My Dashboard is possessed

I keep on closing some Widgets that I made in Safari that I don't want anymore and they keep on coming back. Also other Widgets that I close keep on opening back up. Multiple copies of some Widgets also keep on opening up.

Hi everydaytech. Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Have you checked in System Preferences >> "Dashboard & Expose" to see if a hot corner or mouse shortcut has been set?
EDIT: Also have you checked with a different mouse?
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Macbook purchased in June acting possessed, not sure what else I can do.

SPECS: MacBook Pro, 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 4gb 1600MHx DDR3 RAM, 500gb HDD running OS X 10.9.4
Okay, so my family purchased me a new MacBook back in June, after my other one died after nearly 5 years. Right out of the box I had problems with it. When I first booted it up, it froze and crashed. After I finally was able to reboot it and get it up and running, it was extremely slow and would constantly freeze. I immediately contacted Apple Support. Unfortunately, I was stuck home after knee surgery and couldn't get it to the store, so they remotely checked my computer out and deemed it was "fine". Okay. They informed me about the warranty, yadda yadda.
So the problems continued, I re-contacted them and they instructed me to take it in for service as soon as I could. I had to wait a bit for my knee to heal up before I could get myself over to the mall. I went, they ran some tests and also declared everything was fine. By this point, my computer was routinely crashing, failing to start up properly, and started just doing.. strange things. They recommended I back all my photos up to an external HD (which I did), bring it back another time and have them completely wipe and reset it. Did that about 3-4 weeks ago.
I've essentially left everything alone besides putting some of my photos back on from the external HD. Not long after they reset it, it's back to doing all sorts of crazy things. I haven't even been able to use this thing besides being a thousand dollar Facebook and email machine.... try and do anything else and it crashes or freezes. I can't even use iPhoto to edit photos because it immediately locks up and I sit there for 5 minutes per photo watching the dang pinwheel go round and round. Now the computer overheats and the mousepad has become possessed. I've started recording some of the bizarre things it does, and showed them at the Apple store and just get a "hmmm..." from them... I can be sitting here watching Netflix and besides barely loading half the time, the mouse just spazzes out and goes all over the screen clicking on things. Trying to type this out is already a nightmare because the mouse just shoots all over the place, clicks on things, highlights things, erases things and goes over to the other dashboard screen... so I'm constantly having to sit here clicking ESC to come back to where I was. The brightness will change from time to time too, and the plugging in/unpluging the power adapter instantly sends the computer into a frenzy (yes, I am using the charger that came with the computer, and it is plugged into a surge protector). When I try to regain control of the mouse, it still shoots all over the place and clicks on things.
I don't know what to do. I've deleted everything, reset everything, put on a firewall, etc. I tried to boot in Safe Mode and it won't work. The computer has a mind of its own. I think there has got to be some sort of problem with the logic board, I don't know what else it could be. I find myself having to hold down the power button to shut it down because it absolutely refuses to shut down if I click on the shut down option on screen.. it pretty much just tells me NOPE.
Please help. The Apple Store/Support said there is nothing more they can do for me because my family apparently purchased it through Best Buy, so they said they don't cover things bought through 3rd party. I wasn't aware of it and not sure if I should try going through Best Buy? I am on the other side of the state from my family now, and none of them are particularly gifted with computers, so not sure if how I would get the receipt from them if that's what I need for Besy Buy, or do I just go there ? I've never dealt with Besy Buy before, but can only imagine how awful that's going to be....
Thanks so much.

Thank you for your reply. I figured I had the one year Apple care warranty regardless, but when I expressed wanting the laptop to be replaced since it seemed defective out of the box, they told me it was pretty much my problem to go deal with Best Buy and do an exchange through them. My last MacBook really had no major issues until it died after 5 years.. very disappointed in how Apple has been handling it this time around. I have another Genius Bar appointment for this Thursday, I guess I will try yet again to see if they can make this right.

