Generic Web Portlet (External website) portlet
Use this portlet Visual building block in an application that is interchangeable, depending on system or user configurations (also known as a widget). for dashboards created using an external URL, such as the URLs provided by Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM).
Invalid URL in Internet Explorer
If an invalid URL is used, the Configure menu is not accessible. Ask your system administrator to delete the dashboard Suite-wide unified dashboard that provides a single, quick view of valuable information across multiple applications. and recreate it with the valid URL.
URL security settings cause browser error
All external content is displayed inside an iframe within the generic web portlet. If the source URL security settings prevent it from being embedded in an iframe, a browser error is displayed on the dashboard. When sites such as http://www.google.com, http://www.yahoo.com, and http://www.facebook.com are defined in the generic web portlet on a dashboard, this type of error cann occur.
Required parameters
Field |
Description |
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Title |
A name for the portlet. |
Web Location |
The URL for the website. To change the website shown in this portlet, edit the URL |
Example: Creating an EFM portlet
If you are creating an EFM portlet, the EFM URL will be similar to:
http://xxx.sample.location.com/ReportWidget.ashx?wid=ksMaqx0jxU&w=480&h=360&htmlwrap=1
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xxx.sample.location.com = The location from which the URL is generated.
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ReportWidget.ashx? = The file name automatically generated by EFM.
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w=480&h=360&htmlwrap=1 = The dimensions for the portlet.
Adjust the portlet dimensions by editing the URL address and replacing the value provided for the width (w=480), height (h=360) and for number of rows (htmlwrap=1).