Step 7: Create the PAR File, and Deploy and Test the Portlet

The last step in developing the DisplayURL portlet was to archive its files into a PAR file. The PAR file includes the following:

• appropriately named and organized directories and subdirectories, as described in Step 1: Create the Directory Structure.

• all of the portlet's supporting files, including the files created in Steps 2 through 6. The files must be placed in the appropriate directories as described in Step 1: Create the Directory Structure and Creating a PAR File for Deployment in the Portal.

The JAR utility was used to compress the directories and files into an archive, and the archive was given the name SAS_DisplayURL.par.

It is a good practice to deploy new portlets into a staging area (that is, a test installation of the portal Web application) for verification and testing before deploying them into the production environment. For information about how to deploy a PAR file into the portal Web application, see Adding Custom-Developed Portlets in the "Adding Content to the Portal" chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide.