Using the POSTRPT_DMN Application Engine Daemon Program

Using the PostReport PeopleCode class object implies that a PeopleCode function has been written using this class and is invoked either from an Application Engine or an Application Server.

Sending a single request through an Application Engine can incur a large overhead; therefore, we recommend running the program from PSDAEMON using the POSTRPT_DMN Application Engine program.

The POSTRPT_DMN program monitors for any requests to post by searching for new XML files in a designated directory. The XML file contains all the parameters required by the PostReport PeopleCode class object to post the request to the Report Repository. The program reads the parameters using the POST_REPORT_XML file layout. The following table shows a listing of these parameters:

XML Attribute Tag	Corresponding PostReport Attribute	Description	Data Type	Required	Notes
PRCSINSTANCE	ProcessInstance	Process instance	Integer	No	If no process instance is specified, the system assigns a new instance.
CONTENTID	ReportId	Content ID	Integer	No	A unique content ID is assigned for each valid request.
PRCSNAME	PrcsName	Process name	Character (12)	Yes	The process name must be defined in the Process Definition table.
PRCSTYPE	PrcsType	Process type	Character (30)	Yes	The process type must be defined in the Process Type Definition table.
REPORTPATH	SourceReportPath	Report directory	Character (254)	Yes	The full absolute path where files and reports are retrieved. Note: After the Distribution Agent has transferred the files to the Report Repository, this directory is deleted.
CONTENT_DESCR	ReportDescr	Report description	Character (254)	Yes	The description that appears in Report Manager.
EXPIRATION_DATE	ExpirationDate	Expiration date	Date	No	In YYYYMMDD format. If not specified, the system uses the Retention Days value from System Settings.
FOLDER	ReportFolder	Folder name	Character (18)	No	If not specified, the system uses the default from the Report Folder Administration.
SERVER	ServerName	Process Scheduler server name	Character (8)	Yes	You must define the server name specified in the Server Definition table.
OUTDESTFORMAT	OutDestFormat	Output destination format	Character (3)	No	See the following tablefor valid values.
DISTIDTYPE	Passed as the first parameter of the AddDistributionOption method of the PostReport class	Identifier specified if the DISTID value is either User or Role.	Character (30)	Yes	The value is either USER, which indicates a user ID, or ROLE, which indicates a role ID.
DISTID	Passed as the second parameter of the AddDistributionOption method of the PostReport class	User or Role authorized to view the report	Character (30)	Yes

For the POSTRPT_DMN program to process a request using the PostReport PeopleCode class example above, you must create an XML file using the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<CONTENTINFO>
   <PRCSNAME>XRFWIN</PRCSNAME>
   <PRCSTYPE>SQR REPORT</PRCSTYPE>
   <CONTENT_DESCR>New SQR Report</CONTENT_DESCR>
   <REPORTPATH>\\server9000\report\sqr_xrfwin</REPORTPATH>
   <OUTDESTFORMAT>PDF</OUTDESTFORMAT>
   <FOLDER>SQR Reports</FOLDER>
   <SERVER>PSNT</SERVER>
   <AUTHORIZED_LIST>
       <DISTID>VP1</DISTID>
       <DISTIDTYPE>USER</DISTIDTYPE>
		</AUTHORIZED_LIST>
		<AUTHORIZED_LIST>
       <DISTID>Managers</DISTID>
       <DISTIDTYPE>ROLE</DISTIDTYPE>
   </AUTHORIZED_LIST>
</CONTENTINFO>

Output Destination Format Values

The OUTDESTFORMAT attribute can contain either the value of the file extension or the numeric value of the format, as shown in the following table:

Format	Format Extension	Numeric Value
Acrobat PDF	PDF	2
Delimited Files	CSV	3
HP Format	HP	4
HTML	HTM	5
Line Printer	LP	6
MS Excel Spreadsheet	XLS	8
MS WinWord Document	DOC	9
PostScript	PS	10
Rich Text Format	RTF	12
SQR Format	SPF	13
Text	TXT	14
XML	XML	17
DataMover Data File	DAT	18
Other	OTHER	14