URL Links

This URL Link feature is available when the General>Menu URL Links application parameter is set to Y.

The URL Links feature allows the property to immediately redirect Opera users to a given URL when a specific Opera menu selection is made. This feature is typically used when a central system — rather than the property-level Opera system — manages a feature, and the organization wants the user to interact with that feature at the central systems level. In these cases, the user is redirected to the central system screen where that interaction should take place.

Note: It is the organization's responsibility to see that information entered at the central system level is passed back to Opera as necessary.

Select Configuration>Setup>Menu URL Links to access the Menu URL Links screen. This screen is used to specify the URLs to which you will be redirected when you access specific Opera menu selections.

The Opera menu selections for which a redirection URL may be specified include:

Adjustment Codes (Available when a Yield related license code is active)
Cancellation Reasons
Cancellation Rules (Available when the Cashiering>Cancellation Handling application function is set to Y)
Clarify
Concept Activities (Available when the OPX_CONC Opera Gateway for Concept External Activity Scheduler or OPX_CONC2 Opera Gateway for Concepts External Activity Scheduler XML add-on license is active)
Deposit Rules (Available when the Cashiering>Deposit Handling application function is set to Y)
Deposit and Cancellation Schedules (Available when the Cashiering>Deposit Handling and/or Cashiering>Cancellation Handling application functions are set to Y)
Hurdle Rates (Available when a Yield related license code is active)
Login
Market Code
Market Group
Opera S&C webProposal
Package Code
Package Forecast Group
Package Group
Preference Groups
Preferences
Rate Buckets
Rate Category
Rate Code
Room Class (Available when the General>Room Class application function is set to Y)
Room Type
Rules Schedule
Season Codes (Available when the Rates>Rate Seasons application function is set to Y)
Yield Categories (Available when a Yield related license code is active)

Adding and Editing URL Links

To add or edit a URL, highlight the menu item for which you wish to redirect the user and select the Edit button. The Menu URL Links screen appears. Provide the following information and select the OK button.

Menu. A view-only field that shows the menu selection for which you are setting the URL.

URL. Enter the URL to which the user is to be redirected. (Opera will automatically insert http:// as a prefix to those URLs beginning with www.) Three values can be passed in the URL by specifying variables:

To pass the:	Use this variable:
Resort ID	^o_resort_id
User ID	^o_user_id
User Name	^o_user_name

For example, to pass only the URL, you might enter:

http://hotel.com

To pass the resort ID to a procedure (my_room) that calls for an input variable (resort):

http://hotel.com?my_room&resort=^o_resort_id

To pass the resort ID and the user ID:

http://hotel.com?my_room&resort=^o_resort_id&userid=^o_user_id

Browser Attributes

The Browser Attributes are only displayed when an external system has been configured for the General>SSO External System application setting. These attributes are to set the size and what views are displayed on the external browser window that is shown.

Full Screen. Displays the URL window as Full Screen.

Toolbar. (Black Arrow)Displays the toolbar on the URL browser window.

Width. Set the display width for the URL window.

Height. Set the display height for the URL window.

Menubar. (Blue Arrow)Displays the menubar for the URL browser window.

Scrollbar. (Green Arrow)DisplaAbout Sales and Catering webProposal

ys the scrollbar for the URL browser window.

Status. (Red Arrow)Displays the status of the URL browser window.