This guide will help you configure your Summon instance to work with the OpenAthens Redirector.
Whilst our service desk will always try to be helpful, they can only support the OpenAthens end. Information about Summon was correct at the time of writing. |
Access the administration area as the domain administrator and navigate to the redirect link generator (Resources > Redirector link generator).
The part you are interested in is the bit like this: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/yourdomain.com?url=
For details refer to the ExLibris documentation: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/360_Services/360_Core_Client_Center/0Product_Documentation/360_Core%3A_Proxy_Setup%3A_Fully_Encoded_URL
Even though the redirector is not a proxy, we can use the proxy server prefix function in Summon to insert the redirector prefix
Changes can take up to 24 hours.
You can test ahead of that change going live via Summon's Data Management > URL Preview function
Certain providers, such as Gale, EBSCO and ProQuest use proprietary parameters instead of federation standard ones during the login process (Gale rely on the Location ID, ProQuest on the Account ID and EBSCO on the Customer ID). You will need to have Summon omit the redirector prefix for these providers: