Referencing session variables in customMessages

Can someone assist me with referencing session variables in a customMessage? For example, they following customMessage from productMessages.xml does not appear to work:
<WebMessage name="kmsgProductPortal"><TEXT>Customer Dashboards - @{biServer.variables['NQ_SESSION.variable1']} </TEXT></WebMessage>
Any help is appreciated.

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Possible to reference a session variable in customMessages.xml?

In customMessages.xml, I put in this code:

<WebMessage name="kmsgChangePasswordLink">
<HTML>
<a href="http://www.somelink.com?someThingToPass=BISessionVariable">Change Password</a>
</HTML>
</WebMessage>Is there a way to reference a BI session variable within customMessages.xml somehow?

John,
You make a good point. So I can't do this in customMessages.xml... can I make a change somewhere else that would accomplish this? Basically I want to be able to bring in the content of a session variable into the 'My Account' page. Does anyone know if this can be done?

Session variable in the title

I want to add my session variable in the title.
I used the following:
@{biServer.variables['NQ_SESSION.myvariable']}
and I got the default session variable value and not the current one.
I know about the way to add column and use it in narrative text, but I want it in the title.
Can someone please assist?

Look into these http://obiee101.blogspot.com/2008/02/obiee-adding-session-variables-to.html
http://obiee101.blogspot.com/2007/12/obiee-referencing-session-variables-in.html
Display Session Variable in Title View
hope answered.
Cheers,
KK

Can I set a Session Variable from a Dashboard Prompt, using values that are

Hi All
Trying to set a Session Variable to an integer value, by letting users select a text value from the drop-down list on a Dashboard Prompt. The goal is to set the input parameter to the IndexCol function, but to provide the end users with a text description of what they are setting.
Select Value Set Variable Value
My 0
My Team 1
My Companies 2
My Teams Companies 3
Any suggestions on how to accomplish this? Certainly we could populate the drop-down from a data source, however I don't see how to populate a variable with something other than the values on the screen.
The IndexCol function is referenced in a Filter in Answers, and I'm thinking to populate a Session variable using the (Presentation) variable value set from the prompt. But how to do this? I see a reference to a function NQSSetSessionValue(), but cannot find documentation on how it works.
Any clue will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi kishore..
Looks like the link u have sent uses advanced SQL tab to set session variables. I want to know if I can use "set variable NQ_SESSION.myvar= @something" in the "SQL results" -while creating a dashboard prompt-.
Purpose: I want the session variable to be set based on whatever report that im currently in.
And i dont want to use presentation variables because im using a reset button in my page.
My reset script resets presentation variables and NOT session variables.
Thanks in advance
Loy

Alternate method to writing filter for recordset using session variable

I'm not sure if this can be done. I have a user page which I'd like to return database info based upon a userid entered on another page. So far, the session variable (userid) is captured on the user page however it is supposed to return the user's name rather than displaying the session variable.
My problem is this. Within dreamweaver, I am able to create recordsets however I cannot create a filter. The connection works. At this point, I am searching for a workaround where I can tie in the session variable to recordsets. I should make mention that whenever I update the sql statement using the recordset widget, my recordset disappears. ? At any rate, heres a sample of the code sans connection strings, etc.
<%
Dim Recordset1
Dim Recordset1_cmd
Dim Recordset1_numRows
Set Recordset1_cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command")
Recordset1_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_newuniversity1_STRING
Recordset1_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT name FROM table WHERE userid = '" & Session("userid_my") & "'"
Recordset1_cmd.Prepared = true
Set Recordset1 = Recordset1_cmd.Execute
Recordset1_numRows = 0
%>
On the user page, I have a 'Welcome' and the following code
{Request.userid_my}
Any suggestions? I'm afraid I'm a newbie to asp within dreamweaver cs3.

