How to copy a report from one universe to another universe in BO?
Hi All, I created reports in one universe(ex: X universe)now i want to copy all the reports to another Universe (Ex:Y universe) in the same environment how to do this? ...
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winforms datasource PositionChanged validate previous object
In my appplication I have a ListBox with items in the left panel and in the right panel I have the item details. If user click a new item in the listbox and if the current item was changed I want to ash the user if he wants to save changes or discard them. The way I am doing now is on SelectedIndexChanged of the listbox to remember pre...
Should a Trim method generally in the Data Access Layer or with in the Domain Layer?
I'm dealing with a database that contains data with inconsistencies such as white leading and trailing white space. In general I see a lot of developers practice defensive coding by trimming almost all strings that come from the database that may have been entered by a user at some point. In my oppinoin it is better to do such formatin...
Business Objects Enterprise reporting using SDK client gives exception
Hi! We have a client that is using the SDK for invoking reports on the Business Objects Embedded Report Server. We can login, but when calling the openDocument method, something goes wrong. code: //LOGON IEnterpriseSession session = sessionMgr.logon(username, password, clusterNode, authType); IInfoStore infoStore = (IInfoStor...
Business Object desgin
I have a question about how I setup my BO's. I setup the BO's to contain all of my properties of the object as well as the business logic to satisfy the business rules. I decided to make all of the methods static, but I'm not sure if that was the right decision. Someone told me to split my BO's into an Entity Object of just properties...
Business Objects Web Intelligence-style reporting in a Winform app. Is this possible?
I have a WinForm app that displays results in a Gridview control. If a user right mouse clicks on a row, he can then, from a popup menu, select a command to perform on the row much like windows File Explorer. But now I want to be able to give the user the ability to construct a filter so that he can control which rows are displayed in t...
Succinct But Complete Example of WPF App?
Is there a succinct but complete example project or tutorial that brings together the pieces of the Microsoft stack for a complete application? WPF MVVM Business Objects EF Database I find plenty for WPF and plenty for EF, but am having trouble fully understanding how the EF generated classes relate to business objects, and how thos...
Architecture choice about representation of collections in Business Objects
I have made certain choices in my architecture which I request the community to review and comment. I am breaking up the post in smaller sections to make it easier to understand the context and then suggest/comment. I am sorry that the post is long, but is required to explain the context. What am I building A typical business applicati...
Where do objects merge/join data in a 3-tier model?
Its probarbly a simple 3-tier problem. I just want to make sure we use the best practice for this and I am not that familiary with the structures yet. We have the 3 tiers: GUI: ASP.NET for Presentation-layer (first platform) BAL: Business-layer will be handling the logic on a webserver in C#, so we both can use it for webforms/MVC + w...
Fill business object from database by calling stored procedures?
Hello, I have several stored procedures in my database, some of them have params, some have no params. I tried to fill a business object by calling the stored procedures, but failed so far. How could I do that dynamically? Later, I want to use this object as a datasource for a report...but thats the next step. The important facts are: ...
Crystal Reports Xi - Sorting a CrossTab Report by a Summary Field
So I have a simple crosstab report that calculates number of sales in the columns, and the rows are each office. The last column on the right is a total column, which contains a summary field (via a count of the identity field) that adds up the total number of sales per office. How can I sort the crosstab data so the office with the mos...
Get Business Object back from Grid View
What exactly is the e.Row.DataItem return.. MSDN says.. returns An Object that represents the underlying data object to which the GridViewRow object is bound. Here is my DataGrid... <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound"> ...
Extending business model and store it in database
Hey Guys I have a (kinda general) question about C# 4.0, MS SQL and a business object generated via ADO.NET entity data model. Let's say I got the MS SQL Table Foo with the rows: ID uniqueidentifier TITLE nvarchar(20) DESCRIPTION text ADDITIONALDATA image My initial idea was to serialize custom data (the extended properties and t...
Business Objects Infoview: How to Design Reports through Infoview? Suggestions?
Very new to Business Objects, but I have a .NET background and PL/SQL background. I've been able to make the most basic reports, but I wanted to know if there were any good books or resources online that explain in detail how to design reports the way I'd like to such as grouping with sections, having two sections and segmenting only one...
Creating my own SAP dashboard/reporting tool for mobile
Hi! Is it possible to create my own mobile dashboard, reporting tool for SAP? I understand the standard components to be used for this purpose are: Business Objects Enterprise Server XI - this provides reporting functionalities for SAP Business Objects Mobile Server - this connects to Enterprise Server and optimizes reports stored the...
Are these synonymous, a subset of each other or completely different?
Are the notions mentionned in the question title synonymous to a certain degree? Where do the main differences lie (context, structure, ...) and can one be considered a subset of another? Here's some brief definitions taken from Wikipedia. POJO (Plain Old Java Object) Wikipedia In computing software, POJO is an acronym for Plain ...
Columnbased Databinding in .Net?
I am looking for a way to databind my objects columnbased. So one object will be represented by a Column and not like normal binding where an object is represented by a row. At the moment I am using Infragistics UltraGrid and create a DataTable from my BusinessObjects on my own and use it as a DataSource for the Grid. But I don´t like th...
BusinessObjects XI COM Support
I have an application that uses the Crystal Report COM SDK to create and manipulate reports against a Crystal Enterprise 10 repository. I would like to upgrade from Crystal Enterprise 10 to BusinessObjects XI and try to minimize changes to the existing application. I remember that the initial BusinessObjects XI release had a COM SDK pro...
Business Objects XI Web Intelligence Aggregation Issue (11.5.8.897)
I've got a multiple tabbed report. On one tab I have the details listed and on another I have a summary table (cross reference) type of aggregation based on the same dimensions utilized in the detail report. I've created a calculated field that takes the product of two measures, I've saved this as a variable. When I try to aggregate th...
drag and drop workflow kind of interface..how easy to develop?
Hi friends, How easy it's to come up with a drag and drop web-based interface that'll provide me features to wire objects together, setup configurations nicely in a modal window for each object? I'm looking for links that've any similar kind of interface, or articles on this. also, i'm looking for your technology/language suggestions. ...