Refresh Prompt Values

Hi, I'm using Crystal reports XI and when I refresh a report, the system will prompt for new values. If the value is a calendar date and I chose the calendar to pick the date, Windows Vista generates a close error and kicks out of Crystal. If I type the date in without using the calendar, everything is Ok. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Thanks Roger

It might be a possibility that the prompting folder has got corrupted.This is a typical (and known) issue with the date picker(calender) in the parameter window.
if you have some other machine on which CR is installed and this functionality is working fine there,then replace this prompting folder on your machine with the one where its working fine.
Thanks !

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Need to clear last selected prompt values while refreshing webi report

While using ALL within cascading prompts its still showing the last prompt values selected in infoview and not while editing and trying to run webi reports.
Is there any way to clear this?
I have implemented following options to resolve but did not work
1) Delete the .lov files of universe.
2) Delete the contents in data folder by going into storage directory
3) Implemented the non_persistent concept in prompts
Code is as follows for the filter with in universe
@Select(Customised LOV\State) = @Prompt('Select State','A','Customised LOV\State',mono,free,Not_Persistent,,)
or
'ALL' = @Prompt('Select State','A','Customised LOV\State',mono,free,Not_Persistent,,)

Hi,
In Web Intelligence, the Query Filter Condition consists of 3 parts:
- Object on which condition is applied
- Operator (=,<,>,matches pattern, etc)
- Operands (constant, LIst of Values, etc)
You will find a button with a "?" sign which is also called as Prompt properties. When you click on this button, a new window will open and in this you have an option for "Keep last values selected" which is checked by default.
Uncheck this check box --> Click OK. Run the report and save --> Relaunch InfoView to avoid any caching problems.
Hope this works for you
Sheeba

Save Prompt Value on report closing

Hi,
we are facing a problem with some users.
They are not (and must not be) allowed to modify reports in a public folder.
They are only allowed to refresh the reports, updating some prompts value.
We wish to let them save the new inserted prompt's value automatically every time they close the reports.
Is it possible, without giving them the rights for modifying reports and not force them to click on save button?
Thanks in advance.
Lorenzo

A workaround is to grant the users the "Edit objects" right in the public folder the reports reside in but then deny all editor functionalities under Applications->Web Intelligence->Advanced rights. Please keep in mind that this way the users will NOT be able to really edit any web intelligence reports (regardless of the folder the report resides in)
Regards,
Stratos

Passing prompt value to a LiveOffice document

Hi all,
I've SAP BW Query as the data source having two prompts of one which is date, and I built a LiveOffice document connecting a WebI report. The prompt values in LiveOffice document are displayed as for ex : comp code : 2000 [0COMPCODE].[2000] and date as 10/0320 [0CALMONTH].[032010]. In case of Comp code I'm passing only 2000 removing the rest of the text and it works fine, but whereas when I modified date prompt in LO document like Comp code its throwing an error while refreshing.
Getdocument Information Exception (Error WIS : 10901). In details I can see that date is being passed 32010 instead of 032010 even though I tried to change the format of that particular cell.
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Thanks

Hi Fred,
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Setting a Prompt value for KeyDate in WebI on SAP OLAP universe

I have a webi report which has as its dataprovider a query against an SAP olap universe against a BEx query which has the KeyDate parameter exposed.
Iu2019d like to get at this prompt from the SDK.
In infoview if I run the report it pulls up the keydate prompt (a special dialogue which seems to be implemented as part of the connection definition) - this prior to pulling up the full prompts dialogue and showing all universe based @prompt filters. In WebI I can see the prompt value entered using =UserResponse("dp.kd.value") . So it does seem to see the keydate as a prompt of some sorts.
I've got a little jsp that allows me to set prompts very nicely (and packeaged as a jar in the CMC that schedules ok as well) but when I put it against a report with a key date u201Cpromptu201D it just wonu2019t see it. When I call a getCount() as below it returns 0.
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This is all in an attempt to get around the scheduler limitations of key date which would give me two queries, two universes and two reportsu2026 one report for scheduling (using a customer exit to set key date) and a second for user refresh (with a prompted key date) which would all be rather messey to say the least!
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Thanks!
Jeremy.

Hi,
First I think you have to create a support ticket because normally the object in the universe must be generated with data data type nad it is not the case.
We are awere of some limitations with data types.
Secondly, if you want to have users entering date you have to specify date in the prompt data type like this:
<OPTIONAL><FILTER KEY="[PERIOD SD].[DB Full Date].[DB Full Date]"><CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION="Equal"><CONSTANT CAPTION="@Prompt('Enter Date ','D',,mono,free)"></CONSTANT></CONDITION></FILTER></OPTIONAL>
Regards
Didier

Default prompt values in webI report???

