlets
60.1.1
Guidelines for Portlet Modes
60.1.1.1
Guidelines for View Mode
60.1.1.2
Guidelines for Edit Mode
60.1.1.3
Guidelines for Edit Defaults Mode
60.1.1.4
Guidelines for Help Mode
60.1.1.5
Guidelines for About Mode
60.1.1.6
Guidelines for Preview Mode
60.1.1.7
Guidelines for Full Screen Mode (PDK-Java Only)
60.1.2
Guidelines for Navigation within a Portlet
60.1.2.1
Intraportlet Links
60.1.2.2
Application Links
60.1.2.3
External Links
60.1.2.4
Internal/Resource Links
60.1.3
Guidelines for JavaScript
60.2
Enhancing JSR 286 Java Portlets
60.2.1
How to Edit the Portlet Deployment Descriptor File
60.2.2
How to Add Custom Portlet Modes
60.2.3
How to Access User Information
60.2.4
How to Customize the Runtime Environment
60.2.4.1
Supported Container Runtime Options
60.2.4.2
Setting Container Runtime Options for All Portlets in an Application
60.2.4.3
Setting Container Runtime Options for Individual Portlets
60.2.5
How to Use Portlet Events
60.2.5.1
Defining a Portlet Event at the Application Level
60.2.5.2
Adding a Processing Event to a Portlet
60.2.5.3
Adding a Publishing Event to a Portlet
60.2.6
How to Use Public Render Parameters
60.2.6.1
Defining a Public Render Parameter at the Application Level
60.2.6.2
Adding a Public Render Parameter to a Portlet
60.2.7
How to Add Personalization
60.2.7.1
Adding a Portlet Preference to a Portlet
60.2.7.2
Simple Portlet Personalization Example
60.2.8
How to Use Portlet Filters
60.2.8.1
Adding a Portlet Filter to an Application
60.2.8.2
Applying a Portlet Filter to a Portlet
60.2.9
How to Implement Portlet Caching
60.2.9.1
Implementing Expiry-Based Caching
60.2.9.2
Implementing Validation-Based Caching
60.2.10
How to Implement Export of Customizations (WSRP 2.0)
60.2.11
How to Implement Rewritten URLs for Resource Proxy
60.2.12
How to Implement Stateless Resource Proxying
60.2.13
How to Enable Java Object Cache for Preference Store Access
60.2.14
How to Implement Security for JSR 286 Portlets
60.3
Enhancing PDK-Java Portlets
60.3.1
Guidelines for PDK-Java Portlets
60.3.2
How to Add Portlet Modes
60.3.3
How to Implement Public Parameters
60.3.4
How to Implement Private Parameters
60.3.4.1
About Private Parameters
60.3.4.2
About Portlet URL Types
60.3.4.3
Building Links with the Portlet URL Types
60.3.4.4
Building Forms with the Portlet URL Types
60.3.4.5
Implementing Navigation within a Portlet
60.3.4.6
Restricting Navigation to Resources
60.3.5
How to Use JNDI Variables
60.3.5.1
Declaring JNDI Variables
60.3.5.2
Setting JNDI Variable Values
60.3.5.3
Retrieving JNDI Variables
60.3.6
How to Access Session Information
60.3.7
How to Enhance Portlet Performance with Caching
60.3.7.1
Activating Caching
60.3.7.2
Adding Expiry-Based Caching
60.3.7.3
Adding Validation-Based Caching
60.4
Testing Portlet Personalization
60.5
Creating a Struts Portlet
60.5.1
How to Create a New Flow and View to Host the Portlet Actions
60.5.2
How to Create the New JSPs
60.5.3
How to Create a Portlet
60.5.4
How to Extend the Portlet to Add Business Logic
60.5.5
How to Register the Producer
61
Testing and Deploying Your Portlets
61.1
Introduction to Portlet Deployment Testing in a Development Environment
61.2
Testing a Portlet Application on Integrated WebLogic Server
61.2.1
How to Test JSR 286 Portlets on Integrated WebLogic Server
61.2.2
What Happens When You Test JSR 286 Portlets on Integrated WebLogic Server
61.2.3
How to Test PDK-Java Portlet Applications on Integrated WebLogic Server
61.2.4
What Happens When You Test PDK-Java Portlet Applications on Integrated WebLogic Server
61.3
Deploying a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
