Adding OpenSocial gadgets to other applications

IBM® Rational® Asset Manager includes some prebuilt OpenSocial gadgets that you can add to OpenSocial containers in other applications.

Before you begin

The other application must be authorized to access information on the Rational Asset Manager repository:

About this task

The following gadgets are included:
Table 1.
Gadget Name Use
assetSearch.xml Displays results for a provided search for assets on the Rational Asset Manager repository. For example, you can configure this gadget to show results for certain keywords, or to show all the assets of a certain type.
approvals.xml A list of assets on the repository that require your approval
recentlyModified.xml The 10 assets on the repository that have been modified or submitted the most recently
popularAssets.xml Assets on the repository that have been downloaded frequently

Procedure

To find the URLs for the included OpenSocial gadgets:

  1. Log in to the Rational Asset Manager web client.
  2. Click the Help icon and then click Extensions.
  3. In the Widgets section, find URLs for the included OpenSocial gadgets.
  4. Copy a URL, and paste it into the appropriate location in your other application that has a container for OpenSocial gadgets.
  5. If necessary, configure the gadget. There will be a drop-down with a menu if you can configure the gadget.

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