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MROESCH
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Currently using WebFocus 7.1.6 - Is there a way to setup Report Assistant to have DBASE as an option for report output format? Power users can use Developer Studio to create a DBASE output report. Wondering if same is possible with Managed Reporting.


WebFocus 7.7.02, Oracle 11g, Windows Server 2008R2, Excel
 
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GCohen
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You can pick a Report Assist output format that you don't use and make it serve as the trigger for say DBASE. (I didn't know that WF had a DBASE option). The code is..

LET
EXCEL=DBASE ;
END
TABLE ....

When the word EXCEL is found in the Table it will be translated to the word DBASE. If the Reporting Object doesn't like the LET try putting it into an -INCLUDE name before the Table instead.


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MROESCH
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Tried adding LET to a Reporting Object, and received an error from Report Assistant.

Error is in a MS Internet Explorer box where it says 'line 1: Encountered "LET" at line 2, column 1.'.

Code is like:
DEFINE FILE STAT_CLM_SUM_VIEW
END
LET PS=DBASE;
END
TABLE FILE STAT_CLM_SUM_VIEW
END

When I add LET command in a standard report, it works fine. Appears that LET and Reporting Object doesn't work together.


WebFocus 7.7.02, Oracle 11g, Windows Server 2008R2, Excel
 
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FrankDutch
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In the old days I worked with DBase and as far as I remember you can read and write excel and lotus (1-2-3) files with DBase (depending on the version).
So save the output as an excel file (just a flat excel without make-up) and DBase should be able to read that output.




Frank
prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
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GCohen
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Report Assist may work if you put the LET into a separate Include file..eg

-INCLUDE MYLET
TABLE FILE STAT_CLM_SUM_VIEW
..
END
(you create a MYLET.FEX with the LET code)


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FrankDutch
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maybe this will work too

-MRENOEDIT LET EXCEL=DBASE




Frank
prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
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Tried the different options listed by everyone using the LET command, and wasn't able to get Report Assistant to work with it. A few trys just ignored the LET, and in one try the Agent actually failed.

Finally went back to trying different file output formats to see if Access like them. Found that 'LOTUS - Import to LOTUS 123' worked, as MRE creates a comma delimted file and Access can handle.

Going to have the end user try this option to verify that it meets their needs.

Thanks for everyone's input.

Michael


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