61.3.1
How to Create Deployment Profiles
61.3.1.1
Creating a WAR Deployment Profile
61.3.1.2
Creating a Deployment Descriptor
61.3.2
How to Create and Provision a WebLogic Managed Server Instance
61.3.3
How to Create and Register the Metadata Service Repository
61.3.4
How to Create a WebLogic Managed Server Connection
61.3.5
How to Deploy a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
61.3.6
What Happens When You Deploy a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic-Managed Portlet Server
61.4
Registering and Viewing Your Portlet
62
Creating Pagelets with the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer
62.1
Using Pagelets in Web Applications
62.1.1
How to Add a Pagelet to a JSF Page in Oracle JDeveloper
62.1.1.1
How to Register a Pagelet Producer
62.1.1.2
How to Add a Pagelet to a JSF Page
62.1.1.3
How to Secure a Pagelet
62.1.2
How to Add a Pagelet to any Web Page
62.1.2.1
Inserting Pagelets Using Javascript
62.1.3
Accessing Pagelets Using REST
62.1.3.1
Data Retrieval APIs
62.1.3.2
Pagelet Inject API
62.1.3.3
Using Automatic Resizing with IFrames
62.1.4
How to Add a Pagelet to a Page in WebCenter Spaces
62.2
Building Pagelets Using the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer
62.2.1
About Server Communication and the Proxy
62.2.1.1
The Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer Proxy
62.2.1.2
About HTTP and CSP
62.2.2
Building Adaptive Pagelets
62.2.2.1
Adaptive Pagelet Design Patterns
62.2.2.2
Using Scripting Framework Event Notification
62.2.2.3
Using In-Place Refresh
62.2.2.4
Using Session Preferences
62.2.2.5
Adaptive Pagelet Development Tips
62.2.3
Using Pagelet Producer Credential Mapping
63
Consuming Portlets
63.1
Introduction to Consuming Portlets
63.2
Registering Portlet Producers with a WebCenter Portal Application
63.2.1
How to Register a WSRP Portlet Producer
63.2.2
How to Map a Producer's Declared User Categories to an Application's Defined Java EE Security Roles
63.2.3
How to Register an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producer
63.2.4
How to Edit Portlet Producer Registration Settings
63.2.5
How to Test a Portlet Producer Connection
63.2.6
How to Refresh a Portlet Producer
63.2.7
How to Delete a Portlet Producer
63.3
Adding Portlets to a Page
63.3.1
How to Add a Portlet to a Page
63.3.2
What Happens When You Add a Portlet to a Page
63.3.3
What Happens at Runtime
63.4
Setting Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag
63.4.1
How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag Using the Property Inspector
63.4.2
How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag in Source Code
63.4.3
Common Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.4
Appearance Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.5
Behavior Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.6
Portlet Modes Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.7
Style Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.8
Binding Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.9
Customization Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.10
Other Attributes of the Portlet Tag
63.4.11
What You May Need to Know About Maximize, Minimize, Restore, and Move
63.4.12
What You May Need to Know About IFRAMEs
63.5
Copying Portlets
63.5.1
How to Copy a Portlet and Place it on the Same Page
63.5.2
How to Copy a Portlet from One Application Page to Another
63.6
Deleting Portlets from Application Pages
63.7
Adding the Portlet Producer Task Flow
64
Creating Portlets with OmniPortlet
64.1
Introduction to OmniPortlet
64.2
Adding OmniPortlet to Your Application
64.3
