Can you store an inlcude where it is available to all Domains?

Glenda,
There are 2 ways you can accomplish this:
1. place the fex on the reporting server. Note you will need to use SET FOCEXURL to accomplish this
2. In 713 and up, you have the ability to -INCLUDE across Domains

Posted August 10, 2007 09:07 AM Hide Post
Several ways:
1) Put it into '.../ibi/apps/baseapp/' which is in the default path (APP PATH) for all MRE and RCaster users. This default user is often named 'EDA',
2) Put it into a directory of your choice inside '.../ibi/apps/' then include that folder in the APP PATH of any user-specific profiles that need to use the application. Also include it into the default user (EDA) if it is to be available to MRE users, and into any RCaster user profiles of users that will be submitting scheduled jobs needing the included objects. You can name this folder inside '.../ibi/apps' whatever you like, but something related to the application would be better. We have a whole series of such libraries inside '.../ibi/apps/', each related to business application and containg all files related thereto, and a 'PUBLIC' folder for things shared by multiple applications.
3) If you're not using APPATH, then include the fully qualified path to the
chosen '.../ibi/apps' location in the EDAPATH variable mentioned in EDASPROF.prf ('.../ibi/srv###/wfs/etc/edasprf.prf').

this works even on distributed environments

in EDASPROF: -SET &&INCLUDE='-INCLUDE' ;

then in your fex &&INCLUDE.EVAL MYINCLUDE

MYINCLUDE can be anywhere in APP PATH on server.

John,

Your solution works like a charm. Thanks ever so much.

Glenda

John, very interesting. I imagine you're pulling the wool over MRE's eyes, but exactly is happening here? Wouldn't -INCLUDE MYINCLUDE work the same way?

a -INCLUDE in mre expects to find the included file in MRE (unless it is in a -MRNOEDIT block).

The simplist way is to create a common domain called something like CommonDM (needs to be 8 characters or longer) and then the the calling mre fex simply does -INCLUDE commondm/app/general.fex

I did not quite say that right. The domain name does not have to be 8 characters. But the -INCLUDE must use the 8 character domain name you can see by looking at the properties of the domain.