How the Tags portlet interacts with the other Connections portlets
This topic describes how the Tags portlet interacts with the other IBM® Connections portlets.
The IBM Connections Tags portlet allows users to locate content in the other IBM Connections portlets (Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Forums, Wikis and Profiles). Selecting a tag from the Tags portlet causes the Connections portlets to reload to display the content from the Connections applications that are tagged with the selected tag. This interaction between the Tags portlet and other Connections portlets is enabled through portlet wiring to send the information that the Connections portlets must request the proper feeds filtered by the selected tag.
There are two modes of operation with regards to the interaction between the tags and the other Connections portlets: one-way and two-way communication mode. In one-way communication mode, the Tags portlet sends a wire to the other Connections portlets to update their view according to a selected tag. In two-way communication mode, the other Connections portlets can also send a wire to the Tags portlet to update its view as well according to the view being displayed.
One-way Communication Mode
- The application URL of the Connections application you represented in the Tags portlet must be set in the REP provider.
- At least two applications that you want represented in the Tags must be selected in the Tags portlet shared settings panel.
- The wiring must be configured to send a wire from the Tags portlet to the applications selected in step 2. See Wiring the Tags portlets for instructions on how to set up portlet wiring.
Two-way Communication Mode
- The application URL of the Connections application you represented in the Tags portlet must be set in the REP provider.
- The single application that you want represented in the tags must be selected in the Tags portlet shared settings panel.
- The wiring must be configured to send a wire from the Tags portlet to the Connections application selected in step 2 and the wiring from the Connections application portlet must be configured to send a wire to the Tags portlet to render tags for the view that is selected in the application portlet. See Wiring the Tags portlets for instructions on how to set up portlet wiring.