Webi document prompts order from Java SDK does not refresh correctly?

Question

Hi
I'm developping a standalone command-line Java program which will schedule a report with custom prompt values.
I am having a problem with Webi prompts ordering acquired from the SDK.
We are running BO XI R2 SP4 under Windows on Tomcat servers.
Here is the problem:
I have a Webi report called "Articles Racines" in a "Tests SDK" directory.
This report uses two prompts named "Type Article :" and "Code Marque :" (in this order).
Java SDK (code below) returns the right prompts in the right order.
Now, in Infoview, I modify the report in order to change the order of the prompts (in the "Properties" tab) making "Code Marque :" the first and "Type Article :" the second one and save the changes.
When I run the report, prompt order has changed but the prompts retrieved from the Java SDK are still in the old order.
I noticed that if I update the name of both prompts, the prompts retrieved from the SDK now are in the right order (with the updated names).
Am I doing something wrong? Is it a known issue?
Thanks in advance.
Guillaume
PS : I am aware that "select *" are very bad but I am still in research stage of developpment.
TestsScheduler.java:
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import com.businessobjects.sdk.plugin.desktop.webi.IWebi;
import com.businessobjects.sdk.plugin.desktop.webi.IWebiPrompt;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.exception.SDKException;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.framework.CrystalEnterprise;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.framework.IEnterpriseSession;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.framework.ISessionMgr;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.infostore.IInfoObject;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.infostore.IInfoObjects;
import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.infostore.IInfoStore;
public class TestsScheduler {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          String cms = "XXX";
          String username = "XXX";
          String password = "XXX";
          String authentification = "secEnterprise";
          String reportPath = "/Tests SDK/Liste des racines";
          try {
               ISessionMgr sessionManager = CrystalEnterprise.getSessionMgr();
               IInfoObjects objects;
               // Connexion
               System.out.println("Connexion à "+ username +"@"+ cms +" ("+ authentification +") en cours...");
               IEnterpriseSession session = sessionManager.logon(username, password, cms, authentification);
               System.out.println("Connecté à "+ session.getCMSName());
               // Récupération de l'infoStore
               IInfoStore infoStore = (IInfoStore) session.getService("InfoStore");
               // Récupération des informations d'un report
               StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(reportPath, "/");
               int reportID = 0; // Le dossier "Dossiers Publics" est la racine (/)
               IInfoObjects infoObjects;
               IInfoObject infoObject;
               do {
                    String token = st.nextToken();
                    System.out.println("Recherche de l'objet '"+ token +"' en cours...");
                    infoObjects = infoStore.query("select * from CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_NAME = '"+ token +"' and SI_PARENTID = '"+ reportID +"'");
                    if(infoObjects.size() != 1) {
                         throw new Error("Le dossier SI_ID='"+ reportID +"' possède "+ infoObjects.size() + " fils nommés '"+ token +"'.");
                    infoObject = (IInfoObject) infoObjects.get(0);
                    reportID = infoObject.getID();
                    System.out.println("Trouvé l'objet SI_ID='"+ reportID +"' nommé '"+ infoObject.getTitle() +"'.");
               } while(st.hasMoreTokens());
               if(infoObject instanceof IWebi) {
                    IWebi webi = (IWebi) infoObject;
                    List prompts = webi.getPrompts();
                    System.out.println("Le rapport Webi possède "+ prompts.size() +" invite(s).");
                    for(Iterator itPrompts = prompts.iterator(); itPrompts.hasNext();) {
                         IWebiPrompt prompt = (IWebiPrompt) itPrompts.next();
                         List values = prompt.getValues();
                         System.out.println("     L'invite '"+ prompt.getName() +"' possède "+ values.size() +"' valeur(s).");
                         for(Iterator itValues = values.iterator(); itValues.hasNext();) {
                              Object value = itValues.next();
                              System.out.println("          Valeur='"+ value +"'.");
               // Déconnexion
               System.out.println("Déconnexion en cours...");
               session.logoff();
               System.out.println("Déconnecté");
          } catch(SDKException e) {
               throw new Error("Erreur lors de la connexion : "+ e.getMessage());
Edited by: Guillaume L on Dec 10, 2008 3:22 PM

Answer 1

Here's the reason why:
Web Intelligence document prompting is handled properly if you open the doc using the ReportEngine Java (REBean) SDK.
When you set prompts and schedule, you'd first open the doc using REBean, set the prompts, then copy over the prompt values you've set to the IWebi you're scheduling using the PromptsUtil.populateWebiPrompts(...,...) helper method.
So the InfoObject IWebi doesn't know about the actual ordering of the prompts in the document itself - it's just receiving the prompts in order as it's fed from PromptsUtil.
It's not recommended to assume that the IWebi.getPrompts() will return a non-empty collection.  The Web Intellligence document must be first opened in ReportEngine and the prompting values set using PromptsUtil to fill the collection.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda