Creating LiveLinks applications

LiveLinks applications are used in two different ways:

• If a LiveLink launches an external application that requires a login, a LiveLink application will provide the login credentials for all users.
• If a login is not required, you can use a LiveLinks application to categorize your LiveLinks.

To create a LiveLinks application, do the following:

1. To open the page, use the path(s) in the Security and navigation section above.
2. Click New. The LiveLinks Application page will appear.

3. Enter the following information:

Field	Description
LiveLink Application Name	Enter the name of the application.
Active	This check box is selected by default. Only active applications can be used to create new LiveLinks. If you do not want the application to be available for LiveLinks at this time, clear the check box.
LiveLink Application Description	Enter a brief description of the application.
LiveLink Application Pricing Information	If there is a fee to access the destination of the associated LiveLink, enter the pricing information associated with the application.
Requires Authentication	If this application does not require authentication, leave this check box cleared. If authentication is required, you can create and store a shared username on the application page that will be used for all resources accessing the application. To configure application-level authentication, do the following: Select Requires Authentication. The Application-Level radio button is selected by default. NOTE  User Level Authentication is no longer supported. Populate the LiveLinks Application Username, LiveLink Application Password, and Confirm Password fields. IMPORTANT  For security reasons, the LiveLinks Application Password variable is not available by default for use as querystring values or post parameters, while the Username variable is. Existing LiveLinks containing the password variable have been inactivated. You can choose to override this system setting. Refer to Allow password variable in LiveLinks.

4. Click Save & Close to save the new application. The application is now available in the LiveLink Application drop-down menu on the LiveLink Editor page.