Using SAS AppDev Studio to Build Custom Portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal

Duration: 2 half-day session CEU: 0.6

This course shows how to use the SAS AppDev Studio Plug-Ins and Eclipse to build custom portlets that can be used in the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

Learn how to

use portlets in the SAS Information Delivery Portal
create an interactive form portlet
execute a stored process from a custom portlet
create an editable portlet.

Who should attend

Experienced Java application developers who want to create custom portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal using SAS AppDev Studio Eclipse Plug-Ins

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should have knowledge of object-oriented programming as well as basic HTML, JavaScript, and Java programming experience. Familiarity with the SAS Intelligence Platform is helpful. You can gain the SAS Intelligence Platform knowledge by attending the Introduction to SAS Business Intelligence Applications for Reporting and Analysis course or the Overview of SAS Business Intelligence and Data Integration Applications course. Experience working with the Eclipse application development environment to create SAS Web applications using JavaServer Pages and servlets is helpful. You can gain the SAS Web application development knowledge by completing the Developing Java Web Applications Using SAS AppDev Studio Plug-ins course. To be completely successful in this course, you should be able to perform the following tasks using the Java programming language:

use primitive data types to store data within variables
use operators, decision constructs, and loop constructs
work with elements in an array
create and initialize an object
invoke a method on an object
understand the use of IMPORT statements for library access

Course Contents

Exploring Custom Portlet Development

using portlets in the SAS Information Delivery Portal
discussing the course scenario
using Eclipse and the SAS AppDev Studio plug-ins
examining the portlet development steps

Creating an Interactive Form Portlet

creating the portlet project
constructing the action class
developing the presentation page
examining the display resources file
modifying the portlet deployment descriptor
creating the portlet archive file

Executing a Stored Process from a Custom Portlet

working with the SAS Stored Process Web Application
building a URL with encoded session information

Creating an Editable Portlet

doing more with action classes
building the display pages
completing the portlet deployment steps

Software Addressed

This course addresses the following software product(s): SAS Intelligence Platform, SAS OLAP Server, AppDev Studio.

Course Materials

Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials, including the exercise files. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.

System Requirements

For Live Web, you must

review and follow the general system requirements.
complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will not be able to participate in the course exercises. Using your organization's BI environment is not an option for completing the course exercises.

U.S. Schedule

13NOV2008 Live Web,

Check for additional and updated schedule information online at support.sas.com/courses/lwsbiprt.html.