Open a report for edit in the Java Report Panel

[Former Member]

I'm using BI 4 SP5 and want to be able to open an existing webi report in the Java Report Panel in our custom application. Since there does not seem to be a supported way of directly imbedding the applet with an <applet> or <object> call like we could in XI, I am using OpenDocument calls. I found this document ( http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Embedding+Java+Webi+Report+Panel+in+Custom+Application) that says it shoud be possible using "&sOutputFormat=I", but when I use that the report opens in the web viewer in design mode. I have made sure that the preference for editing using java is enabled for the user. Is this feature still supported?

I am able to launch the applet by using "&noDocument=true", but this makes the user start at a blank screen, where they need to click "New" in order to select a universe and build a query.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tim,

The url you are trying to execute with sOutputFormat=I is to open the report in interactive viewer. You can use the below url to open an exisitng report in the Java report panel:

http://<servername>:<port>/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?iDocID=<webireportSI_ID>&;sOutputFormat=J

Hope it helps.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot, that worked. I wish SAP could get the documentation correct. The document I linked to had the wrong value for the parameter, and the main OpenDocument documentation doesn't list either of these values.