> sign inside OBIEE GO URL?

Hello,

I am trying to use a '>' symbol inside a GOURL to retrieve a report in PDF format automatically to users desktop. I'm actually using a perl script to programmatically request the login page, login using my credentials, and then I use a go url to download pdf report, sending it parameters,(doing URL encoding which includes converting '>' to '%3E' ,which winds up looking something like:

HTTP://bi.ourcompany.com/analytics/saw.dll?Dashboard&amp;PortalPath=%2Fshared%2FBAZV2%2F%5Fportal%2FBAR%20%28BAZZER%29&amp;Page=BAZZER%20BAR%20Report&amp;Action=Navigate&amp;format=pdf&amp;P0=3&amp;P1=eq&amp;P2=Bing.Baz&amp;P3=%3EVAL1%5F03&amp;P4=eq&amp;P5=VAL2&amp;P6=08%2F31%2F2010&amp;P7=eq&amp;P8=Zaz.Zaz&amp;P9=BAR

One thing to note: I could not get this working at all using 'GO' instead of 'Dashboard'. I also had to use Action= 'Navigate' instead of 'print' to make this work. (When I use 'Go' Instead of 'Dashboard', I get an empty PDF file which says something about 'no columns could be rendered'. That's OK though, because it works just fine, except when there's a '>' symbol in one of the parameter values...

Can anyone advise?

thanks. That's exactly what my url encode regex was doing - but the url doesnt retreive the report as expected. Must be specific OBIEE / GO URL issue, which are very difficult to find resources on..

dferraro 2010-10-08 23:18:28

could you please edit your post so i could downvote this, otherwise im basically throwing away 100 bounty points if no one comes up with the answer.... (they need to fix the bounty system...)

dferraro 2010-10-11 19:23:24

(i upvoted originally before i edited and made a bounty)

dferraro 2010-10-11 19:24:03

@dferraro: not sure it makes any difference, according to http://stackoverflow.com/faq#bounty you lose the bounty amount even if it isn't awarded to an answer; and would only automatically go to an +2 answer created after the bounty started anyway.

Alex Poole 2010-10-11 22:45:23

I wont get the bounty since I answered before the bounty. good luck

Tihom 2010-10-12 00:00:43

@Tihom: I believe you could post a second answer with the same text.

Bob Jarvis 2010-10-12 11:17:31

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