Testing WPAI portlets in a WebSphere Portal 5.1 Test Environment

Deploy and test your WPAI data access portlets in a WebSphere Portal 5.1 Test Environment

Before you test portlets that contain SAP SDO, configure the JCA JCo adapter. For more information, refer to Setting up SAP development environments. There is no special setup for portlets that contain Siebel SDO.

Once this adapter is working in your local (or remote) test environment, test your portlet as you would any other. For more information, refer to Testing, debugging, or profiling portlets.

When running a WPAI portlet for the first time, a dialog box will open before the server starts which asks for the Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) file. The main purpose of this file is to provide the adapter implementation that is responsible for creating and maintaining connections with the backend server.

The RAR files for the Siebel and SAP servers are shipped in the WebSphere Portal 5.1 Test Envrionment. The files are located in the directory <wps5.1 intstall>/installableConnectors and are called wpai.siebel.rar and wpai.sap.rar, respectively. Once you specify the file, the dialogue will display the information contained in the connector's deployment descriptor. Please review the information, mainly the EIS type, and click OK to confirm the selection.

 

Related concepts

SAP data access
Siebel data access