Passing parameters to DS on Mobi

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I'm currently working on a project where an Xcelsius Dashboard links to detail Design studio applications.

It all works fine on the BI Launchpad, but on Mobi the DS apps open but don't take the passed parameters into account.

I'm running BOBJ 4.1, DS 1.2, and have the latest Mobi version on an iPad 2.

My dashboard basically build an opendoc url with a selection of parameters.

The DS application has those parameters declared as url parameters and filters the displayed results based on the values passed.

Again, this works perfectly well on a desktop browser, but fails to pass the parameters on Mobi on iPad.

Basically, the drill DS report opens up successfully, but displays the default parameters, not what is supposed to be passed.

Has anyone experienced the same issue?

Am I missing something that needs to be configured for mobile?

Thanks for your help.

Antoine

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

I am not an OpenDoc expert, but here are some limitations from the MobI iOS release guide:

"

Open Document1.

Apart from <iDocID>, <sIDType>, <sDocName>, <sParam> and <sInstance>, no document identifier parameters are supported in the OpenDoc URL.2.

Apart from <sReportName>, <sRefresh>, <IsM[name]> and <IsS[name]>, no input parameters are supported in the OpenDoc URL.3.

If an Open Document link has multiple values specified for prompt (using the lsM parameter), the application considers only the first value while opening the target document.4.

Session management parameter (token) is not supported.5.

Output parameters are not supported in the OpenDoc URL.6.

OpenDocument feature is not supported on charts. It is only supported in tables"

Perhaps this is what you are experiencing?  There are some OpenDoc limitations on the iPad.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Tammy,

I'll have a play with the parameters. Perhaps I can try using lsSX_param instead of X_param etc.

I really hope it's possible to pass a parameter to a Design Studio app on Mobi, otherwise it makes the whole 'Linking-to-DS' moot 😕

cheers

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately I have now tried a combination of "lsS" parameters trying to get the Design Studio linking working in Mobi but I just can't seem to make it work.

Has anyone been able to do this successfully?

At this point I just hope it is a config/script issue rather than a limitation of the product.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tammy,

where did you get the reference about <sParam> ? I can't seem to find anything about this parameter

I've checked the Opendocument guides and MobiOS guides

Thanks

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Hi Antoine,

It is in the Release Notes for Mobi iOS

You might have better luck opening up a separate thread in the Mobile BI space

Tammy