The Osmosis of Compound Reporting In WebFOCUS
WebFOCUS Release 7
Striving For Excellence Innovation And Automation
Renaming Temporary Bits And Bytes
Generated From Stand Alone Procedures
Reveals New Root For Creating Excel Templates
MAIN(rename) Compound Reporting
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The excel sheets are
great, can you
consolidate those
reports into one
workbook and
incorporate the product
pictures along with
sending me the report
via email?
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The Osmosis Of Compound Reporting In WebFOCUS
Product Manager Case Study
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (A Product Case Study)
Product Manager would like to see these reports listed below in one excel workbook.
Ideally the process should be automatic and performed once a month.
Current workbook process consist of a manual retrieve for each worksheet using the
Essbase Add-In Function in Excel.
A Plus if the report is sent through standard email system.
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The Osmosis Of Compound Reporting In WebFOCUS
Osmosis Process
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Osmosis)
In layman’s terms,
Osmosis is absorption of one
thing by another through
the outer layers.
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The Osmosis Of Compound Reporting In WebFOCUS
The Excel Compound Osmosis
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Excel Template Compound Reporting Structure)
Template
How Many Sheets
Sheet Names
Static Data
Excel
Workbook
Temporary
Files
Procedure
Processing
Corporate
Data
WebFOCUS
Rename
Multiple Excel Sheets
Single Web Page
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Main Name(Rename) Components
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main Name(rename) Compound Reporting)
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The Template
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Creating the template is the same method as Standard
 Compute number of worksheets
 Use worksheet naming
 Add all static information to a worksheet
(pictures)
 Save as a single web page
Birth Name ….
Nickname is …
The WebFOCUS Procedure
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Create A Main Calling Fex
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 Add A File Share Definition
 Add A Rename Fex
 Call All Stand Alone Procedures In
Oder
Create Rename Fex
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Create Stand Alone Fex
 Stand Alone Will Populate Each
Worksheet
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Main Name(Rename) Process Structure
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main Name(rename) structures)
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One Main Calling Procedure Referencing Multiple Excel Output Procedures
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A stand alone sub-procedure (Fex) for each worksheet
Standard Excel Template EXL2K Template
A Rename Fex Process For Consolidation
Using Temp File Hold Formats
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Main Name(Rename) Template
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main Name(rename) Template Details)
Processing Template Steps
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Start with an original workbook
Make a copy of the original workbook
Compute the number of worksheets
Insert each static worksheet into the workbook
Provide sheet name titles
Save the workbook as a single web page
Copy the single web page workbook into the application directory
Template Preparation
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Main Name(Rename) Workbook Step 1
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Workbook Processing)
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Compute Number Of Worksheets
Insert Worksheets Into Workbook
Re-Order Existing Static Worksheets
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Main Name(Rename) Workbook Step 2
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Workbook Processing)
 Worksheet Names - Example For Titles: Report Names
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Main Name(Rename) Fex Step 1
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Process)
 Design Main Calling Procedure
Stand alone
Rename
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Main Name(Rename) Fex Step 1 Detail Structure
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Process)
Main Calling Procedure Parts
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Number of Fex’s is determined by each report required
Call Each Procedure In Proper Order
Fex 1
Rename Fex
Fex 2
Rename Fex
Clean Up Fex
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Final Process Fex
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Main Name(Rename) Stand Alone Fex 1
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Procedure 1
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Sheet 1 – Stand Alone Procedure
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 1 Processing Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Fex 1 Processing Phases
Sheet 1
Unchanged
Temporary Files
Extension XHT
Processing
Message
Sheet 1 Updated
With Corporate Data
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Main Name(Rename) Fex Relations
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Procedure Process Relations To Temporary Files
Original Sheet Is Not Updated
The Temporary hold file contains
The Report Data.
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 1 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Sheet 1 Created After
Fex 1 Processed
Temporary File
Contains Report Data
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
A File Share Must
Be Set Up Prior
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Processed
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Rename Processing)
Message Displayed After Rename Procedure Completes
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Main Name(Rename) Stand Alone Fex 2
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Procedure 2
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Sheet 2 – Stand Alone Procedure
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 2 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Temporary File
Contains Report Data
Sheet 2
Created After
Fex 2
Processes
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 2 Processing
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Sheet 1
Unchanged
Temporary Files
Extension XHT
Use Windows
Explorer To View Data
Sheet 2 Updated
With Corporate Data
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Main Name(Rename) Rename How It Works
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Rename Details)
Rename Fex
Processes Dos
Command Line
Processing.
The File Share
Must Be Set Up
Prior To
Processing Fex.
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Main Name(Rename) Stand Alone Fex 3
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Procedure 3
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Sheet 3 – Stand Alone Procedure
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 3 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Sheet 3
Created After
Fex 3
Processes
Temporary File
Contains Report Data
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 3 Processing
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Fex 3 Processing Phases
Sheet 1 & 2
Unchanged
Temporary Files
Extension XHT
Use Windows
Explorer To View Data
Sheet 3 Updated
With Corporate Data
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Main Name(Rename) Rename
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
A File Share Must
Be Set Up Prior
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 4 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Procedure 4 - Sheet 4 – Stand Alone Procedure
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 4 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Sheet 4 Created After Fex 4 Processes
Temporary File
Contains Report Data
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Main Name(Rename) Fex 4 Processed Results
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Fex 4 Processing Phases
Sheets 1, 2, & 3
Unchanged
Temporary
File XHT
Use Explorer
To View Data
Sheet 4 Updated
With Corp Data
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
A File Share Must
Be Set Up Prior
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
One Time Set Up Required Prior To Program Process
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Use The APP HOLD In All Stand Alone Procedures
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Code The Same Hold File Name In Each Procedure
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Prepare The RENAME Procedure using the HOLD File Name
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Create the SHARE drive with proper read/write access
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Prepare the WORKSHEET before you save as a single web page template as the
sheet numbers and names used in the Fex are only for ordering purposes during
the write process.
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
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Main Name(Rename) Rename Fex Details
Seeing The Ins & Outs Of (Main(Rename) Procedure Processing)
Main Calling Fex Completion Message
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One Time Security Set Up For Application Directory
1) Create a share for the application directory to enable the rename process
The name of the share will be referenced in the
rename process.
2) Set Permissions On App Directory to Read/Write for user Id processing
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Winar email
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Email batch file
Cd c:\dell\blat\
blat c:\dell\blat\emailbody.txt -from SV-OHIS-004 -subject
"Monthly Commercial Accessories Part List" -to laura_goldsmith@overheaddoor.com –attach
D:\DAILY_SALES_ARCHIVE\mth_comm_access_rpt1_echavez.zip
pause
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Both Equal
Save As
Batch Job
Fex
Write Data
Rename
Diffusion
Excel
Template
Updated
Worksheet
Unequal
Hypotonic
Hypertonic
Isotomic
Hypotonic
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