Create/Edit Provider: External Application Details

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Use this page to specify information that will enable Oracle9iAS Portal to log in to any portlet in your provider requiring user authentication. The information you specify enables Single Sign On (SSO) access the portlets.

For example, your provider may contain a stock ticker application that requires a user id and password to access it.

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External Application Details

Field Description
Login Server Address (URL)

Enter the URL for the application's login page. This will be used with the user name and password to log into this application. For example, the login URL for My Yahoo! is:

  http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?4vom228fva6ci

UserName Field

Enter the name of the user name field used by the application's standard login page.

To obtain this name, examine the HTML source for the login page. For example, in the My Yahoo! Login page, the User Name field is identified as "login".

UserPassword Field

Enter the name of the password field used by the application's login page.

To obtain this name, examine the HTML source for the login page. For example, in the My Yahoo! Login page, the User Password field is identified as "passwrd".

Additional Field Name Enter any additional field name that contains a required value for logging into the application.
Additional Field Value Enter any additional required value for logging into the application.

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