Manager Heirarchy is not getting displayed in P&L Dashboard

Hi All,
I have implemented the P&L Dashboard for Financials. Suddenly, It is not displaying the Manager Heirarchy in the Manager Parameter in the P&L Dashboard.
Did anyone faced the same kind of problem, please throw some light.
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Chandana

Hi,
Thank you All.
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NULL and Unspecified in Dashboard prompts after upgrading 10g to 11g OBIEE

Hi All,
We are working on OBI upgradation project from 10g to 11.1.1.6.5. We are facing one issue in Dashboard prompt level. If we can create Dashboard prompt on a column, its giving "NULL", "Unspecified" additionally. But, in 10g there are no extra values.
And the 10g, 11g instances are pointing to the same database and there are no NULL, Unspecified values in Database level.
Through some blogs and articles we found some solutions n are below.
To remove NULL:
-->Go to the Physical Column properties in Physical Layer and Disable the Nullable option by uncheck the box.
-->Go to the Database Features in Physical Layer and disable value to NULL_SUPPORTED.
-->Go to Edit Dashboard Prompt, in Choice List Values drop-down list select SQL Results.
To remove Unspecified:
-->Go to Edit Dashboard Prompt, in Choice List Values drop-down list select SQL Results, then write the SQL statements as columnname is not equals to "Unspecfied" ( In this way we can able to remove Null's also.)
-->Go to Content tab of LTS, in Where clause write an SQL query to restrict Unspecified values.
Note: CHeck with ETL, because if they maintains the Default value is Null when the Datatype is Character and they can maintain 9999 or #### if the datatype is Numeric. And check the Physical query and debug it carefully.
But, we have very big Repository and we have huge no.of Dashboard prompts. So, its not an easy thing to manage by using above solutions. Correct me if there are any mistakes in above.
Any ideas on this...?
Appreciate your help on this..!
Thanks in Advance,
Raghu Nagadasari

Hi Frnds,
As of now, i found the only solution for the above mentioned issue that how to avoid NULL in dashboard prompt level:
Go to the Physical Column properties in Physical Layer and Disable the Nullable option by uncheck the box.
We have done this manually for all tables.
Appreciate if u have any other ideas.!!
Thanks,
Raghu Nagadasari

I am trying to connect Dashboard shared variables to a server on a different subnet. Any ideas?

My goal is to control a device that is connected to our wired network using an Android tablet via Dashboard. I have created a vi with shared variables that controls the device as expected when it runs on a computer that is connected to the same wired network. The problem is that my Android tablet running the Dashboard app cannot connect to the shared variables on the PC running the vi on the wired network.
Our wireless network is on a separate subnet from our wired network. I am able to ping my Android tablet from the PC on the wired network but when I try to connect a variable in Dashboard, the PC running the SVE cannot be found. I tried listing it in the alternative server settings window and it still did not work. The only way I have been able to get around this is to run the vi which launches the server on a laptop that is connected to the wireless network and the wired network at the same time. My tablet can then find the server and my VI can connect to the instrument that is connected to the wired network. The laptop is somehow acting as a bridge between the subnets. I need to find a way for the Dashboard app to connect directly to the PC on the wired network. My PC IP address is 192.168.0.105. My Android IP address is 192.168.10.93.

Data Dashboard doesn't care about subnets, but it has to be able to access the server using the right ports. There is probably a firewall blocking the shared variable ports. This document explains how to configure a firewall to allow shared variables to be accessed. Your challenge will probably be to figure out where the firewall is and how to configure it.
It is also possible that the router that your Android device is connected to doesn't know how to route to the other network. Again, that is an issue with your router that you need to resolve.

Questions on OBIEE Report / Dashboards

What is report based total?
while using PIVOT TABLE we find this option of the measures section > more options
Where can we set suppress or repeat default settings?
On Column properties for duplicate values suppression. I would like to know the difference between the suppress and default
Remove My Dashboard completely.
My dashboard is the default dashboard appearing to the users. If I will have to remove this and set another dashboard as default, what is the option
I would like to the usage procedure for the personalized option on Delivers(IBots)
Thanks in advance,
Samson.
Edited by: user630453 on Apr 25, 2009 9:26 AM

What is report based total?
while using PIVOT TABLE we find this option of the measures section > more options
Where can we set suppress or repeat default settings?
On Column properties for duplicate values suppression. I would like to know the difference between the suppress and default
Remove My Dashboard completely.
My dashboard is the default dashboard appearing to the users. If I will have to remove this and set another dashboard as default, what is the option
I would like to the usage procedure for the personalized option on Delivers(IBots)
Thanks in advance,
Samson.
Edited by: user630453 on Apr 25, 2009 9:26 AM

