What will we cover today ? Portal Products Oracle Portal Architecture Portlets Database Applications,Content
Area, Page Demo Database Portlets Portal Administration Features
Internet Portals If you are going to use internet ,
you have to start somewhere. A simplified gateway to the
internet. Provides commonly used internet
features such as searching , application integration, personalization.
Types of Portals Mega Portals
Business-to-Consumer web applications that can be personalized.
Horizontal Portals (myYahoo, myExcite etc) Vertical Portals (iVillage)
Enterprise Information Portals (EIP)Applications that enable companies to unlock
internally and externally stored information, and provide users a single gateway to personalized information needed to make informed business decisions.
Enterprise Information Portal(EIP) Internal World Wide Web
provides business users one-stop shopping for any information object they need inside or outside the corporation
Enterprise portals use general-purpose applications in addition to applications specific to the enterprise or industry. Stock Ticker, E-mail, appointment Calendar Enterprise related information tapping into
Corporate Database Provides some level of customization
Portal Products (Web Site Building
Tools) Yahoo Corporate (Yahoo Portal Builder Software) Autonomy Inc. (Portal in a Box) BRIO Technology (Brio.Portal) Epicentric ( Portal Server)
IBM EIP 7.1 Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Plumtree Oracle Portal
Oracle Portal Next Generation WebDB Web Site Building Tool by Oracle Links database technology with other
application suites and development tools. Information stored entirely in Oracle 8i
(much like Oracle Designer) Uses Web-base Components called portlets Highly Customizable for the End User Uses Single Sign-on
Oracle Portal Architecture
mod_jserv
mod_plsql
WebProvider
HTTP
Lis
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Browser
Login Server
PortalRepository &
DatabasesProviders
Page CacheSession Cache
ParallelPage
Engine
Portal DAD
SSO DAD
9i Application Server
Client Middle-Tier Database
From IAS Portal Configuration User manual by Oracle Corp
Portal Architecture Client
Netscape or Internet Explorer Middle Tier
HTTP Listener (by Apache) mod_plsql, mod_jserv (Parallel Page Engine Java Servlet) Portal DAD, SSO DAD
Portal Server (running on Oracle 8i DB) Portal Repository Login Server Repository
Highly Scalable Multiple instances of IAS on the middle tier Multiple nodes of Portal Server to distribute database
load.
What is a Portlet (Demo)
A Portlet is information that is placed within a region on a page
All portlets come from a data source registered with Oracle Portal, called a Portlet Provider
Depending upon security a Portlet can be customized by the Portal User
Oracle Portal Key Sources Applications:Web-enabled applications built
using robust component-building wizards Content Areas: Repositories of corporate
information, such as documents, spreadsheets, presentations and even list of useful related Hyperlinks
External Sites (Portal Providers): content from any external source (Web Site), such as stock quotes, or important news information.
Custom-built Sources: content and application pieces built using the special Portal Development kit PDK
Oracle Portal Developer Interface (Demo)
Built using Oracle Portal Technology Home
Used to perform Maintenance Tasks using various portlets
Portlets available depends on user priviliges Navigator
Build database portlets Content area management Design and Build Pages Database Objects definition access and
modification
What are Portal Applications (Demo)
Group of integrated components and shared components designed to solve a business need or task.
Portal Developers can use wizards to create and deploy Forms and Reports application quickly
Oracle Portal Application Types Form (demo)
Master-Detail Simple
Report (demo) Query Wizard Manual Query
Chart Calendar Dynamic Page
Hierarchy Menu Frame Driver Link List of Values
What is Content Area ? A content area is a collection of related information stored
completely within an Oracle database Organized logically into Folders and sub Folders Folder (Folder Area containing items, Banner, Navigation Bar) (Demo)
The basic unit of content is an item. Folder items may be of the following types
Application component PL/SQL
File Image
Text Java Application
URL Zip File
What is a Page Page is the place where the
information is brought together from all the sources (portlets) is called a Page.
A typical Oracle Portal Page consists of Content Areas Portals Tab Pages Data from External Sources, URL’s
Database Portlets (Demo) Reports
QBE (query by example report) Allows end users to query, insert, update and delete data in
table and views Query wizard
SQL is built using a wizard Manual
SQL is built manually
Forms Simple form based on a table or view Master/detail form
Others
Some Web-sites Developer reference
http://technet.oracle.com/ http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/ http://portalstudio.oracle.com/
Sites using Oracle Portal http://www.orca.tv/ http://www.mywebpartner.nl/ http://www.ixarm.com/ http://www.tomatoland.com http://www.ncnielsen.com/