Control Query for broadcaster

Hi al,
I need to send a report by mail in PDF format to a user which is a filtered report of a general report.
Meaning: I have a general report of sales (A) and I need to send by e-mail report A filtered by sales group and by current month (B).
In order to do this I have created a control query which filters the sales group and the month, and when broadcasting the report I choose the control query.
When I execute the broadcaster I get 2 PDF files: one is filtered as my request and the other is filtered only by the sales group but not by the month so I get a report with all months since the begining of the year.
The second report is unnecessary - How can I get rid of it?
Thanks,
Hagit

1st : no wanswer by now.
2nd : don't filter in the Broadcastsetting, filter in the Broadcastquery to avoid a broadcast for every filter value.
Edited by: Heinrich Krupp on Apr 16, 2009 11:44 AM
Edited by: Heinrich Krupp on Apr 16, 2009 11:44 AM

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I am using BEx Broadcaster to bradcast query as a report.
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I try to create variant via variable entry page when I excute my query.
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Hello,
Please run this control query on the portal and then save variant you require. If you want this variant to be available
to all users make sure that the user specific flag is unchecked while saving the variant.
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Creating video for broadcast

I'm about to start making some commercials for the company i work for.
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most of the things i work on are for the web and for dvd.
i'm using a jvc hd1.
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If you use a cassette to archive your finished spots, put a "dirty" version with all the graphics, and follow it with a "clean" version, which has no graphics, and the music is placed on the left channel and the voice on the right (or vice versa if desired). I archive on hard drive using those rules as well. I also archive my bins, projects and sequences. The edit system I use for commercials is not FCP, so my bins and sequences can be saved outside of the project. This is helpful because you can always recapture your footage and recreate the spot if necessary.
This brings me to my next point. DO NOT recycle MiniDV tapes. I've found that they fail quickly. Use a new one for each client, and keep all their footage on their own tape (or tapes). Include it in your operating cost, since they're $4 each. Doing this helps you if you have hard drive problems or if you need to change a shot in a commercial you made last year. Keep in mind the tip of recording bars for thrity seconds on each tape. If you need to recapture footage that starts 4 seconds into the tape, the process is a lot harder than if it starts 34 seconds into the tape. The second option is more automatic and it will make you happy. Another good idea is to record bars after your footage for thirty seconds. That way you have a separator between shoots. As long as the timecode remains consistent, capturing will never be an issue.
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll think of more later.

Sbt__rpc_cat_query: Query for piece 1ujb3oqb_1_1 failed

Hi,
Currently I'm trying to run Oracle database backup using EM database control and OSB. I have configure library and tape drive in OSB and also created new job in EM to backup the database. But when I run the job it end up with the following error message.
If anyone encounter the same problem? and you know the solution. Please let me know in detail.
RMAN-00571:
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS
RMAN-00571:
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on oem_sbt_backup channel at 03/12/2008 19:11:12
ORA-19506: failed to create sequential file, name="1ujb3oqb_1_1", parms=""
ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text:
sbt__rpc_cat_query: Query for piece 1ujb3oqb_1_1 failed.
I really need help from you guy's.
Thanks,
Bala

Thanks. But I don't think that is the issue. I've compared the values on this server with the values on my other servers that are running OSB client successfully and they are comparible.
Rich
oracle@vlx1032 /ora01/oracle > grep ^[^#] /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
kernel.sysrq = 0
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
kernel.shmmax = 8589934592
kernel.shmall = 16777216
kernel.msgmnb = 65536
kernel.msgmni = 256
kernel.sem = 300 32000 100 1024
fs.file-max = 131072
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 1048576
net.core.wmem_default = 1048576
net.core.rmem_max = 1048576
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576

Best FC settings for broadcast?

Hello everyone,
I am relatively new at this, and I am looking for a better workflow and FC/compressor/ settings for our productions, and to solve a sound issue.
We use a set of Panasonic AG-HMC150P to capture external videos, so the footage is in HD (imported through ProRes)... sometimes we use our older Panasonic DVXs connected to a Tricaster to produce on-location multi-camera programs, and finally we record our studio programs on DV mini-tapes and/or recorded DVDs.
We need to produce each program in two formats: DVDs, and Mpeg-2 muxed to feed our video server (Cablecast), which in turns feeds a fiber-optic transmitter to the cable company.
At present what we do is import everything into a preset NTSC DV (3:2) 720x480 sequence (QuickTime Video Settings Compressor set at DV/DVPRO - NTSC) with 48 kHz- 16-bit audio. Then we basically send the finished product to compressor and export it to a standard best-quality 90-min DVD. We use that for our DVD copies of the program. Then what we do is grab the .ac3 and .m2v files created by compressor, and feed them to MPEG-Streamclip, exporting them as an Mpeg with MP2 audio stream; which creates the mpeg-2 file for our cablecast server.
So the first question is this: is there a better/efficient sequence setting or workflow we should use? Should we use one sequence setting for DVD production and then copy the content onto a different sequence with different settings for broadcast/mpeg-2 encoding?
The quality of the mpeg file (when played from the server onto our monitor) is quite good, although I am noticing a loss of quality when I watch the program on TV at home (some visual artifacts and occasional pixellations), but my main problem is sound crackling when the program displays lower thirds (occasionally), more pronounced when PPT files converted to jpeg graphics are displayed in the program. I am VERY careful to keep white levels below 90 IRE (or whatever the scopes indicate as being 90%) and apply broadcast safe filters (chroma and brightness). I keep my average sound level at about -12 dBFS with peaks not exceeding -6 dBFS (sound is compressed in SoundPro).
Any idea what might be causing the crackling? Thank you for any help you can provide...

I found the custom settings that I'd made from the DVD Best 90 minute preset and pasted them below. I made these based on a screen shot that my client provided of an MPEG Streamslip settings window.
Stefan, you should be able to start from any of the DVD presets in the Settings window. Then click "Duplicate Selected Setting" (just below the Settins tab, 3rd button over) to add a copy to the "Custom" settings folder. Select the copy, make changes in the Inspector window and then click "Save" (at the bottom right of the Inspector window).
My settings were for PAL, but the same settings should apply to NTSC minus frame rate and frame size differences. The key changes that I made were the number of encoding passes (I changed 2-pass to 1-pass) and the bit rate (the average bit rate and the maximum bit rate were increased). Also, I was encoding from DV source which has the same picture dimensions at its MPEG2 counterpart so there was no need to change the width and height.
After you've made your custom preset, encode a short test file and send it to the broadcaster to see if it's compliant with what they can broadcast before committing an entire program to it.
-Warren
Name: MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 1-pass Custom
Description: Custom settings based on screen shot provided by client.
File Extension: m2v
Estimated size: 9 GB/hour of source
Type: MPEG-2 video elementary stream
Usage:generic
Video Encoder
Format: M2V
Width and Height: Automatic
Pixel aspect ratio: Default
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
Start timecode from source
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Field dominance: Automatic
Average bit rate: 20 (Mbps)
1 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum bit rate: 23.5 (Mbps)
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP

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