Explicit Definition Versus Anonymous Services

Some PeopleSoft content such as components, locally registered pagelets, and tiles can be used directly as anonymous services and do not need to be manually defined as a related content service. Content references, homepage pagelets, template pagelets, and tiles that are currently defined in the portal registry can be assigned as anonymous services and as such require no explicit related content service definition.

While the framework enables you to assign most content references as anonymous services without first creating an explicit service definition, you must create an explicit service definition when:

• You want to specify the page within the component that opens when the service is accessed.

• You want to pass parameters to the component other than the key structure.