Collecting POV URLs

The POV component displays Interactive Reporting Studio and Web Analysis Studio views in dashboard embedded browsers. URLs that display the content must first be gathered, saved to text files, and tested. The text files are used to import the URLs, see Using Manage URL Library.

*  To collect, save, and test URLs for Reporting Studio:

  1. Log on to EPM Workspace on a server.

  2. Navigate to the folder that contains the Interactive Reporting Studio document to be displayed.

    Note the folder path and file name.

  3. Open a Web browser, and enter the URL:

    http://server:port/workspace/browse/listXML?path=<folder path>

  4. If prompted, log on to EPM Workspace again.

    An XML file listing URLs for all documents in the folder is displayed.

  5. Search for the elected file name, and copy the HTML URL.

  6. Paste the URL into a text file.

  7. In EPM Workspace, provide a user name and password by replacing sso_token=$SSO_TOKEN$&$CONTEXT$ with sso_username=username&sso_password=password.

    The replacement enables EPM Workspace to display content without prompting for a user name and password.

  8. If the document contains modifiable dimensions, append the dimensions to the URL in the form:

    &attribute=Dimension.id.SampleValue

    For example, if the document contains two modifiable dimensions, year and market, append this text to the URL:

    &attribute=Year.id.Qtr1&attribute=Market.id.New+York

  9. Save the text file.

  10. Test the URL in a Web browser, by using the text file created in step 6.

By default, the view pane and masthead are enabled in EPM Workspace. Therefore, to provide a larger content area to display a URL in a frame, turn these elements off by appending &layout=embedded to the URL.

*  To collect, save, and test URLs for Web Analysis Studio:

  1. Log on to EPM Workspace, and navigate to the Web Analysis Studio document to be displayed.

  2. In a Web browser, note the server and port, and the file path.

  3. Open another Web browser, and enter a URL as http://server:port.

    For example, enter http://folsom:19000.

  4. Append this string to instruct Web Analysis Studio to load the document:

    /WebAnalysis/servlet/HTMLViewer?action=login&postlogin=loadReport

  5. Append the location of the Web Analysis Studio document &report=file path.

    For example, append &report=/DavidW/Chart.

  6. To test the URL on the desktop, in EPM Workspace, provide a user name and password by appending &userid=user_name&password=password.

    Appending the string enables EPM Workspace to display content without prompting for a user name and password.

  7. If the document contains modifiable dimensions, append the dimensions to the URL in the form:

    &attribute=Dimension.id.SampleValue

    For example, if the document contains two modifiable dimensions, year and market, append this text to the URL:

    &attribute=Year.id.Qtr1&attribute=Market.id.New+York

  8. Provide screen dimensions for the Web Analysis Studio document by appending this string:

    &reportWidth=NumberOfPixels&reportHeight=NumberOfPixels

    For example, append &reportWidth=400&reportHeight=300.

    By default, the view pane and menu bar are enabled in a POV embedded browser. Therefore, to provide a larger content area to display a URL in a frame, turn off these elements by appending &templatePath=hitemplates&hideSubToolbar=true to the URL.

  9. Press Enter in the Web browser to launch the URL.

    The URL is displayed; for example, as:

    http://folsom:19000/WebAnalysis/servlet/HTMLViewer?action=login&postlogin=loadReport&report=/DavidW/Chart&userid=ld_admin&password=quality&attribute=Year.id.Jul&attribute=Market.id.New+York&reportWidth=400&reportHeight=300&templatePath=hitemplates&hideSubToolbar=true

  10. Copy and paste the URL into a text file, and save the file.