Session Management and Session Re-Use

Allows the Siebel application to manage sessions that are integrated with third-party application servers, and recognizes when these sessions can be re-used, retaining the user's session context, and preventing the buildup of session overhead on the third-party application server. As these sessions time-out due to inactivity, the Siebel Server automatically re-authenticates with the third-party application server, requiring no further entry of user credentials on the part of the user.

Personalized Content Displayed Inline

Prior to version 7.5, external content delivered to a specific user (after authentication) had to be displayed in a new window. In version 7.5, the Portal Framework has been enhanced to support the display of personalized external content adjacent to other applets in the Siebel user interface.

Profile attributes sent in the HTTP request

You can configure Portal Agents to retrieve data from the Personalization business component and send it as part of the HTTP request. This allows the Portal Agent to send the external application user-specific preferences, such as the user's time zone, or preferred language.

Support for server redirects

The Siebel Web Engine now has the ability to recognize when a request sent to an external host is redirected to another host (the one that actually conducts the session). This includes handling cascaded redirects, redirects across domains, and redirects invoked by JavaScript. It allows session management to continue after a redirect occurs.

Displaying external content outside of an applet

You can now display external content outside of an applet, such as in the banner frame, using Web Page Items. Web Page Items can now be associated with a symbolic URL. Note that this feature does not apply to administering Page Items in the Portal Administration screen.