Hyperlink in XML Report

Question

Hi,
I need to create a hyperlink in one of my report. The business logic demands that I get entity-wise clubbed data . But if I need to see the detail of an entity , I should just click on that entity name which should then refer me to a new report that lists out the detailed data. Currently I've designed them as two separate report, one displaying the grouped record & the other displaying the details for each entity.
Is there a way through which I can call the second report at run-time i.e. when the user clicks on an Entity name...?
Kindly suggest .
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
assume your detail report can be called via
http://host:port/xmlpserver/Orders/Drill_Down/Drill_Down_Report/Drill_Down_Report.xdo?p_deptno=10
and p_deptno is your parameter (entity name in your case).
In your master report in the rtf-template mark your entity name and add a hyperlink with the following url:
*{$CURRENT_SERVER_URL}/Orders/Drill_Down/Drill_Down_Report/Drill_Down_Report.xdo?p_deptno={DEPTNO}*
The $CURRENT_SERVER_URL looks where you are and replaces the values. This assumes that your master value is DEPTNO (in your case the entity name tag of your master xml).
The get this work you need to define the variable CURRENT_SERVER_URL in your master report. Add a new form field with the following help-text for this:
*<xsl:param name="CURRENT_SERVER_URL" xdofo:ctx="begin"/>*
Regards
Rainer