Portal KM Repository Services

Repository services provide general functions for repositories. In a standard KM installation, certain repository services are activated by default for each repository type, whereas others can be activated explicitly if required.
Each repository service that is activated is loaded when the CM starts up, however
this initialization process results in load consumption, allocates memory and determines whether the repository service is being used and whether it is useful. You can, therefore, improve performance and reduce memory consumption by reviewing the repository services for each repository and only activating those whose functions are actually required

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Portal Navigation Cache Quality Check

Consider activating the cache as well as tuning the cache size
and caching time for the "ROLES" navigation connector for better performance.

Implementation: To activate the navigation cache for the "ROLES" connector, refer to the "Enabling/Disabling the Cache" section at:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/a2/19edcf16474a9798a5681ce4fe4b25/frameset.htm

Check the cache quality regularly as follows:

1. Log on to the portal with a system administrator role, choose "System Administration Navigation
Navigation Cache", and under "Navigation Connectors" choose "statistics" in the "ROLES" row.

2. Check the "hit rate" for both "Navigation Entry Points" and "Navigation Node".
If any of the hit rates is not optimal, for example much less than 100%,
choose the following link for information about adjusting the configuration of the "ROLES" navigation connector:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/a2/19edcf16474a9798a5681ce4fe4b25/frameset.htm

Background: To improve performance, the portal caches each set of navigation nodes required by a user.
If a user has access to the same navigation hierarchy as a previous user, the portal
can retrieve the navigation hierarchy from the cache instead of generating it again.

Single Sign On: “The Wizard”

The wizard is a useful tool to analyze single-sign-on problems.Thanks to webdynpro, SAP is constantly building these applications which help us troubleshoot issues faster. The wizard is integrated in NWA if your SPS level is over 14 with 7.0

http://..com/logon/logonServlet?redirectURL=/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~sec~auth~sso2~wizard/SSO2Wizard

There are some good notes from service marketplace.....
1257108: this note has a collective set of info for SSO.
1055856: Learn from error – general mistakes when SSO is set up.
701205: Single Sign-On using SAP Logon Tickets

SAP Portal Favorites

One of the common issues in SDN is Portal favorites !
when a user decides to use the favorites option he wants to use it on a daily basis.....what goes into building this Favorites concept ??? Read more....

SAP Portal Performance –II (Browser Cache)

This is an extension from my previous blog on Portal Performance and in this blog i have a small tip to share which will improve the performance of the Portal. There are 2 things you might want to consider to save some space in your hard disk.

Close the Browser: the browser cache gets deleted only if you set the “empty temporary internet files when browser is closed” option under the advanced tab selected as shown in fig 2. I recommend adding this in your company's group policy so the end users have no choice in deselecting that option.

Delete Temporary Internet Files manually: If you don’t want to close the browser for some reason clear the cache manually as shown in fig 1

this small tip can definitely help increase performance !

What's my SAP Portal Version ?

3 ways to determine the Version of your Enterpise Portal System. Very often, this is the first question I ask people when they send me an email with a problem !!

1. go to system administration-> support-> version
2. http://server:port/sap/monitoring/SystemInfo
3. http://server:port/sap/monitoring/ComponentInfo

Hope that helps....

SAP Portal Single-Sign-On for Non-SAP Applications

A quick guide on SSO Configuration for non-SAP based applications.

For SSO to Java and C applications
use SAPSSOEXT- a dynamic link library for single sign on
Source: http://service.sap.com/patches (Download the SAPSSOEXT library for SAP logon ticket)

For SSO to Web apps with authentication using a HTTP header variable
use SAP Note: 442401-We server filter .

For SSO to a microsoft web-based application
use SAPSSOEXT windows server on IA32 32 bit SSO2 to Kerberos Mapping filter

SAP Portal Single Sign On

read more about SSO between BI and Portal in the below links:

SAP Diagnostics and Support Desk Tool

Graphical Description of Portal-BI connectivity

SDN blog on BI Portal SSO

Single Sign On

Single Sign On

Portal 102:

There are many articles about SSO written in SDN,help etc...and here is a collection of blogs on SSO from this blogspot...

SAP Portal System Object

Concept of Single Sign On

SSO logon Ticket theory

SSO Wizard

Checklist for Single Sign On

here is the first lesson: Portal 101

SSO wiki on SDN

KM User Photo Maintenance

Users would like to upload their photo to help the WhoisWho iView or make the CLP-collaboration launch pad more meaningful ……so here are some simple steps to follow…help the user by assigning this page in the personalization link to upload/change whenever they want…
Here is the pcd value for the self service iView:
com.sap.netweaver.coll.ChangePhotoSelfService

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