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Reviewing the Portlets

The following table defines the portlets that are defined for each of the three portals.

Portlets for the Employee Management System 

Portlet
Parent Portal
Description

Direct Reports

Manager

Accesses the Employee Information database to display a list of employees who report to a particular manager.

Doc Tour

All Portals

Provides a context-sensitive link to the WebLogic Platform Tour Guide (this guide) for more detailed information about stepping through the tour.

Employee

Employee

Accesses the Employee Information database to display an employee profile.

Log In

Log In

Enables users to log in to the Avitek intranet portal, working with the WebLogic Server security system to provide secure access to the portal.

Log Out

All portals (except Log In)

Enables users to log out of the portal.

Manager Tasks Pending

Manager

Communicates with the Office Equipment Order Management system to allow managers to view office equipment orders issued by their direct employees, and to approve or reject pending orders.

Navigation

All Portals

Displays context-sensitive information about the currently displayed portal and portlets and provides a context-sensitive link to the WebLogic Platform Tour Guide (this guide) for more detailed information.

Order

Employee

Communicates with the Office Equipment Order Management system to allow employees to submit orders for office equipment or to view pending orders.

For example, the following figure shows the Employee portlet in Design View.

Employee Portlet in Design View

The following figure shows an example of the Property Editor window settings for the Employee portlet.

Portlet Property Settings for the Employee Portlet

The majority of the property settings shown in the previous figure are the same across all portlets in the Avitek intranet portal. The Content and Portlet Title property settings are unique to each portlet.

The following sections describe the following portlets:

To display any portlet in Design View, double-click the name of the portlet in the Application Window.


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