The common rendering engine (CRE) is a shared component that provides the support framework for rendering widgets in software applications. Widget is a collective term that describes both iWidgets and OpenSocial gadgets.

Whenever users can interact with data from third-party applications and external services, security measures should be put in place to prevent unwanted access.

By default, IBM® Connections uses the gadget administration store and limits the access of gadgets to the OpenSocial container based on feature access and remote procedure call (RPC) arbitration.

You can extend the functionality of the Home page application by adding custom widgets. To make the widgets available for use in the Home page, you need to add the widgets from the Administration view and then enable them for use.