Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet V5.1

 


Overview

The Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet lets users work with, Team Workplaces. An instance of this portlet appears in the Collaboration Center on the My Workplace --> Team Spaces page.

Users can find Team Workplaces to see summary views of activity and recent events, to get more detailed information about the Team Workplace, and to work in the place. People links in team workplaces provide a way for place members to interact with each other. Users with Edit permission to this portlet can edit the display properties to set their preferences. Administrators install, configure, and deploy the My Team Workplaces portlet in the portal as they do other portlets.

Note that My Team Workplaces portlet cannot be deployed in a public page in the portal. That is, the portlet is not available to anonymous (unauthenticated) portal users. Registered (authenticated) users - users who have logged in to the portal - can use My Team Workplaces in the pages to which they have access.

 

Test assumptions

The My Team Workplaces portlet has been tested on and is compatible with all supported WebSphere Portal platforms, as listed in Supported hardware and software.

 

Set up the My Team Workplaces portlet

The My Team Workplaces portlet is installed automatically as part of the Collaboration Center.

 

Client requirements

This portlet supports browsers and devices capable of rendering HTML markup. The following table provides detailed information.

Minimum requirements for HTML
Markup level HTML 4.01 Transitional
Java applet None
JavaScript 1.30
<iframe> No
Style sheets Portal styles only
Software This portlet has been tested on the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer V6.0 with the following Java software:

    • Sun JVM 1.4.1
    • IBM JDK 1.4.1 or IBM JDK/JRE 1.4.1
    • Microsoft JVM 1.1.8

  • Mozilla 1.41 on Linux with the following Java software:

    • Sun JVM 1.4.1

Accessibility Yes

 

Server requirements

The Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet displays information from a Domino back-end server that is configured to work with Collaborative Services in the portal and that is running Lotus Team Workplace.

The portlet is compatible with the following versions of Domino:

  • 6.5.1, 6.5.2, and 6.5.3
  • 5.012

The portlet is compatible with the following versions of Lotus Team Workplace (previously known as QuickPlace):

  • 6.5.1
  • 3.0 and 3.0.1 (requires Domino 5.0.12)

As portal administrator, configure the Lotus Team Workplace back-end server, followed by some additional steps that the Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet requires for Collaboration Center.

 

Deployment/Installation

This portlet is installed automatically as part of WebSphere Portal installation.

Note: This portlet is not supported as a remote WSRP service.

 

Prerequisites

Before users can take advantage of the Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet, all the tasks in the following checklist must be completed. These tasks are part of the ordinary configuration of the Lotus Team Workplace server, so you may need only to confirm that the tasks have been performed in your portal.

Task Details Reason
Install Lotus Team Workplace on the Domino server Install IBM Lotus Team Workplace The Team Workplace portlet requires an existing instance of Lotus Team Workplace to attach to.
Configure WebSphere Portal to use IBM Lotus Team Workplace Configure WebSphere Portal to use IBM Lotus Team Workplace
Add the QPServlet to the Lotus Team Workplace server. Add the QPServlet Makes communication possible between Collaborative Services and the portlet.
Configure single signon support between WebSphere Portal and Lotus Team Workplace. Configure single signon between WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus Team Workplace Single signon support must be enabled so that users can see a list of their places in the portlet.
On the Lotus Team Workplace server, set up Domino Search to enable searching of My Team Workplaces. Configure the Search All Places feature The Search Places feature configured on the Lotus Team Workplace server supports the My Places, Search Places, and My Tasks features of the portlet.
Configure required parameters for the My Team Workplaces portlet. Configure the Lotus My Team Workplaces portlet The QuickPlaceHostName and QuickPlacePort parameters must have values corresponding to your Lotus Team Workplace server.

 

Configuration parameters

The following configuration parameters are available in this portlet. Any change to these portlet configuration parameters requires refreshing the portlet or logging off and logging in to the portal again.

You can add or delete parameters for Team Workplaces metadata that support a portlet user's request for a new Team Workplace. The value that you specify for a metadata parameter serves as the resource key for the display label stored in the resource properties file for the portlet. Make sure that the resource key in properties file of the portlet matches the metadata value that you specify. The value also functions as the name/value pair that is sent in the CreateQP notification.

Parameter Value
QuickPlaceHostName This parameter is required. Do not delete it.

The fully-qualified Internet hostname of the Lotus Team Workplace server.

By default, the value of this parameter is...

  TeamWorkplaceServer.yourDomain.com

...and is set in...

  PORTAL_ROOT/shared/app/config/CSEnvironment.properties 
QuickPlacePort This parameter is required. Do not delete it.

The port ID of the Lotus Team Workplace server.

Default: 80

QuickPlaceProtocol The security protocol of the Lotus Team Workplace server, either HTTP or HTTPS.

Default: http

EditHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in Edit mode.

Default: /help/twEditHelp.jsp

ListHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in the My Team Workplaces List view.

Default: /help/twListHelp.jsp

SearchResultsHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in the Search Results view.

Default: /help/twSearchResultsHelp.jsp

DetailHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in the Details view.

Default: /help/twDetailHelp.jsp

AdvSearchHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in the Advanced Search view.

Default: /help/twAdvancedSearchHelp.jsp

NewWorkplaceHelpURI JSP containing topics launched from the Help icon in the Request New Team Workplace view.

Default: /help/twReqNewHelp.jsp

NewQuickPlaceRequest Indicates whether a user can submit a request for a new Team Workplace from within the portlet.

Yes causes the New Workplace command to appear in the portlet. Users can request a new Team Workplace from within the portlet.

No means that the New Workplace command does not appear in the portlet.

Default: no

Restriction: Use only English text values. Non-English text is not accepted for this parameter.

CreateQPViaEmail_toEmail If NewQuickPlaceRequest is allowed (parameter value is Yes), this parameter is required. Do not delete it.

The e-mail address to which requests for new team workplaces are submitted.

Parameter is checked to ensure that e-mail address exists when the request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: NewQPRequest@setgetwebmpany.com

CreateQPViaEmail_smtpServer If NewQuickPlaceRequest is allowed (parameter value is yes), this parameter is required. Do not delete it.

The name of the SMTP server to which e-mail containing the request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: servername@setgetwebmpany.com

CreateQPViaEmail_XML Indicates whether a request to create a new Team Workplace can be sent in XML.

When yes is specified, the request for a new Team Workplace can be sent in XML form.

When no is specified, the request for a new Team Workplace must be sent in plain text as name/value pairs.

If this parameter is left empty, the setting defaults to No and will not be validated when the request is sent.

Default: yes

Restriction: Use only English text values.

DetailsPagingSize The number of items displayed in Details pages. Portlet users can change this setting using Edit mode.

Default: 25

SearchPagingSize The number of items displayed in each page of Search Results. Portlet users can change this setting using Edit mode.

Default: 25

ViewPagingSize The number of Team Workplaces to show per page. Portlet users can change this setting using Edit mode.

Default: 10

AddMetaData1 A field to add to the Team Workplaces Catalog metadata and the Request Workplace page.

This parameter is not validated when a request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: Create.Description

AddMetaData2 A field to add to the Team Workplaces Catalog metadata and the Request Workplace page.

This parameter is not validated when a request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: Create.Department

AddMetaData3 A field to add to the Team Workplaces Catalog metadata and the Request Workplace page.

This parameter is not validated when a request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: Create.CostCenter

AddMetaData4 A field to add to the Team Workplaces Catalog metadata and the Request Workplace page.

This parameter is not validated when a request for a new Team Workplace is sent.

Default: Create.ExpirationDate

 

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