Common URI parameters
All Actuate Java Components URIs have the parameters shown in Table 5‑2. String values that are too long are truncated for all parameters. The web browser that you use determines the length of parameters. The common URI parameters support Actuate Java Components authentication using cookies.
Table 5‑2 Common Actuate Java Components URI parameters 
URI parameter
Description
forceLogin
True to force a login, false to display the login page. The default is false. The login operation is described in Understanding the authentication process.
iPortalID
The unique authentication ID assigned to the user upon successful login. Use this parameter in conjunction with the userID parameter to ensure that a user’s personalized settings appear in Java Components pages.
locale
The current user’s locale, such as U.S. English (en-US). Java Components locale names have the form nn_CC. nn is the language abbreviation and CC is the country code in both formats.
password
The password associated with the userID.
serverURL
Contains the URI that accesses an Actuate web application, such as http://Services:8000.
timezone
The current user’s time zone.
userID
The user’s unique identifier, required to log in to the repository. Use this parameter in conjunction with the iPortalID parameter to ensure that a user’s personalized settings appear in Java Components pages.
The following Java Components URI shows most of the common URI parameters in use:
http://localhost:8080/iportal/getfolderitems.do
?folder=/Training&locale=en_AU&userID=Mike
&password=pw123&serverURL=http://Seamore:8000
&timeZone=Australia/Perth
This URI lists the contents of the Training folder on the application server named Seamore at port 8000. The locale is set to Australian English and the time zone is Australia/Perth (GMT plus eight hours). The user is Mike and the password is pw123. Note that the password is shown in plain text, as entered. If entered on a JSP or in a web form, it would be detected and encrypted.