Portal URL Aliases 

You can include predefined portal URL aliases as part of your display rules. Portal URL aliases utilize a gateway mechanism in the portal that enables you to define and configure an alias for a path in the portal URL.

Clients can use the preconfigured portal URL aliases to access the portal according to different use cases or scenarios. Each preconfigured portal URL path is characterized by a unique segment, referred to as the alias. For example, having defined more than one entry URL, you can configure the gateway to direct a URL to a high or low bandwidth connection, guest or employee, and so on.

A portal URL path is formulated as follows: http://<hostname>:<port>/<path>/irj/<alias> where <alias> represents the unique segment of the path. For example: http://goofy:50000/irj/portal/light or http://goofy:50000/irj/portal/guest.

Before you can define a display rule using a portal URL alias, you need to configure your gateway mechanism accordingly. For instructions on doing so, see the How To Configure the SAP J2EE Engine Deployment Descriptor (web.xml) for SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 document. Go to service.sap.com/nw04doc and follow the How-To Guides link.

For information on incorporating portal URL aliases in a rule collection, see Defining Portal Display Rules.