Customizing OmniPortlet
64.4
Troubleshooting OmniPortlet Problems
65
Creating Content-Based Portlets with Web Clipping
65.1
Introduction to Web Clipping
65.2
Adding Web Clipping to Your Application
65.3
Integrating Authenticated Web Content Using Single Sign-On
65.4
Advanced Features of Web Clipping
65.4.1
Using the Web Clipping Transport API
65.4.1.1
Implementing the Web Clipping Transport API
65.4.1.2
Deploying the Web Clipping Transport API
65.4.2
Rewriting Image Links to Use a Resource Proxy
65.5
Current Limitations of Web Clipping
65.6
Troubleshooting Web Clipping
Part XI Delivering Personalized Content
66
Personalizing WebCenter Applications
66.1
Introduction to WebCenter Personalization
66.1.1
WebCenter Personalization Architecture
66.1.2
WebCenter Personalization Conductor
66.1.2.1
Personalized Scenarios
66.1.2.2
Personalized Application Flow
66.1.2.3
Property Set Integration
66.1.2.4
Provider Integration
66.1.3
WebCenter Personalization Property Service
66.1.3.1
Property Service Architecture
66.1.3.2
Property Sets
66.1.3.3
Property Locators
66.1.4
WebCenter Personalization Providers
66.1.4.1
Out-of-the-Box Providers
66.1.4.2
Custom Data Providers
66.1.4.3
Function Providers
66.2
Integrating WebCenter Personalization in Your Application
66.2.1
WebCenter Personalization Requirements
66.2.2
Authoring Personalized Scenarios in JDeveloper
66.2.2.1
Creating a Properties Namespace
66.2.2.2
Creating Property Sets and Property Definitions
66.2.2.3
Creating a New Scenario in the Scenario Editor
66.2.2.4
Specifying Scenario Flow Using Node Types
66.2.2.5
Defining Property Sets and Property Locators
66.2.2.6
Implementing and Calling Function Providers
66.2.2.7
Implementing and Calling Data Providers
66.2.2.8
Using the Out-of-the-Box Providers
66.2.3
Creating File-Based Scenarios
66.2.4
Displaying Targeted Content at Runtime
66.2.4.1
Presenting Content with Content Presenter
66.2.4.2
Presenting Content with a Custom User Interface
66.3
Tutorial: Creating, Testing and Deploying a Simple Application
66.4
Extending Personalization
66.4.1
Adding Custom Providers
66.4.1.1
Extending the AnnotatedConfiguration Class
66.4.1.2
Implementing the Required Interfaces
66.4.1.3
Creating the Resource Files
66.4.1.4
Wiring the Data Provider to the Conductor
66.4.1.5
Invoking your Data Provider in a Scenario
66.4.2
Adding Custom Locators
66.4.2.1
Understanding Property Locators
66.4.2.2
Implementing the Required Interfaces
66.4.2.3
Implementing Security
66.4.2.4
Creating a Property Set Definition
66.4.2.5
Putting It All Together
66.4.2.6
Invoking the Property Locator
66.5
Using Personalization APIs Externally
66.5.1
Using Java APIs
66.5.2
Using the Property Service REST APIs
66.5.2.1
Accessing the Property Service's Resource Index
66.5.2.2
Creating a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.3
Viewing Property Set Definitions Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.4
Creating a Property Definition Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.5
Viewing Property Definitions Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.6
Creating a Property Set Definition Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.7
Creating a Property Set Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.8
Viewing a Property Set Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
66.5.2.9
Accessing the Conductor ResourceIndex
66.5.2.10
Accessing Namespaces Using the Conductor
66.5.2.11
Creating a Scenario Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.12
Viewing Scenarios Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.13
Executing a Scenario Using the Conductor
