Possible to create presentation objects outside of JDeveloper?

Question

Is it possible to create BI presentation objects (graphs, tables, crosstabs) outside of JDeveloper? I have been searching OTN forums, BI Beans javadoc and the OLAP API guide and have not found whether this is possible. I have seen where you can programatically create BI OLAP objects like queries and calculations, but not if/how you can create presentation objects.
Regards,
Steve Locke

Answer 1

Got it! I was able to extend the "New Presentation" sample to allow users to save their newly-created presentations back to the BI catalog. Here's how:
1) add a menu item for "Save"; add a listener for it
m_mnuSave = new JMenuItem("Save...");
m_mnuSave.setMnemonic('S');
fileMenu.add(m_mnuSave, 4);
m_mnuSave.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
mnuSave_ActionPerformed(e);
2) in mnuNew_ActionPerformed, add code to save the presentation to a module-level variable
Dataview dv = npw.getDataview();
m_objPresentation = npw.getDataview(); // new code
3) write the Save action handler
void mnuSave_ActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String sName = "";
int result = 0;
if (m_objPresentation == null)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "No presentation to be saved");
return;
/* Create InitialPersistenceManager */
InitialPersistenceManager pmRoot = (InitialPersistenceManager)getPersistenceManager();
/* Create PersistenceObjectChooser */
PersistenceObjectChooser dialog = new PersistenceObjectChooser(pmRoot);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
result = dialog.showSaveDialog(frame);
if (result == PersistenceObjectChooser.OK_OPTION)
PersistenceManager pmCurrent = (PersistenceManager)dialog.getCurrentDirectory();
sName = dialog.getSelectedObjectName();
if (sName != null)
try
//if name is not bound, then rebind will bind it
pmCurrent.rebind(sName, m_objPresentation);
catch (Exception ex) {
showExceptionDialog(this, ex);
} // if sName != null
}// if result == OK_OPTION