Can I save edited report snapshots back to server directly?
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 4:06 am
Hi,
I have a web system which allows the operator to initiate the pre-rendering of bills in the system. The data comes from an Azure SQL instance, but some of the data must be exported from an WebSphere application and reuploaded into the Azure SQL. This creates some issues when our operator needs to issue the bill first before data is ready on the WebSphere app. I worked around that by allowing the operator to edit and manually enter the missing information into the fields of the bill from the viewer. However, this data is not permanent and is erased as soon as the page is closed. But we found that the manually entered information is intact if we export a report snapshot, and the snapshot is the same format as the pre-rendered bill that if we upload it in-place to replace the original bill, it will show. So I implemented a mechanism which allows the operators to upload a snapshot to replace the original bill. However our operators want to be able to immediately save the changes back into the server instead of downloading a snapshot, navigating to a different page, select the original report and upload the replacement.
Is it possible to make the viewer save a snapshot back to the server directly? Our rendered bills are already written as an object into the database so if the viewer could pass back the edited snapshot, we can just push the snapshot into the database to take the place of the original report.
Thanks.
I have a web system which allows the operator to initiate the pre-rendering of bills in the system. The data comes from an Azure SQL instance, but some of the data must be exported from an WebSphere application and reuploaded into the Azure SQL. This creates some issues when our operator needs to issue the bill first before data is ready on the WebSphere app. I worked around that by allowing the operator to edit and manually enter the missing information into the fields of the bill from the viewer. However, this data is not permanent and is erased as soon as the page is closed. But we found that the manually entered information is intact if we export a report snapshot, and the snapshot is the same format as the pre-rendered bill that if we upload it in-place to replace the original bill, it will show. So I implemented a mechanism which allows the operators to upload a snapshot to replace the original bill. However our operators want to be able to immediately save the changes back into the server instead of downloading a snapshot, navigating to a different page, select the original report and upload the replacement.
Is it possible to make the viewer save a snapshot back to the server directly? Our rendered bills are already written as an object into the database so if the viewer could pass back the edited snapshot, we can just push the snapshot into the database to take the place of the original report.
Thanks.