Business portlets


The following portlets are automatically installed and may be displayed on the Home page after WebSphere Portal is installed using the Install and Configure option of the remote GUI install or if the portlets are selected to be installed using the IBM Web Administration Portal Configuration Wizard.

Application Description
Welcome Shows version and copyright for WebSphere Portal installed.
Bookmarks IBM Bookmarks(c) displays bookmarks defined by the user in a browser. The user can add, delete, and edit bookmarks.
Frequent Users Frequent Users shows you how many users have been active in the last 90 days. It helps you determine the number of per user licenses that you need for your portal, if you licensed WebSphere Portal on a per user basis.
Reminder Reminder(c) lets users save and display short text messages on their portal page.
World Clock The World Clock(c) portlet allows users to view current local times around the world.
My News My News provides top headlines from Pinnacor's wide array of general, business and industry news categories. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
My Weather My Weather displays weather condition data and forecasts for user-selected cities. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
My Vertical News My Vertical News provides top headlines from Pinnacor's wide array of general, business and industry news categories. It has more feeds than My News. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
My Stock My Stock displays financial performance and fundamental investment data for selected companies, investments, symbols and indices. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Financial Times Provides content from Financial Times. Refer to the instructions in the Troubleshooting section to configure a proxy for Financial Times.
Banner Ad Banner Ad (c) allows users to insert an image, which displays in the view mode. A link can also be added to the image.
QuickLinks QuickLinks displays links defined by the user in a browser. The user can add, delete, and edit links.
Document Search Document Search is installed but not placed on a page. This portlet provides users access to the Portal Search Engine. Before Document Search can perform searches, the administrator must build the search index using Manage Search Index in Portal Administration. See Search in the WebSphere Portal Information Center for more information.
Document Viewer Document Viewer(c) consists of several portlets that allow users to browse Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or rich text files.
Internet Mail Box IBM Internet Mail Box(c) allows your users to connect to an IMAP or POP3 Internet-based mail server to receive, compose, and send Internet email.
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Portlet Application The Microsoft Exchange 2000 Portlet Application connects to an Exchange server. This portlet application contains the following portlets:

  • MS Exchange Mail Portlet
  • MS Exchange Calendar Portlet
  • MS Exchange Tasks Portlet
  • MS Exchange Contacts Portlet
  • MS Exchange Notes Portlet

My Query Reports (SQL) My Query Reports(c) runs SQL queries submitted by the user. This portlet is used by SQL users to conveniently run SQL queries and used as a list of bookmarks for saved queries.
Retirement Planner Pinnacor's Retirement Planner is a goal-based tool that estimates your desired retirement income and estate, and evaluates the savings plan required to fund that need. Estimator calculators help users to quickly make reasonable assumptions on difficult-to-understand concepts such as inflation and return rates. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Company Tracker Chart Company Tracker Chart provides stock charts and analytics for tracking and analyzing the performance for a single investment at a time. It acts as a satellite to the Pinnacor Company Tracker portlet application. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Company Tracker Master Company Tracker Master allows you to select and manage a list of companies whose performance you are interested in tracking. You can view summary data for your list of stocks and then drill down to details on quotes, news, charts, and profile data. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Company Tracker News Company Tracker News provides general and business news focused on a single stock or investment at a time. It acts as a satellite to the Pinnacor Company Tracker portlet application. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Company Tracker Profile Company Tracker Profile provides general company overview, descriptions, performance, and competition data for a single investment at a time. It acts as a satellite to the Pinnacor Company Tracker portlet application. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Company Tracker Stock Company Tracker Stock provides stock quote detail, performance, and fundamental data for a single investment at a time. It acts as a satellite to the Pinnacor Company Tracker portlet application. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
Currency Calculator Currency Calculator provides international market data concerning world currencies with a handy conversion calculator. Note: Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.
MS NetMeeting MS NetMeeting (NetMeeting) allows the user to easily integrate Microsoft NetMeeting.
My Lists My Lists allows users to view and organize tasks into a manageable list.
Newsgroup IBM Newsgroup Reader allows users to browse, post, and reply to messages on a newsgroup server.
Application Portlet Builder The Application Portlet Builder enables users to create portlets that can access and manipulate data in an enterprise application, without requiring programming knowledge of the system.

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