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Request Context Variable Editor Dialog Fields and Controls

Name field

Name of the request context variable object. This name will be used to identify the variable when incorporating it into a response or policy expression.

The value of the Name field can be no more than 255 characters.

Description field

(Optional) Description of the variable.

The contents of the Description field must be less than 1K.

Property drop down list

Portion of the request context that provides the value of the variable. The Property is selected from a pull-down list that includes:

Action

The action requested by the user. For example, a typical action when accessing a web resource is GET.

Resource

Resource part of the user access request. For example, if the user attempts to access http://server.company.com/dir1/index.html, the resource portion of the request context is /dir1/index.html.

Server

Server part of the user access request. For example, if the user attempts to access http://server.company.com/dir1/index.html, the server portion of the request context is http://server.company.com.

Note: For more information about request context, see the Developer’s Guide for C or the Developer’s Guide for Java.