At a loss. Wiring a possessed house I think! Input needed

Need some help.
I know and have done a lot of networking No pro, but self taught. Did run Ethernet of my whole house (ex wife's house now ) pre wifi days. Running wires, using switches and routers. All worked. Have down a ton of wifi - all Apple gear for myself in my location, friends and family. Good to go. I currently run a bunch in my home for iPhones, computers, netflix, itunes server, Air Video for all devices. Flawless.
So I'm not a dummy at least. So……
To my dads house. My on going project for a year. Great house. Big. Hand built back in the '50's. All plaster. Well made.
1- His office - cable modem to Airport Extreme - named BASE. Across this room, one Airport express (all AX are older g units) for the stereo from computer.
Now when I try to extend this network only for him to use his iPhone with Apple Remote to control music, I have now bought 5 Airport Expresses - the signal will not carry for more than 10 feet at best in this house (it's possessed I swear). NOT KIDDING.
I put an Express 10 feet from the office to a kitchen, why because any further I get no signal connection.
From this Express another one 10 feet for a den.
But the signal is so weak it doesn't work.
The house is plaster - I guess very well plastered and who knows what metal lathering is behind the plaster? It's a ranch.
What could possibly abort wifi signal like this. Oh, I might add, no iPhones work in the house either. We're in NY.Long Island. Major ATT signal. Nada in house. Go outside no problem.
So I'm going to tackle this again this weekend. Start from scratch. Any insight? I'm asking because I'm at a loss and think I'M NUTS! LOL
What would make wifi not carry for any distance? Lot's of windows in the house too.
I'm on the verge of telling him to have cable run another wire and modem to the other side of the house.
I'm stumped. I was going to post a few times but can't imagine why I can't get this working. Feel like a dunce.
Right now he tells me it's no connection in the den. The last AX extender not 10 feet from him.
Thanks in advance.

In addition to metal, water also will cause significant reduction in signal. The higher the frequency, the worse the problem. (One of the reasons why in the past submarines needed to surface to use their radios.) Perhaps the plaster or wood is exceptionally wet or the particular plaster they used has a high metal content. You may want to try using only 2.4GHz instead of 5HGz because lower frequencies penetrate walls better. I'm grasping for straws, but I'm not sure what else you could try short of tearing down walls.
I will tell a story of one wiring job I did. My boss gave a quote and approval sight unseen. He normally didn't do this but due to various circumstances and time constraints, he took a gamble. The job was to install a DSL modem and wireless router for a doctor's office. The modem and router were in the managers office. The reception area in the next room would have two workstations about 15 feet away, connected wirelessly. The doctor's office would get one laptop connected wirelessly, about 100 feet at the other end of the building. The building was all wood construction so no one foresaw what happened next. The manager's computer was fine since it was wired. One of the wireless reception workstations was fine with full signal strength since it was a line of sight through an open doorway to the router. The other reception workstation was working but only had 50% signal strength. (Not line of sight to the router.) The doctor's laptop had zero bars. I moved the laptop next to the router and got 100% signal strength. I walked the laptop next to the workstation with line-of-sight, and still got 100%. I walked to the other reception workstation and got 50%, same as the workstation. I walked out of the reception area turned left and started to walk down the hallway to the doctor's office. I took no more than 5 steps and got zero bars! I walked back a few steps and the meter jumped to 50%. I had to do this a few times to fully convince myself. It was only a chance conversation I had with one of the nurses who recalled that the former occupant of the office was a dentist. So we surmised that the room that the router was in might have had the x-ray machine, so they would have lined the walls with lead or whatever. In any case, we ended up having to pull wires. But we learned that regardless of what it looks like on the outside... But this does sound quite similar to your experience.
There's also the time that my coworkers found that the whole wall was 1/4" steel plate. The walls were covered with drywall so we didn't know it was there until we ruined a half dozen drill bits. It seemed like it was armor plate steel. We think the building used to be a indoor gun range or something. And there was the time that we encountered hardened concrete walls at an office using a former military building. Fortunately neither of those had Wi-Fi but we likely would have had signal problems in both cases. It taught us that we can't assume and needed to do a thorough inspection ahead of time.
So while I don't think the house is possessed, I do suspect that the original builder used some funky local material. Maybe he was a conspiracy theorist and has tinfoil in all the walls.

Is there a way of finding out what has been accessed on my MacBook Pro whilst in the possession of an apple authorised service centre?

