Desupported BI Publisher Items

As of PeopleTools 8.50, a number of BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) classes, methods and properties have been desupported. These items remain in PeopleTools for backward compatibility only.

Desupported BI Publisher Methods

Desupported Method Use Instead

ReportDefn class, SetRuntimeDataRowset method

Note: The rowset data source has been desupported.

Convert the rowset to an XML file—for example, using the file layout capabilities of the File class is one way to accomplish this. Then, use the SetRuntimeDataXMLFile method of the ReportDefn class to process the XML file as a data source.

ReportDefn class, SetRuntimeDataXMLDoc method

Note: The XmlDoc data source has been desupported.

Convert the XmlDoc object to an XML file—for example, using the genXmlFile method of the XmlDoc class is one way to accomplish. Then, use the SetRuntimeDataXMLFile method of the ReportDefn class to process the XML file as a data source.

Note: The rowset data source has been desupported.

RowsetDS class:

  • AddXMLData method

  • AddXSDSchema method

  • GetXMLData method

  • GetXSDSchema method

  • RowsetDS method

Convert the rowset to an XML file—for example, using the file layout capabilities of the File class is one way to accomplish this. Then, use the SetRuntimeDataXMLFile method of the ReportDefn class to process the XML file as a data source.

Desupported BI Publisher Properties

Desupported Property Use Instead

OutputEditable

Use the Report Definition-Definition page (PSXPRPTPROP) to set report properties to override global properties.