TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• How to create WAYFLess URL in Secure Center?
• Further Information
• Contact Information

Overview

WAYFless (Where Are You From) URLs provide authenticated access (via OpenAthens) without requiring the user to login to the Sage Learning Resources websites. Account administrators will also find their WAYFless URL, with your entity ID details pre-populated and encoded in your Secure Center administrator profile. In Secure Center, your WAYFless URL is listed under your "Account Detail" under your Authentication settings.

This WAYFless URL format applies to the following Sage Learning Resources:

Sage Knowledge

Sage Research Methods

Sage Video

Sage Business Cases

CQ Press Library

CQ Researcher

How to create WAYFLess URL in Secure Center? 

WAYFless URL format: https://connect.openathens.net/sagepub.com/15b7e6a9-8721-41fa-86fe-4e2b8fa4c097/login?entity=<entityID url>&target=<url to the requested page> 

The WAYFless URL contains the following parameters: 

• entityID
• target URL

1.    Set the entityID parameter to your institution's OpenAthens or Shibboleth Entity ID URL.

2.    Set the target URL parameter to the Sage URL (the target) you are linking to:

• For example, to link to the Sage Knowledge home page, set the target= to https://sk.sagepub.com
• Or, to link to a specific Sage Knowledge title, for example, The Encyclopedia of Research Design, set the target= to https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/researchdesign

3. URL encode both parameter values. To do this, update the following URL characters:

• %3a replaces :
• %2f replaces /
• For example, after URL encoding, the Sage Research Methods URL changes from https://methods.sagepub.com to https%3a%2f%2fmethods.sagepub.com

Further Information

For an example of a CQ Researcher WAYFless URL using this template, please refer to 

How to link to a title directly on CQ Press website using WAYFless

For more information on how to setup your OpenAthens or Shibboleth, please refer to

How do I enable OpenAthens or Shibboleth access in Secure Center?

Contact Information

For further assistance, please contact our Online Technical Support team at [email protected]