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How to Develop and Deploy .NET Portal Applications
Oliver MayerSAP Labs
Development
Wrap-up
Overview
Installation and Configuration
Development
Wrap-up
Overview
Installation and Configuration
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What is PDK for .NET?
IntroductionA tool that enables .NET developers to create content for SAP NetWeaver Portal in Microsoft Visual Studio 2003
A key element in interoperability between SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft .NET
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Why Use the PDK for .NET?
Your company has invested heavily in .NET technology and training
Your developers are comfortable and productive in the .NET environment
You can quickly build iViews that can access SAP and non-SAP data
You can automatically inherit the portal branding by using the provided SAP UI controls
You want to take advantage of the best of both worlds –client-side eventing in the portal and server-side eventing in .NET
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Importance of Microsoft .NET for Developers
Primary Development Platform: App Delivery Teams Favor J2EE; Others .NET
From J2EE versus .NET: The Divide Inside IT, September 2004
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SAP NetWeaver
User Productivity Enablement
Running an Enterprise Portal
Enabling User Collaboration
Business Task Management
Mobilizing Business Processes
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Enterprise Search
Data Unification Master-Data Harmonization Master-Data Consolidation Central Master-Data Management Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Information Management
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
Business Planning and Analytical Services
Enterprise Data Warehousing
Enterprise Knowledge Management Enterprise Search
Business Event Management Business Activity Monitoring Business Task Management
End-to-End Process Integration
Enabling Application-to-Application Processes
Enabling Business-to-Business Processes
Business Process Management
Enabling Platform Interoperability
Business Task Management
Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications Enabling Platform Interoperability
Unified Lifecycle Management Software Lifecycle Management SAP NetWeaver Operations
Application Governance and Security Management
Authentication and Single Sign-On Integrated User and Access Management
Consolidation Enabling Platform Interoperability
SAP NetWeaver Operations
Master-Data Consolidation
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Enterprise Data Warehousing
ESA Design and Deployment Enabling Enterprise Services
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SAP NetWeaver (cont.)
User Productivity Enablement
Running an Enterprise Portal
Enabling User Collaboration
Business Task Management
Mobilizing Business Processes
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Enterprise Search
Data Unification Master-Data Harmonization Master-Data Consolidation Central Master-Data Management Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Information Management
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
Business Planning and Analytical Services
Enterprise Data Warehousing
Enterprise Knowledge Management Enterprise Search
Business Event Management Business Activity Monitoring Business Task Management
End-to-End Process Integration
Enabling Application-to-Application Processes
Enabling Business-to-Business Processes
Business Process Management
Enabling Platform Interoperability
Business Task Management
Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications Enabling Platform Interoperability
Unified Lifecycle Management Software Lifecycle Management SAP NetWeaver Operations
Application Governance and Security Management
Authentication and Single Sign-On Integrated User and Access Management
Consolidation Enabling Platform Interoperability
SAP NetWeaver Operations
Master-Data Consolidation
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Enterprise Data Warehousing
ESA Design and Deployment Enabling Enterprise Services
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SAP NetWeaver IT Practices and IT Scenarios
User Productivity Enablement
Running an Enterprise Portal
Enabling User Collaboration
Business Task Management
Mobilizing Business Processes
Enterprise Knowledge Management
Data Unification Master-Data Harmonization Master-Data Consolidation Central Master-Data Management Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Information Management
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
Business Planning and Analytical Services Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Event Management Business Event Resolution Business Task Management
End-to-End Process Integration
Enabling Application-to-Application Processes
Enabling Business-to-Business Processes
Business Process Management
Enabling Platform Interoperability
Business Task Management
Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications Enabling Platform Interoperability
Unified Lifecycle Management Software Lifecycle Management SAP NetWeaver Operations
Application Governance and Security
Authentication and Single Sign-On Integrated User and Access Management
Consolidation Enabling Platform Interoperability SAP NetWeaver Operations Master-Data Consolidation Enterprise Knowledge
Management
Enterprise Service Architecture – Design and Deployment
Enabling Enterprise Services
IT Practices IT Scenarios
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Portal Content Design Tools: Offering
Content Complexity
Content Admin
SAP EP PortalContent Studio
SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (Java + PDK Perspective)
SAP ABAP Development Workbench (Business Server Pages)
PDK for .NET
J2EE/ABAP/.NET Developer
Interactive Applications
Transactional Business
Applications
Web Applications
Business ApplicationDeveloper
Business Expert
SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (Web Dynpro for Java Perspective)
SAP ABAP Development Workbench(Web Dynpro for ABAP)
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer
Display Applications
Developing Portal ContentCreating Portal Content
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INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Master Data Mgt.