>When I insert request.userid_my code it returns the session variable
AFAIK, session variables are not part of the request object - so I do not understand why you are referencing them this way. I would use the standard reference method : Welcome <%Response.Write(Session("username"))%>
>when I insert the recordset associated with 'name' I get an Adobe End of file error. ?
Sounds like a possible problem with your installation. You may need to try reinstalling DW. How are you "inserting" this recordset and when does the error occur?
Regarding your next post...
>select name from table_name where userid = '" & namemy & "'"
>The statement consistently returns a 'quoted string not properly terminated' error.....
The select statement you quoted is obviously not complete. If you are refering to the select in your OP:
Recordset1_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT name FROM table WHERE userid = '" & Session("userid_my") & "'"
I see nothing wrong with that syntax and the string appears to be terminated correctly. If there is a different statement causing the error, please post the entire line and include a line above and below.

System session variable USER

Hi,
i have setup-ed the action links and used the USER variable for the EBS secuirty context init block as this
EBS_RESP_ID
EBS_RESP_APPL_ID
EBS_SEC_GROUP_ID
EBS_RESP_NAME
EBS_USER_ID
EBS_EMPLOYEE_ID
USER
Now for the sso configuration in the RPD i need to use the USER variable again as per the document (section A.1.1 )http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/bi.1111/e10543/legacy.htm#BABFJEJF
"To set up LDAP authentication:
Create an LDAP Server as follows:
Select Manage then Identity in the Oracle BI Administration Tool to launch the Security Manager.
Select Directory Servers from the left pane in Security Manager.
Right-click in the right pane in Security Manager and select New LDAP Server. The LDAP Server dialog is displayed.
Create the LDAP server by completing the fields.
Create an LDAP initialization block and associate it with an LDAP server. For more information. see "Creating Initialization Blocks" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builder's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
Define a system variable named *USER* and map the USER variable to an LDAP attribute (uid or sAMAccountName)."
So how can i use the same user variable and assign it to LDAP init block as well the EBS security context init block.
can you provide your valuable inputs here.

Referencing GROUP session variable in initialization blocks for different types of authentication
http://108obiee.blogspot.com/2009/10/referencing-group-session-variable-in.html
Users are assigned to multiple groups from external table with semicolons, see example two and three from the post.
Regards
Goran
http://108obiee.blogspot.com

Session variable reference in report title.

Can someone suggest me a answer for my problem?
I want to display the report title by with the logged in username. So, I've created a report and in the 'Edit View' of 'Title'view of that report, i just placed '@{NQ_SESSION.user}' in the Sub title section. But instead of displaying user name in the report subtitle, i have it displayed '@{NQ_SESSION.user}'. Can someone tell me where am doing wrong?

I Apologize stijn. I should have done that!! Will do it from next time.
The thread you referenced have 2 ways:
1.@{biServer.variables}
2.@{session.serverVariables}
I have tried with both like @{biserver.user} and @{session.user} placing them inthe report title view. These 2 doesnt work and giving me the same old result- displaying the same code!! :(
Am i doing any wrong here in referencing the variables??
Daan,
I followed the John's like and it was not helpful either!! :(
Actually, John was referencing it through column and later hiding that column. Am not sure which column to select here. So, i took one column and applied the formula and hide that column. But, its throwing error saying that the valueof{session.user} doesnt exist!!
Since am new to this technology, can you guys guide me?

J2EE session variables & Non Random Session IDs

Our server keeps failing our PCI compliance test due to the Session ID's being non random.
Description: Web Server Uses Non Random Session IDs Synopsis: The remote web server generates predictable session IDs. Impact: The remote web server generates a session ID for each connection. A session ID is typically used to keep track of the actions of a user while he visits a web site. The remote server generates non-random session IDs. An attacker might use this flaw to guess the session IDs of other users and therefore steal their session. See also : http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/cookies/seq_sessionid.html Data Received: Sending several requests gives us the following session IDs : CFID=896744 CFID=896745 CFID=896746 CFID=896747 CFID=896748 Resolution: Configure the remote site and CGIs so as to use random session IDs. Risk Factor: Medium/ CVSS2 Base Score: 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
We are using J2EE session variables which I though was the more secure option. Is there something else you have to do to guarentee that the Session ID's are non random or is this the Compliance test picking up on a false positive?
P.S. It's a recent migration to CF10, don't know if that has anything to do with it.

