Issue with Report Flash Viewer

[kris@bplogix.com]

I have a drilldown report that will not display any data after hitting the drilldown while using the Flash Viewer. If in the designer I run the report in preview the report works fine. I have reproduced this with your sample drilldown report. It is attached.

Thanks,

Kris

[HighAley]

Hello.

We have fixed this issue.
Please, check our next prerelease build that will be available today.

Thank you.

[jay@bplogix.com]

This did fix one of the issues with the reports ... but there is another one. In previous releases, we were applying the drill-down parameter to a filter in a data source (Datasource from other Datasource). It seems that in the new build, that these filters are ignored (this may have nothing to do with drill down).

I created a dummy sample ... in it the proave datasource is a Datasource from other datasource from Categories. In this (dummy) sample, I applied a simple filter "Description = Cheeses" directly to the "proave" datasource. I then created a databand pointing to that datasource. The databand should only display the categories with "Description = Cheeses", but instead it shows all of them (it ignores the filter).

Filters on the datasource like this are used on virtually all of our reports (hundreds?). None of them seem to work anymore (like the attached sample). Any ideas?

thx

[jay@bplogix.com]

And other (minor) issue (but perhaps it is hiding bigger issues). Notice that we are passing a drill down parameter named ReportAlias (with two other parameters) .... when you click on a category we show each report parameter but ReportAlias is always empty ... any reason why?
thx

[HighAley]

Hello.

Do you need to use the Interpretation mode of the report?
If yes, then let us know and we will make an improvement. Otherwise set the Calculation Mode of the report to Compilation.

ReportAlias is used to set the name of the subreport. As it's done in our demo report. You could use this parameter in your report with next expression:
{ReportAlias}

Thank you.

[jay@bplogix.com]

"Do you need to use the Interpretation mode of the report?"
Sorry I do not know what that means? I also do not know what "Calculation Mode" is. Is this related to the filters no longer working for Datasource from other Datasource (the main issue I am facing)?

[HighAley]

Hello.

"Do you need to use the Interpretation mode of the report?"
Sorry I do not know what that means? I also do not know what "Calculation Mode" is. Is this related to the filters no longer working for Datasource from other Datasource (the main issue I am facing)?

Yes, the Calculation mode related with your main problem.
Please, set the Calculation mode property of the report to the Compilation.

Thank you.

[jay@bplogix.com]

That did change the characteristics ... but did not resolve the drill down problems.

I attached another simple sample report ... this one is in "compilation mode". When you click one of the category IDs, it drills down into Page2 which simply displays the drill down parameters (CATID and CATNAME).

In "compilation mode", the parameters are always empty. In "Interpretation" mode, the parameters are passed fine.

The problem we are struggling with is that the drill down works fine for our reports from Preview inside the report designer. But when we run them outside of the designer (even in "compilation mode") they stopped working.

Any ideas?

[HighAley]

Hello.

You should use next code to show parameters in Compilation mode.

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{this["CATID"]}
{this["CATNAME"]}

Thank you.

[jay@bplogix.com]

Hi, I copied and pasted that exact string into the drill down page and it still does not work in Compilation mode. I have attached the simple sample ... notice that the drill down just shows an empty page rather than the drill down parameters. In Interpretation mode it works fine.

Any ideas?