Knowledge Mgt. Sharepoint Exchange
TRex Search Content Mgt. Srv. SQL Analysis/Rep.
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Exchange Infrastructure
AdvancedWeb Services
AdvancedWeb Services
BizTalkServer
APPLICATION PLATFORM
Solution Manager
Microsoft .N
ET Framew
orkVisual Studio Portal
Single Sign-On Active Directory
Windows Server/SQL Server
System Center
Development Interoperability
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Mobile Infrastr. Windows XP Windows Mobile
SAP NetWeaver®
Mendocino
Microsoft .NET
Office SystemEnterprise Portal
PDK for .NET
Web Appl. Server.NET Connector
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Key Design-Time Features of PDK for .NET
SAP Application Project and Component TemplatesA special Visual Studio project template for portal applicationsPortal component and portal system templates
SAP NetWeaver .NET ControlsA collection of UI controls that inherit the portal’s look and feel
Management of Portal Connections, Favorites, and DestinationsDirectly from Server Explorer
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Key Design-Time Features of PDK for .NET (cont.)
Deployment of Portal ApplicationsHot deployment directly to the portal from Visual Studio .NETPreviewing portal components in the portal
Debugging CapabilitiesDebugging portal components on local development machineTeam development on single shared portal
Developer GuideIntegrated into Visual Studio online helpFeatures conceptual overviews, reference, tutorials, how-to’s, samples
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Portal Runtime for .NET
ASP .NET Engine
PDK for .NET High-Level Architecture
Java-.NET Interoperability Framework
Back-end Systems (R3/SQL)
SAP NetWeaver Portal (on J2EE)
Resources
Development EnvironmentPortal Add-in for Visual Studio .NET
Java-.NET Interoperability
Components/Portal Services
SAP Components PDK for .NET Components MS.NET Components
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Portal Runtime for .NET
ASP .NET Engine
Run-Time Process Flow
Java-.NET Interoperability
Framework
Search
SearchSearch
Back-end Systems (R3/SQL)
Portal Service
SAP Portal NW ’04 (J2EE)
SAP Components SAP PDK for .NET .NET Components
Resources
.NET Portal
Component
Development
Wrap-up
Overview
Installation and Configuration
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Installation Steps
Central InstallationSAP Note 800842
1) Install the Portal add-in for Visual Studio 2003 by running the setup wizard
2) Install the Portal runtime for .NET
3) Install the Java-.NET Interoperability Components by deploying the “.sda” files via SDM into the portal
File Contents of “PDK10NET_3-10003242.ZIP”
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Configuration: User Account
Option (1): Create a logon account for Portal Runtime .NET
Assign permissions. The account must have full-control permissions for the following folders:
Portal Runtime for .NET installation root folder, which is by default C:\Program Files\SAP\Portal Runtime for Microsoft .NET Temporary ASP.NET Files folder, auto generated by ASP.NET, which isby default %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\Temporary ASP.NET Files %windir%\Temp folder
Option (2): Use the “Local System”account, though that gives more security than is required for the .NET runtime. You don’t need to give permissions to individual directories.
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Configuration: Portal Runtime for Microsoft .NET
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Configuration: Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
MMC for the Portal runtime for .NET
Define one or more local or remote servers specifying the portand userThe user is either (a) the user you created earlier or (b) the“LocalSystem”user with a blank password if you chose to use the system account for the .NET portal runtime
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Configuration: PDK for .NET Portal Services (< SPS15)
Navigate to “System Administration System Configuration Service Configuration”
Expand the “Applications”folder and scroll down to the com.sap.portal.dotnet.frameworkfolder
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Configuration: PDK for .NET Portal Services (SPS15 and >)
Navigate to “System Administration Support” Click on “Portal Runtime for Microsoft .NET”
Clicking on the “.NET Runtime Service”configuration will launch the configuration iView
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Configuration: PDK for .NET Portal Services (SPS 15 and >) (cont.)
