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

The last step in developing the Welcome 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 Welcome.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, refer to Adding Custom-Developed Portlets in the "Adding Content to the Portal" chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide.