Hello,
I am using BusinessObjects version 4.1 SP2.
I want to retrieve data from a WebService, and display the results in a Webi document, but how can I specify dynamic values (prompts)?
Here are the steps I follow and where I get stuck:
1. start the Webi Rich Client desktop tool
2. create a new Webi document,
3. create a DataProvider based on WebService
4. specify the URL of the source WebService, the wizard connects to the WSDL and displays the list of services/parameters
5. for parameters where I know I want to specify a constant, I specify the appropriate constant (user name, password)
6. for parameters that should be prompted (dynamic value specified by the user), how should I configure them?
The following Youtube video shows how this wizard works, but only shows how to configure constant parameters, not prompts.
Connect to a Web Service: Web Intelligence 4.x - YouTube
Ultimately, here is how it should work:
the report designer creates the Webi report, specifies how to connect to the source Webservice, configures prompts, and publishes the Webi document in InfoView.
When end users open/run the document, it will first ask for a particular product (SKU) or transaction identifier to be entered by the user, then query the webservice for just this one product SKU or transaction Id, and display the data.
I need to have this prompt capability, showing all products SKUs or all transaction Ids is not workable, way too much data.
tl;dr; How to configure prompts with Webi WebService DataProvider ?
Regards,
Olivier Schmitt