Run a report using a report definition file

If you are a superuser, you can create a report definition file from a valid All Cases Summary report. You can copy the content of the Input File page into a text file and save the file using the extension .in. You can then place the file in the input folder of the application server in order to be processed by the Oracle Empirica Signal application. The input folder is located in the path defined by temp_dir in webvdme.properties.

The input file (report definition file) contains the following information.

Line in the Report Definition File	Description
#datetime	Date and time of creation of the report definition file. The comments are preceded by #.
ACTION=CREATE REPORT	Represents the type of batch file. Reports appear as CREATE REPORT. Data mining runs appear as CREATE RUN.
Description	Description of the report definition used with Create Definition File.
Name	Name of the report definition used with Create Definition File.
Owner	Owner of the report definition used with Create Definition File.
Project_id	Project ID of the report definition used with Create Definition File. The Report Batch Runs page relies on the project ID.
Type	0
Report.classname	com.lincolntechnologies.webvdme.reports.batch.RunAllCasesReportProc
Report.configuration	Configuration on which the report runs. If the configuration does not exist when the batch report is run, an error message displays: Configuration named ‘<configuration name>' does not exist
Report.name	Name of the report definition used with Create Definition File. The same name will appear in the Definition column of Report Output. Note: For consistency in report outputs that rely on a report definition coming from another instance, the report.name should match the value of Name\="All Drug Summary Report" in XML.
Report.output_name	Name entered on the Create Definition File page. This name is used as Output in the Report Output table.
Report.output_description	Description entered on the Create Definition File page. This description is used as Description in the Report Output table.
Report.project_id	ID of an existing project selected on the source server. It can be used as a filter on the Report Batch Runs page. If the file is to be used on an instance other than the one on which it was created, it is unlikely that the ID is on the receiving server. Omit or assign 0.
Report.reportid	Report ID of the report definition used with Create Definition File. This line should be removed in order to force use of the XML referenced by report.reportxml, especially if the file is to be used on an instance other than the one on which it was created.
Report.reportxml	XML of the report definition used with Create Definition File.

Line in the Report Definition File	Description
report.Project\ Name	If the specified project name exists on the server on which report is ultimately run, the report output is placed in that project. Else, the report output is assigned to project with ID matching report.project_id.
report.Alias\ Names	Report Output Alias. If the Report Output Alias exists, it is updated with Report.output_name. If the Report Output Alias does not exist, it is created and assigned the specified value.