Editing the Data Type URI

When you configure a Send global variable action or a Portlet setting to receive a property, HATS defaults the Data Type URI for the property to be http://com.ibm.hats.portlet.pb#<property_name>Type. This URI is only used when you wire the source and target portlets. WebSphere® Portal requires that the source and target portlets use the same URI in order to send and receive the property. If for any reason you need to configure the URI differently than the default, you can modify the URI for a property using the Portal toolkit by following these steps:
  1. Open the Project Explorer view from the Rational® SDP menu bar by selecting Window > Show View > Other > General > Project Explorer.
  2. In the Project Explorer view, expand the project to the property that you want to modify. The properties can be found under the Portlet Deployment Descriptor node.
  3. Right click on the property and select Edit Data Type.
  4. Modify the Data Type URI in the Edit Cooperative Source or Edit Cooperative Target wizards.