Step 7: Creating a URL to Access the New User Registration Login page

The URL triggers the NUR framework. It transfers your anonymous users to your New User Registration login page. To facilitate the consumption of the NUR framework, you can use the New User Registration Installation page to automatically generate the URL. The URL is embedded with the environment information you specify as well as the logic that the NUR framework provides. For example, the autologger and gatekeeper information. You use the New User Registration Installation page, and, optionally, the New User Registration Context page to configure the NUR constants, and activate the Production or Tester URL. Use the Production URL if you are ready to deploy your online transactions, and the Tester URL to test your online transactions.

You can hardcode the URL in your applications, although it is recommended to use logic to dynamically refer to the URL. As part of the NUR framework, the application class SCC_IDENTITY_MGR.UTIL.NURConstants contains the logic to use the URL that you specify as Active in the New User Registration Context page. To see an example of how the application class is extended, see the Delegated Access application class SCC_DA.NOTIFICATION.NOTIFY.OnExecute. In this application class, the NUR context ID for Delegated Access is hardcoded: SCC_NURCTXT_20120918102441. The method ActiveAutoGenURL is implemented to retrieve the proper URL that you would include in an email message. For Delegated Access, an email message is sent to the proxies to inform them how to access the school system. It includes the URL (a hyperlink) that is also dynamically retrieved.

When you dynamically refer to the URL, it ensures that if there are any changes to the New User Registration constants, the current URL is always retrieved. It also allows you to easily switch between your Tester URL and Production URL.

See product documentation for PeopleTools: Portal Technology, Configuring the Portal Environment, Understanding Web Profiles.