Optional Portal Parameters

In this section:

WebFOCUS Open Portal Services provides the following optional parameters for your portal that must be set using the WebFOCUS Administration Console:

For more information, see Using the WebFOCUS Administration Console to Specify Parameter Values.
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PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN Parameter

If you are using Windows authentication to connect to your portal environment (for example, as user IBI\john_smith), you can enable the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter using the WebFOCUS Administration Console when you configure your portal parameters. When set to true, the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter allows you to strip the domain prefix and suffix from a user ID.

Note: You must define your Managed Reporting user ID (mr_user_id) in the basedir directory as WINDOWS_DOMAIN\mr_user_id.

Trimming a Prefix

When set to true, the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter strips the Windows ID, and the portal user is logged in to Managed Reporting as mr_user_id.

When set to false (default), the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter does not strip the Windows ID, and the portal user is logged in as WINDOWS_DOMAIN\mr_user_id.

Trimming a Suffix

If the portal environment you are accessing uses an authentication provider that separates a user ID (prefix) from a domain (suffix) with the “@” character (for example, mr_user_id@abc.com), you must set the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter to true. In this case, the suffix after the “@” character is trimmed, and the portal user is logged in as mr_user_id.

Setting the PORTAL_SIGNON_TRIM_WINDOWS_DOMAIN parameter to false will produce unpredictable results and is not recommended as a result.
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RESTRICT_WOAS_TO_IP Parameter

For additional security, you must provide a value for the RESTRICT_WOAS_TO_IP parameter using the WebFOCUS Administration Console. This value corresponds to the IP address of the Portal Server. By default, this parameter is set to 127.0.0.1 (localhost).

The RESTRICT_WOAS_TO_IP parameter increases security for your portal environment because it allows you to use only validated connections from the IP address that is specified. You can also provide multiple addresses by separating each IP address with a comma character (,).
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Using the WebFOCUS Administration Console to Specify Parameter Values

How to:

This section describes how to use the WebFOCUS Administration Console to specify values for the optional portal parameters.
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Procedure: How to Specify Values for the Optional Portal Parameters

To specify values for the optional portal parameters:

  1. Log in to the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

  2. Enter a user ID and password, and then click Logon.

    The main page of the WebFOCUS Administration Console opens, as shown in the following image.

  3. Click Configuration in the left pane to expand this menu.
  4. In the Application Settings area, click Portal.

    The Application Settings - Portal page is displayed, as shown in the following image.

    The following parameters are available:

  5. After you have specified values for the portal parameters according to your requirements, click Save.

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