Add a URL App to Your Site
- How to create a URL app and add it to your site
Use the Content Manager to add a URL app to your site.
- Step 1
Click the Content Manager icon in the left panel to open the Content Manager.
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Click + New and select App from the list.
The app editor opens on the PROPERTIES tab.
Enter the following values:
Title:
Innovation at SAP
Open App: In place
URL:
https://sap.io
Click the NAVIGATION tab and enter the intent of your app.
The unique combination of a semantic object and an action is called an intent. It is used to define navigation to an application.
Enter the following values:
Semantic Object:
Innovation
Action:
Display
Click the VISUALIZATION tab.
In this tab, you specify how the app will be displayed in your launchpad site.
Enter the following values:
Subtitle:
SAP.iO program
Information:
Learn about SAP.iO
Icon: Click the browse icon, type
visits
, select the displayed icon, and click OK.
You see a preview of the tile with all the properties you entered.
Click Save.
You have configured the URL app and in the next step you’ll go back to the Content Manager to see it in the list of content items.
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Click the Content Manager icon in the left side panel to open the Content Manager.
In the Content Manager, you can see your app in the list.
To view the app in runtime, you must assign the app to a role. You also need to assign the app to a group so that it’ll be visible in your site.
This is described in the following steps.
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Content assigned to the
Everyone
role is visible to all users.In the Content Manager, click the Everyone role.
Click Edit.
Click the search box in the Assignments panel on the right, any available apps are shown in the list below.
Click + to assign the
Innovation at SAP
app to this role.Click Save.
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A group is a set of one or more apps displayed together in a site. Assigning apps to groups, makes them visible to users.
Open the Content Manager and click + New and select Group from the list.
Enter the Title
SAP
and in the Assignments panel on the right of the screen, click the search box to see any available apps in the list below.Click + to assign the
Innovation at SAP
app to this group.Click Save.
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Click the Site Directory icon in the left panel to open the Site Directory.
On the
JobCore
tile, click the Go to site icon:
You’ll see that your new app is displayed in the
SAP
group.You can now launch your application by clicking the Innovation at SAP tile.
Congratulations you’ve created a site with two apps!
Which items does the app need to be assigned to, in order to make it visible in the site?
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