Row wise init block problem

Hi experts,
We have row wise init block for project1(Connected to db1).
and there are other project2(Connected to DB2) in single rpd.
When db1 is down then we got the error in obiee appication.
Requirement is if db1 is down only project1 should be down not the project2.
is there any suggestion.
Thanks,

Thanks for your help !
I created a session variable UNAME
SELECT 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.USER)' FROM DUAL
Then I created the second variable with row wise init block.
SELECT DISTINCT 'Department', Department_name FROM Department A WHERE A.LOGIN_ID= 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.UNAME)'
in second init block i.e. for department i added the init block(Uname) in execute precedence.
Still I am getting the same issue..any help pls?
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I ahve requirement where i need to pick the department of loged in users in dashboard prompt.
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Thanks for your help !
I created a session variable UNAME
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Then I created the second variable with row wise init block.
SELECT DISTINCT 'Department', Department_name FROM Department A WHERE A.LOGIN_ID= 'VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.UNAME)'
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Still I am getting the same issue..any help pls?
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Edited by: VidyaS on Apr 29, 2013 2:47 PM

This is because the ROLES variable in OBIEE 11g is designed to retrieve the LDAP or DB groups etc.. in form of semicolon delimiters this would be not the same case with other Row Wise init blocks.
Refer to : OBI 11g - LDAP and semicolon-delimited string for Groups [ID 1274964.1]
HTH,
SVS

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http://obiee101.blogspot.com

Using row-wise multi-value GROUP system session variable in report filter

The title says it all except I am using 10g OBIEE.
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866038 wrote:
Errors come from trying things that don't work.
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The question is this:
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866038 wrote:
Errors come from trying things that don't work.
For example, instead of =, using IN VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.GROUP) or @{session.GROUP} or lots of other things.
The question is this:
how can I filter a column in Answers using the GROUP session variable which had been initialized in a row-wise initialization block?
I can find no way to do it. Mostly it returns no rows.Hi,
we had a similar requirement, where we have an external name that has project number values. We used row wise initialization to capture all the projects that a user belongs to. Then, we applied the filters at the RPD level, instead of doing it at the report level. From you requirement I see that you are trying to filter the groups based on user login. When a user logs in, he will see the information about the groups that he only belongs to. Correct me if I am wrong here.
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The reason for use of case statement here is, it converts the logical sql to IN Clause, helping us acheive the exact query that we would want.
Please Award points if this helps.
Thanks,
-Amith.

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