B.2 SharePoint Portal Framework
SharePoint is a popular portal framework developed by Microsoft (usually deployed on an IIS server). The 'Contents' of a Share Point portal consists of one or more components referred to as 'Web Parts'. A Web Part may retrieve its content from any third party source by simply specifying the appropriate URL. Therefore, by adding a new 'Web Part' and specifying the appropriate content URL we can display an InetSoft dashboard or even a single replet as a 'Web Part', e.g., http://localhost:8080/sree/Reports?op=portal_portalWelcome. See Integrating the Web User Interface and Appendix C: Servlet Repository Parameters.
Seamless integration is only possible when the Style Intelligence Report Server is running on the same host machine as the SharePoint Portal. If the Report Server is running on another host machine, Style Intelligence replets and dashboards will be accessible, however, browser security restrictions (due to cross-domain references within the same browser frame) will disable interactive operations. To enable full functionality, use the Style Intelligence Proxy Servlet, a lightweight component which runs on the same machine as your portal, and proxies all requests to the reporting server. For information on how to set up the Style Intelligence Proxy Servlet, see the Administration Reference.
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