In the Default Value field, enter a value to use by default for the parameter.

5-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Portal Figure 5–11 Creating an External Application

i. In the Additional Fields section, you can enter names and values of any

additional fields that are submitted with the login form of the external application. To specify a field name that is used to indicate a redirection URL, enter redirectFieldName for Field Name. For this example, you do not need to enter additional fields. Figure 5–12 shows the Additional Fields section. Figure 5–12 Specifying Redirection

j. Click OK.

k. To test your credentials with Oracle Metalink, in the Administer External Applications page, click the name of the application you just created. Then, in the External Application Login page, log in to the application Oracle Metalink using your Oracle Metalink user name and password. Creating Content-Based Portlets with Web Clipping 5-11 In the Administer External Applications page, click Close. For more information about OracleAS Single Sign-On Server and external applications, see the Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Administrators Guide. 2. For the Web Clipping portlet, create a new Web Clipping provider by performing the following steps:

a. Click the Administer tab, then click the Portlets tab.

b. Select Register a Provider.

c. In the Register a Provider page, enter webClippingMetalink for the Name

and webClipping Metalink for the Display Name. Enter values for Timeout and Timeout Message. Choose Web for the Implementation Style.

d. Click Next.

e. In the General Properties section of the Define Connection page, for the URL,

enter: http:host:portportalToolswebClippingproviderswebClipping Note that host:port refers to the host and port where the providers are located. This corresponds to the URL for Oracle Portal.

f. For the users identity, select The users identity needs to be mapped to a

different name in the Web providers application, andor the Web provider requires an external application login for establishment of a browser session. If selecting this option, specify the external application ID below.

g. For External Application ID, click the List of Values icon and select the

external application you added. Figure 5–13 shows the top part of the Define Connections page. Figure 5–13 Specifying an External Application for a Web Clipping Provider

h. In the UserSession Information section, select User to send user specific

information to the provider. For Login Frequency, select Once Per User Session.