66.5.2.14
Viewing Data Providers Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.15
Viewing Detailed Data Provider Properties Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.16
Viewing Data Provider Connections Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.17
Viewing Data Provider Connection Resources Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.18
Viewing Data Provider Connection Resources Method Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.2.19
Viewing Function Providers Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
66.5.3
Property Service REST APIs
66.5.3.1
Property Service Resource Index
66.5.3.2
Namespace CRUD
66.5.3.3
Property Definition CRUD
66.5.3.4
Property Set Definition CRUD
66.5.3.5
Property Set CRUD
66.5.3.6
Property CRUD
66.5.3.7
JSON Payload
66.5.3.8
Exceptions
66.5.3.9
Query Parameters
66.5.3.10
Search Expressions
66.5.4
Using the Conductor REST APIs
66.5.4.1
Using the Data Provider Management APIs
66.5.4.2
Using the Function Provider Management APIs
66.5.4.3
Using the Namespace Management APIs
66.5.4.4
Using the Scenario Management APIs
66.5.5
Calling Personalization Client Services Using ELs
66.5.5.1
Calling Personalization Client Services from JSF Pages
66.5.5.2
Calling Personalization Client Services from JSP Pages
66.5.5.3
Personalization Context Object Method Reference
66.5.5.4
Enabling Single Sign-on
Part XII Completing Your WebCenter Application
67
Securing Your WebCenter Portal Application
67.1
Introduction to WebCenter Portal Application Security
67.2
Creating an Application Role
67.3
Configuring ADF Security
67.3.1
Configuring ADF Security Settings
67.3.2
Automated Security Grants for WebCenter Services
67.4
Using the Role Manager Task Flow
67.5
Using the Enterprise Role Member Task Flows
67.6
Using the Page Hierarchy Security Editor
67.6.1
Introduction to Page Hierarchy Security
67.6.1.1
Page Hierarchy Model
67.6.1.2
Page-level and Page Hierarchy Security
67.6.1.3
Inherited and Delegated Security
67.6.2
Building a Page Hierarchy
67.6.2.1
Adding a Page Hierarchy to a Navigation
67.6.2.2
Adding Pages to a Page Hierarchy
67.6.2.3
Delegating Security
67.7
Creating Login Pages and a Login Component
67.8
Creating a Login Portlet
67.9
Adding Portlets to a Login Page
67.10
Creating a Self-Registration Page
67.10.1
Integrating the WebCenter Spaces Self-Registration Task Flow
67.10.2
Building a Custom Self-Registration Page
67.10.3
Creating a Self-Registration Invitation Page
67.11
Creating a Reset Password Page
67.12
Configuring Basic Authentication for Testing Portlet Personalization
67.13
Working with External Applications
67.13.1
Using External Applications
67.13.1.1
Secured Service Connections
67.13.1.2
Automated Single Sign-On
67.13.2
Supplying User Credentials
67.13.3
Managing External Applications
67.13.3.1
Adding External Application Task Flows
67.13.3.2
Working with External Applications in Oracle JDeveloper
67.13.3.3
Working with External Applications in Enterprise Manager
67.13.3.4
Working with External Applications Using WLST
67.14
Registering Custom Certificates with the Keystore
67.15
Overriding Inherited Security on Portlets and Customizable Components
67.15.1
Portlets Security
67.15.1.1
Defining Security at the Actions Category Level
67.15.1.2
Defining Security at the Actions Level
67.16
Identity Propagation Mechanisms
67.17
Securing Identity Propagation Through WSRP Producers with WS-Security
67.17.1
Identity Propagation Without WS-Security
67.17.2
Identity Propagation with WS-Security
67.17.3
Configuring Security for WSRP Portlets
67.18
Implementing PDK-Java Portlet Security
67.18.1
