HTML View using an iView dynamically

[JUNG]

Hello Visual Composer experts,

I want to use a SAP Enterprise Portal iView in a VC Model.

For that I use VC HTML View.

In the URL I put SAP EP IView reference, for instance :

http://<xxx>:50000/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/pcd!3aportal_content!2fcom.sap.pct!2fevery_user!2f...

<xxx> stands for development portal.

When I transport my VC model to quality portal I need to manually replace <xxx> by <yyy>.

How can I avoid this ? How can I dynamically address the portal ?

I found something about using "portal:" that will replace http://<server>:<port>/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/  but did not succeed to make it works.

In the VC HTML view I tried to used "pcd" instead of "http" but again did not make it.

Can someone give me a clue ?

Rgds

Gilles

[Former Member]

Hi Gilles,

Did you solve this issue?

Kind Regards,

Gilson

[JUNG]

Hi Gilson,

Unfortunatly no.

Rgds

Gilles

[former_member202465]

Hello Jilles,

I hope this is relevant -

Option 1 (I'm not sure this is valid for your scenario)

It's possible to pass parameters to VC Start Point through the Query String. So I could model this way to open "nwa" on an "unknown" system (the field name in the Start Point is "URL_"):

Running it in the browser looks like this (notice the URL_ parameter):

Another option:

Execute a data service to get the basic URL. In each system this query returns a different result, so the modeling could remain general and unaware of this.

Then concatenate the post fix of the link and map into the HTML View element.

Thanks,

Udi

[JUNG]

Hello Udi,

Thansk for your answer. Let me try to clarify my need.

I would like, for instance, to execute "My home" page in SAP EP using a VC HTML view.

I want this to work in all my SAP EP systems (Development, Quality and Production).

My current solution is :

• a VC model with an HTML view, a variable where URL is hardcoded @URL and passed to this HTML view (similar as what you describe)
• to import the VC model in each EP environment
• change the URL to address the EP
• deploy the model

I'm looking for a way to achieve this without modifying my VC model (@URL ) in each environnement.

So I'm looking for a way to address dynamically the system.

As explained I did try, without succes, with :

1) Using "portal:"  in the variable @URL

2) using pcd parameter in the VC HTML view (I did not understand how to use it)

I was expecting a dynamic way without calling a service.

Kind Regards

Gilles

[former_member202465]

Hello Gilles,

I don't know how to achieve this without passing the URL to VC, or calling a service from VC. I found the following documentation about PCD:

Portal URLs

Portal Content Directory (PCD) Overview

But I don't know if it helps your case.

Sorry!

Udi

[JUNG]

Thanks Udi for your help.

PCD is the place where SAP EP objects like iViews are stored.

In the VC HTML view dialog box there are severall options and I cannot find documentation how to use them.

One of them is pcd and I would think it is a way to integrate SAP EP iView.

Other one is http  and I already used it successfully including passing parameters.

Rgds

Gilles

[former_member202465]

Hello Gilles,

I'll try to find the way to use it with the help of the team.

Thank you,

Udi

[former_member202465]

Hello Gilles,

I have checked this - the pcd functionality is currently not supported, sorry. You could open a ticket / it could be added as a feature request.

Thanks,

Udi

[JUNG]

Thanks Udi for your investigation.

I will open an incident ticket as this provided option does not work.

Rgds

Gilles