Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
IBM My Tasks
IBM My Tasks portlet displays tasks that are relevant to the current user from the Websphere Process Choreographer. Users can Claim or Cancel a Claim on a task, view the details of a task, or launch a task using this portlet.
Use My Tasks
No separate sign on or authentication is required. The user validation for portal users is sufficient to access My Tasks portlet.
Set up My Tasks
This portlet supports browsers and devices capable of rendering HTML, WML and PDA markup. The following table provides detailed information.
| Minimum requirements for HTML | |
|---|---|
| Markup level | HTML 4.01 Transitional |
| Java applet | None |
| JavaScript | 1.1 |
| <iframe> | No |
| Style sheets | Portal styles only |
| Software | This portlet has been tested on the following browsers:
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| Accessibility |
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| Minimum requirements for WML | |
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| Markup level | WML 1.1 |
Server requirements
There are no special server requirements.
Deployment/Installation
Certain steps need to be followed for installing the My Tasks JSR 168 portlet. As both versions of My Tasks portlet are available with this fix pack, the administrator has flexibility to install the required WAR file. The JSR 168 WAR file will be available in portal_server_root/installableApps folder with name tasksportletJSR168.war.
Follow the steps below to install the tasksportletJSR168.war file and to add the My Tasks portlet to a page.
- Go to Administration > Portlet Management
- Click Web Modules > Install
- Select the tasksportletJSR168.war from portal_server_root/installableApps folder. Click Next and Finish.
- Click the My Work tab. Click the Configure icon and note the value entered in task page container text field. Return to the My Tasks page.
- Go to the Edit page and remove the legacy portlet and add JSR portlet.
- Click Delete to delete the My Tasks portlet.
- Click Add portlets to go to Add portlets page. Search on JSR Tasks in the keyword field.
- Select the My Tasks portlet from the list of portlets displayed and click OK. This will take you back to the Add portlets page. Click Done to go back to the My Tasks page.
- Go to the Configure page and enter the task page container name (noted in step 4). Click OK to save the settings.
- This portlet is not supported as a remote WSRP service.
- For a testing purposes, a BPEL-based process application can be installed and tasks can be created using that application.
Configuration parameters
To configure this portlet.
- Go to the Configure mode.
- Set the parameter Unique Name to the new task page container.
- Invoke the following command specifying the unique name of the previous container for valueWPSconfig.{bat | sh} disable-page-as-task-page-container -DPageUniqueName=value.
- The JSP file needs to be placed in the same war file (For example, portal_server_root\installedApps\JspServer.ear\JspServer.war\WEB-INF)
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| url | /JSP/very_simple.jsp (the path should be relative) |