Types of Portlets That Are Included with the Portal :: SAS(R) Information Delivery Portal 4.3: Introduction

Basic SAS Portlets

The portal includes several types of portlets that you can add to pages. Each portlet has features that make the portlet suitable for particular types of content. The following list describes each type of portlet:

A Bookmarks portlet enables you to view and work with content that you find by browsing or by using the search tool. When you find an item of interest, you can bookmark that item, and the item is added automatically to your Bookmarks portlet. Bookmarks enable you to maintain a list of content items that you can refer to later.

Each user has a personal Bookmarks portlet, which can be added to multiple pages. Here is a sample Bookmarks portlet:

From a Bookmarks portlet, you can do the following tasks:
- add one or more items to a new collection portlet that you create from the Bookmarks portlet
- publish one or more items to a publication channel
- e-mail the links for one or more items (up to nine) to other users
- remove one or more items from the Bookmarks portlet, or add new items
Note: A button is available only if the button's action can be performed on all selected items. For example, the Publish button is available if all the selections can be published.

Generally, bookmarks are used to maintain a list of content items for short-term use. For long-term use of content items, you would typically add the items to a collection portlet, and then remove those items from the Bookmarks portlet.
A Collection portlet contains a list of content items. You can create your own collection portlets for your portal pages. In these collection portlets, you can add an entry for any content item that you are authorized to access.

You can create any number of Collection portlets and add them to your portal pages. Here is a sample Collection portlet:
A Report portlet displays a SAS report.

You can add any number of Report portlets to your portal pages. Here is a sample Report portlet:
Several navigator portlets enable you to explore content items that are organized in folders and subfolders. Examples of this content might include stored processes, information maps, and reports. Some navigator portlets include files that are stored in a WebDAV repository.

Here is a sample navigator portlet:
A Publication Channel Subscriptions portlet contains the publication channels to which you are currently subscribed. From this portlet, you can view content that has been created using the SAS Publishing Framework and that has been published to a SAS publication channel.

Each user has a single Publication Channel Subscriptions portlet, which can be added to multiple pages. Here is a sample Publication Channel Subscriptions portlet:
A Stored Process Alerts portlet notifies you that certain types of stored processes have finished executing and that the results are ready to view. You can then click the alert message to see the results of the stored process. You cannot manually edit a Stored Process Alerts portlet other than to remove alert messages from the portlet. Normally, you would remove an alert message after you have viewed the results of a stored process.

Each user has a single personal Stored Process Alerts portlet, which can be added to multiple pages. Here is a sample Stored Process Alerts portlet:
A URL Display portlet accesses a specified URL and displays the returned information inside the portlet. You can create any number of URL Display portlets and add them to your portal pages. When you create a URL Display portlet, you usually supply a URL that points to a complete HTML page, as shown in the following example:

The frame height can be set to a specified number of pixels, and scroll bars appear as necessary so that the entire HTML page can be viewed.

It is also possible to create a URL Display portlet that points to an HTML fragment. You can select an option that lets the portlet modify its size to accommodate the HTML fragment, so the portlet does not use scroll bars.

Note: An HTML fragment is an HTML file that does not contain opening and closing HTML tags, HEAD tags, or BODY tags. The HTML fragment can be displayed successfully in the cell of an HTML table.
A WebDAV Content portlet displays the contents of an HTML fragment that is stored in a WebDAV repository. You can also specify a link to more detailed information. You can create any number of WebDAV Content portlets and add them to your portal pages. Here is a sample WebDAV Content portlet:
A WebDAV Graph portlet displays a line graph, bar chart, or pie chart of data that is stored in a WebDAV repository. When you create a WebDAV Graph portlet, you can also specify a link to more detailed information.

You can create any number of WebDAV Graph portlets and add them to your portal pages. Here is a sample WebDAV Graph portlet:

SAS BI Portlets

SAS BI portlets are portlets that conform to the JSR 168 standard and can be deployed in both the SAS Information Delivery Portal and in third-party Web portals.

If your site has SAS BI portlets installed, then the following BI portlets might be available:

SAS Collection Portlet

displays a list of content items for easy access.

SAS Navigator Portlet

enables you to browse folders in the SAS Metadata Repository and in WebDAV.

SAS Report Portlet

displays a static report and provides a link to open the report in SAS Web Report Studio.

SAS Stored Process Portlet

displays output from a SAS Stored Process. You can use edit mode to specify parameters for the stored process.

SAS BI Dashboard Portlet

displays the SAS BI Dashboard, a Web application that contains interactive reports.

SAS Diagnostics Portlet

displays details about your portal environment that can be used to troubleshoot problems.

Other Portlets

Depending on the software that is installed at your site, your portal might contain additional portlets. These can be custom portlets created by your organization as well as portlets provided by other SAS products or solutions. These portlets can display other types of data, text, or graphics, or they can have specific interactive capabilities. These portlets are not documented here, but some of them might have a Help icon

in the title bar that you can click for information.