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I need to reference the &FOCFOCEXEC to get the FEX file name inside MRE that is current executing. Currently the value of &FOCFOCEXEC always return back _ADHOCRQ for any programs. We developed a smaller utility that will write usage statistics to the database for each of the FEX programs inside MRE. Without any means to identify the filename, the utility serves little purpose.

Please let me know if anyone can get &FOCFOCEXEC to return the proper file name, or find some other means to uniquely identify the FEX program.
 
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MRE is a special beast and this issue has been discussed before.

I am assuming you're using a WebFOCUS version post 5.3.2, so I'm not 100% sure this is still valid, but here is what I would do:

Open WebFOCUS Administration Console > Configuration > Custom Settings

and add the following line:

IBIMR_fex (pass)

This creates a DM variable called &IBIMR_fex available in all programs. It will pass the MRE file name for the executed program. The format will be app/filename.fex which may not be hugely desirable, but your utility could easily remove the app/ and the .fex. &IBIMR_fex will be blank for programs not run through MRE or Dashboard.

You can pass many interesting variables, some include:

IBIC_server (pass)

IBIMR_domain (pass)
IBIMR_folder (pass)

MR_BASE_DIR (pass)

Search for "Custom Settings" in this forum to see a detailed list of other parameters that can be passed.

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Francis Mariani
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For self-serve apps (non-MRE) I would add:

IBIF_focexec (pass)

or

IBIF_ex (pass)

depending on which you use.

It appears that '_' is added to a fex name in variable &FOCFOCEXEC, i.e. fex 'bid1' would be '_bid1'.

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