Assumptions
67.18.2
Introduction to PDK-Java Portlet Security Features
67.18.2.1
Identity Propagation
67.18.2.2
Authorization
67.18.2.3
Message-level Security
67.18.3
Single Sign-On
67.18.3.1
External Application
67.18.3.2
No Application Authentication
67.18.4
Portlet Security Managers
67.18.4.1
Implementing Your Own Security Manager
67.18.5
Message Authentication
67.18.6
User Input Escape
67.18.6.1
Default Container Encoding
67.18.6.2
Escape Methods
67.19
Troubleshooting Security Issues
67.19.1
Error Message Appears When Running a Page with a Content Repository Data Control Method Being Consumed
68
Deploying and Testing Your WebCenter Portal Application
68.1
Introduction to Oracle WebLogic Servers
68.2
Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to the Integrated WebLogic Server
68.2.1
Running a WebCenter Portal Application in the Integrated WebLogic Server
68.2.2
Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to the Integrated WebLogic Server
68.3
Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to a WebLogic Managed Server
68.3.1
Deployment Roadmap
68.3.2
Packaging a WebCenter Portal Application
68.3.2.1
Packaging Database Connections and Application Security
68.3.2.2
Creating Deployment Profiles
68.3.3
Preparing the Target Environment for Deployment
68.3.3.1
Creating and Provisioning an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
68.3.3.2
Creating and Registering the Metadata Service Repository
68.3.3.3
Configuring the Target Environment
68.3.3.4
Creating a WebLogic Managed Server Connection
68.3.4
Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to a Managed Server
68.3.4.1
Deploying to a Managed Server Using Local Data Sources
68.3.4.2
Deploying to a Managed Server Using Global Data Sources
68.4
Transporting Customizations Between Environments
69
Building Multilanguage Portals
69.1
Language Support in ADF Faces Components
69.2
Using Resource Bundles to Support Multiple Languages
Part XIII Appendixes
A
Files for WebCenter Portal Applications
A.1
About Files
A.2
Files Overview
A.3
Files Related to WebCenter Portal Applications
A.3.1
catalog-registry.xml
A.3.2
default-catalog.xml
A.3.3
default-navigation-model.xml
A.3.4
index.html
A.3.5
navigation-registry.xml
A.3.6
pages.xml
A.3.7
error.jspx
A.3.8
home.jspx
A.3.9
login.jspx
A.3.10
navigation-renderer.jspx
A.3.11
pageTemplate_globe.jspx
A.3.12
pageTemplate_swooshy.jspx
A.4
Files Related to JSR 286 Portlets
A.4.1
portlet.xml
A.4.2
oracle-portlet-tags.jar
A.4.3
portlet_mode.jsp
A.4.4
portlet_name.java
A.4.5
portlet_nameBundle.jar
A.4.6
web.xml
A.5
Files Related to PDK-Java Portlets
A.5.1
producer_name.properties
A.5.2
_default.properties
A.5.3
index.jsp
A.5.4
portlet_name_modePage.jsp
A.5.5
provider.xml
A.5.5.1
provider.xml Syntax
A.5.5.2
provider.xml Sample
A.5.6
web.xml
A.6
System Files
A.6.1
adf-config.xml
A.6.2
DataBindings.cpx
A.6.3
faces-config.xml
A.6.4
page_name.jspx
A.6.5
PageDef.xml
A.6.6
trinidad-config.xml
A.6.7
web.xml
A.6.8
weblogic-application.xml
A.6.9
mds Subdirectory
A.6.10
wsdl Subdirectory
A.7
Files Related to Security
A.7.1
connections.xml
A.7.2
jazn-data.xml
A.7.3
cwallet.sso
A.7.4
jps-config.xml
A.7.5
adf-config.xml
A.8
Oracle JDeveloper Files
A.8.1
pagetemplate-metadata.xml
A.9
Files Related to WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
B
Oracle Composer Component Properties and Files
B.1
Oracle Composer Component Properties
B.1.1
Page Customizable
B.1.2
Change Mode Link and Change Mode Button
B.1.3
Layout Customizable Component
B.1.4
Panel Customizable Component
B.1.5
Show Detail Frame Component
B.1.6
Custom Action
B.1.7
Show Property
B.2