Define servers with the portal runtime installed
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Configuration: Install Verification Tool
SAP Notes 846408 (Version 1.0 Patch 3) or 898153 (Version 2.0) have ZIP attachments that contain a verification tool which checks the existence and correct version of the various components
Application Area EP-PIN-DNT
Development
Wrap-up
Overview
Installation and Configuration
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Released in December 2005
Requires SAP NetWeaver Portal SPS15 +
See SAP Note 898152 for details
PDK for .NET 2.0
New!
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In this release, PDK for .NET is enhanced with a set of new features that enable the full cycle of portal application development in the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET environment:
Portal Page DesignerSignificantly facilitates portal application development, supporting creation of the portal content directly in Visual Studio
Portal Style DesignerExtends SAP-Unified Rendering support to non-SAP UI controls, enabling them to acquire the portal’s look and feel
Special OBN API and ControlsEnable implementation of the portal Object-Based Navigation feature in .NET portal applications
New Packaging OptionsExtend deployment capabilities
New and Enhanced ControlsEnrich the user experience
Portal Development Kit 2.0 for Microsoft .NET
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Portal Page Designer
With Portal Page Designer, you can:Create iViews and portal pages in your SAP Portal Application projects Design their appearance and content Define communication between the portal components by linking server-side events and event handlers Preview the pages in Visual Studio Publish applications in the portal content catalog
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Portal Style Designer
With Portal Style Designer, you can: Maintain CSS classes and style definitions for non-SAP UI controls Edit style definitions with the Style Builder tool Import previously defined CSS classes and style definitions from portal components, theme extension files or other “.css” files Deploy theme-extension files to the current portal
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Object-Based Navigation (OBN) Integration
Interactive and programmatic tools enabling implementation of OBN in .NET portal components
OBN Service API OBN Adapter Component
Serves as a data-source component for an OBNView control: Retrieves, holds, and exposes the OBN-related data from the OBN service
OBN View controlA navigation link control bound to an OBNAdapter component
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Portal Add-In for Visual Studio 2003
SAP Menu
Solution Explorer
Online HelpSAP NetWeaver
.NETControls
ServerExplorer
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Development Scenarios
Execute BAPIs and custom function modules on SAP back-end systems
Utilize Web services to gain access to a wide variety of business logic
Access non-SAP relational databases
Combine any of the above scenarios to build an application integrating data and processes across system boundaries
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Coding Example – Web Service
Calling the BI Query View Web service
StepsDefining the Web service in Visual StudioGetting user-mapping information from the portalSpecifying Web-service parametersAccessing and displaying the returned information
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Coding Demo
Demo
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Debugging Portal Applications
In the off chance that your code has any bugs ☺, utilize the integrated debugging capabilities
ConfigurationInclude the .pdb files in the PAR file
Set the portal to development mode(i.e., Production mode is unchecked)
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Debugging Portal Applications (cont.)
Follow the instructions in the help section
If you have the .NET portal runtime installed on your workstation, make sure the service is stopped because Visual Studio will launch its own instance of “epsrv.exe”
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Debugging Demo
Demo
Development
Wrap-up
Overview
Installation and Configuration
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Resources
FAQ on SAP PDK for .NET
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2e8cbd30-0601-0010-bfbd-a04e6757ac23*
Developers Guide for PDK for .NET
https://media.sdn.sap.com/html/submitted_docs/dotnet/index.htm
SAP Service Marketplace
http://service.sap.com/* (Requires login credentials)
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For more information: Access the SAP Developer Network –www.sdn.sap.com
The central hub for the SAP technology community
Everyone can connect, contribute and collaborate- consultants, administrators and developersFocus around SAP NetWeaver and SAP xApps
High quality of technical resourcesArticles, how-to guides, weblogs, collaborative areas, discussion forums and downloads, toolkits and code-samples
A collaboration platform, not a one-way street
SAP experts from customers, partners and SAP
SDN is powered by SAP NetWeaver™Built on the SAP Enterprise PortalFeaturing collaboration capabilities of SAP Knowledge Management
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7 Key Points to Take Home
The PDK for .NET integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio
Leverage your investment and knowledge of .NET to build custom business applications
Flexible architecture allows for easy and redundant .NET runtimedeployment
Provided UI controls and access to portal services makes iView development easy
iView development is made easier with the strong debugging capabilities that allow local as well as remote debugging
The PDK for .NET enables you to seamlessly access SAP and non-SAP data
With the PDK for .NET you can easily deploy you portal applications from within Visual Studio
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Disclaimer
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