Hi Guys,
I'm a bit new to this discussion group thing although I've been using Macintosh computers for many years (showing my age).
I handed my MacBook Pro to be repaired at an authorised apple service centre. When I handed it in they said they needed to keep hold of it to run some diagnostics and requested my password. I've owned various models of mac for the the past 17 years and this is the first hardware problem I have encountered, hence I have never bothered to set up user accounts.
As I live in quite a remote part of Sweden I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks) or share some of my personal information (scanned copies of my birth certificate, passport, certificates, photos, etc.) on the web. Is there a way of finding out what activity has taken place whilst they've had it in their possession?
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.
Thanks!
PS: I've already thought about the 'recently opened' menu and The machine in question is a MacBook Pro 17" (2011) running OS X 10.6.8 (need Rosetta).

I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks) or share some of my personal information (scanned copies of my birth certificate, passport, certificates, photos, etc.) on the web.
If you put your info into the computer and hand it to another, you have to assume they will copy everything.
Why are you putting scanned copies of valuable identity information into a computer than can be hacked, stolen, lost or compromised by a dirty tech?
Have you lost your mind?
Is there a way of finding out what activity has taken place whilst they've had it in their possession?
No. The tech would just deny it if he did, or tell the truth which the answer would be "NO" in either case.
The employer won't ask that sort of questions without solid proof, less they make a enemy of the employee and/or risk being sued for defamation of character.
It's not like they bother to have a team of people watching over his shoulder that he doesn't stick a USB thumb drive of your data into his pocket to take home.
I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks)
If it's iTunes music, it has your personal ID embedded into the song files. Most IT techs know this though.
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.
Too late now, all you can do is not worry about it.
Take your personal info out of the machine and if you need it, burn cd/dvd copies, a few USB thumb drives, Iron Keys or self encrypting external storage drives with key and/or keypad.

500 Internal Server error for a single report in a dashboard

Hi All,
I had an issue with a report in a dashboard i.e.., In a dashboard a report is prepared by using the opaque view. When I ran the report in a dashboard it ran for about 15 to 20 mins and the report is excuted with the data. Now I tried to downlaod the data for that particular report into the excel sheet by using the option Download to Excel. At this stage after 5 mins I am facing the Internal serevr error. But strange behaviour is that it downloads sometimes and sometimes it does'nt. One more important thing is that I tested the query in backend and it took around 6 to 7 mins to fetch the data. The total no of rows for the query is only 166. So can anyone please give me some suggestions or we can have a discussion as this report is behaving strangely. One more thing I forgot to mention is that they used session variables as parameters in the query for two fields which they used in the opaque view to build that report.
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Hi Arun,
where can i check with that whether in DEV/PROD system...?
I don't have access to PROD system and SU01 system too.
Can you please guide me with the steps to get it done.
Please check the below log which is getting displayed for the User, when he is logging in.
Error summary
While processing the current request, an exception occurred which could not be handled by the application or the framework.
If the information contained on this page doesnu2019t help you to find and correct the cause of the problem, please contact your system administrator. To facilitate analysis of the problem, keep a copy of this
Root Cause
The initial exception that caused the request to fail, was:
com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.exceptions.WDRuntimeException: ComponentUsage(FPMConfigurationUsage): Active component must exist when getting interface controller
at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.components.ComponentUsage.ensureActiveComponent(ComponentUsage.java:773)
at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.components.ComponentUsage.getInterfaceControllerInternal(ComponentUSage.java:348)
at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.components.ComponentUsage.getInterfaceController(ComponentUsage.java:335)
at com.sap.pcuigp.xssfpm.wd.wdp.InternalFPMComponent.wdGetFPMConfigurationUsageInterface(InternalFPMComponent.java.245)
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Error while creating presentation variable in Dashboard prompts.

Hi Team
I have been going through the guidelines and procedures to create a presentation variable to use it in the dashboard prompt ( mentioned in the previous blogs ) .I followed the below link :
http://oraclebi.blog.com/example-of-presentation-variable-in-obiee/
I am using the following query :
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SELECT case when 1=0 then "D2 Market"."M04 Region"
else 1
end
FROM "Sample Sales"
UNION ALL
select case when 1=0 then "D2 Market"."M04 Region"
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FROM "Sample Sales"
=========================================================
I just wanted to create 2 dummy choices i.e 1 and 2 .But while soing so I am getting erros in the case statements :
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Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 27005] Unresolved column: "D2 Market"."M04 Region". (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT case when 1=0 then "D2 Market"."M04 Region" else 1 end FROM "Sample Sales" UNION ALL select case when 1=0 then "D2 Market"."M04 Region" else 2 end FROM "Sample Sales"
=========================================================.
Please suggest and let me know if there is any other method to have 2 chioces in drop down i.e 1 and 2 using SQL statements while creating the dashboard prompts.
Thanks

