Assigning an Authentication Scheme to an iView

All iViews shipped with SAP Enterprise Portal have an authentication scheme assigned to them. You can change this authentication scheme in the properties of the iView.

Use one of the following procedures to assign an authentication scheme to an iView.

Assigning an authentication scheme to an iView or iView template

1. In the portal, choose Content Administration → Portal Content.

   The Portal Content Studio is displayed.

2. In the Portal Catalog on the left, navigate to the iView that you want to change.
3. Click on the iView with the secondary mouse button and choose Open → Object.

   The property editor of the iView is opened in the editing area on the right.

4. In the Property Category list box, choose Advanced.
5. Change the Authentication Scheme property to either:
   • the name of an authentication scheme
   • a reference to an authentication scheme or

   The default value for this property is default.

6. Save your changes.

Assigning an authentication scheme to a portal component before uploading it into the portal

1. In the configuration section of the portalapp.xml file of the portal component, set the property AuthScheme to either
   • the name of an authentication scheme or
   • a reference to an authentication scheme
     Tip

     The following is an example of how to define the authentication scheme in a portalapp.xml file.

     <component-profile>     <property name="ForcedRequestCountry" value="">         <property name="personalization" value="none"/>     </property>     <property name="ForcedRequestLanguage" value="en">         <property name="personalization" value="none"/>     </property>     <property name="AuthScheme" value="basicauthentication"/> </component-profile>

2. Save the file.
3. Upload the portal component to the portal.