Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Drill downs encapsulated in stand alone pdf file

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
Drill downs encapsulated in stand alone pdf file
 Login/Join
 
Member
posted
Dear all,

I am not sure if this is incredibly easy or a silly idea but I would like to be able to send a pdf file out so that the person recieving it can access the drill downs without having to link back to our webfocus system. I have tried one or two things but so far no luck. Anyone any ideas
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: August 03, 2004Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
It depends on where the linked report are created. If it is in de MRE, if it is a public report, if you need a user ID and a password, if the receiver of the basic report is already logged in.
So the idea is not silly, but the answer is not easy without all the above ifs....




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
Consider the fact that the drill downs will execute another request against your WebFOCUS servers and then answer your own debate Wink.

You are basically asking for the report to be provided at a summary level with the capability of deriving the detail without rerunning any reports (and therefore not accessing your servers), so the answer is (possibly) to use active reports.

Now these are obviously HTML files and not PDF as you request but, without storing all the relevant drill downs version of the reports in a central repository and then referencing them instead of the drill down, you would still need to execute a proc on your server, so PDF is a non starter I think.

Another alternative is to use an Excel template to hold all the data required (extracted by WebFOCUS) and then have a bunch of macros that provide the level of reports upon clicking a button or link.

T

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Tony A,



In FOCUS
since 1986
WebFOCUS Server 8.2.01M, thru 8.2.07 on Windows Svr 2008 R2  
WebFOCUS App Studio 8.2.06 standalone on Windows 10 
 
Posts: 5694 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: April 08, 2004Report This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
Thanks TonyA you have summarised my predicament perfectly. I had a feeling that it would not be possible but thought I would ask. I will have a look at Active Reports and see if that can help.

Many thanks for the responses.
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: August 03, 2004Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Are you licensed for active reports, within some limits, from what I've seen demonstrations of it would give some capabilities. We don't have it though, so not sure on any details.


Leah
 
Posts: 1317 | Location: Council Bluffs, IA | Registered: May 24, 2004Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
And there are some limitation:

Available since 7.1.x
Number of records you can put in one report is(depending on your explorer) limited. (from Microsoft IE with 5.000 to Firefox with 20.000)




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
We are not currently licensed for it so will have some discussions internally about what I am attempting to do before going ahead. Has anyone any other experiences using Active Reports?
 
Posts: 17 | Registered: August 03, 2004Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
Wouldn't "Drill Through" do what you require?

Example from the manual:

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM UNITS DOLLARS 
BY CATEGORY 
BY PRODUCT
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF OPEN
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=DATA, COLUMN=PRODUCT, DRILLTHROUGH=DOWN(CATEGORY PRODUCT), $
ENDSTYLE
END 
-RUN

SET SQUEEZE=ON
TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM UNITS BUDUNITS DOLLARS BUDDOLLARS
BY CATEGORY NOPRINT 
BY PRODUCT NOPRINT
ON CATEGORY PAGE-BREAK
HEADING CENTER
"Category: <CATEGORY"
" " 
ON PRODUCT SUBHEAD
"**** Product: <PRODUCT"
BY REGION 
BY CITY
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF CLOSE
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=SUBHEAD, LINE=1, ITEM=2, DRILLTHROUGH=FIRST(CATEGORY PRODUCT), COLOR=RED, $
ENDSTYLE
END 
-RUN


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
I knew there was a good reason why you have "virtuoso" with your name....

I never tried this, but it looks very simple and easy to build. Thanks for the Example Francis.




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
You're welcome, Master!


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
Posts: 10577 | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Registered: April 27, 2005Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
ohhh
this is a sweet idea!
thanks for finding it francis




In Focus since 1979///7706m/5 ;wintel 2008/64;OAM security; Oracle db, ///MRE/BID
 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Drill downs encapsulated in stand alone pdf file

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders