topic Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL. in ArcGIS for SharePoint Questions

An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

TomerSteinberg — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:39:13 GMT

Hi all,

i am using the add-on for Business objects dashboards. when trying to open the ESRI maps designer for Business objects dashboards i am getting the following error after i log in with my https://www.arcgis.com credentials:
An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

does anyone have a clue?

thanks,

tomer.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:02:30 GMT

Hello Tomer,

From the error message, I am assuming you are trying to connect to an ArcGIS Portal. The message means there is have an error in your settings.js configuration file (which is located in <Tomcat installation directory>\webapps\em4bobj\dashb\configuration\settings.js). Verify that you have entered the correct portal URL for the arcgisUrl property field. The settings in the file should look like this

        arcgisUrl: "[URL to ArcGIS organization]�?�,
       //for example: "http://portalhost.esri.com",
       arcgisAuthType: "user",
       arcgisAppUser: "",
       arcgisAppPassword: "",
       arcgisAppId: ""

For more information on configuring the authentication please refer to the documentation http://location-analyticsdev.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/install-and-configure/configure-login-settings.htm

Hope this solves your problem.
Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

TomerSteinberg — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:13:29 GMT

Hi Shirley,

I'm actually trying to connect to the arcgis.com .

What could i be missing?

currently my settings is like that:
arcgisUrl: "http://sap-israel.maps.arcgis.com",
//for example: "http://www.arcgis.com,
arcgisAuthType: "app",
arcgisAppUser: "myuser",
arcgisAppPassword: "mypassword",
arcgisAppId: "myappid"
//for example: "nvgHDDFXzMRWmKfY

what do u think?

thanks,
tomer.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:40:55 GMT

Hello Tomer,

If you are connecting to your ArcGIS organization using app login, then your settings.js file should look like this:
arcgisUrl: "http://sap-israel.maps.arcgis.com",
//for example: "http://www.arcgis.com,
arcgisAuthType: "app",
arcgisAppUser: "myuser",
arcgisAppPassword: "mypassword",
arcgisAppId: " "

The arcgisAppId field needs to be empty.

Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

TomerSteinberg — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:48:52 GMT

i have tried that now.

it is still similar. could this be related to proxy?

thanks,

Tomer.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:01:52 GMT

Hello Tomer,

If you haven't done so already, please restart your tomcat web server, clear your IE browser cache and re-launch the designer.

A simple test to verify if your proxy is working is try to access the following URLs in your browser:

1. http://[URL to ArcGIS organization]:[port number]/em4bobj/dashb/proxy.jsp?http://www.arcgis.com/features/img/logo-esri.jpg
e.g. http://sap-israel.maps.arcgis.com:8080/em4bobj/dashb/proxy.jsp?http://www.arcgis.com/features/img/logo-esri.jpg

and
2. http://[URL to ArcGIS organization]:[port number]/em4bobj/dashb/proxy.jsp?https://www.arcgis.com/features/img/logo-esri.jpg
e.g. http://sap-israel.maps.arcgis.com:8080/em4bobj/dashb/proxy.jsp?https://www.arcgis.com/features/img/logo-esri.jpg

If you are able to see the Esri logo in your browser then your proxy works as expected.

Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

TomerSteinberg — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:18:16 GMT

OK.
i'm getting on both
http://sap-israel.maps.arcgis.com:8080/em4bobj/dashb/proxy.jsp?
and
http://www.arcgis.com/features/img/logo-esri.jpg

Network Error - Proxy: Raannana(RAA01-2)

so - where do i configure that?
in my browser settings?

I have no problem to access anything else over the web.
🙂

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

Anonymous User — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:37:43 GMT

When we try to connect to our internal portal, how do we tell the client to connect to our internal portal? It is still sending us to our ArcGIS Online account.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:24:03 GMT

Hello Allison,
Esri Maps for SAP BusinessObjects can be configured to use an on-premise Portal for ArcGIS deployment in the settings.js configuration file. This file is located in <Tomcat installation directory>\webapps\em4bobj\dashb\configuration\settings.js

Open the settings.js file in any standard text editor, such as Notepad++ and provide the url of your Portal for ArcGIS as the value for the arcgisUrl property. The Url must be enclosed in quatation marks (" ") and should be in the format http://[PortalHost]/[PortalApp]

For example:The settings should look like this

arcgisUrl: "[URL to Portal for ArcGIS]�?�,
//e.g. arcgisUrl: "http://portalhost.esri.com/gis",
arcgisAuthType: "user",
arcgisAppUser: "",
arcgisAppPassword: "",
arcgisAppId: ""

For more information on please refer to the documentation http://location-analyticsdev.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/install-and-configure/administrative-and-login-settings.htm

Thanks,
Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

Anonymous User — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:50:32 GMT

Thank you, however we had tried just that and the map designer still opens ArcGIS Online and asks the user to sign in to ArcGIS Online. The link in the post above is broken when I try to access that site. So we switched our setup back to ArcGIS online settings and now we can publish to ArcGIS Online but we cannot view the map/data within the dashboard.....we have not had much success in trying to set this up, unfortunately. Also, one user can sign in successfully to ArcGIS Online through the mapping tool, but another user cannot. Any feedback on any of these issues is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

PeterCorlett — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:52:33 GMT

Hi all,

I am experiencing exactly the same issue. I am using app authentication, and I am certain that the URL and user credentials in settings.js are correct. I am able to access ArcGIS Online via a browser but I get this error when I launch the Esri maps designer.

