Initialise ReportService parameters - URI, report path etc

Hi
I had a question on how we would go about seeding data and initialising Report Service parameters such as - Username/Password and the BIP URI for each customer.
Right now, I have hard coded the relative path and URI etc:
reportPath = "/PO/Templates/Templates.xdo";
userName = "Administrator";
password = "Administrator";
bipServerURI = "http://xmlpfusion1.us.oracle.com:9999/xmlpserver";
How would this work for a customer instance? Would the relative report path remain the same? Will the BIP server URI be known, so we could add it as a part of our Customer Profile/Organization Profile?
Thanks
Mansi

Hi Mansi,
We were facing the same question.Currently we are hard-coding the URI,login and pwd.But in the later releases Drop 7 I suppose they would provide us with a API which would look into a backend configuration file where the server uri would be stored.Also,BIP team said they would be working with Applecore team to get the user credentials from the session context.
Thanks
Lakshmi

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jobRecovery?,
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