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The portal creates short URLs for each URL to a specific navigation node. The short URL consists of the default portal URL, plus a NavigationTarget parameter with a hashed version of the full navigation target.

For example, the user mapping iView can be displayed with the following URL:

  • http://myServer:50000/irj/portal?NavigationTarget=ROLES://portal_content/every_user/general/eu_role/com.sap.portal.portal_personalization/com.sap.portal.persoUserMapping

A short version of the URL might be the following, with the navigation target hashed and shortened:

  • http://myServer:50000/irj/portal?NavigationTarget=navurl://b3d6d9ebac16a46574d62757803b05d4

Integration

The portal contains an interface that lets you configure and manage the short navigation URLs defined in your portal. You access the interface as follows:   System Administration   Navigation   Short URLs  .

Activities

Using the Short URLs interface you can:

  • Enable/Disable Short URLs: When the short URL feature is enabled, all navigation URLs sent to the server are in short form. These URLs can be seen when, for example, adding a page to browser favorites.

    Click Save to affect your change.

  • View Short URLs: Both the short and full URL of objects in the PCD are displayed. The display is static; to see an updated list, click Refresh. To synchronize the short URL with the full URL after changes have been made to the navigation target URL, click Synchronize.

  • Search for URL: You can search for a specific object in the PCD. You can search by short or full URL, or even by part of a URL.