Hi,
I am very new in WebFOCUS. Can anyone explain me the role of requests tag and its attributes in detail.
code snippet is..

 
<xml id=ibi_requests>
<script>
	
<requests>
		
<request requestid="0" sourcetype="typeFex" targettype="window" targetname="_blank" ibif_ex="app/international_tonnage_by_carrier_by_origin.fex" IBIMR_domain="yy4c72he/yy4c72he.htm" IBIMR_folder="#leanpn6hulmj" IBIMR_sub_action="MR_STD_REPORT" activereport="0" reportcolumns="" ibiapp_app="" paramremovedbyuser="SUB_REGION">
			
<variables>
				
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="WK1" format="" field="WK1" file="sqlout.mas" desc="WK1" datatype="0" operation="" default="&LAST_WEEK.EVAL" name="WK1" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="1"></variable>
				
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="WK2" format="" field="WK2" file="sqlout.mas" desc="WK2" datatype="0" operation="" default="&THIS_WEEK.EVAL" name="WK2" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="1"></variable>
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="REGION" format="" field="REGION" file="sqlout.mas" desc="REGION" datatype="0" operation="" default="SEMEA" name="REGION" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="1"></variable>
				
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="SUB_REGION" format="" field="SUB_REGION" file="sqlout.mas" desc="SUB_REGION" datatype="0" operation="" default="FOC_NONE" name="SUB_REGION" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="1"></variable>
				
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="COUNTRY" format="" field="COUNTRY" file="sqlout.mas" desc="COUNTRY" datatype="0" operation="" default="FOC_NONE" name="COUNTRY" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="1"></variable>
				
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" 		
<variable parametercreatedinreslay="0" displayfield="OUTPUT" format="" field="OUTPUT" file="sqlout.mas" desc="OUTPUT" datatype="0" operation="" default="EXL2K" name="OUTPUT" textvarname="" accept="0" type="default" select="0" min="" max="" controltype="7" create="0"></variable></variables></request>
	</requests>

</xml> 

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

Hi GV

At the bottom of the HTML Code there are Rquest ID with a number and some parameters like the procedure that the HTML page will execute when clicking on a button or a hyperlink. In the variable section each variable/parameter is passed to the execution of the report by the request id.

That is just a high level summary of what a request id does but DO NOT TOUCH THE HTML TAGS.

When you are in WebFOCUS 8x it is required that you do not edit the HTML tags since customizing the HTML Code can and usually breaks the conversion program from upgrading the HTML Composer Page to a future version.

There is documentation for the HTML Composer which can be found in our Tech Support Site.

Thanks Barry