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A URL that navigates to a specific navigation node is made up of the base portal URL and the NavigationTarget parameter representing a navigation target.

For example, the following URL

http://myServer:50000/irj/portal?NavigationTarget=ROLES://portal_content/myFolder/myRole

navigates to the navigation node represented by the navigation target ROLES://portal_content/myFolder/myRole.

The navigation target is made up of the following parts:

  1. Prefix: a string representing the navigation connector that defines the requested navigation node.

    For the roles connector, the prefix is ROLES.

  2. Separator: ://

  3. Internal URL or path: a string that can be interpreted by the specified navigation connector.

    In the above example, the path is portal_content/myFolder/myRole.

For more information, see Triggering Navigation.

OBN Target

To perform an object-based navigation (OBN), set the value of the NavigationTarget parameter to an OBN target. An OBN target specifies a business object, and can also specify the business object's alias and operation.

For example, the following URL

http://myServer:50000/irj/portal?NavigationTarget=OBN://BOTechnicalName=myBO/Operation=myOperation

performs an OBN navigation for the business object myBO and operation myOperation.

The OBN target is made up of the following parts:

  1. Prefix: OBN

  2. Separator: ://

  3. Business Object: BOTechnicalName=<Name of Business Object>

  4. Business Object Alias: BOSystemAlias=<Business Object Alias>

    This parameter is required for system business objects only.

  5. Operation: Operation=<Name of Operation>

    This parameter is optional.

Separate business object, alias and operation parameters with a slash (/).

For more information on OBN, see Object-Based Navigation.