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Authenticating a User Using the logon() Method in the Siebel Analytics Web SOAP API


The logon() method in the SAWSessionService service authenticates the user. If authentication fails, an exception is thrown. The logon method returns the session ID and sets an HTTP session cookie. The session ID is used in other SOAP API calls to identify your SOAP session.

Description of Parameters in the logon() Method

The logon() method parameters are described in the following table.

Parameter
Description

String username

A character string that contains the user name to authenticate.

String password

A character string that contains the password for the user. If there is no password, leave this field empty (void).

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