URL Links

This URL Link feature is available when the GENERAL > MENU URL LINKS application function is set to Y.

The URL Links feature allows the property to immediately redirect users to a given URL when a specific menu selection is made. This feature is typically used when a central system — rather than the property-level OPERA system — manages a feature, and the organization wants the user to interact with that feature at the central systems level. In these cases, the user is redirected to the central system screen where that interaction should take place.

Note: It is the organization's responsibility to see that information entered at the central system level is passed back to OPERA as necessary.

Select Configuration > Setup > Menu URL Links to access the Menu URL Links screen. This screen is used to specify the URLs to which you will be redirected when you access specific OPERA menu selections.

The OPERA menu selections for which a redirection URL can be specified include:

Adjustment Codes (Available when a Yield related license code is active)
Cancellation Reasons
Cancellation Rules (Available when the Cashiering > Cancellation Handling application function is set to Y)
Oracle Support
Concept Activities (Available when the OPX_CONC OPERA Gateway for Concept External Activity Scheduler or OPX_CONC2 OPERA Gateway for Concepts External Activity Scheduler XML add-on license is active)
Deposit Rules (Available when the Cashiering > Deposit Handling application function is set to Y)
Deposit and Cancellation Schedules (Available when the Cashiering > Deposit Handling and/or Cashiering > Cancellation Handling application functions are set to Y)
Hurdle Rates (Available when a Yield related license code is active)
Login
Market Code
Market Group
OPERA webProposal
Package Code
Package Forecast Group
Package Group
Preference Groups
Preferences
Rate Buckets
Rate Category
Rate Code
Room Class (Available when the General > Room Class application function is set to Y)
Room Type
Rules Schedule
Season Codes (Available when the Rates > Rate Seasons application function is set to Y)
Yield Categories (Available when a Yield related license code is active)

Adding and Editing URL Links

To add or edit a URL, highlight the menu item to redirect the user and select the Edit button. The Menu URL Links screen appears.

Note: The screen below appears for all OPERA menu selections except for OPERA webProposal. For the OPERA webProposal menu URL option, see Adding and Editing S&C webProposal URL Links below.

Menu. A view-only field that shows the menu selection for which you are setting the URL.

URL. Enter the URL to which the user is to be redirected. (OPERA will automatically insert http:// as a prefix to those URLs beginning with www.) Three values can be passed in the URL by specifying variables:

To pass the:	Use this variable:
Resort ID	^o_resort_id
User ID	^o_user_id
User Name	^o_user_name

For example, to pass only the URL, you might enter:

http://hotel.com

To pass the resort ID to a procedure (my_room) that calls for an input variable (resort):

http://hotel.com?my_room&resort=^o_resort_id

To pass the resort ID and the user ID

http://hotel.com?my_room&resort=^o_resort_id&userid=^o_user_id

Adding and Editing OPERA webProposal URL Links

The Menu URL Links - Edit screen appears when the menu option OPERA webProposal is selected.

Menu. A view-only field that shows the menu selection for which you are setting the URL.

URL. (This URL will not be used if Windows Azure is installed and if the application parameter Blocks > webProposal SSO Active is set to Y at the same time. Instead, the SSO URL will be used.) Enter the URL to which the user is to be redirected for the webProposal. OPERA will automatically insert http:// as a prefix to those URLs beginning with www.

SSO URL. This URL will be used instead of the URL field (above) when the application parameter Blocks > webProposal SSO Active is set to Y and the customer is using Windows Azure. Enter the URL to which the user is to be redirected for the webProposal. The URL that needs to be populated for this field will be generated when the Windows Azure client is installed and configured.

Browser Attributes. You can customize the appearance of the webProposal browser session by selecting or deselecting the Browser Attributes check boxes.

Full screen - Displays the browser in the full size of the monitor or display device.
Toolbar (default) - Displays the browser toolbar from which the user can select options.
Width - If desired, set the width (pixels) in which the browser will display on the monitor or display device.
Height - If desired, set the height (pixels) in which the browser will display on the monitor or display device.
Menubar (default) - Displays the browser menu items and options which the user can select.
Scrollbars (default) - Displays the browser scroll bars so the user can scroll to see the entire content.
Status (default) - Displays the system progress of the action made by the user.
Resizable (default) - Allows the user to resize the browser.