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getit
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Hi,
Is there a way to put a custom message on the Dashboard Banner that reads the message from a webfocus table.
Right now I have the following code in banner.html template. However I would like the message (Todays Message!)to be able to be read from a focus file.


	< !--$Revision: 1.6 $:-->
< !--  logoCellWidth = 200 logoCellHeight = 80 -->

<html>
<head>
<title>WebFOCUS Operational Management Portal</title>
<script language="javascript" src="worp_banner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY style="OVERFLOW: auto" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 onunload=java_script:closeAllWindows[) MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0">
<TABLE  WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR height="25" class="bg2">
<TD></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="middle">
<SPAN CLASS="text">
< !--Links-->
</SPAN>
<IMG SRC="clear_space.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">
</TD></TR>
<TR height=80>
<TD class=bg3 vAlign=top align="left" width=600>
<TABLE WIDTH="40%" class="bg3" align="left" valign="top"><IMG SRC = "logo.gif" ID="Company Logo" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR class=bg1 WIDTH="*">
<FONT face=arial color=red size=4 valign="top" align="left">
[b]
<MARQUEE scrollAmount=10 scrollDelay=150 loop=true width=100% height=20>
<BLINK>Todays Message!</BLINK></MARQUEE>[/b]</FONT></TR>
<TR class=bg1 height=25>
<TD class=bg1 width="100%">ERP Dashboard </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</BODY></HTML>

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,


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SQL Server 2008/2012
 
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Ram Prasad E
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Create a fex file and use HTMLFORM.
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
COMPUTE URMSG/A50='Custom Text: Place your message here!';
SALES
SALES NOPRINT
ON TABLE HOLD AS HLD FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-READ HLD &URMSG.A50.
-TYPE &URMSG

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
< !--$Revision: 1.6 $:-->
< !-- logoCellWidth = 200 logoCellHeight = 80 -->

<html>
<head>
<title>WebFOCUS Operational Management Portal</title>
<script language="javascript" src="worp_banner.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY style="OVERFLOW: auto" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 onunload=java_script:closeAllWindows[) MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0">
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR height="25" class="bg2">
<TD></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="middle">
<SPAN CLASS="text">
< !--Links-->
</SPAN>
<IMG SRC="clear_space.gif" WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">
</TD></TR>
<TR height=80>
<TD class=bg3 vAlign=top align="left" width=600>
<TABLE WIDTH="40%" class="bg3" align="left" valign="top"><IMG SRC = "logo.gif" ID="Company Logo" BORDER="0"></TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR class=bg1 WIDTH="*">
<FONT face=arial color=red size=4 valign="top" align="left">

<MARQUEE scrollAmount=10 scrollDelay=150 loop=true width=100% height=20>
<BLINK>&URMSG</BLINK></MARQUEE></FONT></TR>
<TR class=bg1 height=25>
<TD class=bg1 width="100%">ERP Dashboard </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</BODY></HTML>

-HTMLFORM END


Hope this helps.


WebFOCUS 8.1.05
Windows
http://ibiwebfocus.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ibi.webfocus/
 
Posts: 542 | Location: Dearborn, MI | Registered: June 03, 2009Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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Unless I'm completely off-base, unfortunately this suggestion does not work with B.I. Dashboards - you cannot embed any FOCUS code in the banner - it's pure HTML. Neither can you mess around with the "Message of the Day".

What you MAY be able to do is:

- Do not use the Message of the Day
- Embed JavaScript in the banner HTML to make an AJAX call to retrieve the data and then write this data into a DIV.

By the way, to embed a Dialogue Manager variable within an HTMLFORM, use !IBI.AMP.YOUR_MSG; instead of &YOUR_MSG.


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
 
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getit
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Yes, Francis , you are right on the point. Ram Prasad E s suggestion will not work for me. I am looking for a solution similar to what you have mentioned.


- Embed JavaScript in the banner HTML to make an AJAX call to retrieve the data and then write this data into a DIV.

i will try to take this suggestion and see how far I can go.

If you have a sample code on this could you please post it.


App Studio Version 8202
windows Platform
SQL Server 2008/2012
 
Posts: 183 | Location: TX | Registered: January 22, 2007Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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I don't have sample code for this yet, but here's a possible way to determine what is required:

Use the Dev Studio GUI tool to build a simple HTML form using the Layout Composer tool. Create a new textbox that is populated by a dynamic focexec.

Use the HTML that is generated by this. Simplify it by removing bits at a time until the bare minimum required code is left. Put this in the Dashboard Banner HTML.

I might give this a try if I find time.


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
 
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Ram Prasad E
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Yes, it not possible to call an FEX directly in dashboard.
But, if its possible to call the FEX in onload event of dashboard.html file, then it should work fine.


WebFOCUS 8.1.05
Windows
http://ibiwebfocus.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ibi.webfocus/
 
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getit
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That didn't seem to work.


App Studio Version 8202
windows Platform
SQL Server 2008/2012
 
Posts: 183 | Location: TX | Registered: January 22, 2007Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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banner.html - B.I. Dashboard banner:

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="worp_banner.js" ></script>
</head>

<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onload="UpdateData();" onunload="javascript:closeAllWindows();">

<table width=" 100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" >
<tr>
<td nowrap align="right" class="bg1">
<span class="text">
<!--Links-->
<img src="clear_space.gif" width="25" height="15" border="0">
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<!-- embed data retrieved via focexec -->

<script type="text/javascript">
var cgipath = "cgipath";
var ibirls = "ibirls2";
var ibiOptions = new Array(cgipath,ibirls);
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/ibi_html/javaassist/nls.js" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/ibi_html/javaassist/ibi/html/js/ibigbl.js"></script>

<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" >
<tr>
<td align="center">

<form method="post">
<input id="edit1" style="width: 500px; border: 0px; text-align: center;" value="" datasource="message1.fex" datatype="1" sourcetype="typeFex" ibic_server="EDASERVE">
</form>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>


message1.fex - FOCEXEC to retrieve data:

SET HOLDLIST = PRINTONLY
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE HOLD AS H001
END
-RUN

TABLE FILE H001
SUM
COUNTRY
COMPUTE MESSAGE1/A100 = 'SALES WINNER: ' | COUNTRY | ' ' | EDIT(SALES);
BY HIGHEST 1 SALES NOPRINT
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT XML
END
-RUN


It could probably be improved, but this proof of concept works. I started by using the Dev Studio Composer (Layout) tool to create a new HTML page. I added a form and a textbox that was dynamically filled by a focexec. Once I got this to work, I copied the HTML and stripped out all the unnecessary code. I also cleaned up the awfully generated code.

Then I edited my banner - stripping almost everything except the "links" table to create a simplified banner.html. Then I added the "onload" event attribute to the body tag. I then added the html necessary to call the focexec and populate the textbox - everything below 
<!-- embed data retrieved via focexec -->


This seems to work for me - I get a message in the text-box that was created by the focexec. One thing about the focexec - it needs to pass two data elements in the XML, probably because all the included JavaScript is normally used to populate select list boxes. This could probably be improved - use AJAX instead of these JS functions, but it works. I hope I can use this idea soon.

By the way, no modern "web designer" should be using the marquee and blink html tags!


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
 
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getit
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Great Solution and it works!, We just have to make it scroll and blink and dance(:-) to make it standout on the dashboard.!
I got the marquee and blink from web, as I am not much familiar with this.


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