Configuring aLeap Portlet with an Application URL

To create a portlet that users can search, create a new instance of the portlet and configure it.

A WebSphere® Portal administrator can use the following steps to pre-configure instances of the Leap Portlet with existing Leap applications.

These portlet instances will appear in the All category in the Content tab and can be added to a portal page, when a user is in edit mode for a portal page.

The alternative approach for building portal page content with Leap is to allow users to add the unconfigured Leap Portlet to their page. In that approach, the user would then use the Edit Shared Settings option in the Portlet menu, once the portlet has been added to the page, to configure the content. The following steps are only necessary if an administrator is choosing to make pre-configured Leap Portlet available.

  1. Log into WebSphere Portal as an administrator.
  2. Select the Administration tab.
  3. Select Portal Management > Portlets.
  4. Search for the Leap Portlet and duplicate it.
  5. Rename the new portlet so you can identify it once you have mapped it to an existing forms application. For example, Vacation Request.

Adjust the search to see the new portlet in the list.

  1. Copy the launch URL of an existing Leap application.
    1. Log into Leap.
    2. Click the Manage tab.
    3. Locate an existing Leap application that you would like to pre-configure with the portlet.
    4. Expand the More Details section for the application.
    5. Copy the launch URL.
      For example, http://hostname:port/apps/landing/org/app/appID/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1
  2. Select the newly duplicated portlet and click the Configure Portlet icon.
  3. Select the application_url preference from the list and click the Edit icon.
  4. Paste the launch URL of the existing Leap application in the application_url field.
  5. Click Add to add the preference.
  6. Click OK to save the settings.
Parent topic: Integrating with IBM WebSphere Portal