Personally, I use the client scope instead of the session scope so that I don't have to worry about sticky sessions. That has always worked out nicely for me.
I read that article you referenced, and it's got some interesting stuff. In particular, I have seen the client scope database tables not purge as they're supposed to. And the stuff about preparing, executing, and then unpreparing SQL statements on each request is alarming, if true.
However, I have to say that I have never, ever, ever, ever had performance issues due to client variables. Not once. Whatever performance hit my application may incur from using client variables has, to this point, been completely dwarfed by the performance of the application itself. And, c'mon, the stuff about being lazy because you don't want to spend precious engineering time worrying about something like session management (which is never going to add value to your product) rather than coding something actually useful to your end users...that seems overly harsh to me.
I completely agree that storing client vars in the Windows Registry is bananas, as is the defualt 90 day purge limit (though as of CF 9.0.whatever, the default is 1 day, 7 hours, so clearly they've made some changes since this article was written). But I'm loathe to throw away client-based management.
I think, getting back to the issue at hand, that this may be a false positive. CFID is sequential, but CFTOKEN is not; that should really be the end of the story. I'll see if McAfee will listen. (-;

Form session variable

I have a form that covers 5 pages and I pass the form
variables from one page to another until it gets to page 5 where
all form variables are submitted to action page.
If someone quits or stops during one of the pages is there
anyway to store their inputs so when they come back about 1 to 10
hours later it will show their past inputs and they can continue
on? I cant use any logins because the user is suppose to be
anonymous.
Iam not sure if I use a client session or what and how does
that work??
Please advise as I am not sure what I am doing is in the
right direction.

well, the code looks syntactically correct. altho this:
<cfset session.SessionCity = #city#>
is of concern, since i don't know what scope 'city' exists
in. if you're referencing form.city, you should scope it as
such...and also check that it exists (unless you're doing a
<cfparam> on the page outside of the code snippet you posted.
Also, you'll need to ensure that your session variables are
set to persist for a couple of hours. i believe that by default,
they persist for 20 minutes. this can be done in the cf admin
(globally) or in your <cfapplication> tag (unless you're
using Application.cfc in which case it could be set there
directly).

Load more than one user groups to system session variable GROUP from table

hi, I found that the value of the system session variable GROUP can be assigned by setting a sql in initialization blocks.
however, if there are some users with more than one user group.
can this be done by table driven (using sql in initialization blocks) ?
thanks !!

Referencing GROUP session variable in initialization blocks for different types of authentication
http://108obiee.blogspot.com/2009/10/referencing-group-session-variable-in.html
Users are assigned to multiple groups from external table with semicolons, see example two and three from the post.
Regards
Goran
http://108obiee.blogspot.com

To pass new session variable value to stored proc before running a report.

