Skills required fir portal Implementation

Hi
What type of Skills required for Oracle Portal Implementation? Java/HTML?
Thanks

portal development is not like webpaging and so it does not ONLY need html.
however, it depends upon what role one wants to play in oracle portals. for a developer of merely portal forms and reports, java is not essential, but html is necessary for controlling and understanding formatting options. because, one may use the other route of using pl/sql. but a good familiarity with databases would be a must.
so i would say it would go like this:
1. a good familiarity with the databases and their design and implementations,
2. pl/sql or java: to interact with the oracle portal utilities and features;
3. and some interface development technologies: html plus dhtml/ javascript, xml, css, macromedia, etc.

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Documentation of Portal Implementation - Experiences Required!

Dear EP Experts & NW Gurus,
I would like to know:
1)Any amount of portal implementation includes creation of Portal objects and PAR files, systems etc etc..
Moving these portal objects from one env to other some times involves changing few properties..Here i would like to know as to how are the EP developers documenting the Portal Developement?
2) How are the diff companies & consultants following the process of Design, Specs, TestCases & implementation?
Since there are so many properties involved for portal objects, these properties need to be documented so that if some problem happens in prod system then the docs can be consulted to find out whether the properties are correct or not?
3) How does SAP themselves do the documentation of their releases?Is there some tools that they have created which queries some kind of databases & which just dumps the properties etc into some excel format...?
Why i am asking this is bcos (in our case) after such a large implementation (hundreds of portal objects & tons of config..), the docs which we created have become so heavey and big it sometimes becomes diff to manage the docs manually. & then when we have team scenario,(where many ppl work & new ppl come & join..)these docs maintainance is painfull.
4) Most of the time after implementaion, where the support starts and when old iView keeps on changing as per new req, <b>is there any Standard way by which we can maintain the versions of Portal objects and config..??</b>
Please remember that i am talking abt all the phases of Soft Dev (High level Design, Specs, TestCases)..
I would like to discuss what kind of documennation does SAP & others do for portal implementations..
Regards
Gaurav

Hi Dagfinn,
Thanx for the reply..
I also think that the documentation should never become a burden..but a boon..
- Can you explain in detail about the first point (writing script)..are u saying that by some means i traverse the PCD and pickup the portal objects etc..
- We are on NW and have also configuared JDI recently. But how to use JDI for such kind of requirement.
Also as i asked, do u have any knowledge about Version Maintanance of Portal Objects?
The reason why i am again asking this is because what has happened recently is that since many ppl work on same objects and later on if an administrator wants to debug that who has changed what property -> it becomes diff to find out. even if i find that who has changed by "Changed by" but out of soo many propertes of any iView, which one was changed????
Regarding your answer about PCD Databases Browser.. in thread (Changing name of PCD object EP 6.0 SP11)
<i>Yes,
You can use the PCD database browser to change pcd properties, though I am not sure if it is included in NetWeaver.
Dagfinn</i>
I am on SP11 & SP9, and i am able to find that tool, but still not able to successfully connect. As soon as i connect, i willlet u know...
What about the other people here in SDN, what do the others have to say...??
Regards
Gaurav Gandhi

Study business process requirements in sd implementation project?

how to study business process requirements in sd implementation project?

