Logon Screen Customization 

Use

This function enables you to customize some parts of the user management engine (UME) logon user interface. Customize the logon screen to match your company’s branding styles, or provide more services to your users, such as the following:

●      Provide logon help to your users

●      Enable users to register themselves

Integration

You can perform more extensive customization of the logon screen for the SAP NetWeaver Portal. For more information, see Customizing the Logon Screens.

Features

The figure below illustrates the logon screen.

 

Layout of the Logon Screen

One half of the logon screen consists of two branding images. On the other half of the logon screen, aside from the logon button and user ID and password entry fields, there are optional links for logon support, certificate logon, and self-registration.

Branding Images

The URLs for the branding images are defined by the following UME properties:

●      For branding-image.jpg the property is ume.logon.branding_image

●      For branding-text.gif the property is ume.logon.branding_text

You can use any URL, but if you log on with HTTPS, external links may generate a warning about nonsecure items. Do not refer to the local file system, as this means the browser of remote clients attempt to find the image on their local file system. The content delivered by the URL always has the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type image.

 

We recommend that you deploy your images as an application (in your own namespace) or in a publicly accessible location, such as a Web server or file share, where all your clients have access rights.

If your users only access the AS Java as a portal, deploy the images as a portal application.

Cascading Style Sheet

You can further customize the look and feel of the logon screen by referencing a different cascading style sheet. The URL used for the cascading style sheet is defined by the UME property ume.logon.branding_style.

The portal does not use the cascading style sheet defined by this property.

Logon Help

You can enable the logon help link. If users forget their password, user can click this link and reset their password, provided they enter the required information in the request form correctly.

For more information, see Enabling Users to Reset Their Own Password.

Certificate Logon

You can enable a certificate logon link. If you configure your AS Java to support logon with X.509 certificates, users can log on with their certificate. Users no longer need to provide user ID and password.

For more information, see Using Client Certificates for User Authentication.

To enable this link, set the UME property ume.logon.allow_cert.

For more information, see Editing UME Properties.

Self-Registration

You can enable users to register themselves with the UME from the logon screen. Users who register this way are assigned to the group Everyone and can access all content assigned to this group. If you enable self-management, you can enable a user to manage just their own password or even their entire user profile.

For more information, see Configuring Self-Registration.

If you defined companies, you can define a self-registration with approval workflow. Users choose a company when they register. They are automatically assigned to the Guest User company and the Guest User Company group until the user administrator approves or denies their registration. For more information, see Companies and Self-Registration with Approval.

Activities

This function offers the following activities:

●      Configuring the logon screen.

●      Existing users can request logon help.

●      Users can log on with X.509 certificates.

●      New users can register themselves with the UME.