Passing parameters to BI Publisher report via a web service

Question

I have got the application interface to BI Publisher working through the white paper "Integrating Oracle Application Express with BI Publisher". The last bit of trouble I'm having is passing a parameter to my BI Publisher report. I believe this is done in the "download" process where the soap envelope is created, but I'm not sure.
The code in the white paper is:
<parameterNameValues xsi:type="pub:ArrayOfParamNameValue" soapenc:arrayType="pub:ParamNameValue[]"/>
If I have a parameter of "HEADER_ID" with a value of say "5", how do I code this? I have tried the following, but it doesn't work:
<parameterNameValues >
<item>
<name>HEADER_ID</name>
<multiValuesAllowed>false</multiValuesAllowed>
<values>
<item>5</item>
</values>
</item>
Alex.

Answer 1

Hello Alex
This format works for me...
               <parameterNameValues>
                  <item>
                     <name>P_CONTACT_ID</name>
                     <multiValuesAllowed>true</multiValuesAllowed>
                     <values>
                        <item>#P117_CONTACT_ID#</item>
                     </values>
                  </item>
               </parameterNameValues>The only difference I can see is your setting of <multiValuesAllowed>false</multiValuesAllowed>
Aside from that, how is your BIP report configured to receive the parameter?
Kind regards
Simon Gadd