Oracle Composer-Specific Files and Configurations
B.2.1
pe_ext.xml
B.2.1.1
addon-config
B.2.1.2
property-panels
B.2.1.3
lov-config
B.2.1.4
event-handlers
B.2.1.5
drop-handlers
B.2.1.6
filter-config
B.2.1.7
elbuilder-config
B.2.1.8
Sample pe_ext.xml File
B.2.2
adf-config.xml
B.2.2.1
page-editor-config
B.2.2.2
addon-panels
B.2.2.3
sandbox-namespaces
B.2.2.4
session-options-factory
B.2.2.5
rcv-config
B.2.2.6
customizableComponentsSecurity
B.2.2.7
mds-config
B.2.2.8
resource-string-editor
B.2.2.9
enable-source-view
B.2.2.10
enable-zoom
B.2.2.11
persistent-change-manager
B.2.2.12
taglib-config
B.2.2.13
security-config
B.2.2.14
Sample adf-config.xml File
B.2.3
adf-settings.xml
B.2.3.1
custComps-config
B.2.4
web.xml
B.2.4.1
CHANGE_PERSISTENCE Context Parameter
B.2.4.2
WebCenterComposerFilter
B.3
Oracle Composer Default Add-Ons and Property Panels
B.3.1
Default Add-Ons
B.3.2
Default Property Panels
B.4
Oracle Composer Help Topic IDs
B.5
Oracle Composer Components Style-Specific Properties
B.5.1
Style Selectors for Oracle Composer Components
B.5.1.1
Global Style Selectors
B.5.1.2
Oracle Composer Status Indicator Style Selectors
B.5.1.3
Page Customizable Style Selectors
B.5.1.4
Layout Customizable Style Selectors
B.5.1.5
Panel Customizable Style Selectors
B.5.1.6
Show Detail Frame Style Selectors
B.5.2
Style Attributes
B.6
Customizable Components (HTML) Properties
B.6.1
Panel Customizable (HTML) Component
B.6.2
Show Detail Frame (HTML) Component
B.6.3
Customizable Components (HTML) Style Selectors
B.6.3.1
Panel Customizable (HTML) Style Selectors
B.6.3.2
Show Detail Frame (HTML) Style Selectors
B.6.3.3
Property Keys
B.6.3.4
Icon Selectors
C
Resource Catalog Properties and Files
C.1
Configuration and Location of Catalog Definitions
C.2
XML Schema
C.3
Catalog Definition Attributes
C.3.1
catalogDefinition
C.3.2
folder
C.3.3
url
C.3.4
includeCatalog
C.3.5
component
C.3.6
customFolder
C.3.7
customContent
C.3.8
attributes
C.3.9
attribute
C.3.10
parameters
C.3.11
schema
C.4
Factory Classes Available for Adding Dynamic Resources to the Catalog
C.4.1
XMLComponentFactory
C.4.2
ContentUrlResourceFactory
C.4.3
CustomFolderContextFactory
C.4.4
DefaultFolderContextFactory
C.4.5
ContentListFactory
C.4.6
EnsembleContentProvider
D
Guidelines for Creating Task Flows to Be Used in Oracle Composer-Enabled Pages
D.1
Guidelines for Effective Geometry Management and Pagination
D.1.1
Guideline 1: Create Task Flows that Flow
D.1.1.1
Example 1: Oracle ADF Faces Table Component with Its autoHeightRows Attribute Set to a Specific Value
D.1.1.2
Example 2: Oracle ADF Faces Iterator Component Inside a Panel Group Layout with a Scrolling Layout
D.1.2
Guideline 2: Limit the Number of Records Displayed in a Task Flow
D.1.3
Guideline 3: Specify a Minimum Height for the Task Flow
D.1.4
Guideline 4: Include UI for Accessing Data Beyond the Display Limit
D.2
Guidelines for Efficient Use of Task Flow Parameters and Customization and Personalization Options
D.2.1
Guidelines for Implementing Task Flow Parameters
D.2.2
Guidelines for Implementing Customization
D.2.3
Guidelines for Implementing Personalization
D.2.4
Guidelines for Implementing Implicit Personalization
D.3
Example of a WebCenter Application Containing a Task Flow Created By Following the Guidelines
D.3.1
The RecentPagesTaskFlow Project
D.3.1.1
The recent-pages-task-flow-definition.xml File
D.3.1.2
The mainView.jsff Fragment
D.3.1.3
The simpleEditPopupView.jspx Page
D.3.1.4
The advancedEditPopupView.jspx Page
D.3.1.5
The recentPagesBean Java Bean
D.3.1.6
The Preference Bean
D.3.2
The WebPages Project
D.3.2.1
The Welcome.jspx File
D.3.2.2
The adf-config.xml File
