Enterprise Portal deployment options

You can deploy a JSP target to a Sybase Enterprise Portal (EP) rather than a JSP server. You can use the Deployment Configuration Properties dialog box to add or change deployment information for an EP target.

General information for EP deployment

Table 12-15 describes the general information settings you must enter before you deploy to EP.

**Table 12-15: General information for EP deployment**
Setting	Description
EP Host	The EP host name, including the domain (for example: mycomputer.sybase.com)
EP Port	The HTTP port of the host machine
User	A registered Portal Studio user with permissions to create and approve Portlets, Pages, and PageGroups
Password	The password for the named user
RID	A resource ID with which the user is associated. The RFID drop-down is automatically populated after you enter the EP Host and EP Port and connect to the EP server

Building a portlet for EP deployment

Table 12-16 describes the information settings to create a portlet for the EP host.

**Table 12-16: Building a portlet for EP deployment**
Setting	Description
Portlet Name	A unique name for the portlet. The default name for the portlet you create is the same as the name of the target.
Portlet Type (unlabeled drop-down)	Select Web Application if the JSP element references a WAR file deployed on the application server. For this portlet type, you must enter the following information: WebApp Display Name The name displayed for the Web application Initial Resource The initial JSP page to display WAR File Name The name of the WAR file, including the .war extension Select Remote URL if the JSP element does not reference a WAR file. For this portlet type, you enter: Remote URL A remote URL that calls a Web application Input Parameters (Optional) The input parameter names as defined by JSP code
Set Refresh Rate	Select a refresh time for the portlet you create
Set Default Height	Select a default height for the portlet you create
Display Last Refreshed	Select this check box to always display the date and time the portlet was last refreshed.
iFrame	Select this check box to display the portlet in an HTML <IFRAME> element.
No Popups	Select this check box to disallow pop-up windows from displaying with your portlet

Building a page for EP deployment

Table 12-17 describes the information settings to build or create pages for the EP portlet.

**Table 12-17: Building a page for EP portlets**
Setting	Description
Create Page	If selected, creates a new page and adds the portlet to the page. You must enter the following information: Page Name A unique page name Choose Layout The layout type that you want for the page (two-column 50/50 by default)
Select Page	If selected, adds the portlet to an existing page. You must enter: Page Name An approved page created by the current user
Position	The position of the portlet on the page in ascending order: the leftmost column starts at position 101, and the next column (if the page layout is not Full) starts at 201. Position for a portlet in a third column (if the page layout is 3 column) is 301.

Building a page group for EP deployment

Table 12-18 describes the information settings for building or creating a page group for the EP pages.

**Table 12-18: Building a page group for EP pages**
Setting	Description
Create Page Group	If selected, creates a new page group and adds the new portlet page to the group. You must enter the following information: Page Group Name A unique page group name
Select Page Group	If selected, adds the page to an existing page group. You must enter: Page Group Name An approved page group created by the current user
Position	The position of the page in the page group. The position starts at 101. The page group lists the pages that belong to it in ascending order.