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4.20 runReportInSession Method
Use the runReportInSession method to send a request to the BI Publisher server to run a specific report based on the bipSessionToken of a given user.
See Section 2.3.46, ReportRequest
and Section 2.3.47, ReportResponse.
For more information about in-session methods, see Section 1.2, About In-Session
Methods.
Signature ReportResponse runReportInSessionReportRequest reportRequest, String
bipSessionToken;
4.21 updateReportDefinition Method
Use the updateReportDefinition to update attributes of the report definition file .xdo and write the file back to the BI Publisher catalog.
Signature boolean updateReportDefinitionString reportAbsPath, ReportDefinition
newReportDefn, String userID, String password;
Table 4–19 Parameters for runReport Method
Parameter Description
ReportRequest reportRequest See
Section 2.3.46, ReportRequest. String userID
Specifies the BI Publisher user name. String password
Specifies the password for the user name.
Table 4–20 Parameters for runReportInSession Method
Parameter Description
ReportRequest reportRequest See
Section 2.3.46, ReportRequest. String bipSessionToken
The proprietary token string generated for the user by the BI Publisher server. With the bipSessionToken string, the
user no longer needs to provide user credentials. The BI Publisher server can validate this token string and restore
the BI Publisher server session to perform needed operation.
Table 4–21 Parameters for updateReportDefinition Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsPath The path to the report for which to update the report
definition. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
ReportDefinition newReportDefn See Section 2.3.45, ReportDefinition.
String userID Specifies the BI Publisher user name.
String password Specifies the password for the user name.
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4.22 updateReportDefinitionInSession Method
Use the updateReportDefinitionInSession to update attributes of the report definition file .xdo based on the bipTokenSession of a given user, and then to write the file back
to the BI Publisher catalog.
For more information about in-session methods, see Section 1.2, About In-Session
Methods.
Signature boolean updateReportDefinitionInSessionString reportAbsPath, ReportDefinition
newReportDefn, String bipSessionToken;
4.23 updateTemplateForReport Method
Use updateTemplateForReport method to update a template for a specific report in the BI Publisher catalog.
Signature boolean updateTemplateForReportString reportAbsolutePath, String templateName,
String locale, byte[] templateData, String userID, String password;
4.24 updateTemplateForReportInSession Method
Use updateTemplateForReportInSession method to update a template for a specific report in the BI Publisher catalog based on the bipSessionToken of a given user.
Table 4–22 Parameters for updateReportDefinitionInSession Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsPath The path to the report for which to update the report
definition. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
ReportDefinition newReportDefn See Section 2.3.45, ReportDefinition.
String bipSessionToken The proprietary token string generated for the user by the
BI Publisher server. With the bipSessionToken string, the user no longer needs to provide user credentials. The BI
Publisher server can validate this token string and restore the BI Publisher server session to perform needed
operation.
Table 4–23 Parameters for updateTemplateForReport Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsolutePath The path to the report that contains the template to update.
For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
String templateName The name of the template to update for example, Chart
Layout. String locale
The locale of the template to update for example, en_US. byte[] templateData
The template file. String userID
Specifies the BI Publisher user name. String password
Specifies the password for the user name.
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