On the resulting page, the Name internal name and Portal DB Provider fields Click Next.

16-18 Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services ■ Select a Portal DB Provider from the provider list of values. All components that you add to or create in Portal must belong to a Portal DB Provider. This list contains the names of only those providers with which you have privileges to build components.

7. Click Next.

8. Optional Enter a description of the Availability Calendar in the Description field.

9. Click Next.

10. On the Selection page, highlight the calendars on the Availability Calendars list

that you want to combine. The calendars are listed by their internal names, not their display names. Use control-click Windows or click UNIX to select multiple calendars. This page lists the availability calendars that have been defined for the same Portal DB Provider under which you are creating this combined availability calendar.

11. Click the right arrow to move the selected calendars to the Selected Availability

Calendars list.

12. Click Next.

13. On the Exclude page, highlight the calendars on the Availability Calendars list

whose dates you want to exclude. Use control-click Windows or click UNIX to select multiple calendars. These are the calendars with dates on which you wish to withdraw availability.

14. Click the right arrow to move the selected calendars to the Excluded Availability

Calendars list.

15. Click Next.

16. On the Summary page, click the Show Calendar button to preview your calendar.

If your exclusion isnt showing up, select a different view. For example, instead of the monthly view, select the weekly. If you want to change the combination, close the calendar and click the Previous button one or more times to return to the desired page.

17. Click Finish to complete creation of the combined calendar.

The resulting page summarizes your settings for this calendar. On this page, you can edit your settings, get detailed information about the calendar, or delete it.

18. Click Close to close this page and return to Oracle Portals Oracle Reports

Security page. Note: The Display Name, unlike the internal Name, can have spaces in it. Note: For information on creating a Portal DB Provider, see the OracleAS Portal online Help. See Also: Section 16.2.5, The Manage Portlet for more information on the fields and descriptions listed in the Manage portlet that is, Develop, Manage, and Access tabs. Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal 16-19 You can combine this calendar with other calendars or apply it as is to registered Oracle Reports Services components.

16.2.5 The Manage Portlet

Use the Manage portlet page to perform actions on existing Oracle Portal portlets; for example, executing, editing, copying, dropping, or viewing information about the portlet. The actions you can perform on the portlet depend on your privileges. Also, not all actions listed here are available for all portlets. The name of the portlet on which you can perform these actions appears in the upper left corner of the page. Table 16–5 details the fields and descriptions listed in the Develop tab. Table 16–5 The Develop Tab Field Description portlet Type and Name Displays the portlets type and name; for example: Form table my_formfor a form based on a table called my_form. Provider Displays the name of the provider in which the portlet was created. Versions Status Not applicable to all portlets Displays all the versions of the portlet and the current status of each version. Click a status to edit the portlet version. Note: If there are no hyperlinks, you do not have privileges to edit the portlet. Last Changed Displays the name of the user who created or last edited the portlet, and the date and time when the portlet was created or last edited. Run Link Not applicable to all portlets Displays the URL for the procedure or procedures that, when executed, display the portlet. You can copy and paste this URL into another Web page to create a link to the portlet. Note: A procedure that executes the portlet without parameters has the suffix .show. A procedure that executes the portlet with parameters has the suffix .show_parms. PLSQL source Not applicable to all portlets The portlet builder wizards create a PLSQL package to represent each portlet: Package Spec : Displays the portlets PLSQL specification. Package Body : Displays the portlets PLSQL body. Call Interface Not applicable to all portlets Click Show to display the arguments that a portlet can accept that the end user can change at runtime. Also shown are examples of calling the portlet from a PLSQL Stored Procedure and through a URL. When you run the package containing the portlet in PLSQL or by calling it from a URL, you can edit the call interface to accept different arguments. Note: To view portlet source code, you must have Customize or Execute privileges on the portlet or the provider that owns it. Edit Data Link Not applicable to all portlets Click to connect to the URL containing the data, and to see and edit that data. Edit Click to edit the most recent version of the portlet. For example, you can reselect any table columns on which the portlet is based, change any fields or text that appear in the portlet, or choose a new look and feel.