D.3.3
Runtime Behavior
D.4
Conclusion
E
Additional Portlet Configuration
E.1
OmniPortlet Configuration Tips
E.1.1
Configuring the OmniPortlet Producer to Access Data Outside a Firewall
E.1.2
Configuring the OmniPortlet Producer to Access Other Relational Databases
E.1.2.1
Installing DataDirect JDBC Drivers
E.1.2.2
Registering DataDirect Drivers in OmniPortlet
E.1.3
Configuring Portal Tools and Web Producers (Optional)
E.2
Web Clipping Portlet Configuration Tips
E.2.1
Web Clipping Repository Configuration
E.2.1.1
Using Oracle Metadata Services (MDS) as the Web Clipping Repository
E.2.1.2
Using an Oracle Database as the Web Clipping Repository
E.2.1.3
Configuring Web Clipping Repository in provider.xml
E.2.1.4
Attributes and Child Tags of the repositoryInfo Tag
E.2.2
HTTP or HTTPS Proxy Configuration
E.2.3
Web Clipping Producer Security
E.2.3.1
Adding Certificates for Trusted Sites
E.2.3.2
Configuring Oracle Advanced Security for the Web Clipping Producer
E.3
Hiding or Removing the WSRP Test Page
E.4
Setting Up a Preference Store
E.4.1
WSRP Producers
E.4.2
PDK-Java Producers
E.5
Portlet Preference Store Migration Utilities
E.5.1
JPS Portlet Preference Store - PersistenceMigrationTool
E.5.2
PDK-Java Portlet Preference Store - Migration and Upgrade Utilities
E.5.2.1
Migration Mode
E.5.2.2
Upgrade Mode
E.5.3
Web Clipping Repository
E.5.4
Moving a Producer
E.6
Exporting and Importing Portlet Producers at Design Time
E.6.1
Exporting Portlet Producers at Design Time
E.6.2
Importing Portlet Producers at Design Time
F
Reuse of Oracle Portal Components
F.1
Introduction to Oracle Portal Components
F.2
Reusing Portlets
F.2.1
How to Reuse JSR 286 and Oracle PDK-Java Portlets
F.2.2
What You May Need to Know About Events
F.2.3
What You May Need to Know About Mobile Portlets
F.2.4
What You May Need to Know About the Portlet Chrome
F.2.5
What You May Need to Know About Personalizations and Customizations
F.2.6
What You May Need to Know About Oracle Portal System Resources
F.2.7
What You May Need to Know About Partner and External Applications
F.2.8
How to Use the Federated Portal Adapter to Reuse Database Portlets
F.2.9
What You May Need to Know About Troubleshooting the Federated Portal Adapter
F.2.9.1
On Registration
F.2.9.2
During Runtime
F.2.10
What You May Need to Know About Limitations of the Federated Portal Adapter
F.2.11
How to Reuse Oracle PDK-Java Producers from Earlier Oracle Application Server Versions
F.2.11.1
Consuming a Portlet from Oracle Portal
F.2.11.2
Redeploying PDK-Java Producers from Oracle Portal
F.3
Reusing Items
G
Expression Language Expressions
G.1
ELs Related to the Application
G.2
ELs Related to Security
G.3
ELs Related to General Settings
G.4
ELs Related to Application Resources
G.5
ELs Related to Navigation
G.6
ELs Related to Oracle WebCenter Services
G.7
ELs Related to the Documents Service
G.8
ELs Related to the People Connections Service
G.9
ELs Related to the Personalization Service
H
Manually Migrating a WebCenter Portal Application
H.1
When is Migration Required?
H.2
Anatomy of a WebCenter Portal Application
H.3
Overview of the Migration Procedure
H.4
Preparing for the Migration
H.5
Editing Configuration Files
H.5.1
Updating DataBindings.cpx
H.5.2
Updating weblogic.xml
H.5.3
Updating faces-config.xml
H.5.4
Updating trinidad-config.xml
H.5.5
Updating web.xml
H.5.6
Updating adf-config.xml
H.6
Modifying the Project Configurations
H.7
Creating Portal-Specific Files
H.7.1
Create the Portal Application Folder Structure
H.7.2
Create a Resource Registry File
H.7.3
Create Default Resources
H.7.3.1
Default Navigation Model File
H.7.3.2
