Linking 2 web I reports

Question

Hi,
  I have a requirement to link 2 web I reports i.e one report's data should depend on another report's prompt value. I am new to webI. I don't know whether it is possible or not.
  I have 2 web I reports. In the first report, when I click on one field's value, this value should be taken as a prompt value for the second report, then second report should be displayed with the according prompt values.
I have taken State field in first report. when I click on any particular state, that state value should pass to the second report as a prompt value.
  Is it possible? I have tried with "openDoc" function. But didn't get.
Please help me on this.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Swathi,
Did you successful with 1st opt??
FYI...,,
OpenDocument URL command syntax
An example of the syntax to use when you want to create a hyperlink on a state object to open a document with sales details for the state appears below:
="<a href=""http://<server_name>:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?""&sType=wid""&sDocName=DetailedSalesReport""&lsSEnterState:="Replace([State];"";"%20") + "> "[State]"</a>"
The below divides the example of syntax into understandable arguments, and provides an explanation for each argument.
Note: Each of the syntax arguments are joined with a plus sign in the formula bar.
Syntax argument  ==========================  Explanation
"<a href="      ============= The opening HTML syntax for a hyperlink.
http://<server_name>:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp? =========== <server_name>:8080, used in this example, is
specific to the BusinessObjects Enterprise server.You can find this name displayed in the address bar of your browser's address toolbar.
Note: The port is 8080 for Tomcat web servers.
"&sType=wid"  ================ The type of document to be opened, in your case, a Web Intelligence document.
"&sDocName=DetailedSales Report"  =========== Your Document name(Report) Note that spaces in the name of the document are replaced with a + sign. %20 can be used in place of the +. %20 is the HTML encoding symbol for a space. This parameter can be substituted with the sDocID.
"&lsSEnter_State:="+Replace( [State];"";"%20")  ==============
The prompt parameter which will be passed to the document being opened.
Notice that this argument has to match exactly with the prompt created in the first document. In this case, a single parameter is being passed (lsS).
Additional parameters are available:
u2022 lsM for multiple values
u2022 lsR for a range of values
The object name in brackets, [State] indicates the data from the main report to be passed to the linked report.
The Replace command is used with the value to replace spaces in the value with the HTML symbol for a space.
Multiple prompts can be listed in the code. You just continue to string them together with the + character to concatenate the pieces.
t">"+ [State]     ============= Required HTML encoding and the object name that indicates to the document which data to show in the table. Once you have formatted the column in the Web Intelligence table, the State values in this case appear as hyperlinks.
"</a>"      ============= The closing HTML code for a hyperlink.
Summerized :
="<a href =" + "http://webwasqwn1.ecorp.cat.com:8322/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sType=wid&sDocName=fsitem&lsSEnterItem Node Name:="[Query 2].[Item Node Name](If IsPromptAnswered("Enter FS Items") Then "&lsSEnterFS Items:="+URLEncode(UserResponse("Enter FS Items:"))) + [Object] + "</a>"
Thank You!!
Edited by: BOCP-BOE on Sep 29, 2010 2:36 PM