How to Edit 'Exit' Link in SSB:
Hello,
I have been added the job title of WebTailor and am having an issue with the 'EXIT' link on the upper right hand corner of the screen. I need to edit where the link resolves to, and have not been able to find any type of documention that would lead me to know how to do this.
Currently the link pionts to twbkwbis.P_Logout. I've looked in the WebTailor Admin interface and haven't seen it in there, I've also poked (with limited access) around in Banner looking where this value might be stored.
So now I am reaching out to you all, to see if someone could point in the right direction, or has first hand knowledge on how to modify this link.
Thanks,
Robert Eickleberry
Portal Administrator/Developer
WICHITA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
301 S. Grove
Wichita, KS 67211
Ph: 316.677.9411
Fax: 316.677.9542
www.watc.edu
reickleberry@watc.edu
Hi Robert, If you start at
Hi Robert,
If you start at the WebTailor admin screen and choose Web Modules (rather than going directly to the name of the page in the menus), and from the drop-down menu choose the module you would like to alter, then click "Customize Module", there is a checkbox item for "Display Exit Link" and you can un-check that to not show the link.
I know there's probably a global value set somewhere for this, but you might want to make sure it's best to change that value first - if your programmers or functional leads are using a back door to get into the Banner system, they will still need access to the menu items listed on the /twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage area, which is the default page linked in the baseline text of the logout page. Unfortunately, this is the page where public www users can then enter an incorrect password and lock themselves out.
When we put our class finder on the web, I set up a secondary login page for internal users, and set the info text on the (public) logout page to lead the user back to the class finder, rather than to the secure login page. That way, it prevented students from trying to log in to the secure area, but didn't require a global modification of the Exit link.
Hope that helps!
Catherine
That helps a lot, and here is where the code is:
That insight helps a lot Catherine, thank you.
Here is what I was able to come up with after a little investigation and some help from SunGard.
The code is hard coded into a package in the database. That code has to be modified to make an edit to the link value. Here is what SunGard said:
I would recommend looking at package TWBKWBIS (file twbkwbi1.sql) and search for this line of code:
hold_exit_url VARCHAR2 (255) := 'twbkwbis.P_Logout';
The hold_exit_url variable will be used by procedure P_OpenDoc to build the exit link. Any change to this code will impact the exit link throughout all of Self-Service Banner.
I have my dba looking to this and seeing if this changed. I'll keep post a followup once the modification has been complete.
UPDATE: This worked fine, the dba edited the link and re-complied the script and everything seems fine now.
Robert Eickleberry
Portal Administrator/Developer
reickleberry@watc.edu
www.watc.edu