Defining Reporting Options

The reporting options are provided as a mechanism for defining information needed by your reporting solution. The base product uses the reporting options to define information needed to access the reporting tool from within the system using the algorithm defined on the installation option.

Navigate to this page using Admin Menu > Reporting Options .

Description of page

The following information must be defined to interface with BI Publisher real-time. Contact your system administrator to report any problems with the settings defined here.

Reporting Folder Defines the shared folder where reports are stored.

For Business Objects Enterprise, defines the name of the virtual directory on the server where Java Service pages (JSP) are located. The reporting tool algorithm uses this information to construct the URL to launch the reporting tool. The reporting tool algorithm assumes that a JSP named "logon.jsp" is located there.

Reporting Server Defines the URL of the web application where the reporting tool is installed. For example, using BI Publisher, the format is: http://<BI Publisher Server>:<port>.

Reporting Tool User ID Not applicable when integrating with BI Publisher.

For Business Objects Enterprise, defines the user id to use when logging in.

Reporting Tool Password Not applicable when integrating with BI Publisher.

For Business Objects Enterprise, defines the password to use when logging in.

Note: Customize Options. The reporting options are customizable using the Lookup table. This field name is RPT_OPT_FLG. The reporting options provided with the system are needed to invoke the reporting tool. If your implementation requires other information to be defined as reporting options, use the lookup table to define additional values for the reporting option flag.

Where Used

This information is used by the reporting tool algorithm on the installation option to invoke the reporting tool software.

Implementations may use reporting options to record other information needed for their reporting tool.