4-8 Developers Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
4.13 getTemplateParameters Method
Use the getReportParameters method to get the parameters for a template. See
Section 2.3.41, ParamNameValue.
Signature ParamNameValue[] getTemplateParametersString reportAbsolutePath, String
templateID, String userID, String password;
4.14 getTemplateParameterInSession Method
Use the getReportParametersInSession method to get the parameters for a template. See
Section 2.3.41, ParamNameValue. For more information about in-session methods, see
Section 1.2, About In-Session Methods.
Signature ParamNameValue[] getTemplateParametersString reportAbsolutePath, String
templateID, String bipSessionToken; 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 4–13 Parameters for getTemplateParameters Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsolutePath The path to the report for which to retrieve the report
definition. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
String templateID The ID assigned to the template, for example: Chart
Layout. String userID
Specifies the BI Publisher user name. String password
Specifies the password for the user name.
Table 4–14 Parameters for getTemplateParameterInSession Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsolutePath The path to the report for which to retrieve the report
definition. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
String templateID The ID assigned to the template, for example: Chart
Layout.
Table 4–12 Cont. Parameters for getTemplateInSession Method
Parameter Description
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4.15 getXDOSchema Method
Use getXDOSchema method to retrieve the XDO schema for a report definition in the BI Publisher catalog.
Signature byte[] getXDOSchemaString reportAbsolutePath, String locale, String userID, String
password;
4.16 getXDOSchemaInSession Method
Use getXDOSchemaInSession method to retrieve the XDO schema for a report definition in the BI Publisher catalog based on a bipSessionToken of a given user.
For more information about in-session methods, see Section 1.2, About In-Session
Methods.
Signature byte[] getXDOSchemaInSessionString reportAbsolutePath, String locale, String
bipSessionToken; 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 4–15 Parameters for getXDOSchema Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsolutePath The path to the report from which to retrieve the XDO
schema. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
String locale The locale of the template to retrieve for example, en_US.
String userID Specifies the BI Publisher user name.
String password Specifies the password for the user name.
Table 4–16 Parameters for getXDOSchemaInSession Method
Parameter Description
String reportAbsolutePath The path to the report from which to retrieve the XDO
schema. For example: HR ManagerEmployee ReportsEmployee Listing.xdo
String locale The locale of the template to retrieve for example, en_US.
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 4–14 Cont. Parameters for getTemplateParameterInSession Method
Parameter Description