dbgprint and Interactive Reporting Studio

dbgprint is a text file. When placed in a directory containing the Interactive Reporting Studio executable (brioqry.exe), Interactive Reporting Studio automatically writes internal status information to the dbgprint file.

  To use dbgprint with Interactive Reporting Studio:

  1. Exit Interactive Reporting Studio if it is still running.

  2. Start a text editor (that is, Notepad, Simple Text, WordPad, and so on).

  3. Save an empty file as dbgprint (with no file extension) to the directory which contains the Interactive Reporting Studio executable.

    Typically the brioqry.exe is saved to HYPERION_HOME\BIPlus\Client\bin\brioqry.exe.

    If you are using Notepad, you first have to type a space or character before you can save the file. Do not save the file with a file extension.

    In the UNIX environment you need to create a file named DbgPrint. Please note the capitalization. This file will be placed in the bin directory for Interactive Reporting Studio.

    If you are operating in a Windows environment, make sure that no extensions are appended to the end of the file name. If you are using Notepad as the text editor, the .txt extension is automatically appended to the saved file. Make sure you remove any extension before you proceed to the next step.

  4. Close the text editor and start Interactive Reporting Studio by opening the actual application file.

    In some instances dbgprint does not log information if Interactive Reporting Studio was started through an alias or shortcut. Instead, start Interactive Reporting Studio using the Finder (Macintosh), or Windows Explorer. Clicking a shortcut only works if the Start In field in the Properties dialog box for the shortcut shows the path to the brioqry.exe file.

  5. Once Interactive Reporting Studio is running, recreate the steps which resulted in the previous error problem, or follow any instructions given to you by a Hyperion Solution customer support representative.

    Typical things you may be asked to do are:

    • Connect to the database

    • Retrieve a list of tables

    • Add tables to the work space

    • Create and process a query

    • Set a limit

  6. Once you have completed the above tasks, quit Interactive Reporting Studio and open the dbgprint file.

  7. View the contents of the dbgprint file.

    The file should contain status information detailing the Interactive Reporting Studio logon session. You will probably be asked to either fax or email the contents of the dbgprint file to Hyperion Solutions.

    If the file is blank, review the previous steps and repeat the process.

    Note:

    If you need to run another dbgprint file, save the contents of the file with a unique name. Each time you run the brioqry.exe file, the existing dbgprint file is overwritten.