Using a Simple Parameter Form Portlet with a Report Portlet to Search DB

My organization registers clients for workshops in iLearning.We use iPortal for our web site. I would like to use a Simple Parameter Form Portlet for clients to conduct a search on the data that is in iLearning and have it displayed in a Report Portlet on a separate page. I have been able to bring the iLearning data into the Report Portlet but I have not been successful in setting up the Simple Parameter Form Portlet to do a search on the data and then have it displayed. Any suggestions.

hi,
i just tested this in portal 10.1.4 and it works fine. you can fire an event and pass a parameter from a simple parameter form portlet and consume this page parameter in a portlet builder reports component. there is some documented behavior in bug 3321558 that has to do with personaliziation (customization in older releases). if you enter some personalization the page parameter gets ignored. for more information on this please contact oracle support services.
regards,
christian

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Hello,
<br>
i have a problem with a simple Parameter Form:
I have one page; on this page i have a simple Parameter Form and an OmniPortlet (the pageParameter is 'Field1' and is mapped to both portlets!)
<br>
now my problem: when i type my parameter in the simple param form it is displayed in the url (http://mypage<b>&Field1=10000</b>).<br> the omniportlet displays the right data. all right so far!
<br>
but now i type a new parameter in the simple parameter form and now the url looks like this: http://mypage&Field1=10000<b>&Field1=20000</b><br>The parameter shouldn't be added to the old url, but a new url should be created with <i>one</i> new parameter.
<br>
Where is the problem? i cant find any solution?
<br>
Thanks for your help!

Hi,
There is a step you are missing.
Open the page properties for the page where the Simple Parameter form and the Omniportlet resides.
Go to the Events Tab.
Here you will see "Portlet Events". There will be a list of portlets that are added on this page. Click on the "Simple Parameter Form".
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v_interface VARCHAR2 (50);
v_report_parameter VARCHAR2 (1);
vc_user_name VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_password VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_connect VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_connect VARCHAR2 (300);
v_reportserv VARCHAR2 (30);
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|| '@'
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|| substr(v_rep,v_job_number)
|| '?server='
|| v_reportserv
,'_blank'
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runtime,
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Shellie Bricker

Your code seems to be implementing metalink note 139546.1 - Using Reports parameter forms with RUN_REPORT_OBJECT on the web.
For what I can see, the P_ACTION parameter should end in ?...
i.e.
P_ACTION=http://<hostname.domain:port>/reports/rwservlet?'
set_report_object_property (
repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet?'
);If this does not fix your problem, then to troubleshoot further you would have to post the code in your Before Parameter Form trigger of your report.
Hope this helps,
UPDATE:
If the above does not fix your problem, my guess is that report name is not being generated in the hidden runtime values build by the code in the Before Parameter Form trigger.
i.e.
http://localhost:8889/reports/rwservlet?report=&destype=cache&desformat=PDF
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thanks alot!

Your code seems to be implementing metalink note 139546.1 - Using Reports parameter forms with RUN_REPORT_OBJECT on the web.
For what I can see, the P_ACTION parameter should end in ?...
i.e.
P_ACTION=http://<hostname.domain:port>/reports/rwservlet?'
set_report_object_property (
repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet?'
);If this does not fix your problem, then to troubleshoot further you would have to post the code in your Before Parameter Form trigger of your report.
Hope this helps,
UPDATE:
If the above does not fix your problem, my guess is that report name is not being generated in the hidden runtime values build by the code in the Before Parameter Form trigger.
i.e.
http://localhost:8889/reports/rwservlet?report=&destype=cache&desformat=PDF
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----------HTML Code------------------
<form action="http://pc-oracle1.ri.kfupm.edu.sa/cgi-
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No pal, that's not the problem. The problem lies with the
"BEFORE PARAMETER FORM" report trigger on the web. Check this
out on ur report server and u will understand my problem.
Moiz
Ramonito Te (guest) wrote:
: I think the cause is the missing question mark after
rwcgi60.exe.
: Anyway here is my html file that runs under cgi. Hope this
helps.
: <HTML>
: 
: <FORM METHOD=POST
: ACTION="http://ntserver1/ows-bin/rwcgi60.exe?" METHOD="POST">
: 
: <INPUT name=server type=hidden value="ReportsServer">
: <INPUT name=paramform type=hidden value="yes">
: <CENTER><H1>Set Reports Multi-tier Server Parameters </H1>
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: selected> HTMLCSS <OPTION
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: </CENTER> </FORM> </HTML>
: lue="Run Report!">
: </CENTER> </FORM> </HTML>
: M. Moizuddin (guest) wrote:
: : Hi,
: : I have a report which has got a parameter form. This report
: is
: : running fine in client/server environment. But when I deploy
: the
: : same report on web (CGI) using PARAMFORM=YES, I am getting
the
: : parameter form and after pressing the SUBMIT button I am
: getting
: : a blank report under the following two cases even though I
: have
: : data for that query:
: : CASE1: <input type="hidden" name="desformat" value="html">
: : then I am getting the report with no data retrieved.
: : CASE2: <input type="hidden" name="desformat" value="pdf">
: : then I am getting completely blank report (no logo, no
column
: : titles, etc.)
: : See the HTML code below. Remember, the same thing is running
: : fine in client/server environment. Moreover, if I make a
HTML-
: : coded form for the report then everything on the client's
: : browser is running fine. But this is not what we want, 'coz
we
: : are running the "BEFORE PARAMETER FORM" trigger in the
report.
: : So, should I conclude that web-reports does not work with
the
: : parameter forms?? Is it a bug???
: : Regards
: : Moiz
: : ----------HTML Code------------------
: : <form action="http://pc-oracle1.ri.kfupm.edu.sa/cgi-
: : bin/rwcgi60.exe">
: : Select the Weekend Date for which you would like to see your
: : Timesheet report
: : <input type="hidden" name="server" value="repserver">
: : <input type="hidden" name="report" value="timesheet.rdf">
: : <input type="hidden" name="userid" value="696122/696122@ors">
: : <input type="hidden" name="destype" value="cache">
: : <input type="hidden" name="desformat" value="html">
: : <input type="hidden" name="paramform" value = "yes">
: : <input type="submit" value="Run Report">
: : </p>
: : </form>
: : -------HTML Code END------------------
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