Hi, I have a very wiered requirement and right now I can’t think any good solution for the same, so thought to take some ideas from here…
I have 2 reports and the reports are almost same…there is a difference of 1 or 2 columns and 1 or 2 filters.
Now we have a interface from where user selects the report name and select the output format like PDF or CSV and if he is selecting PDF, he gets ReportPDF(sample report name) and if he selects CSV, he gets ReportCSV(sample report name) in which there is less formatting as compare to PDF report.
We need to try to merge these reports in a single report so that maintenance will be easier and deployment can be faster (as we are using Version Manager and check-ins take lot time). If we can have the facility to hide one tab and show only one depending on the user selection or something which can fulfill my requirement… Can someone please guide me, I need to find the approach and need to present the same to management team. Thanks in advance.
Does this mean that the actual webI report is hidden from the user and the output is only seen in CSV or PDF format depending on the report selected
If yes, then you can possibly have two different report tabs and do the selection from them
Thanks a lot Haider for your response. And nice to see your response after long long time.
Yes the infoview and BO stuff is hidden from user , user just selects the PDF or CSV version (radio button available on the interface). If the user is selecting PDF, the Report1 output in PDF format is given to user and if user is selecting CSV, the Report2 output in CSV format is given to user.\
Can you please help me how can I hide tabs based on user selection? I am not allowed to change the user interface, we just need to find the way to minimize the reports we have as there are n no. of reports…please
When you are asking on how to hide report tab on user selection then you probably have authority to change the user interface code
Not knowing what version you are on, but if its XI 31 then the automation code can be modified to save individual webi report tab (just like hiding according to you) based on user selection.
The interface code is the same thing you have been saying from your first post, about radio buttons selection on PDF/CSV etc. So obviously that interface will have a code written behind it.
Maybe you are not aware of that code, find about it from the automation team who has written it and explain your requirement to them
So it means there is nothing I can do at my end means at BO side to accomodate this change? Can you please confirm this, so that I start brain-storming with other team who wrote automation code…
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