Managing Portlet Aliases

You can assign aliases to individual portlets. An alias is a new or simpler name for a portlet. By assigning an alias to a portlet, My webMethods Server recognizes the alias when it appears in a URL and automatically redirects a user to the portlet.

Use the aliases to access the portlets directly. Aliases are also useful to page developers when building multi-portlet applications; developers can use the aliases to allow one portlet to communicate with another.

To add, edit or remove portlet aliases

1. As system administrator, navigate to and open the page containing the portlets you want to update.

2. In the page title bar, click

, and then Edit Page to switch to page editing mode.

3. If the title bar of the portlet you want to update is hidden, select the View As Expert check box so that you can see the title bar.

4. In the portlet title bar, click

, and then Properties

5. To add an alias:

a. In the Aliases section of the Properties page, click Add.

b. Type the portlet alias that you want to add in the text box.

c. Click OK.

6. To change an existing alias:

a. In the Aliases section of the Properties page, select the alias you want to update and click Edit.

b. Type the new portlet alias in the text box.

c. Click OK.

7. To remove an alias, in the Aliases section of the Properties page, select the alias you want to remove and click Remove.

8. At the bottom of the page, click Apply.

9. Click Save.

Tip: If the title bar of the portlet you want to update is visible, you can work with portlet aliases without switching to page editing mode. To view a portlet’s properties while in regular view mode, in the portlet title bar click

, and then click Properties.