Global Portal Systems with SAP

Valentin Nicolescu studied business information management at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Since 2003, he has worked at the SAP University Competence Center (SAP HCC) at the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany, where he is responsible for the operation of SAP training systems for higher education throughout Germany and for providing SAP training to higher education teachers.In addition to his focus on components of the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, he is involved in traditional ERP training with SAP R/3 and SAP ERP. He is a certified SAP technology and development consultant XI and a technology consultant Web AS and Enterprise Portal. Mladen Medjovic completed his Computer Science degree at the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany, with a minor in Economics. During his studies, he already gained several years of experience in various SAP product areas, and in his dissertation, as well as in his practical experience, he focused on the subject of integrating portals in international organizations. He currently works as an SAP Consultant. Helmut Krcmar has held the chair for Information Systems at the Information Technology Department of the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) since October 1, 2002. He is a member of the Information Technology Department, a secondary member of the Economics Department, and a member of the Carl von Linde Academy. Since 2004, he has been a member of the board of the elite graduate program in finance and information management (FIM) in the elite network of Bavaria, Germany. Between October 2003 and May 2007, he was academic director of the !communicate! program, and has been scientific director of the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) of TUM since January 2004. His research interests include information and knowledge management; engineering and management of IT-based services; piloting innovative information systems in healthcare, environmental management, and e-government; and computer support of cooperation in distributed and mobile work and learning processes. His book Informationsmanagement has seen four editions.

1 ... Introduction ... 3 2 ... Designing Global Portal Systems ... 7 ... 2.1 ... Federated Portal Network ... 7 ... 2.2 ... Introduction of the Global Inc. Case Study ... 9 ... 2.3 ... Case Study: Implementation of the Content Federation in Global Inc ... 10 ... 2.4 ... Summary ... 22 3 ... User Integration ... 23 ... 3.1 ... Basic Principles of User Integration in SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 23 ... 3.2 ... Selecting Data Sources ... 26 ... 3.3 ... System Architectures ... 29 ... 3.4 ... Case Study: User Integration at Global Inc ... 40 ... 3.5 ... Summary ... 46 4 ... Access Control ... 47 ... 4.1 ... Basic Access Control Concepts in SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 47 ... 4.2 ... Extending Access Control ... 49 ... 4.3 ... Case Study: Access Control in Global Inc ... 53 ... 4.4 ... Summary ... 72 5 ... Application Integration ... 75 ... 5.1 ... Single Sign-On in SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 75 ... 5.2 ... Single Sign-On Connections to Remote Web Applications ... 75 ... 5.3 ... Case Study: Single Sign-On at Global Inc ... 76 ... 5.4 ... Summary ... 83 6 ... Localization ... 85 ... 6.1 ... Multilingual Capability in SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 85 ... 6.2 ... Regional Adaptation ... 86 ... 6.3 ... Web Page Composer ... 87 ... 6.4 ... Case Study: Internationalizing the Global Inc. Portal ... 88 ... 6.5 ... Summary ... 109 A ... Source Code ... 111