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MeM
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Hi,

Is it possible to add same fex file to different panels just by mentioning different values in the where clause of the fex file?

Thank you.

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MeM,

What are you referring to? The BI Portal designer? Strictly a procedure? The HTML Canvas/Composer tool?


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I'm trying to load a procedure to the different panels in HTML page. In the procedure, I'm using where clause with different values using the parameter.


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So, I'm guessing you're referring to the HTML Canvas tool. If I'm understanding you right, you want the same report to load in different panels but based on what the value is of a specific parameter value passed to these reports, a certain subset of data is loaded for each.

If you want this type of scenario for your page, why not just hardcode the different values? Is there many possible values? Or just a few? Will the user be selecting only one value for this parameter at a time? Or do you want the value to have the capacity to be selected many times in parallel before runtime for many different panels?


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I can hardcode the values in the where clause and create the copies of the procedure with different values in the where clause of each procedure.

But we don't want to hard code the value and create the copies of the procedure. We want just one copy of procedure and the where clause should contain the values according to panel number


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What we've done to accomplish this for one of our HTML pages was have a specific report we wanted to run in a panel, and instead of having the parameter being passed to the actual fex for the report, we placed a "controller" fex in its place in the panel. The parameter gets passed to the controller fex that has some logic that says based on the parameter value, run this report with value A vs value B. That way we retain one report fex, but can run either it or even other fexes in the specific panel based on what's passed to it. Does that help for an idea?


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Thank you.. Can you please give me an example how this can be done?


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Example:

We have a radio button group in our form. Based on what the user selects there, a value for &FOURWKRPT is passed along with all the other values that are required. Based on what the value is for that parameter, a particular fex is ran, as shown:

-* Controller procedure to determine whether to run the 4 wk rollup report by cashier or by store based on the value passed
-* for &FOURWKRPT (C or S).

-* Other parameter defaults were here...

-DEFAULT &FOURWKRPT = 'C';

-IF &FOURWKRPT EQ 'C' THEN GOTO CashierRpt ELSE IF &FOURWKRPT EQ 'S' THEN GOTO StoreRpt;

-CashierRpt

-INCLUDE IBFS:/WFC/Repository/contentFolder/restOfPath/Cashier_4wk_Summary.fex

-IF &FOURWKRPT EQ 'C' THEN GOTO EndOfProc;

-StoreRpt

-INCLUDE IBFS:/WFC/Repository/contentFolder/restOfPath/Store_4wk_Summary.fex

-EndOfProc


The reports could be totally different yet related, or even visualizations such as charts, etc. The sky's the limit.


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Thank you..


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