Invoking Discoverer Report (Plus) from URL in 10.1.2

Was previosuly able to drill from a URL (embedded URL generated in OFA) to open discoverer 9.0.4 and able to pass username and password (Applications EUL). Since upgrading to 10.1.2 this is now not possible as it will not accept the password?

Hi Valelin
You are correct in that this has been retired. This is because having the password displayed in a URL is a security violation.
You are correct in saying that a POST operation will do this. These work just fine.
Best wishes
Michael

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