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0D51Y00006JpQKJSA3Okta Classic EngineAdministrationAnswered2024-04-15T10:54:32.000Z2019-06-05T15:05:48.000Z2019-06-05T19:58:51.000Z

s0doo (s0doo) asked a question.

Not populating username and password fields

Hi All,

I'm pretty new to Okta, but i'm having trouble with it refusing to populate the username and password fields on a couple of apps. The first is a supported app selected from the Okta list and the second is an internal website. With both, Okta loads up the app but doesn't populate the username and password boxes. I even went and set up a template app and set the login values manually, but it still didn't work. I've made sure the plugin is the latest version and it is. The other apps i have work fine and it fill in the credentials like its meant to do, its just these two which its having issues with.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.​


  • Hi Richard,

     

    Please be aware that The Template Plugin App is not effective for sites that:

    • Do a lot of dynamic HTML creation. Sites like this may fail with this approach because the elements the plugin is looking for won't be present when the plugin fires.
    • Require a parameter beyond just username and password, as they can use Template Plugin App 3 Fields if the parameter is static and doesn't change.
    • Have multiple steps in the login process, or load multiple pages between the initial URL and the one that contains the form.
    • Use frames or iframes to contain the form. Sometimes you can avoided this by using the URL of the frame content as the starting URL. (Use Inspect Element to figure this out.)

     

    More information can be found here:

    https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Apps/Apps_Configure_Template_App.htm

     

    However I suggest opening a support ticket would be the best course of action in this case as there are far to many variables to determine the cause.

     

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Not populating username and password fields