How to Build an IT Portal with Oracle Application Server Allan L Haensgen Senior Principal Instructor Oracle Corporation Session id: 40111

What Is a Portal Page? A portal page is an interface that brings information sources together in one place and serves as a starting point for Web applications. The layout of portal pages is defined through regions. Regions contain portlets or items.

My Portal Page MyCompany Benefit Plans download this file to learn more about 2002 benefits. What Is a Region? Portlet Type Region Item Type Region

Oracle Application Server Portal Pages Shortcut Bar Tool Tabs

Configuring a Region Add Columns: Adds a column to the right or left of the current column Add Rows: Adds a row beneath or above the current row Delete Edit Region

Add Tab Icon Arrange Tab Icon Edit Tab Wizard Actions Icon Creating Tabs

Adding Content to a Portal Page  Items – Basic unit of content within a page – It holds content to be displayed on the Oracle9 i AS Portal page – Two types of item types exist:  Content items, such as files, text, URLs  Navigation items, such as smart links and page paths

Adding Content to a Portal Page  Portlets – Areas within a portal page that display information – Form complete stand alone fragments of content that can be included on any page – Can be developed externally, then registered with Oracle Portal – Can be built through a wizard or programmatically

Selecting the Item Type File URL Text Zip file Image Component Image map Java application PL/SQL

Adding a Simple Text Item – Displays static text – Provides text editor

Managing Items Items can be edited, deleted, moved, or reordered. The icons which you use to manage an item are located next to the item. Edit Action

Anatomy of a Portlet Title Header Border Text Image Customize Help, About Minimize Hide

Populating Portal Pages with Portlets  Select a portlet from the list. More than one portlet can be selected to fill a region.

Data-driven portlets  Use data-driven portlets to display, create, or update data stored in objects in the Oracle database

Defining a Chart Name

Selecting a Table or View  Use list of tables and views to which you have access.

Selecting the Label and Value Columns  You define the bars and bar size coordinates for the chart by using the Label and Value fields.

Setting the Chart Column Conditions  You set the conditions that limit the data displayed in the chart by using the Column Name, Condition, and Value fields.

Setting the Chart Common Display Options – Order By  Value  Value Desc  Label  Label Desc – Include Null Values – Treat Null Values as – Expire After (minutes)

Setting the Chart Full-Page and Portlet Display Options – Control font, color, and size of the chart text and bars – Govern presentation of the chart Chart Type = Horizontal Axis = Average Value Bar Image = green.gif Summary Options = Average Value Maximum Rows Per Page = 5

Setting the Display Options of the Chart Customization Form Formatting options Button options

Writing a SQL Query – The SQL query must select three columns:  the_link (optional)  the_name (required)  the_data (required) – Bind variables are prefixed by colons. select null the_link, ENAME the_name, SAL the_data from EMP where DEPT = :P_DEPT order by SAL desc

Storing a Data-driven Portlet – Data-driven portlets are stored as packaged PL/SQL procedures in the database. – The PL/SQL package has the same name as the data-driven portlet. Portlet Name = ORA00_CHART Create package ORA00_CHART... Create package body ORA00_Chart.. Example

Managing Data-driven Portlets

Adding Discoverer Portlets

Other terms you need to know Page Groups - An Oracle Application Server Portal object that groups related pages together Styles - Defines a look and feel of portal pages Templates - A reusable page definition which can include styles and items Categories – A method used to classify content on the pages Perspectives – A cross-category grouping

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