Single Sign On: “The Wizard”

The wizard is a useful tool to analyze single-sign-on problems.Thanks to webdynpro, SAP is constantly building these applications which help us troubleshoot issues faster. The wizard is integrated in NWA if your SPS level is over 14 with 7.0

http://..com/logon/logonServlet?redirectURL=/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~sec~auth~sso2~wizard/SSO2Wizard

There are some good notes from service marketplace.....
1257108: this note has a collective set of info for SSO.
1055856: Learn from error – general mistakes when SSO is set up.
701205: Single Sign-On using SAP Logon Tickets

SAP Portal Favorites

One of the common issues in SDN is Portal favorites !
when a user decides to use the favorites option he wants to use it on a daily basis.....what goes into building this Favorites concept ??? Read more....

SAP Portal Performance –II (Browser Cache)

This is an extension from my previous blog on Portal Performance and in this blog i have a small tip to share which will improve the performance of the Portal. There are 2 things you might want to consider to save some space in your hard disk.

Close the Browser: the browser cache gets deleted only if you set the “empty temporary internet files when browser is closed” option under the advanced tab selected as shown in fig 2. I recommend adding this in your company's group policy so the end users have no choice in deselecting that option.

Delete Temporary Internet Files manually: If you don’t want to close the browser for some reason clear the cache manually as shown in fig 1

this small tip can definitely help increase performance !

What's my SAP Portal Version ?

3 ways to determine the Version of your Enterpise Portal System. Very often, this is the first question I ask people when they send me an email with a problem !!

1. go to system administration-> support-> version
2. http://server:port/sap/monitoring/SystemInfo
3. http://server:port/sap/monitoring/ComponentInfo

Hope that helps....

SAP Portal Single-Sign-On for Non-SAP Applications

A quick guide on SSO Configuration for non-SAP based applications.

For SSO to Java and C applications
use SAPSSOEXT- a dynamic link library for single sign on
Source: http://service.sap.com/patches (Download the SAPSSOEXT library for SAP logon ticket)

For SSO to Web apps with authentication using a HTTP header variable
use SAP Note: 442401-We server filter .

For SSO to a microsoft web-based application
use SAPSSOEXT windows server on IA32 32 bit SSO2 to Kerberos Mapping filter

SAP Portal Single Sign On

read more about SSO between BI and Portal in the below links:

SAP Diagnostics and Support Desk Tool

Graphical Description of Portal-BI connectivity

SDN blog on BI Portal SSO

Single Sign On

Single Sign On

Portal 102:

There are many articles about SSO written in SDN,help etc...and here is a collection of blogs on SSO from this blogspot...

SAP Portal System Object

Concept of Single Sign On

SSO logon Ticket theory

SSO Wizard

Checklist for Single Sign On

here is the first lesson: Portal 101

SSO wiki on SDN

KM User Photo Maintenance

Users would like to upload their photo to help the WhoisWho iView or make the CLP-collaboration launch pad more meaningful ……so here are some simple steps to follow…help the user by assigning this page in the personalization link to upload/change whenever they want…
Here is the pcd value for the self service iView:
com.sap.netweaver.coll.ChangePhotoSelfService

Click here to see more...

Portal 101

One of the first lessons to learn or to start a career in SAP Portal is here...
the building blocks for Portal is what you can learn in this blog:
Create a Folder
Create a Role
Create a Workset
Create a Page
Create an iView
Assign the role to the User

You've got to know all of the above if you plan on working on this web application ....or lets just say.... start a career in this field.......so here you go fellas...!!

Click here to start your 101 class..

lets do 102 a bit later...

SAP Portal on Facebook !

Folks...here is a good community specific to PORTAL !!

access this link to join the group..
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9583336428