Automated login from SAP Portal to external catalog

[Former Member]

We are trying to integrate an external catalog to SAP SRM3.0 OCI4.0. What are the variable names that I should expect from SAP in the encoded external catalog URL in the SAP portal?

http://vendorcatalog/?username=test&password=da246bda958d6

The minimum variable sample that I tested as above works fine in a stand-alone mode and takes me directly to the catalog but when I try to launch the catalog from the SAP portal, it takes me to the login page. Are the variable names that I am using correct? Am I missing something? Any help that you can offer is much appreciated.

It would be great if someone can post a resultant URL string that I should expect from the SAP portal.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Bala

[lisa_sheil]

Hi,

If you wish to login into the catalog directly from SRM then you should use the call structure parameters:

Username

Password

Instead of putting then directly into the URL. The SRM system then builds its own URL to connect to the catalog.

An example Call Structure:

10 http://www.testcatalog.ie URL

20 USERNAME test Fixed Value

25 PASSWORD test112 Fixed Value

49 HOOK_URL Return URL

101 ~caller CTLG Fixed Value

103 ~OkCode ADDI Fixed Value

104 ~target _top Fixed Value

I hope this helps,

Kind Regards,

Lisa

[Former Member]

Lisa,

Thank you for your help in resolving my questions - your response confirmed the variable names. I also noticed that there was a configuration error on the client side as we had initially designed for "Get" and we had failed to enable the corresponding checkbox on the server at the client end. We are now able to login and have since moved to a "post" method to avoid browser length limitations associated with "GET".

thanks

Bala

Edited by: bala_v@RBS on Jul 26, 2010 11:25 AM