Creating an Application Definition

An enterprise application definition is used by a Web Part to integrate with an enterprise application within a portal site. The application definition controls how credentials will be stored for a particular business application. The Web Part uses the application definition to retrieve credentials that are used to integrate with an enterprise application.

Note  If you specify a group account as the account type, so that all users log on by using a single account, ensure that you have the appropriate number of client licenses for the application that you are accessing.

Create an application definition

1. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration for server_name page, in the Component Configuration section, click Manage settings for single sign-on.

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   Click Start, point to All Programs, point to SharePoint Portal Server, and then click SharePoint Portal Server Single Sign-On Administration.

2. On the Manage Settings for Single Sign-On for server_name page, in the Enterprise Application Definition Settings section, click Manage settings for enterprise application definitions.
3. On the Manage Enterprise Application Definitions page, click New Item.
4. On the Create Enterprise Application Definition page, in the Application and Contact Information section, do the following:
   1. In the Display name box, type a display name for this application definition.

      The display name is what the user sees on the logon form when entering credentials.

      Note  If you enter a long name with no spaces in it for the display name, the entire name may not be displayed.

   2. In the Application name box, type an application name for the application definition.

      The application name is used by developers.

      Note  If you enter a long name with no spaces in it for the application definition name, the entire name may not be displayed.

   3. In the Contact e-mail address box, type an e-mail address for users to contact for this application.
5. In the Account Type section, do one of the following:
   • If you want all users to log on by using a single account, select Group.

     Users do not need to enter any credentials with this option.

   • If you want a users to log on by using their own account information, select Individual.

     Each user must enter credentials when accessing the Web Part.

6. In the Logon Account Information section, select one or more fields to map to the required logon information for this application definition. If necessary, see the documentation provided with the enterprise application to identify the required information and its appropriate order.
   1. Type a display name for each field to remind you of the required information.
   2. To ensure that sensitive information, such as a password, is not displayed when viewing account information, click Yes for Mask.

   For example, for SAP credentials you might enter the following:

   • Field 1 = SAP user name
   • Field 2 = SAP password (select Yes for the Mask option)
   • Field 3 = SAP system number
   • Field 4 = SAP client number
   • Field 5 = language

7. Click OK.