What is new in Integrated Solutions Console

 

If you have developed console modules for previous, stand-alone releases of Integrated Solutions Console, there are some changes in this release.

• Integration with WAS

  This is the first release in which Integrated Solutions Console is delivered as part of WebSphere Application Server, enabling other products to integrate their administrative interfaces into the application server console. The console was previously made available to business partners only through the Autonomic Computing Toolkit.

• Portal application archive

  A new model for packaging and deploying console modules. The portal application archive (PAA) is a standard portlet application with the addition of two XML files that describe the topology and security characteristics of the module. The portal application archive replaces the former method of packaging a deploying console modules as portlet WAR files with an additional component.xml descriptor.

• Migration

  There is no supported migration path for console modules written to previous versions of Integrated Solutions Console.

• Changes to APIs provided for Integrated Solutions Console.

  Page launching

  A subset of the Dynamic UI Manager APIs is provided for launching pages and passing properties to portlets on the same or other pages. Launching a module on an existing page is not supported for this release.

  Form persistence

  The FormUtils class is not provided for this release.

  Eclipse-based help

  The EclipseHelp class replaces the ISCHelp class to launch help from the Eclipse help server, which is package and deployed with Integrated Solutions Console. Help is available from the console and from each console module that supports help. Page and message help is not available in this release.

  Obtaining user and group information

  The PUMA SPI was provided in V6.0 to obtain information about the user and the user's group. This API is not available for this release.

  External launching

  Launching the console to a specific page or portlet is not supported in this release.

  Product filtering

  The console allows the user to display tasks for a specific product.

  External URLs

  Console modules can add links to external Web sites to the console navigation.

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Related information

Autonomic Computing Toolkit