The organisation's proxy requires authentication. Where in the proxy settings for EM4 BOBJ do I enter the credentials required by the proxy server?

Is there some documentation available for recommended or supported firewall and proxy configurations for EM4 BOBJ? The online help seems to be incomplete in this area.

Thanks.

Pete.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

DanielSieger — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:50:29 GMT

The following is the correct URL to the page.
http://location-analytics.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/install-and-configure/administrative-and-login-settings.htm#

The previous URL was an ESRI Internal only version of the documentation which is why it would not load and appeared broken.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

DanielSieger — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:54:38 GMT

Thank you, however we had tried just that and the map designer still opens ArcGIS Online and asks the user to sign in to ArcGIS Online. The link in the post above is broken when I try to access that site. So we switched our setup back to ArcGIS online settings and now we can publish to ArcGIS Online but we cannot view the map/data within the dashboard.....we have not had much success in trying to set this up, unfortunately. Also, one user can sign in successfully to ArcGIS Online through the mapping tool, but another user cannot. Any feedback on any of these issues is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

This is the correct URL to the documentation.
http://location-analytics.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/install-and-configure/administrative-and-login-settings.htm#

The previous URL was an internal URL.

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:51:29 GMT

Thank you, however we had tried just that and the map designer still opens ArcGIS Online and asks the user to sign in to ArcGIS Online. The link in the post above is broken when I try to access that site. So we switched our setup back to ArcGIS online settings and now we can publish to ArcGIS Online but we cannot view the map/data within the dashboard.....we have not had much success in trying to set this up, unfortunately. Also, one user can sign in successfully to ArcGIS Online through the mapping tool, but another user cannot. Any feedback on any of these issues is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

Hello Allison,

Are you still experiencing problems with your setup? Are you able to respond to private messages? If you are still having issues, I will need details about your environment in order to troubleshoot further and I do not think it is wise to do so over the public forum. I sent you a private message a week ago. Kindly confirm if you received it and if you are able to provide the information I requested. If you did not receive it kindly send me a private message and I will respond.

Thank you
Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ArjunKT — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:30:41 GMT

Hi all,

I am experiencing exactly the same issue. I am using app authentication, and I am certain that the URL and user credentials in settings.js are correct. I am able to access ArcGIS Online via a browser but I get this error when I launch the Esri maps designer.

The organisation's proxy requires authentication. Where in the proxy settings for EM4 BOBJ do I enter the credentials required by the proxy server?

Is there some documentation available for recommended or supported firewall and proxy configurations for EM4 BOBJ? The online help seems to be incomplete in this area.

Thanks.

Pete.

Hi Peter,
I left the Serverurl "" in settings.js file as blank then it worked out for me now I can log in .

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

RajeshKumar2 — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:15:18 GMT

Hi Shirley,

We are testing the ESRI plugin with SAP BOBJ server. We are receiving the same error message

ArcGIS Portal URL

An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL

Waiting for your response.

Cheers

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

RajeshKumar2 — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:33:13 GMT

Hi Shirley,

We are testing the ESRI plugin with SAP BOBJ server. We are receiving the same error message

ArcGIS Portal URL

An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL

Waiting for your response.

Cheers

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

ShirleyBaffoe — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:59:23 GMT

Hello Rajesh,

The message means there is have an error in your settings.js configuration file (which is located in <Tomcat installation directory>\webapps\em4bobj\dashb\configuration\settings.js). Verify that you have entered the correct portal/ArcGIS online URL for the arcgisUrl property field. The settings in the file should look like this

arcgisUrl: "[URL to ArcGIS organization]",
//for example: "http://portalhost.esri.com",
arcgisAuthType: "user", // or "app"
arcgisAppUser: "",
arcgisAppPassword: "",
arcgisAppId: ""

For more information on configuring the authentication please refer to the documentation http://location-analyticsdev.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/install-and-configure/configure-login-settings.htm

If this doesn't help, kindly provide me with additional information to help me diagnose your problem.

1. Are you connecting to ArcGIS online or and on-premise portal?

2. Which ArcGIS authentication type are you using ? app or user

NOTE: If you are using 'app' authentication, the arcgisAppId needs to be blank.

Hope this helps.
Shirley

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

RajeshKumar2 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:19:15 GMT

Hi Shirley,

We are connecting the Arcgis portal online to the internet. We are using the “user” for arcgisAuthType. We are getting invalid_uri error

And also I would like to know how do we use the Webproxy server instead of opening the port on the firewall for SAP bobj servers.

We have set the settings as below, we have not configured/created the proxy.config file. And the Bobj server has been opened for port 80 and 443 to access the internet.

define();

Thanks for your support.

Regards

Rajesh

Re: An invalid ArcGIS Portal URL was entered. Please verify the URL.

RajeshKumar2 — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 04:16:47 GMT

Hey Pete,

Did you get this issue resolved? I am trying to enable the web proxy with authentication.

Please give me the details.

Cheers

Raj