In this procedure, create an event to display employee information extracted from the sampledb database.
Creating an event for employee information
From Web Studio, select Portlets from the Build menu in the left pane, and select Approved under Portlet Manager.
From the list of approved portlets that displays in the detail pane, right-click SSCA Department and select Define Events.
The Define Click Across Events window appears showing a grid with one column – Employee.
Click Select to the left of the grid, then click Next.
The Assign and Edit Events window appears, which displays the grid rows and columns, along with options to define events on one or more of the grid cells.
Create a server-side event that associates the cells in column 1 (Employee) with the SSCA Department portlet. Complete the Assign An Event options:
Row – enter all.
Column – enter 1 to
indicate column 1 (Employee) is included.
Event Name – enter Emp
Name. This event name is used as the parameter
name by the target portlet, in this case SSCA Department.
With – select “cell value (this cell)” from the drop-down list to indicate that the value associated with the event will be extracted from the cell itself.
Multi-value – leave unselected.
Client-side - make sure this option is unselected to indicate the event is a server-side event. This option acts like a toggle. When the option is selected, it indicates a client-side event; when the option is not selected, it indicates a server-side event.
For Web Studio, you must always a server-side event,
so the option should not be selected.
Click Find portlet to open the Search window, and click Search.
In the Results pane, select the SSCA Employee portlet and click Add.
The Search window closes, and the portlet details are added to the Name, Resource ID, and Window ID fields.
In the Assign An Event section, click Add. The values in column 1 are highlighted, and the event definition displays under Current Assigned Events.
Click Next.
From the Preview window, click Finish.
To preview the portlet, select Approved under the Portlet Manager Status menu, select the SSCA Master portlet in the detail pane, and click the Preview button.
Click one of the links under Dept Name to view a list of employees in the department. For example, click Finance to view the employees in the Finance department.
Click an employee name to see details about the employee.
Click one of the links under Employee to view details about the selected employee. For example, click Julie Jordan to view employee details.
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