Integrate a URL App into Your Portal Site

To go to the Content Manager, do the following:

1. Use the back arrow to get to the Site Manager.

   

2. Click the Content Manager icon in the left panel.

   

Note that by default, the Everyone role is provided and is visible in the Content manager.

Click New and select App from the list.

The App editor opens and now you can configure your new app.

The App editor opens on the PROPERTIES tab.

1. Enter the following values:

   • Title: Innovation at SAP

   • Open App: In place

   • URL: https://sap.io

   

2. Click the NAVIGATION tab to specify the intent of your app.

3. Enter the following values:

   • Semantic Object: Innovation

   • Action: Display

     The unique combination of a semantic object and an action is called an intent. It is used to define navigation to an application.

   

4. Click the VISUALIZATION tab.

   In this tab, you specify how the app will be displayed in the launchpad.

5. Enter the following values:

   • Subtitle: SAP.iO program

   • Information: Learn about SAP.iO

   • Icon: Click the browse icon, type Visits and click OK.

   You see a preview of the tile with all the properties you entered.

   

6. Click Save.

You have now configured the URL app and in the next step you will go back to the Content Manager to see it in the list of content items.

Click the Content Manager icon in the left side panel of the App Editor to go back to the Content Manager.

In the Content Manager, you see your app in the list:

If you want to open your app for editing, simply click it and click Edit in the App editor.

You have now created a URL app.

For end users to view the app in runtime, you must assign a role to the app. Any end user who needs to view this app, should be a member of the role that you have assigned to the app. In this tutorial, we use the Everyone role. You also need to assign the app to a group so that it’s visible in the Launchpad page.

This is described in the following steps.

In this step, you will create a group and assign it to your app.

You are assigning your app to a group so that your site user can see it in the Launchpad page. A group is a set of one or more apps displayed together in the launchpad.

1. In the Content Manager, click + New and select Group to open the Group editor.

   

2. Enter the Title SAP and in the Assignments panel on the upper right of the screen, type in the first two letters of your app (in this case it will be In), to search for your app. You should see Innovation at SAP.

3. In the Results list, click + to assign this group to your app.

   

4. Click Save.

In this step you’ll assign the Everyone role to your app.

Content assigned to the Everyone role is visible to all users.

1. Go back to the Content Manager and click the Everyone role.

   

2. Click Edit.

3. In the Role editor, in the Assignments panel, type In to search for your app.

4. In the Results list, click + to assign this role to your app:

   

5. Click Save.

1. Click the Site Directory icon in the left panel.

   

2. On the JobCore Portal tile in the Site Directory, click the Go to site icon:

   

The Home page opens. Navigate to the Launchpad page by clicking My Apps. This is what you’ll see:

You can now launch your application by clicking the Innovation at SAP tile.

You’ve created and added your first app to the Launchpad page in your Portal site!