I am using BO XI 3.1 on BW universe, I have a prompt A in the prompt window which has many Lov's but user will freequently use only three values out of it.
So I want to make those three values to be default for that promp A when ever the report gets refreshed, so that it will be easy for user not to search in the big list for those 3 values.
Any inputs please.
Thanks,

Hi,
You can make some values as default prompt values by webi report.
1) Open the webi report.
2) Edit the query then go to the prompt
3) Go to the prompt properties checked the chekcbox "Set default values" and type the three values and ok.
So next time user refresh the report all three values come in the filter default.They can remove or add more values in the list.but every time all values come in the filter.
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Amit

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i am trying to refresh a report which has 4 prompts
2 of them are mandatory and 2 of them are optional.
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,"NULL","*"
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First I'd read the ReportEngine SDK Developer Guide.
Then I'd try calling refresh() first, then setting prompts after that.
The refresh method you can interpret as 'reset the document state such that new prompt values may be applied'.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Publication and Prompt values

Hi,
I am on customer site with BOE XI 3.1 FP 1.6. We are creating publications with a WebI source report. The WebI report has a series of prompts. Eg. posting period. The publication is pushed to 2 groups of reciepients. Each group has a different profile value. The WebI report has been last saved with posting period = 5. When I schedule the publication, I change the posting period to 3.
2 instances were generated for the 2 profile values. When I open the 1st instance - it shows me data for posting period 3 - which is correct. However, the 2nd instance shows me data for posting period 3. It seems like the prompt value at the time of scheduling did not get picked up for the 2nd instance.
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Hi Cindy,
We came across the same problem. We have a publication for a certain group, that has to be split on the section (normal publication).
The publication has to run on different times for a different value. Originally the webi report has run for a value product=1, which is selected with a prompt. When we change the prompt value in the publication (product=2) the original value is still selected in the publication or the result set is empty.
We have however discovered that when you first open the Webi report, refresh it with the new prompt value, save the report and then change the prompt in the publication the report is correctly refreshed. This is a workaround we currently use, but it is not very convenient. We are looking for a solution for this problem.
Regards,
Jorn

How to refresh bean value in advanced table from vo/database value in PR.

Hi,
I have requirement in which I have two OAF pages. First is the base page and second is popup page. Base page displays some values in table with messagetextinput. When user clicks button on the base page it is calling popup page. Now user changes value (Messagetextinout) in popup page and submits the popup page (which also closes popup page). Submit request in popup page does some calculation and also changes value of base page VO. But when control goes back to the base page, base page messagetestinput bean does not get changed even though VO is changed by submit request in popup page.
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
On base page, in advance table I am having a column called Value, it is either text field or LOV item based on the value of a list item called field type located in same advanced table, if value of the field type is FIELD we are displaying LOV else we are displaying text box. User can enter 4000 characters long value in Value column when field type value is not FIELD. Length of the Value text box in advanced table is limited so we have provided a link so that user can open the modal dialog box with the default value as base page's value column's value.
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javascript:var a = window.open('OA.jsp?page=/cummins/oracle/apps/perc/perc4681/g2config/webui/perc4681ValueModalDialogPG&retainAM=Y&pDetailSeqNo={@G2DetailSeqNo}','a','height=500,width=900,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no'); a.focus();
We have developed a page for modal dialog box, on PR of this page we are calling following method of AM to populate the default value.
public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
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Serializable[] params;
params = new Serializable[] {pageContext.getParameter("pDetailSeqNo")};
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value.setValue(pageContext,(String)am.invokeMethod("getPopupValue",params));
public String getPopupValue(String pSeqNumber)
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Row[] r1 = vo1.getFilteredRows("G2DetailSeqNo",pSeqNumber);
vo1.setCurrentRow(r1[0]);
Perc4681G2DetailVORowImpl row = (Perc4681G2DetailVORowImpl) vo1.getCurrentRow();
return (String)row.getAttribute("Value");
On modal dialog box we have a button (it is not submit button) called done, we have set destination uri property of the button as below:
javascript:opener.submitForm('DefaultFormName',1,{'XXX':'abc','Value':document.getElementById('value').value});window.close();
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We have called below procedure of AM on PR of base page
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Web Service prompt value

Hi
i creates a web service through rich client BI services
i imported it to Xcelsius
in the input values i have a prompt value which is durected to a specific cell
this cell is updated from an input value or a flash variable or just typing it
the problem is that the web service refreshed on load or activated by a connection button does not take the value for the prompt
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10x

Hello,
We have a known issue with prompts in BI Services XI 3.1 SP2 that prevents input values to be correctly matched with query prompts during BI Service runtime / consumption, when prompt labels (names) include special characters (like spaces, dash, question marks, etc. that are escaped with underscores '_').
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Fix for this issue will be delivered with FP2 (XI 3.1 SP2.2).
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David.

