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 in list format for a provided search for assets in 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 Displays a list of assets that require your approval.
recentlyModified.xml Displays the 10 assets that have been modified or submitted the most recently.
popularAssets.xml Displays assets that have been viewed or subscribed to frequently in the past week.
assetDownload.xml Displays asset download counts.
BarAssetSearch.xml Displays results in graph format for a provided search for assets.
assetsDiskSpace.xml Displays the disk space used by assets.
timeDashboard.xml Displays the time period that assets have been in a particular state.

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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