# Adding a provider to a group

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Provider groups enable you to organize providers that share similar functions or generate the same types of content. You can add a provider that was created in the current mid-tier or a remote one using the Add Provider wizard.

Providers in the current mid-tier are listed in the mid-tier navigator. If you add one of these, all of the provider's properties will be automatically populated for you in the Add Provider wizard. You can accept the defaults or edit them.

To add a provider from a remote mid-tier, you must enter all of the provider's properties into the wizard yourself.

After you add the provider to the group, a Portal Administrator can register the provider or the group with an Oracle9iAS Portal instance. A Page Designer can then add the portlets owned by the provider to pages built using the Portal instance.

## To add a provider to a group:

1. In the mid-tier navigator, ensure you are on Path: <provider_group>. For example, to add a provider to

2. Click Add New... Provider.

3. In the Name field, you can enter the name of a provider in the current mid-tier or a remote mid-tier. The name should match the file name of the provider.xml file. To see a list of providers in the current mid-tier that you can add to the group, click .

   If you are adding a provider from the current mid-tier, the Display Name field will automatically update with the display name currently selected for the provider. In addition, all of the remaining fields in the wizard will display values currently defined for the provider. You can accept these or update them before finishing the wizard.

   If you are adding a provider from a remote mid-tier, you must enter a Display Name as well as values for the remaining fields in the wizard.

4. In Display Name, enter a descriptive name for the provider. This display name will identify the provider in the mid-tier navigator.

5. Click Next.

6. At this point you can click Finish to create the provider. If you want to provide more information in the remaining fields on this wizard page and the next, click at the top of the page to display descriptions of each field.

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Creating a URL Services Provider

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