Configuring the user sign in from an external application

Attention: For Sterling™ Order Management System Software integrations with external applications, the start.jsp login will be deprecated in the 10.0.2309.0 release.

When integrating with external applications, it may be necessary to enable a user to automatically log in to from an external application. To integrate the two applications, you must configure the link from your external application's portal that automatically connects to .

When integrating two applications, consider the following scenarios:

Logging in a user and opening the user's home page
Logging in a user and opening a specific view

Note: To access the console without login, ensure that the single sign on (SSO) is implemented.

To integrate with an external application:

Based on your requirement, you can insert any one of the following URLs within the portal of an external application:

If you want to launch and open the user's home page, log in as an application user and open the user's home page by using the following syntax:
```
/smcfs/console/start.jsp?UserId=LoginID
&Password=PassPhrase
```
If you want to launch and open a specific view, log in as an application user and open the view by using the following syntax (illustrates opening the default order search view):
```
/smcfs/console/start.jsp?UserId=LoginID
&Password=PassPhrase&Redirect=/console/order.search
```

In either case, if login fails, the browser opens the Sign In screen, which prompts the user to enter Login ID and Password.