Navigation Registry File
H.7.3.3
Resource Catalog File
H.7.3.4
Resource Catalog Registry File
H.7.3.5
Page Template File
H.7.3.6
Navigation Renderer File
H.7.3.7
Page Hierarchy File
H.8
Applying Security Configurations
H.8.1
Configure ADF Security
H.8.2
Configure the jazn-data.xml File
I
WebCenter Analytics Database Schema
I.1
Analytics Database Schema Overview
I.1.1
Analytics Database Model Overview
I.1.2
Analytics Database Table Overview
I.1.2.1
Sample SQL Query: Finding Table Names Associated with Specific Events
I.2
Analytics Fact Table Descriptions
I.2.1
ASFACT_WC_PAGECRE_0
I.2.2
ASFACT_WC_PAGEDEL_0
I.2.3
ASFACT_WC_PAGEEDI_0
I.2.4
ASFACT_WC_PAGETAG_0
I.2.5
ASFACT_WC_PAGEVIE_0
I.2.6
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_0
I.2.7
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_1
I.2.8
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_2
I.2.9
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_3
I.2.10
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_4
I.2.11
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_5
I.2.12
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_6
I.2.13
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_7
I.2.14
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_8
I.2.15
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_9
I.2.16
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_A
I.2.17
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_B
I.2.18
ASFACT_WC_DISCUSS_C
I.2.19
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__0
I.2.20
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__1
I.2.21
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__2
I.2.22
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__3
I.2.23
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__4
I.2.24
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__5
I.2.25
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__6
I.2.26
ASFACT_WC_DOCLIB__7
I.2.27
ASFACT_WC_EVENT_C_0
I.2.28
ASFACT_WC_EVENT_D_0
I.2.29
ASFACT_WC_EVENT_E_0
I.2.30
ASFACT_WC_GROUPSP_0
I.2.31
ASFACT_WC_GROUPSP_1
I.2.32
ASFACT_WC_GROUPSP_2
I.2.33
ASFACT_WC_GROUPSP_3
I.2.34
ASFACT_WC_LIST_CR_0
I.2.35
ASFACT_WC_LIST_DE_0
I.2.36
ASFACT_WC_LIST_ED_0
I.2.37
ASFACT_WC_LOGINS_0
I.2.38
ASFACT_WC_PEOPLEC_0
I.2.39
ASFACT_WC_PEOPLEC_1
I.2.40
ASFACT_WC_PEOPLEC_2
I.2.41
ASFACT_WC_PEOPLEC_3
I.2.42
ASFACT_WC_PORTLET_0
I.2.43
ASFACT_WC_SEARCHE_0
I.3
Analytics Dimension Table Descriptions
I.3.1
ASDIM_WC_APPLICA_0
I.3.2
ASDIM_WC_CLIENT__0
I.3.3
ASDIM_WC_DISCUSS_0
I.3.4
ASDIM_WC_DISCUSS_1
I.3.5
ASDIM_WC_DISCUSS_2
I.3.6
ASDIM_WC_DISCUSS_3
I.3.7
ASDIM_WC_DOCUMENT_0
I.3.8
ASDIM_WC_EVENTS_0
I.3.9
ASDIM_WC_GROUPSP_0
I.3.10
ASDIM_WC_LISTS_0
I.3.11
ASDIM_WC_PAGES_0
I.3.12
ASDIM_WC_PORTLET_0
I.3.13
ASDIM_WC_PORTLET_1
I.3.14
ASDIM_WC_PRODUCE_0
I.3.15
ASDIM_WC_REFERRE_0
I.3.16
ASDIM_WC_SEARCHE_0
I.3.17
ASDIM_WC_TAGS_0
I.3.18
ASDIM_WC_USER_AG_0
I.3.19
ASDIM_TIME
I.3.20
ASDIM_USERS
I.3.21
ASDIM_USERPROPERTIES
I.3.22
ASDIM_USERPROPERTYVALUES
I.4
Analytics System Table Descriptions
I.4.1
ASSYS_CONFIG
I.4.2
ASSYS_DIMENSIONPROPS
I.4.3
ASSYS_EVENTDIMENSIONS
I.4.4
ASSYS_EVENTFACTS
I.4.5
ASSYS_EVENTS
I.4.6
ASSYS_NAMESPACES
I.4.7
ASSYS_REPORTCOMPOSITION
I.4.8
ASSYS_REPORTGROUP
I.4.9
ASSYS_REPORTITEMS
I.4.10
ASSYS_REPORTITEMVALUES
I.4.11
ASSYS_REPORTS
I.5
Analytics User Properties
I.5.1
User Property Tables - Overview
I.5.2
User Property Dimension Tables
I.5.2.1
ASDIM_USERPROPERTIES
I.5.2.2
ASDIM_USERPROPERTYVALUES
I.5.3
Out-of-the-Box User Properties for WebCenter
I.6
Analytics Event and Dimension Data Types
Glossary
Index
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