Hi chandu,
I will suggest you first go through the document given below
SAP Implementation is the whole of processes that defines a complete method to implement SAP software in an organization. The SAP implementation method described in this entry is a generic method and not a specific implementation method as such. It is based on best practices and case studies from various literature sources and presents a collection of processes and products that make up a complete implementation method to allow any organization to plan and execute the implementation of SAP (ERP) software.
Concept Definition
CHANGE MANAGEMENT ***Activities involved in (1) defining and installing new values, attitudes, norms, and behaviors within an organization that support new ways of doing work and overcome resistance to change; (2) building consensus among customers and stakeholders on specific changes designed to better meet their needs; and (3) planning, testing, and implementing all aspects of the transition from one organizational structure or business process to another. (www.gao.gov)
CHANGE MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTATION All documentation that is required and being delivered whilst performing change management, e.g. the functional test cases and all the other documents a new end-user of SAP requires and the various tools and approaches used to manage change by the TSO. (Anderson, 2003)
COST OF OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS Determination of where and when the costs are inquired within the context of the SAP solution stack and ongoing operations. The analysis addresses all internal and external costs, both one-time as well as recurring (Anderson, 2003)
CUTOVER The process of transitioning from one system to a new one (Anderson, 2003)
CUTOVER PLAN All documentation related to planning, preparing and executing cutover, describing how to lock down the system from a technical change management perspective, preparing the TSO for its new role and rolling out the SAP graphical user interface to all future end users. (Anderson, 2003)
DATA CENTER A data center is a facility used for housing a large amount of electronic equipment, typically computers and communications equipment. (www.wikipedia.org)
DATA CENTER REQUIREMENT A requirement for the SAP data center, i.e. a physical requirement like power requirements, a rack requirement, a network infrastructure requirement or a requirement to the network server. (Anderson, 2003)
DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) REQUIREMENT Requirement that focuses on downtime that lasts many hours to days or even weeks (Anderson, 2003)
FUNCTIONAL TEST CASE A set of conditions or variables under which a tester will determine if a certain business process works (www.wikipedia.org)
HIGH AVAILABILITY (HA) REQUIREMENT Requirements that describes the amount of time that the system needs to be available to satisfy the needs of the users. (Anderson, 2003)
INSTALLATION DOCUMENTATION All documentation related to the installation of an end-to-end SAP solution (Anderson, 2003)
OPERATIONS MANUAL The collection of current state system documentation, day-to-day and other regularly scheduled operations tasks, various installation and operations checklists and how-to process documents. (Anderson, 2003)
SAP SAP AG is the name of the biggest European software company. The head office is in Walldorf, Germany. SAP was founded in 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung ("Systems Analysis and Product") by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany. (www.wikipedia.org)
SAP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT PLAN A comprehensive project plan that contains all products that are delivered whilst performing an SAP implementation project (Anderson, 2003)
SOLUTION STACK Set of software subsystems or components needed to deliver a fully functional solution, e.g. a product or service. (www.wikipedia.org)
SOLUTION STACK PARTNERS LIST A list of all vendors that deliver the products that make up the SAP solution stack (Anderson, 2003)
SOLUTION VISION A vision of the future-state of the SAP solution (Anderson, 2003)
STRESS TEST PLAN A test plan that is focused at determining the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results. (www.wikipedia.org)
TEST PLAN A detail of how the test will proceed, who will do the testing, what will be tested, in how much time the test will take place, and to what quality level the test will be performed. (IEEE 829)
TRAINING The acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills (www.wikipedia.org)
TRAINING PLAN Consisting of training units, a training plan is the result of hierarchical decompositions of a training goal, tailored according to the learning preferences and prior knowledge of the trainee. A plan is the means by which the trainee satisfies the goal. (www.ece.eps.hw.ac.uk/)
TSO Technical Support Organization. The people that are committed to implementation and management of SAP. (Anderson, 2003)
TSO CHART A chart that depicts the structure of the TSO. (Anderson, 2003)
Activity Sub-Activity Description
Project preparation Craft solution vision Refine and communicate a SOLUTION VISION of the future-state of the SAP solution, to sketch a design that meets both business and financial requirements. The focus should be on the companyu2019s core business and how the SAP solution will better enable that core business to be successful.
Design and initially staff the SAP TSO Design and staff the key positions of the SAP Technical Support Organization (TSO), the organization that is charged with addressing, designing, implementing and supporting the SAP solution.
Sizing and blueprinting Perform cost of ownership analysis Perform a COST OF OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS to determine how to get the best business solution for the least money i.e. to determine where and when the costs are incurred within the context of the SAP solution stack.
Identify high availability and disaster recovery requirements Determine all HIGH AVAILABILITY and DISASTER RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS, to plan what to do with later downtime of the SAP system
Engage SAP solution stack vendors Select the best SAP hardware and software technology partners for all layers and components of the SAP SOLUTION STACK, based on a side-by-side sizing comparison
Staff TSO Staff the bulk of the TSO, i.e. fill the positions that directly support the near-term objectives of the implementation, which are to develop and begin installation/implementation of the SAP data center.
Execute training Train the various members of the SAP TSO, like data center specialists, high availability specialist and network specialists and train the end-users to give all the required SAP knowledge and skills
Setup SAP DATA CENTER Build a new SAP DATA CENTER facility or transform the current data center into a foundation capable of supporting the SAP SOLUTION STACK
Perform installations Install the (My)SAP components and technological foundations like a web application server or enterprise portal.
Round out support for SAP Identify and staff the remaining TSO roles, e.g. roles that relate to help desk work and other such support providing work.
SAP functional development Address Change Management Develop a planned approach to the changes in the organization. The objective is to maximize the collective efforts of all people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing the changes related to the SAP implementation.
Address SAP systems and operations management Create a foundation for the SAP systems management and SAP computer operations, by creating a SAP OPERATIONS MANUAL and by evaluating SAP management applications.
Perform functional, integration and regression tests Test the SAP business processes, by executing functional tests to ensure that business processes work, integration tests to ensure that the organizationu2019s business processes work together with other business processes and regression tests to prove that a specific set of data and processes yield consistent and repeatable results.
Final Preparation Perform systems and stress tests Plan, script, execute and monitor SAP STRESS TESTS, to see if the expectations of the end users, defined in service level agreements, will be met.
Prepare for cutover Plan, prepare and execute the CUTOVER, by creating a CUTOVER PLAN that describes all cutover tasks that have to be performed before the actual go-live
Go Live Turn on the SAP system for the end-users
Hope this will help.
Reward Point if helpful.
Thanks,
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Has anyone done the Portal Implementation on SAP Land Management Module?
If so please share the documnets and also Please let me know is there any Business packages available for this module?
Thanks in Advance,
Dharani