Hi,
Below is summary of the report requirement -
Database level design
1. Created a view and a global temporary table (GTT)
2. Created an Oracle package procedure to accept from and to business dates on basis of which it will fetch, process and populate the GTT.
Repository level design
1. Created a business model containing the view and the GTT (mentioned above)
2. Created two SESSION variables "from_dt" and "to_dt" to be initialized by their respective init blocks. Each of the variable is initialized with a DATE column value (of type DATETIME) from a database lookup table. I have also set the option "Enable that variable to be set by any user" for both variables.
Query for these variables :
from_dt = select from_date from <table>
to_dt = select add_months(from_date,12) from <table>
Presentation level design
1. Using a text box, i display the default/initialized values of these variables like this -
Current business date:@{biServer.variables['NQ_SESSION.from_dt']} Future business dt:@{biServer.variables['NQ_SESSION.to_dt']}
Dates get displayed in YYYY-MM-DD 00:00:00 format
The text msg displays these default dates and allows the user to specift different date range for which i create prompts as shown below.
2. Using any random two columns of date type from the business model, i create two date dashboard prompts with labels "From Dt" and "To Dt".
i select Calender Controls for both; setting Default To = Report Defaults.
The Set Variable is set to Presentation variables - such that pv_from_dt maps to "From Dt" and pv_to_dt maps to "To Dt".
3. i create the report using the business model created above. In the report "Advanced Tab" => "Prefix" field i specify the following -
SET VARIABLE from_dt='@{pv_from_dt}',to_dt='@{pv_to_dt}';
Note : The logic here is to display the default dates and allow user to specify different date values which will be stored in presentation variables.
If the user does specify different "from dt" and "to dt" values, then using the presentation variables, i want to "write" back these new values to the corresponding session variables mentioned above.
If the user does not specify different date range, then the default/initialized dates must be considered.
I also display the default and new date values in the report title.
Back to Repository level design
To execute the stored procedure that will load the GTT before running the report I need to pass two date parameters to the stored procedure on basis of which it will fetch data, process and populate the GTT.
In the Connection Pool --> Connection Script Tab --> Execute before query, I wrote the below query using the repository variables FROM_DT and TO_DT to execute the procedure -
DECLARE
v_from_dt date;
v_to_dt date;
BEGIN
v_from_dt := VALUEOF(From_Dt);
v_to_dt := VALUEOF(To_Dt);
package_name1.package_body(v_from_dt,v_to_dt);
END;
Now when i try to run the report i get the following error :
[nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 23006] The session variable, NQ_SESSION.to_dt, has no value definition. (HY000)..
Need help on this.
Is it possible to "write back" a new value to a session variable ?
Any other alternatives.
Thanks
Nusrat
Edited by: user10309945 on Jan 24, 2011 10:08 PM

Sandeep, I found a several topics where users describe saving values in DB through stored procedure or function. For example, [How to store OBIEE presentation level variable values in DB |http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=892006] I tried it and get an error
*10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 17001] Oracle Error code: 14551, message: ORA-14551: cannot perform a DML operation inside a query ORA-06512*
It's not a BI error. This error are generated by Oracle DB. If I write next:
SELECT MyPLSQLFunction(p1,p2) FROM DUAL
I get the same error.
Oracle doesn't allow DML operations in SELECT.
Did you relalize this feature yourself? Where did I mistake?

Session variable size limitation (LV Webservices)

Hi community,
I read couple dozen email addresses from an XML and trying to write them into a session variable. The email addresses are comma separated and have a total string length of about 1100 characters. When I try to write it into a session variable LabVIEW drops an error message (-67158).
It is very clearly related to the size of the string as if use lets say only 200 characters I dont receive the error message.
How can I get rid of this limitation?
Thanks!

I am writing a general purpose webpage where I need email notifications. I have the workaround ready (before I send out the emails I dont read the emails from a session, but using the userID stored in the session to read the email from the xml). But generally having this limitation is annoying and unnecessary as normally you easily can store 100kB in one session. (probably even more, but that was the max I have ever did)

Trying to move a list of form variables to session variables of the same name

I am trying to move a list of form variables to session variables of the same name and I am having a lot of trouble.
I have never had to post of this forum with a language question in all the 10 years I have been using ColdFusion. I was a qa Engineer @ Allaire/Macromedia back when it was going from one to the other. I have a pretty good grasp of the language.
I have software that runs off a list. The fieldnames are variable and stored off in an array. It's survey software that runs off a "meta file". In this example; I have the number of fields in the survey set to 12 in the "metafile". I have each field declared in that file in array Session.SurveyField[1] and the above loop works fine. I include this "metafile" at the start of the process.
I cfloop around a struct and it works wherever I have needed to use it; such as here - writing to the database for example;
<CFQUERY NAME="InsertRec" DATASOURCE="Survey">
INSERT into #variables.SurveyTableName#
(EntryTime
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
,#Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]#
</cfloop>

