Creating new personalization adapter keys

Select Manage | Personalize from the Web Studio left pane.

The center pane lists personalization adapters extracted from the uwp.xml portal configuration file. The right pane lists the keys configured for the selected adapter.

The security proxy, database table, and EJB adapters do not have default keys installed. To use these adapters, you must create a new key.

Creating new keys

1. Log in to Web Studio. To access Web Studio, enter the following URL in your Internet Explorer browser:

   http://HOSTNAME.PORTALDOMAIN:8080/onepage/index.html
   

   For example, if your machine name is “tahiti”, and your portal domain is “sybase.com,” enter:

   http://tahiti.sybase.com:8080/onepage/index.html
   

   If you are logging in to a production system, the port number may be different or may not be necessary at all in the login address.

   If you are running the Demo version of Enterprise Portal, enter:

   http://demo.sybase.com:4040/onepage/index.html
   

2. When the Web Studio Login window displays, enter the user name and password for a user with portal administrator privileges.

3. Select Manage | Personalize from the Web Studio left pane.

4. Select the adapter type for which you want to create a new key.

5. Click New on the Personalize Manager toolbar.

6. When the Create New Key window displays, select or complete these options:

   • Name – enter a unique key name. The name used by portlets along with the user ID to locate personalized input values for different users.

   • Type – select the type of input required for the value.

     • Text – the input field requires a text string.

     • Int – the input field requires whole numbers.

     • Select – the input field allows users to select a value from a drop-down list of predefined values.

     • Password – the input field requires a password. The value is shown as ***** when typed in the user’s personalized section.

   • Permission – select whether the key can be edited or is read-only. Read-only is appropriate for any user name and password keys.

   • Description – enter a text description of the key.

7. Click OK to save your entries.

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