10g: unable to set default dashpoard (portalpath) for multiple groups

Question

Hi All,
I am facing a problem while setting portal path for multiple groups.
I have two RPD groups and each group need to have it's own default dashboard as a lending page.
We are using RPD authentication and can't use database table to save portalpath for each user or group.
What have I tried so far is as follows:
We have two groups Group1 and Group2 which need to have default dashboard as *\shared\_portal\dashboard1* and *\shared\_portal\dashboard2* respectively.
Approach 1: Create a Session INIT block with the following query:
select case when 'Group1' = ':GROUP' then '\shared\_portal\dashboard1' else '\shared\_portal\dashboard2' end from dual
Result: Failed - As all the users are directed to '\shared\_portal\dashboard2'. Somehow *':Group'* isn't getting the GROUP assigned.
Even tried replacing ':GROUP' with 'VALUEOF(GROUP)' in SQL query, however it didn't help.
Any help with achieving the same functionality will be appreciated.
Regards,
Kansal

Answer 1

Kansal,
Here you go...make use of below example and change as per you need.
Create a SESSION - INIT BLOCK with this in query...Say PPIB
SELECT CASE WHEN 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.GROUP)' = 'DASH_usr' THEN '/shared/test' WHEN 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.GROUP)' = 'DASH_ctr' THEN '/shared/test1' END FROM DUAL
Assign a variable to it with name PORTALPATH and default to anything say '/abc/'
This will work for sure...You can test this in RPD as well.
Hope this helps