Add a wire
- For cross-page wires, verify the target portlet has global targets defined.
- Select the matching mode.
- From the table for adding a new wire, select an option from each of the following dropdown lists:
- Source portlet
- The portlet that sends the information to other portlets on the page. We can only select portlets on the page that provide information for other portlets.
- Sending
- The type of information the portlet is capable of sending.
- Target page
- The page containing the communication target. The drop down list contains only peer pages that have global targets defined. If the required page is not listed, select More. Then select the required page or search for the target page.
If a target page with no global targets defined is selected for cross-page wires, we will not be able to select target portlets or communication targets.
- Switch page
- This flag is relevant for cross-page wires only. Use it to disable and enable the redirect to the target page of the wire. This flag does not have any influence on the actual processing of the wire target action or event. If multiple cross-page wires that point to different pages are invoked at the same time, make sure that only one of these has the page switch flag set. We need to do this to determine unambiguously to which target page the user will be directed.
- Target portlet
- The portlet that receives the information from the source. Only portlets that can process the Sending information are shown.
- Receiving
- The action the portlet can perform or the event the portlet can process after receiving the information. Only actions that can handle the selected information are shown.
- Optional: We can also select to create private wires for personal use instead. By default, wires created are public wires for all users if we have the required privileges. If we do not have the privileges required to create public wires, we can only create private wires.
- When we have completed the changes, click the Add new wire icon.
The new wire appears in a list of all wires on the page each time edit the wires for the page.