   VALUES
    ('#EntryTime#'
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
<cfset thisname = "Session." & Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
,'#evaluate(variables.thisname)#'
</cfloop>

</CFQUERY>
NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM: I am running into trouble when trying to move the form variables to session variables of the same name. It is the only part of the software that I still need the datanames hard coded and that is a roadblock for me.
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
<cfset thissessionfield = "Session." & Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
<cfset thisformfield = "Form." & Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
<cfset #thissessionfield# = #evaluate(thisformfield)#>
</cfloop>
I have tried it with or without the "evaluate"; same result. It doesn't give an error; it just ignores them (session variables look as such in the next page in the chain)
q01_name=
q02_acadtechorna=
q03_water=
q04_firstaid=
q05_cpr=
q06_lifeguard=
q07_aed=
q08_projadv=
q09_color=
q10_santaclaus=
q11_supervisor=
q12_supervisoropinion=
Note: they exist because I CFPARAM them in a loop like the above at the start of the procedure) - and this works just fine!
<cflock scope="Session" type="EXCLUSIVE" timeout="30">
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
<cfset dataname = "Session." & Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
<cfparam name="#variables.dataname#" default="">
</cfloop>
</cflock>
I EVEN tried exploiting the Form.Fieldnames list using CFLoop over the list and the same sort of logic within and it still gives me nothing....
Here's the FORM.FIELDNAMES value
"Q01_NAME,Q02_ACADTECHORNA,Q03_WATER,Q04_FIRSTAID,Q05_CPR,Q06_LIFEGUARD,Q07_AED,Q08_PROJAD V,Q09_COLOR,
Q10_SANTACLAUS,Q11_SUPERVISOR,Q12_SUPERVISOROPINION"
Here's the logic; SAME RESULT - The session variables don't get set.
<cfoutput>
<cfloop list="#Form.FieldNames#" index="thisfield">

<cfscript>
thisSESSIONfield = "Session." & thisfield;
thisFORMfield = "Form." & thisfield;
#thisSESSIONfield# = #thisFORMfield#;
</cfscript>
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>
The CFPARAM in a loop with variable output name works just fine; so does the post (which I included above) as does the SQL Create, Param Form Variables, Param Session Variables, etc.
THIS even works for moving BLANK to each session variable, to zero them all out at the end of the process;
<cflock scope="Session" type="EXCLUSIVE" timeout="30">
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
<cfset thislocalfield = Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
<cfscript>
thissessionfield = "Session." & thislocalfield;
</cfscript>
<cfset #thissessionfield# = "">
</cfloop>
</cflock>
Expanding on that code, you would think this would work, but it doesn't;
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
<cfset thislocalfield = Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]>
<cfscript>
thissessionfield = "Session." & thislocalfield;
thisformfield = "Form." & thislocalfield;
</cfscript>


