BI Publisher Enterprise vs BIP Desktop

Question

Hello,
I have been using the desktop version (the plug-in for MS Word) of BIP exclusivley but now I'm trying to dabble in the BIP Enterprise app. I have my data source defined, I have my .rtf template uploaded, but I'm not sure how to incorporate my .xsl file. Using the plug-in for Word, I add an import statement to import the .xsl file, but it doesn't work when I try to use the same .rtf template in the Enterprise app. When I remove the import statement I get results in my report...otherwise I get a not-so-helpful error message ("The report cannot be rendered because of an error, please contact the administrator.).
I've tried using <?import:file:///D:\product\......\xhtml-to-xslfo.xsl?> and <xsl:import href="http://.../xhtml-to-xslfo.xsl" /> but neither work and I'm not sure if my problem lies in the import statement or my lack of knowledge in BIP Enterprise.
Thank you,
Tammy
Edited by: 73pixieGirl on Aug 16, 2010 1:56 PM

Answer 1

Hi Pieter,
I'm afraid the white paper isn't telling me anything I didn't already know. I've tried to import via the http:// and file:/// route but I still get a generic error message - The report cannot be rendered because of an error, please contact the administrator. I have "Disable External References" set to False.
Here's what I'm doing...maybe you can see if I'm doing something wrong:
- After adding the import statement to my .rtf file, I edit my Report in BI Publisher Enterprise and upload the .rtf file under Layouts, Manage Template Files (I also added the .xsl file for S&Gs)
- Next I create a new Layout, selecting my .rtf file as the Template, then select the output formats.
- Then I click View and select my new Layout and whatever format (pdf preferrably)
- This is when I get the error message
Am I doing anything wrong? The only thing I can think of is maybe BIP isn't finding my .xsl file??
Thank you,
Tammy