External Application Preparations; Defining Launch Entries; Launch Entry Properties - IBM BJ0NJML - Service And Asset Management Integration Manual

External Application Preparations

External Application Preparations

Defining Launch Entries

Launch Entry Properties

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Most external applications have a Web-based console that you can launch from a
URL in a Web browser. The Launch-in-context feature supports the Web
application (Servlet or JSP), portal, and Java WebStart console types.
To perform a navigation, the external application console must support the land-
in-context capability. To support context sharing, the land-in-context capability
accepts data that is passed by the system to the URL. The external console uses
the URL to open a window with the data that was passed to the URL.
For example, in the Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Web
console, you can pass the name of a view and the globally unique identifier
(GUID) of a configuration item to show in the view. If the external application
does not have a land-in-context capability, then the launch-in-context capability
can open a standard start page within the console.
If your application supports single sign-on, application users are authenticated
and directed to the external console. Otherwise, the external console opens a login
panel to authenticate the application user.
To make a launch entry available to the system applications:
1
Define the properties of the launch entry.
2
Create a user interface control, also known as a launch point, that is tied to the
registered launch entry. Available controls include a push button, a select
action menu item, and a hyperlink.
3
Assign proper security to the control. Limit access to the control by user and
user group.
4
Optional: Assign a condition to the interface control to limit when the launch
point is displayed, based on the data you are working with.
When you define launch entries, you enter these property values:
The launch entry name.
The launch entry description.
The URL of the console of the external application.
The URL value can contain substitution variables that use data from the
related business objects that you are viewing in the application. For
example, if you have a launch entry that is implemented in your Person
application, you can substitute the name value into the URL string by
using the attribute name, {attributename} .
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