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Does anyone know if you can turn off amper variable autoprompting at the FEX level?

We have Ver 7.1.1 and I can turn off amper auto-prompting globally, but don't want to do that if I don't have to.


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do you have MRE?if so, click right on fexname and in properties, uncheck prompt for parameters.




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Thanks susannah, that works great!

Still wondering how to turn this off for self service reports though. Any ideas?


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Try this:

Servlet call to FEX with wfdescribe parameter at the end...

http://machinename/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=appname_f...&IBIF_wfdescribe=OFF
 
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Hmmmm! This link doesn't work?



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dennis,
in ss, you -DEFAULT &MYVAR = 'fred';
so that every use of that variable already has a value.
if you want to override that value, then the launch page form sends thru a string...just like what Denver shows you...with the value of that &MYVAR attached to the command string.
if there is no value (ie if you're taking the default) then there doesn't need to be anything added to the command string. The default will just take over.
Just make sure to -DEFAULT every one of your &VARS that you're getting prompted for.
ok?




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Its the IBIF_wfdescribe that was added to the URL that will remove the prompting of variables.

Check on the 'Disable Amper Auto-Prompting for self-service application' case.
 
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that's really interesting! thanks reFocusing and Denver




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This works like a charm! Thanks to all.

I had just turned off the Auto-Prompter globally but now we can selectively turn it off as needed.


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