<cfoutput>
<cfset #thissessionfield# = "#evaluate(thisformfield)#">
</cfoutput>
</cfloop>
And see that debug code in the middle? To add insult to injury... When I uncomment that it shows me this. So it certainly looks like this should work....
Session.q01_name = "Me"
Session.q02_AcadTechORNA = "N/A"
Session.q03_Water = "Yes (certificate expired)"
Session.q04_FirstAid = "Yes (certificate is current)"
Session.q05_CPR = "No"
Session.q06_LifeGuard = "Yes (certificate expired)"
Session.q07_AED = "Yes (certificate expired)"
Session.q08_ProjAdv = "Yes (certificate expired)"
Session.q09_Color = "Gray"
Session.q10_SantaClaus = "Yes"
Session.q11_Supervisor = "Da Boss"
Session.q12_SupervisorOpinion = "Not a bad thing"
There must be some simpler way to do this. This way won't work against all odds even though it seems so much like it should.
So I end up having to hardcode it; still looking for an automated way to set these #@%$*@!## session variables over the list from the form variables of the same @#@!$#%$%# name. Do I sound frustrated???
No matter what I do, if I don't HARDCODE like this;
<cfset Session.q01_name = Form.q01_name>
<cfset Session.q02_AcadTechORNA = Form.q02_AcadTechORNA>
<cfset Session.q03_Water = Form.q03_Water>
<cfset Session.q04_FirstAid = Form.q04_FirstAid>
<cfset Session.q05_CPR = Form.q05_CPR>
<cfset Session.q06_LifeGuard = Form.q06_LifeGuard>
<cfset Session.q07_AED = Form.q07_AED>
<cfset Session.q08_ProjAdv = Form.q08_ProjAdv>
<cfset Session.q09_Color = Form.q09_Color>
<cfset Session.q10_SantaClaus = Form.q10_SantaClaus>
<cfset Session.q11_Supervisor = Form.q11_Supervisor>
<cfset Session.q12_SupervisorOpinion = Form.q12_SupervisorOpinion>
I always get this from my next page because the session variables are empty;
You must answer question 1.
You must answer question 2.
You must answer question 3.
You must answer question 4.
You must answer question 5.
You must answer question 6.
You must answer question 7.
You must answer question 8.
You must answer question 9.
You must answer question 10.
I tried duplicate as well, but I can not get the above to work...
Can anyone help me do this thing that one would think is simple????

I think if you use structure array syntax you should get the results you want.
<cfloop from="1" to="#Session.NumberOfSurveyFields#" index="arrayindex">
      <cfset session[Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]] = Form[Session.SurveyField[arrayindex]]>
</cfloop>
Or probably even easier.
<cfset session = duplicate(form)>

Can we use session variables in BI publisher's Data Model SQL Query?

Hi Experts,
We need to implement Data level security in BI Publisher 11g.
In OBIEE we do so by using session variables, so just wanted to ask if we can use the same session variables in BI Publisher as well
ie can we include the where clause in the Data Models SQL Query like
Where ORG_ID = @{biServer.variables['NQ_SESSION.INV_ORG']}
Let me know your views on this.
PS: We are implementing EBS r12 security in BI Publisher.
Thanks

Read this -> OBIEE 11g: Error: "[nQSError: 23006] The session variable, NQ_SESSION.LAN_INT, has no value definition." when Creating a SQL Query using the session variable NQ_SESSION.LAN_INT in BI Publisher [ID 1511676.1]
Follow the ER - BUG:13607750 - NEED TO BE ABLE TO SET A SESSION VARIABLE IN OBIEE AND USE IT IN BI PUBLISHER
HTH,
SVS

Compare data record to session variable

I am completely stumped. It should be easy.
I am trying to compare a field from a database to a sesssion variable on a JSP page and even though the fields print out the same when I call them in JSP, my "If" statement never gets activated.
Here's the last version of the code I tried:
String usernamev = UserSession.getValue("username").toString();
String custname = RS.getString("ORCUST");
if (usernamev.equals(custname))
userrole="Customer ";
I've also tried this:
String usernamev = UserSession.getValue("username").toString();
String custname = RS.getString("ORCUST").toString;
if (usernamev.equals(custname))
userrole="Customer ";
And I've also tried this:
if (RS.getString("ORCUST").equals(usernamev))
userrole= "Customer ";
And This:
And I've also tried this:
if (usernamev.equals(RS.getString("ORCUST")))
userrole= "Customer ";
When RILLI is the field I'm trying to compare this works:
if (usernamev.equals("RILLI"))
userrole= "Customer ";
Somehow my data type must be wrong but I can't figure out why. When I print out
<%=usernamev%>
and <%=RS.getString("ORCUST")%>
they show on my webpage as RILLI. I can also assign a constant value to userrole without a problem.
What the heck am I doing wrong?

I think limeybrit was on the right track and I hadn't trimmed because I got a no trim method error before because I hadn't converted session variable to a string.
When I used this:
String usernamev = UserSession.getValue("username").toString();
usernamev = usernamev.trim();
String custname = RS.getString("ORCUST").trim();
I think its working now. Thanks for help all.

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