Portal Content Directory (PCD)

The Portal Content Directory (PCD) is the main repository for portal content, both delivered with the portal and created by administrators. The PCD contains a hierarchy of folders, each of which can contain semantic objects, such as iViews, pages and roles.


Working with PCD Objects in EP


Creating a Folder:

1) Log on to Portal
2) Go to Content Administration
3) Go to Portal Content
4) Under Browse, Choose Portal Content
5) Create a new folder in the Portal Catalog, which will become the base folder
for all content objects created by you.i.e. right click and you will observe a panel choose Folder in that.
6) Create a new folder below the SAPEP folder using the following settings:
Folder Name Group: samplefolder
Folder ID group: samplefolder, each Id of each object must be Unique.
Folder ID Prefix com.sap.sample
A Folder is Created.








Creating iviews:

URL iView:
1) Select the Folder you have created.
2) Right Click the Folder and in the Panel, choose iview.
3) Here let's suppose we are creating iview for Web-based application.
4) Choose iview template, choose next
5) choose URL IView, since we are going for web-based application, choose next
6) Give iView name, iView ID, choose next.
7) Give the target URL for example http://www.google.com, choose next.
8) Choose Finish and Preview it.




Creating Pages:
1) Select the Folder you have created.
2) Right Click the Folder and in the Panel, choose Page.
3) You create a portal page using the following settings:
Name Page Group : samplepage
Page ID page: samplepage
Page ID Prefix com.sap.sample, choose next.
4) choose Default page Template, choose next.
5) Choose the layout in which the iviews has to be displayed and add them to your selected layout's and choose next.
6) Open the iview, which has been created and then right click and add it to the page.





Creating Worksets:
1) Creating worksets is similar to that of creating Role.
2) Select the Folder you have created.
3) Right Click the Folder and in the Panel, choose Workset.
4) Open the Page or the iview whichever you want to assign to Workset.
5) Right Click the page or iview and then assign it to the Workset Created.






Creating Roles:
1) Select the Folder you have created.
2) Right Click the Folder and in the Panel, choose Role.
3) Open the Page or the iview whichever you want to assign to Role.
4) Right Click the page or iview and then assign it to the Role Created.







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