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You first need to understand the requirement of the business first because if there are 600 reports in legacy system you no need to presume that you need to develop 600 coz of the multidimensional report of BI you can club so many requirements in to one report. And you have to decide, up to what extent the Business content reports would be helpful. If the BC report meets the requirement it is as simple as that to activate and use it. But if the BC report wont meet the business requirement then you need to estimate the efforts to develop. Here you need to keep in mind that the standard extractors would be fine or need to enhance or need to go for Generic extraction. And also the HCM reports are big tricky and lot of data issues would rise. By considering all this you need to plan the days of work to complete all the reports.
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Resource requirement for EHS implementation

Hi EHS Gurus
I want to know the resource requirement and their skill set for EHS implementation & support project?
As per my knowledge for implementation 4 consultants are required :-
2 EHS consultants,1 MDM consultant,1 Abaper
Please confirm it.
Next do we require SD or MM conultant in EHS implementation or support prj?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Estimation of Resource Requirement can be done based Size of Business or scope document
like No of plants and employess
Which sub modules they are going to be implement like Product safety, Dangerous good management
This module more related to MM and QM
one ABAper required for New reports and Dat migration at Final configuration stage
Thanks
sreeni

Steps to configure R/3 system to Portal implementation

Hi
Please provide steps to configure R/3 system to Portal implementation
when i m opening standard iview in ESS in portal i m getting following runtime error.
com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.exceptions.WDRuntimeException: Failed to resolve JCO destination name 'SAP_R3_SelfServiceGenerics_MetaData' in the SLD. No such JCO destination is defined in the SLD.
Please help
Thanks

