Hiding Section while prinitng in PDF.......is it possible?

Question

Hi Guru's!
I have a requirement where a user needs to enter a Date on the prompt which runs 3 reports on the Dashboard page. The user then requires to print the whole Dashboard page in a PDF file.
We can get all the reports on a Dashboards page in a PDF file by clciking on Edit Dashboard > Print > Printable PDF, but the only problem here is that along with the Reports the Dashboard prompt (held within a section) is also shown in the PDF file.
The user does not want the prompt to appear in the PDF file.
Is there a way by which we can hide the section containing the dashboard prompt in the PDF file but keep it displayed on the dashboard page?
We are currently using OBIEE 11.1.1.6.8
Thanks & regards,
Shan

Answer 1

Shantanu,
See if this works:
1) Say the dashboard page is 'originalpage', Duplicate and rename the new page as originalpage_print.
2) Remove the prompt section from originalpage_print and hide it.
3) On originalpage, use a textbox to add a HTML button and call a function that calls following javascript function:
PortalPrint('<Dashboard path>', 'originalpage_print', true, 'pdf')
4) Save and run. This should print the hidden page without prompt and since prompt is applicable across pages in the same dashboard, it should work.
Edited by: Sid_Middleware on Apr 23, 2013 1:29 PM