Business portlets

 

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The following portlets are automatically installed and may be displayed on a page after the portal is installed and started. Most of these portlets are also available on the IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog

Application Description
Welcome Shows version and copyright for WebSphere Portal installed.
Bookmarks IBM Bookmarks Portlet displays bookmarks defined by the user in a browser The user can add, delete, and edit bookmarks. Click the link to go to the portlet catalog for more information on this portlet.
Reminder Reminder lets users save and display short text messages on their portal page. Click the link to go to the IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog page for more information on this portlet.
World Clock The World Clock portlet allows users to view current local times around the world. Click the link to go to the IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog page for more information on this portlet.
My Tasks The My Tasks portlet allows users to create and view tasks.
My News My News provides top headlines from MarketWatch's wide array of general, business and industry news categories.

MarketWatch gathers most of their content dynamically from their servers. This information, unless otherwise translated on your own servers, will show up in English in Portal regardless of the the language setting.

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.

Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.

My Vertical News My Vertical News provides top headlines from MarketWatch's wide array of general, business and industry news categories. It has more feeds than My News.

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.

Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.

Banner Ad Banner Ad allows users to insert an image, which displays in the view mode. A link can also be added to the image. Click the link to go to the IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog page for more information on this portlet.
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 consists of several portlets that allow users to browse Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or rich text files.
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 2000 Mail Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2000 Calendar Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2000 Tasks Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2000 Contacts Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2000 Notes Portlet

Microsoft Exchange 2003 Portlet Application The Microsoft Exchange 2003 Portlet Application connects to an Exchange server. This portlet application contains the following portlets:

  • MS Exchange 2003 Mail Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2003 Calendar Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2003 Tasks Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2003 Contacts Portlet
  • MS Exchange 2003 Notes Portlet

My Query Reports (SQL) My Query Reports 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 MarketWatch's Retirement Planner is a goal-based tool that estimates the desired retirement income and estate, and evaluates the savings plan required to fund that need. Estimator calculators help users to make reasonable assumptions on difficult-to-understand concepts such as inflation and return rates.

Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.

Company Tracker Chart Company Tracker Chart provides stock charts and analysis for tracking and analyzing the performance for a single investment at a time. It acts as a satellite to the MarketWatch Company Tracker portlet application.

Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.

Company Tracker Master MarketWatch's Company Tracker Master allows you to select and manage a list of companies whose performance you are interested in tracking. We can view summary data for the list of stocks and then drill down to details on quotes, news, charts, and profile data.

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 MarketWatch Company Tracker portlet application.

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 MarketWatch Company Tracker portlet application.

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 MarketWatch Company Tracker portlet application.

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.

Proxy settings are required to use this portlet under a firewall environment.

MS NetMeeting MS NetMeeting (NetMeeting) allows the user to integrate Microsoft NetMeeting.
My Lists My Lists allows users to view and organize tasks into a manageable list.
Newsgroup Reader IBM Newsgroup Reader allows users to browse, post, and reply to messages on a newsgroup server.
Web Page Web Page uses iFrames to display original content of specified Web addresses without modifications. It supports both basic and form-based authentication.
File Server FileServerPortlet reads a static HTML file as a file stream and displays its content in a portlet window.
JSP Server JSPPortlet portlet executes a JSP and displays output in the portlet window. This portlet uses PortletContext to include JSP resource.
Servlet Invoker ServletInvokerPortlet can access local or remote Web resources and display their contents in a portlet.

 

Deploy Business Portlets

We can deploy business portles by running xmlaccess against the SetupDazzle.xml file. For example, on an iSeries box...

cd /QIBM/UserData/WebAS5/Base/instance/PortalServer5/bin

xmlaccess.sh -user wpsadmin -pwd RemovedFromHere -url instance:port/wps/config -in /QIBM/UserData/WebAS5/Base/instance/PortalServer5/config/templates/SetupDazzle.xml

 

Parent topic:

Installed portlets

 

Related concepts


Installed portlets
Portal administration portlets My Tasks
File Server
JSP Server
Servlet Invoker
Bookmarks
Web Page
Newsgroup Reader
My Lists
Reminder
Quicklinks
Banner Ad
Portlet Application for Microsoft Exchange 2003
Portlet Application for Microsoft Exchange 2000
World Clock
Document Viewer
Application Portlet for MS NetMeeting
My Query Reports(c)

 

Related tasks


Installing a portlet

 

Related reference:


Domino Integration portlets
Troubleshooting portlets

 

Related information


Cooperative portlets
Portal Search
IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog