JCA Connection is null after defining iview as anonymous

Hi,

I have an iview that worked great with default login that pointed to a trusted r3 alias, I had the following code and the connection worked great

IConnectorGatewayService cgService =(IConnectorGatewayService) PortalRuntime.getRuntimeResources().getService(IConnectorService.KEY);

ConnectionProperties prop = new ConnectionProperties(request.getLocale(), request.getUser());

connection = cgService.getConnection("Jco_Sempra", prop);

But once I changed the iview itself to anonymous, there is a link that takes you straight to the iview, the connection is null

When I use the request.getUser() it throws an exception but if I just put the request in no exception is thrown but the connection is null?

Does anyone have an answer for this one, is there something I should ensure when I login the portal as anonymous for the backend?

Cheers,

Devlin