Portlets

Administration Page	Application/Contract	Syracuse/Collaboration	Class	portlets	Representation	portlet

A portlet (also called vignette) is an autonomous component that can be set up in a dashboard. When instantiated in a page, a portlet is associated with an endpoint, except if it links to an external URL.

The evolution done on the dashboards that are now separated in two components (navigation pages and landing pages) will quickly bring the portlet to obsolescence.There is no more direct link to this function, but if you need to have access to it, the best is to copy the following piece of URL and to paste it in your browser after the server:servicepart:

/syracuse-main/html/main.html?url=%2Fsdata%2Fsyracuse%2Fcollaboration%2Fsyracuse%2Fportlets%3Frepresentation%3Dportlet.%2524query

The only reason why they are still available is because they are used to define mobile application.

The page that defines a portlet contains several sections:

Information

Filter

Content

Classification

Information

Defines the main characteristics of the gadget, including the following:

Code

The code of the gadget.

Title

The name of the gadget as it appears when the gadget is referenced.

Description

A user friendly description.

Type

A gadget can include one of the following types:

• Menu is a widget that contains a list of links defined by menu items.
• Page is a widget that gives the control to a page defined by a menu item.

Filter

Defines the filtering conditions that control the display of the gadget in a portal page.

Application

If the application is filled, the gadget will be present only if the dashboard is associated with the application or if it applies to all applications.

Endpoint

If the endpoint is filled, the gadget will be present only if the endpoint is the endpoint selected by the user in the User preference panel.

Content

This section contains either:

• A list of menu items if the gadget is a menu.
• A single menu item if the gadget is a page.

Classification

This section contains a list of categories used for classification purposes. It is also used by the search engine to sort the results of the search.