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RMUG 2014 Laramie County Community College WebAdvisor Integration with CampusCruiser Michael Randall Application Support LCCC 1 Housekeeping Laramie County Community College Please silence or turn off your cell phone Please feel


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WebAdvisor Integration with CampusCruiser Michael Randall Application Support LCCC

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  • Please feel free to ask questions!

Housekeeping

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  • WebAdvisor CampusCruiser Instance
  • Securing WebAdvisor
  • CampusCruiser 3rd Party Integration
  • WebAdvisor Miscellaneous Text

Agenda

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  • Create a new instance of WebAdvisor.

− Must be a CampusCruiser instance. See

the WA install manual, “Setting Up a CampusCruiser Instance”, pg. 217.

− Must setup the servlets to run securely.

See the WA install manual, “Securing WebAdvisor”, pg. 203.

  • This is a special portal instance and will

strip out the Datatel University UI from the WA forms. WebAdvisor CampusCruiser Instance

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  • Tomcat must run securely in order to

pass through to CampusCruiser without sending a mixed content warning for the page. Securing WebAdvisor in Tomcat

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Securing Tomcat 6.x

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  • In the Tomcat server.xml file, add this

connector using the keystoreFile path where your SSL certificate is stored.

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  • In CampusCruiser, enter the

WebAdvisor URL for your CampusCruiser instance. The version should be 3.1.x. Note the URL is running SSL. Integration with CampusCruiser

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WebAdvisor Dashboard Channel

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  • The Dashboard Channel allows you to

configure commonly used WA links to display on the CC Dashboard (My Cruiser Tab) WebAdvisor Channel. WebAdvisor Dashboard Channel cont’d

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  • WebAdvisor pages can also be created

from the Navigation Manager on the System Tools Tab. WebAdvisor Pages

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  • To create a WebAdvisor page, create a

Menu and Option in the Navigation Manager.

  • On the Page creation form, select

WebAdvisor page from the Page Type drop down and input the Application and mnemonic for the form you want to integrate. WebAdvisor Pages

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WebAdvisor Pages

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WebAdvisor Pages

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  • You can add Misc. Text to WebAdvisor

forms to give direction or information to your audience.

− In Colleague, use the MTXT form to create

the information that you want to display.

− Create a new MTXT record. − You can use HTML tags to style the MTXT.

  • HTML has limitations and can cause

formatting issues.

Miscellaneous Text

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  • Once you have your Misc. Text created,

you will need to display it on the form.

  • Use WFPM to place the text on the
  • form. Input the Application you want

to work in (Student, CORE, Colleague Financials)

  • For the text to be visible, select BODY

AREA in the Misc. Text Page Zone and add the name of the MTXT record you created. Miscellaneous Text cont’d

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  • To test the MTXT record, refresh the

WA link in CampusCruiser to see the text. Miscellaneous Text cont’d

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Any Questions? Michael Randall mrandall@lccc.wy.edu Questions

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