Limitations for Using WebFOCUS Features

In this section:

Using SET Commands to Access Live Links or Drill Downs

Due to the complex internal processing of ReportCaster, scheduled procedures do not support the following features.

PCSEND. WebFOCUS reporting feature to store report sections in different files.
Multiple TABLE or GRAPH requests with HTML format. Internally, these are multiple HTML documents. Only the result of the first TABLE or GRAPH request (without a HOLD or SAVE command) is distributed.
To distribute a graph, you must use the GIF, HTML, JPG, PDF, PNG, or SVG format.

The following WebFOCUS features are not available with ReportCaster distribution by email and FTP because they require distributing multiple files, or integrating with web or application server components.

OLAP. Only entire reports or burst report sections are distributed. OLAP capability requires authentication and connection to the WebFOCUS components on the web or application server.
On-demand Paging. Only entire reports or burst report sections are distributed. The report output is cached, and the first page of the report is sent to the browser along with the WebFOCUS viewer. Do not use the ON TABLE SET WEBVIEWTARG command in a report scheduled for distribution to the Library in the HTML-ODP format.
Graph Drill Down. When a GRAPH request is run, ReportCaster creates the graph as an image. When GRAPH requests are run through the WebFOCUS Client, there is an HTML form and the graph image. The HTML form has a reference to display the graph image and any corresponding drill downs.

Using SET Commands to Access Live Links or Drill Downs

When distributing reports that contain live links or links to WebFOCUS reports (drill downs), the URL context must be fully qualified and the user must have connectivity to the web or application server in order to run the report or access the content of the link. You can fully qualify the live link using the SET FOCHTMLURL or SET BASEURL commands. Use SET FOCHTMLURL to access resources that reside under the ibi_apps/ibi_html alias. For non-Managed Reporting procedures, use SET BASEURL to specify a default location for a relative URL that references documents (HTML files and images) created by WebFOCUS. You can fully qualify the drill down using the SET FOCEXURL command. If using SSL security, specify https in the URL. By default, the Distribution Server automatically configures the FOCHTML and FOCEXURL commands using the settings found in the Data Servers folder in the ReportCaster Configuration tool.