SAP EP – Netweaver Portal

Symptom

OBN will not work when executed from an application that was opened in a new standalone window.
There are three ways to open an iView in a new window:
1) In the property editor: configure the property ‘Launch in New Window’ to ‘Display In Separate Window’ .
2) In the page title bar tray choose ‘Open in new window’ option.
3) Trigger navigation hardcoded using EPCM.doNavigate, EPCM.doRelativeNavigate, etc, with navigation mode=1.
Other terms

OBN, link, new window, NavMode=1,
Reason and Prerequisites

Prerequisites:
Every SAP NetWeaver Portal is installed.
Reason:
Opening an application in a new window means that the new window will contain a limited portal environment (not all the JavaScripts will be downloaded).
This option is recommended for application that are not portal depended such as URL iViews, KM document iView, Web Page Composer pages, etc.
OBN must be in portal environment in order to work.
Solution

Change the property “Launch in New Window” to “Display In Separate Headerless Portal Window” or change the navigation mode to 3.
This mode include all of the portal framework JavaScripts