Generic iViews

While most iViews are tailored to the needs of a certain user role, generic iViews may be useful for many roles, or even any user. Typically, users can extend their role-specific set or sets of iViews through such generic iViews.

Below we present a classification of generic iViews with potential examples.

Collaborative iViews

Collaboration scenarios, Team rooms
Chat and shared applications
Forum and discussion boards
Instant messenger

Commerce iViews

Internet store
Home banking

Communicative iViews

Lotus mail inbox, calendar, address book, contacts, etc.
Outlook mail inbox, calendar, address book, contacts (no desktop installation necessary) - Web client, SSO, Outlook today
E-mail: Yahoo, Hotmail, ...
Bulletin board
Telephone book (Web service: US, Germany, ...)
SMS, support of mobile devices

Figure 1: A communicative iView (Workflow inbox)

Helper iViews / Productivity Tools

Calculator (specific calculator)
Files (my documents, virtual storage on the Internet)
Information (notification, web content tracker, package locator)
Language (orthography check, translation)
Tools (display graphics from clipboard)
Navigation (launch collection)
System control (macro recorder, frequently used apps)
Tasks (my tasks, my projects, Outlook / Lotus tasks)
Text (Post-Its)
Time (timer clock)

Figure 2: Dictionary / Thesaurus iView

News, External Information iViews

Analyst news, Market news, Industry news
Competitor news, Company news, Enterprise information
Stock charts, Stock portfolio
Access to specific external information (FASB and GAAP information, accounting standards, international trade, ...)
General news, Sports news

Personal iViews

Fun, e.g. comic iView
Games
Photo album
Postcard iView (greetings, congratulations, ...)

Search iViews

Web search, Specialized search engines (e.g. scientific)
Address search, ZIP code search, e-mail address search
Company information search

Figure 3: A search iView

Self Service iViews

Who's Who
Leave request
Time management

Travel iViews

Weather report
Route planner
Travel planning: Flight, hotel, car
Traffic information
Regional information, City information

Figure 4: A weather report iView

iViews Accessing Other ERP systems

Siebel
Oracle

Partner Program iViews

ICC Workplace Partner Program: Software Partners, Content Partners
New Content Partnership Program Types: Community Member, Approved Community Member

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