Adding, Editing, and Removing Pages :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide, Third Edition

Add and Share a Page

Content administrators are responsible for deploying custom views for particular groups of portal users. To accomplish this, you first create the pages, add content to those pages, apply security constraints to the content, and finally share the pages with a user group.

For basic concepts related to pages, see Understanding Pages and Page Templates.

Here is a summary of the steps required to add and share a page. For complete instructions, see the online Help that is provided with the portal:

Using the SAS Management Console, verify that a permissions tree folder exists for the group with which you want to share the page. If necessary, create a permission tree folder.
Log on to the portal as a group content administrator for the respective group.
Use the portal Options menu to create a new page or to add an existing page to your portal view.
Add the portlets and the content that are appropriate for the group with which you intend to share the page. For instructions, see the online Help that is provided with the portal.
Implement authorization for the contents on the page. Take any necessary steps to control access to files, reports, or other items that have been added to the portlets on this page. For general information about access control, see Understanding Portal Authorization.
Edit the page in order to share the page publicly or with a group that is defined in SAS metadata. When you share a page, you specify an attribute of DEFAULT, AVAILABLE, or PERSISTENT. For a description of these attributes, see Page Attributes: AVAILABLE, DEFAULT, and PERSISTENT.

If the page contains portlets that you have permission to share, you can specify whether you also want to share the portlets. When you share a portlet, you can specify whether you also want to share any applications, links, and syndication channels that are contained in the portlet. For details about sharing portal content, see Sharing Content in the Portal .

Note: All users can add personal (unshared) pages to their portal views by using the portal Options menu. For more information about personal pages, see Personal Pages.

Edit a Page

You edit a page using the Options menu in the SAS Information Delivery Portal. For instructions, see the online Help that is provided with the portal.

Here are some main points related to editing pages:

Log on to the portal using a login that is appropriate for the type of page that you want to edit. For example, a group content administrator can edit a page that has been shared with the respective group. To see who can administer particular types of pages, see Who Can Administer Pages.
After logging on, to edit a page that someone else created, you might first have to search for the page. You can add the page to your portal view.
Any changes that you make to a shared page are seen by all users who can access the page.
For a summary of the types of edits that you can make to a page, see Types of Edits That Can Be Made to a Page.

Note: The information presented here does not apply to page templates. For information about page templates, see Adding, Editing, and Removing Page Templates.

Remove a Page from the Portal

You remove a page using the Options menu in the SAS Information Delivery Portal. For instructions, see the online Help that is provided with the portal.

Here are some of the main points related to removing pages:

Log on to the portal using a login that is appropriate for the type of page that you want to remove. To see who can administer particular types of pages, see Who Can Administer Pages.

You have the following options for removing a page:

Options for Removing a Page

Option	Description
Remove the page from your personal portal view.	The page no longer appears in your personal portal view, but remains in the SAS metadata so that you can add it later. If the page is shared, this option has no effect on other portal views.
Remove and delete the page from the system permanently.	The page is deleted from the SAS metadata, and therefore is not available to add later. If the page is shared, this option removes the page from all portal views. If the page contains one or more portlets that you are authorized to delete, then you can delete those portlets. If authorized, you can also delete the contents of the portlets.

All users can remove pages according to the following rules:
- All portal users can remove or permanently delete personal pages that they created.
- If a page was shared with a DEFAULT or AVAILABLE attribute, all portal users who can access the page can remove the page from their portal views.
- If a page was shared with a PERSISTENT attribute, only the portal administrator or the associated group content administrator can remove the page.

Note: The information presented here does not apply to page templates. For information about page templates, see Adding, Editing, and Removing Page Templates.