Delegated Administration

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Distributing various administrative tasks and portal content to one or more administrators or group of administrators is defined as Delegated administration.

It provides the following benefits:
 
1.    Organize the administration framework according to business scenario.
2.    Manage large-scale portal implementation security.
3.    Provide a secure environment for change


The portal content catalog is organized in an hierarchical folder, thus enabling delegation of content and administration. Permissions are passed from one object to another in a hierarchical manner within the portal catalog. Permissions can be assigned to folders or portal objects in the portal catalog. The permissions of any given folder are automatically passed on to the objects contained in it.

Different levels of portal permissions:-

None – this permission is generally assigned to roles when they have  to be accessed purely in the runtime context.

Read – it allows the PCD objects to be opened in read only mode, enabling either for search or browse.

Write – This permission is applicable to folders. It allows the users to create objects within the folder

Read/Write – read/write allows the user to add or remove child objects from a parent object and to edit the object properties. To copy any object read permission is sufficient. However, adding an object to a folder using paste or delta link requires read/write permission.

Full Control – Full control provides the ability to delete, cut, and edit the object properties.

Owner – Owner permission provides the ability to assign permission for and delete the object

OLTP and OLAP

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OLTP – Online transaction processing system.

SAP, ORACLE, JD Edwards – vendors which provides predefined applications for automating a business.
SAP R/3 – OLTP. Day-to-day, month-to-month transactions were carried out using OLTP systems.
It supported very low database. Millions of transactions, the database gets full.

OLAP systems were introduced. Online analysis and processing systems.
Support very database. BIW systems

R/3- table format
OLAP – Cubic format – 3d format… analysis and processing was very much accurate than OLTP systems.
  • Maintenance problem
  • Support
  • Support with other vendors.
SAP Netweaver. – integrating all your heterogenous systems. Integration technology which can recognized both your SAP and Non-SAP Systems.

Netweaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI)

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NWDI is basically for Developers who are working on Portal or J2ee engine. Developers are required for developing webdynpro application - j2ee engine and portal server.
It provides a team environment for developers working development landscape.. Infrastructure..

Components of NWDI:
DTRDesign time repository
CBSCentral Build Services
CMSChange management system
SLDSystem Landscape Directory

DTR – provides a central location for storing applications, software, software components or development components.

CBS – it stores or gives access to default libraries required for development software components.

CMS – its helps in transporting development components to different runtime systems.
    1.Development system
    2.Test Quality system
    3.Consolidation system

    4.Production system
It provides automatic transportation.

SLD – collection of systems in the organization.

TRANSPORT PACKAGES

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Transport package is a collection of various PCD(Portal Content Directory) objects like iviews, pages, worksets, roles, portal themes, portal desktop etc..

The extension of a transport package is .epa (enterprise portal archive)

A transport package can contain another transport package.

The purpose of creating transport package is to export and import the PCD objects from one server to another server.

DEV >TEST
TEST >PRD
DEV > PRD


Role Activities

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The activities Involved in system administration Role:
1.    Creating System objects
2.    Portal Display for Changing Look and feel of portal according to client preference
3.    Transport of packages ie. Import and export from one server to another
4.    Locking and unlocking the portal Content objects
5.    Monitoring the services related to portal
6.    Permissions for portal objects
7.    Provides Support Platform for initial troubleshooting

The activities involved in User Management Role:
1.    Creating Users, Roles, Groups in Portal
2.    Locking/unlocking Users, Roles, Groups in Portal
3.    Exporting Users, Roles and groups from portal
4.    Assigning Roles to users or groups (group is a collection of users)
5.    User Mapping for Backend Systems from portal.
6.    Batch Import of Users, Roles , Group Data into portal. The purpose of Batch Import is to create ‘n’    number of users, roles and groups into portal simultaneously.
7.    We can view the activity Reports which can give the information about currently logged in users.

The Activities involved in Content Administration Role:
1.    Creation of Iviews, Pages, Worksets, layout and folders. (The objects are considered as PCD objects – Portal Content Directory objects)

Predefined Roles given by SAP in portal

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The Predefined Roles given by SAP in portal:
1.    System Administration
2.    Content Administration
3.    User Administration

Other Roles available in Portal Area:
1.    ESS Role
2.    MSS Role
3.    VC Role
4.    NWDI Role
5.    GP Role
6.    EU Role
7.    Super Admin Role

Super Admin Role is a composite role which contains three pre-defined roles
1.    Content Admin
2.    System Admin
3.    User Admin

Important Urls to access various predefined Portal Applications

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IMPORTANT URLS

1.    To access Enterprise Portal
http://hostname:portno/irj/portal

2.    To access SLD
http://hostname:portno/sld

3.    To access NWDI
http://hostname:portno/devinf

4.    To access WebDynpro Content Administration
http://hostname:portno/webdynpro/welcome/Welcome.jsp

5.    To access User Administrator
http://hostname:portno/useradmin

6.    To access Portal Server System Properties
http://hostname:portno/index.html

7.    To access Support Platform for Initial Troubleshooting
http://hostname:portno/sp

8.    To access Visual Composer
http://hostname:portno/VC

9.    To access Composite Application Framework Administration
http://hostname:portno/caf

10.    To Administer Web Services
http://hostname:portno/wsnavigator