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I have made an universe on top of SAP BW Query.
I have designed webI report on top of that. In that I have "Fiscal Year.Period" as Interval Prompt in WebI not in BW Query and I can't put prompt in BW Query because based on same universe i have other report as well.
I have user cross-tab in Report and in column section I have "Fiscal Year.period".
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Regards,
Rishit

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I have tried and understand your scenario....the data thing it having issue with bo .....but resolved by using this notes......
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Hello,
This issue is caused by having saved prompt value in the analysis.
Check if there is a staticMemberGroup tag present in your analysis XML (edit the analysis and go to Advanced tab to see the XML). Within the staticMemberGroup element will be your saved value.
How to fix this:
Remove the column from the prompt section of the analysis. You can move it to excluded columns or remove it from the report completely. Purpose of this is to get the analysis refreshed so we get new XML without the saved value.
After the analysis is refreshed you can put the column back to the prompts section and save.
Check the XML again and make sure that staticMemberGroup element is not present.
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N

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We are running BO XIr2 SP4 on MS Windows servers, SQL2005 databases, and XP desktops. I am familiar with purging data and clicking the checkbox to purge the last-used prompt values. This works most of the time but for at least one WEBI report I am unable to purge the last-used prompt values. Is there a trick to this, or a "gotcha"?

My issue has to do with the process of purging the data that has been generated by a report and purging the answers to the prompts prior to saving the report. The current version of the report has retained some answers to the prompt that have served as defaults; we want to remove all these defaults. Normally to do so I open the report (which refreshes on open) in the WEBI editor, purge the report data, answer "yes" to the "purge last-used prompt values?" question, and then save the report. For most reports this will "clear" the default prompt values, but for at least one report this does not work and some of the default prompt values are still displayed when the report refreshes on open.

Passing dynamic prompt values.

Hello,
I have around 250 Webi reports that i need to schedule to run on a monthly basis, and using the scheduled month/year as prompt value.
What is the best way i can accomplish this?
If i set an individual report to run recurrently every month, it will always use the prompt's default values or the values i set manually at the CMC, but that doesnt work for me because i need the prompts to be different each time they run..
I cant use the magic date solution because 99% of the reports use UserResponse() for year and month on table headers and similar.
Is this possible with coding? Can i code a script and schedule it to run every month, that will run through my list of reports to pass them the correct prompt and refresh them?
What is the recommended way to achieve something like this?
I already have a VB script that schedules an individual report to run immediatly, but i cant pass the prompts..
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Hi Oscar,
I have attached a JSP file (renamed to .txt) with the code i used to fill the prompts dynamically with date variables (year, month, full date, etc).
You will need some libs. You should copy another web application deployed on the bo server tomcat and use that folder or read the SDK manual for the exact necessary libs - sorry, I have read this list somewhere but i cant remember where.
This code is not exactly great, far from it, but it has some comments and should give you a helpful start. I wish I had this when i needed it.
You need to know a bit of java to understand it.
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Cheers, and good luck.
Fernando

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I've one report(XML Publisher) which prints various data from PS_JOB,PS_PERSONAL_DATA and some other Performance tables.
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The base query view i created has all the information of all active employees from all Business Unit. Now when i select when employee from prompt table the output values for that particular employee and is ok. But when i don't select anything(no table edit), it is not showing the output of my subordinates but for all the employee. That is Right because i've base report view is for all employees.
Is there any way that if i dont select anything from prompt values i'll get only output of my subordinates only?
Regards!

Thanks. I did try that before but the view didn't build but i don't how today the view built successfully.
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FROM PS_PERSONAL_DATA A,
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                                    AND B.EMPLID = A.EMPLID
                                    AND B.EFFDT =
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                                          WHERE CA.EMPLID = B.EMPLID
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                   AND A.EFFDT = (SELECT MAX(B.EFFDT)
                                    FROM PS_NAMES B
                                   WHERE B.EMPLID = A.EMPLID
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ORDER BY A.emplid Regards!

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