Add a URL App to Your Portal Site
- How to create a URL app and add it to your site
In this tutorial you’ll add a URL app to your Portal site.
- Step 1
- Click the Content Manager icon in the left panel of the Site Manager.
- Click the Content Manager icon in the left panel of the Site Manager.
- Step 2
Click New and select App from the list.
The App editor opens on the PROPERTIES tab.
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Enter the following values:
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Title:
Innovation at SAP
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Open App: In place
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URL:
https://sap.io
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Click the NAVIGATION tab to specify the intent of your app.
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Enter the following values:
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Semantic Object:
Innovation
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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.
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Click the VISUALIZATION tab.
In this tab, you specify how the app will be displayed in the launchpad.
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Enter the following values:
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Subtitle:
SAP.iO program
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Information:
Learn about SAP.iO
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Icon: Click the browse icon, type
Visits
and click OK.
You see a preview of the tile with all the properties you entered.
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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.
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- Step 3
Click the Content Manager icon in the left side panel of the App editor to navigate to the top level of your configured content.
In the Content Manager, you see your app in the list:
For end users to view the app in runtime, you must assign the app to a role. Any end user who is a member of this role will be able to access 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.
- Step 4
In this step, you’ll assign the Everyone role to your app.
Content assigned to the Everyone role is visible to all users.
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Go back to the Content Manager and click the Everyone role.
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Click Edit.
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In the Role editor, in the Assignments panel, type
In
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In the Results list, click + to assign this role to your app:
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Click Save.
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- Step 5
In this step, you’ll create a new group and assign your app to it.
A group is a set of one or more apps displayed together in the launchpad. Assigning apps to groups allows users to view them in the launchpad page.
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Open the Content Manager and click + New and select Group to open the Group editor.
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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 beIn
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In the Results list, click + to assign this group to your app.
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Click Save.
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- Step 6
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Click the Site Directory icon in the left panel.
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On the
JobCore Portal
tile in the Site Directory, click the Go to site icon:
The Home page opens. You’ll see that your new app is displayed in the
SAP
group. The app that you created in the previous tutorial is displayed in thePurchasing
group.You can now launch your application by clicking the Innovation at SAP tile.
Congratulations you’ve created a Portal site and added two apps to it!
Which items does the app need to be assigned to in order to make it visible in the launchpad?
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