SSO with apps sharing Users table

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I wonder if anyone can give me a steer please.

What I am trying to do is have an Anvil app, which uses User Services to provide a login, act as a ‘Portal’ to other apps. I am trying to achieve a SSO so that once a user has signed on to the Portal app they are automatically signed on when they navigate to other apps from the Portal menu.

I have created a shared Users table which is used by the Portal app and the apps in the Portal menu. I see the little blue paper clip icon on the Users table. Also when I add or delete a user I see the change reflected when I look at the Users table in the Portal app and the Portal menu apps. Therefore I am confident that the Users table is being shared.

However, when I run the Portal app I go through the login process and get the menu of other apps. When I click on any of the apps in the menu they open in a new tab (which is good) but they present a login form which says I am not logged in.

I have read the Docs and searched the Forum and what I read suggests that as long as I am sharing the Users table I should be able to have SSO.

Am I missing something?

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Have you configured this “share login status” in the Users service?

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Dear @yahiakalabs,

Thanks for the quick response.

Share login status checkbox in Login options is not available in Beta editor: -
Login options Beta editor

I switched back to Classic editor but could not see the option there either: -

Login options Classic editor

Can anyone from Anvil Support help explain this please and show how ‘share login status’ can be implemented.

Thanks
Steve

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You need to check “Remember login between sessions”. Then the other options appear.

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Did not know that, so that’s a bonus!

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Thank you @p.colbert, that solved the problem

Perhaps Anvil might update the docs to include this golden nugget?

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Anvil Docs | Presenting a Login Form :slight_smile: