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List of objects used in reports - WEBI

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#1

Hi all,

Is there a way to get the list of objects used in a report ? Or to get the list of reports that are using an object ?
I’m planning to change an object, but I’m uncertain if it’s used in some other report. I’ve seen that there’s a way to do it in Desktop I., but couln’t find a way to do it in WEBI.

Thanks for helping

nunovsky (BOB member since 2006-09-11)

#2

The closest you can get is to find out which reports use that universe. I don’t know of any way in Webi to determine which reports use a specific object in a universe.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

#3

The closest I can think of in Webi is to do a “Content Search” of the object name. If the object name has not been changed within documents, it might show up.

Just a thought,

Mitra

Mitra Moini (BOB member since 2002-09-01)

#4

You may want to check out the WID Scanner tool that is available for download here:

It examines the physical .wid file and parses out objects used in each report.

Otherwise, you can code something using the Report Engine SDK to pull this information, or trial a 3rd party product for this - System Profiler has canned reports that display objects used in reports…

crystal01 :us: (BOB member since 2006-08-30)

#5

Hi,

I have posted the Java code, here is the link

Thanks,
Rupesh

Rupesh G (BOB member since 2009-10-22)