Using Anonymous Logon to Access the Portal 

Use

Anonymous logon enables users to access the portal in anonymous mode, without providing any form of authentication. For example, if your company sets up an external portal that is accessible through the Internet, you can make anonymous content available to anyone who wants to visit the portal. Using self-registration, visitors can then register themselves as portal users.

Restrictions

SAP Knowledge Management (KM) does not fully support anonymous logon. For more information about using anonymous logon with KM, see the following SAP Notes:

●     709354: Restrictions on KM with anonymous logon.

●     837898: How to set up anonymous logon for KM.

●     728106: Using a release prior to NetWeaver 2004 SPS 12 with KM and anonymous logon.

Integration

The portal provides a form of anonymous logon with ‘named’ anonymous users. Named anonymous users are users that exist either in the user data store or as service users. You configure the names of these users in the UME properties. These users are automatically assigned to the group Anonymous Users. You can assign roles containing anonymous content to the users individually or to the group Anonymous Users.

The authentication scheme anonymous is shipped with SAP NetWeaver Portal to support anonymous logon. See also Authentication Schemes Shipped with SAP NetWeaver Portal.

Activities

You can define anonymous logon at iView level or at portal level.

●     For an example of setting up the complete portal for anonymous logon with named anonymous users, see Configuring Anonymous Logon with Named Anonymous Users.

●     Alternatively you can define an individual iView as anonymous content by:

○     Setting the value of the iView parameter Authentication Scheme to anonymous. See Assigning an Authentication Scheme to an iView.

○     Ensuring that anonymous users have end user permissions for the iView. See Permission Levels and Setting Permissions in the Permission Editor.

Users can launch an anonymous iView using the direct URL for that iView without having to provide authentication.

Users can call iViews directly using the following URL:

<http/https>://<server>:<port>/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/<iView_ID>

For example, if you have an anonymous iView with the ID pcd:portal_content/myfolder/myiView, users can launch it anonymously using the following URL:

<http/https>://<server>:<port>/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/pcd!3aportal_content!2fmyfolder!2fmyiView

Note that you must use URL escape codes for special characters such as colon (:) or slash (/).