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julie
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I know this is kind of a loaded subject, but we are running WebFocus out of an open source portal (Liferay) through XML converted format from HTML reports. The fexes are intact, save the statement that writes them in XML instead of HTML.

I have several drill down reports and when you save to Excel, you are saving to someplace on a server or hard drive. We are not saving to the WebFocus server nor will we allow users to do that.

As I have read, everybody is aware that you have to put an .xls extension on to the WF.....report that is output in order to get it to come up in Excel.

After you call it up in Excel, the drills don't work. This is because the connection to the server has been broken.

Anybody know a way around all of this?

Thanks,
Julie

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WebFOCUS 7.6
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GinnyJakes
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Look up FOCEXURL. There was a recent post on this issue. The problem is that once saved on a hard drive, the Excel document is not connected to a web server and the drill relative addresses won't work.

Putting FOCEXURL in the focexec will remedy the problem.

I leave it to you to look up the syntax. Wink


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I found this syntax. However, I neglected to state that I have 3 choices: HTML (which is really XML, but is not being stated that way to bow to users' knowledge), PDF, and Excel.

The set you want is this one:
SET FOCEXURL=servername/ibi_apps/WFServlet


Where do I put this in the code in order to have all work?

Thanks for your help,
Julie


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In the focexec that creates the file or a profile.

You'll be able to see whether the links are correct by hovering over them.


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Will this cover PDF as well?

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Yes.


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I got the url drill down to work in the fex but want to parameterize the SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT. I tried adding them to edaserve.cfg and edasprof.prf , but the variables were not available in the fex.
What's the magic trick? Do I need to use include another fex which keep those variables?
Thanks
Eric
 
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Found the answer here.
setting variables for a fex


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