Portlets
| Administration Page | Application/Contract | Syracuse/Collaboration | Class | portlets | Representation | portlet |
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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 |
Defines the main characteristics of the gadget, including the following:
The code of the gadget.
The name of the gadget as it appears when the gadget is referenced.
A user friendly description.
A gadget can include one of the following types:
Defines the filtering conditions that control the display of the gadget in a portal page.
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.
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.
This section contains either:
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.