Hello Bhupinder Singh,
To use ESS/MSS services in Portal follow the following Steps
Maintaining jCo Connections
Use
jCo connections are used in iViews to connect directly to a backend. They are delivered with the portal content and must be activated (configured to access a specific system).
jCo connections have two parts: one with <jCo name>, and the other with suffix <jCo Name>_MetaData. The first one transfers user-specific data within the scenario; the other transfers only the needed metadata. For the jCo with name <jCo name>, SAP Logon Ticket is recommended as an authentication method. For the metadata connection, a user ID and password is needed. A system user created before is sufficient.
Procedure
Within this guide we generically describe the step-by-step procedure for an example connection set. Perform all steps for the following jCos:
u2022     SAP_R3_Financials / SAP_R3_Financials_Metadata
u2022     SAP_R3_HumanResources / SAP_R3_HumanResources_MetaData
u2022     SAP_R3_SelfServiceGenerics / SAP_R3_SelfServiceGenerics_MetaData
u2022     SAP_R3_Travel / SAP_R3_Travel_MetaData
u2022     SAP_R3_SelfServiceGenerics_MetaDataFIN
1.     Open the Web Dynpro Tool Applications overview page of your SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java: (http://<host>.<domain>:<port>/webdynpro/welcome)
2.     Select the Content Administrator link (or use a direct link, such as http://<host>.<domain>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tcwdtools/Explorer) and logon with j2ee administrator rights
3.     Choose the Maintain JCo Destinations button.
4.     The available jCos are displayed with a red light, indicating that they are not yet maintained.
5.     In the JCo Destination Details iView, choose the Create button for the jCo you want to create.
6.     In Guided Procedure Section 1: General Data, make the following entries:
Field name     User action and values     Note
Name     <jCo_Name> or <jCo_name>_Metadata     Do not change the client number (for example, 100)
Maximal Pool Size     <keep default value>
Maximum connections     <keep default value>
Connection Timeout (msec.)     <keep default value>
Maximum Waiting Time (msec.)     <keep default value>
7.     Choose Next.
8.     In J2EE Cluster, make the following entries:
Field name     User action and values     Note
Use Local J2EE engine <SID> on <host>     Selected     Keep default values
9.     Choose Next.
10.     In Connection Type u2013 Data Type, make the following entries:
Field name     User action and values     Note
Data Type     Dictionary Meta Data     Dictionary Meta Data selected for <jCo_name>_MetaData; Application Data selected for <jCo_name> maintenance
Destination Type     Load-balanced Connection (recommended)     For Dictionary Meta Data Connection, the value cannot be changed
11.     Choose Next.
12.     In Msg. Server Connection, make the following entries:
Field name     User action and values     Note
Message Server     <select message server for your SAP ERP HR system>     The values are taken from the technical system list of the SLD
Logon Group     <select logon group for your SAP ERP HR system>     The values are taken from the technical system list of the SLD
13.     Choose Next.
14.     In Security u2013 User Authentication, make the following entries:
Field name     User action and values     Note
Used Method     <if using <jCo_name>, select Ticket>
<if using <jCo_name>_Metadata, value cannot be changed>
Name     <enter connection user name>     For example, rfcsysuser
Password/Confirm Password     <enter a password>
Language     English
SNC Mode     Off     For more information on SNC Mode, see the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Help.
15.     Choose Next.
16.     In the Summary step, verify your settings, then choose Finish. The system displays a positive status message.
17.     In the JCo Destination Details iView, choose the Test link. The system displays a positive status message.
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Let me know weather your problem solved or not.
Please reward points if helpful
Please close the thread if problem solved
Thankyou,
Regards
Vijai

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Regards

Hi Huseyin,
You need to create system in EP.
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1) create one folder like "system"
2) create system in the above folder
3) Enter all the details of R/3 System
4) create Iview and link to the R/3 system
you could allways look at the manual:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0d/17df3d2cae445ae10000000a11405a/frameset.htm
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Hi ,
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We have existing 3 system landscape with 3 systems in it.
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Hi Dev2Dev
I have requirement in portal administration
Whenever i add a page or book in workshop it is reflected in portal
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Books in the above will bring all the books I have added in workshop
Pages in the above will bring all the pages I have added in workshop
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known
Portal Resource->
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               ->Books
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Page1
               Page2
Here I have requirement
I need to add Page named SingaporePage so the
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You may be able to do some self-study.
http://www.apics.org/education/selfstudy/
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Hi,
You can deploy the portal in stages, for each of which you will need an implementation plan
that is distinct to the landscape.
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