Some data sources require authentication to access the
data on a protected server. When Rational® Publishing Engine has
to retrieve data from a protected server, each authentication type
is tested automatically until the correct one for the data source
is found. Instead of waiting for each type to be tested, you can specify
authentication types in templates and document specifications with
your credentials so you do not have to wait for Rational Publishing Engine to
test each authentication type.
Authentication types
You can enter one of
these case-sensitive authentication types in the
authentication property
for a data source in a template or document specification:
- form
- basic
- oauth
- oauth1a
If you do not enter an authentication type
or enter auto in Document Studio, each type
is tested in the order above until the correct type is found.
Improve performance by specifying the authentication
type
You can improve document generation performance by:
Note: For data sources that support only
oauth1a,
you must set the
authentication property to
oauth1a explicitly.
An auto-detection algorithm results in failure and the
oauth1a cannot
be verified. This failure occurs because the OAuth algorithm falsely
reports authentication success. The
auto algorithm
stops, but the data that is accessed is actually the login page itself
and not the real data. To enable or allow the usage of
auto mode
for
oauth1a data sources, complete the
Testing the oauth1a authentication type before oauth task.