Hi Rachit
You answered my doubt.This one really works . Thanks a lot !
But i have one more doubt i.e if have created the Presentation variable in the dashboard prompt and I want to use it in a report
i.e the scenario is If I have created a new column i.e " Revised Salary " in the Presentation Services and want the values to be entered there dynamically upon end users choice. For ex the end user selecrts value of 1 then the report would display an increament of 500 to all the employees in the " Revised Salary " column and if the end user select value of 2 .. the report would display a decrement of 500 in the " Revised salary column".
I am getting the following error :
========================================================================
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 59001] Binary Logical operation is not permitted on VARBINARY, INTEGER operand(s). (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT "D0 Time"."T05 Per Name Year" saw_0, "D2 Market"."M04 Region" saw_1, "D4 Product"."P01 Product" saw_2, "D1 Customer"."C1 Cust Name" saw_3, "F1 Revenue"."1-01 Revenue (Sum All)" saw_4, CASE WHEN 0='1' then "F1 Revenue"."1-01 Revenue (Sum All)" +500 else "F1 Revenue"."1-01 Revenue (Sum All)" - 500 end saw_5 FROM "Sample Sales" ORDER BY saw_0, saw_1, saw_2, saw_3
========================================================================
Please NOTE : The column on which I want to do an increament is : "F1 Revenue"."1-01 Revenue (Sum All)"
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LO 02010 / LO 26631 error while embedding a crystal report in a Dashboard

Hi Experts,
I am trying to embed a crystal report in a Dashboard Design using LiveOffice 4, and i am getting the below error.
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I am logging in as an administrator and the report does exist in the CMC.
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Hi Amit,
Thanks for replying.
We did a upgrade from BOBJ 3.1 to 4.0 recently, and need to migrate the existing dashboards. DB connections to the reports have changed, hence the need to embed the migrated reports to the dashboard.
Yes, I get this error when i try to embed a crystal report in dashboard. I do get the same error when trying to embed a WEBi report too. As you suggested, i tried inserting a sample crystal report, and that inserts like a charm.
Pls. advice.
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I cant able to create a new Analysis and Dashboard prompt in OBIEE 11g

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i try to create a new Analysis in OBIEE 11g in (brower: ie,Google chrome, Mozila), i got the error "*unterminated string literal*" and "*Exception at function updateSelectionsPanel: unterminated string literal*".
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Conditional show error in dashboard In OBIEE 11g

Hi Gurus,
I I have a dashboard prompt which is a radio button containing Month & Quarter. Also have 2 other prompts like DP_Month which will show months(201301,201302 ...) and DP_quarter which will show(2013Q1,2013Q2..). This 2 prompts will show conditionally based on based on 1st prompt selection(like Month or quarter) which is working properly.
Suppose when I click Month I m getting 2nd month prompt and changed to Quarter and getting Quarter prompt..But when I move to 2nd page Quarter prompt is selected but Month dropdown is showing.
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OBIEE 11g: Dashboard Javascript Issue

Hi Gurus,
We have upgraded obiee from 10g to 11g and finding issues with javascript in a dashboard.
Functionality: There are some custom labels showing prompt values in it with large font. When user change prompt value and Apply, it should change the value of those text as well.
In 10g its running fine, but in 11g its not happening after we change the value of prompts. I found the following Javascript is responsible for this functionality. Even I saw one thread to suggest the exactly same code, but in 10g.
<script type="text/javascript">
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var tdElem= document.getElementsByTagName('td');
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Change Go Button Text on Prompt Only
I need to understand what its actually doing? and Does it really work in 11g? Whats the alternative code?
Thanks in advance.

In 10g these are the html objects, after upgrade you need to know the html objects for that report based on that you need to modify javascript code.
From given code, activity is doing on these objects; You need to find out the equivalent object name for 'GFPSubmit' in 11g.
GFPSubmit
table
td
If make sense mark

Error after creating a new item in 'Case Worker'-- 'Agent Dashboard'-- 'Task Details' screen

In 'Case Worker'-->'Agent Dashboard'--> 'Task Details' screen, I have created a item named 'YEARS' using 'Create Item' in 'Personalize Page' screen. It is not going to tasks page and giving error as "
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException: No entities found, entityMaps not defined for attachment item (YEARS)." How can I remove this field now..

Please see the suggested solutions in the following docs.
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