Calling BO XI Release 2 from Oracle Forms 10g

[Former Member]

Post Author: alexre

CA Forum: Integrated Solutions

Hello everybody,

We are going to migrate the Oracle Database and the Oracle forms application to 10g to one of our clients but he wants continue using the BO so he is going to migrate BO v 4.1.6 to XI Release 2.

Because I am not a BO specialist I would like to know

Is it possible to publish the BO report on the WEB?

Can I call the report directly from Oracle Forms 10g (WEB) and pass the parameters?

Can you advice any documents related to this topic?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Alex

[Former Member]

Post Author: TEMITOPE

CA Forum: Integrated Solutions

Hi Alexre,

I saw your post on calling BO XI Release 2 from Oracle Forms 10g, have you been able to achieve it?

I am also trying to call BO from oracle forms myself and dont just understand how to start to call. I read that document John gave on Opendocument but still didnt really get what exactly to do.

Can you please give me a good guide and examples if you have?

[Former Member]

Post Author: alexre

CA Forum: Integrated Solutions

Thank you very much John for your prompt and substantial reply!

[Former Member]

Post Author: jsanzone

CA Forum: Integrated Solutions

Alex,

Your first question leads to a "it depends" answer. If you want to publish static content, then the report can be ran and saved as PDF, then that PDF can be made available as a link in another web server. If you want to publish dynamic content, then "no", but read on because you'll see in answer to #2 and #3 it becomes "yes".

Your second question about calling the report directly from Oracle Forms and pass the parameters is a resounding yes! However, you will need to have an enduring knowledge of a concept called "opendocument" within the Business Intelligence tool as well as an authentication strategy to make it all work.

Here is the answer to your third question, please following this link: http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/be_xi_r2_opendocument.pdf.asp

Good luck!