Kbase 20954: Where Are the DB Connection Parameters Stored in an Actuate report?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
16/10/2008 |
|
Status: Unverified
GOAL:
This solution explains how you can connect to a different database from the database that appears on the Connection tab of the Actuate Report Wizard. Even if you put the details of the database Internet Explorer database name, and service name etc on the Connection tab, you still connect to the a database that was configured earlier.
FACT(s) (Environment):
Actuate
FIX:
Follow these steps to connect to a different database:
1) Go to the following Actuate configuration file:
<actuate>\eRDpro\examples\configuration\sample_configuration_file.xml
2) Click on VIEW > options > File settings tab > Configuration.
If the fill-in shows a file name, each time you try to make
a new connection, this file name is read and connection is
made to the database that is mentioned in this file.
3) Remove the file name in the fill-in.
For example:
The following sample configuration file is provided with Actuate
e.Report Designer and e.Report Designer Professional. It adds a
pre-defined database connection for the Progress Sports database.
This database connection appears in the report wizards' "Choose
from a list of predefined databases" page. For complete
information on how to use configuration files, please refer to
the on-line help or the "Designing e.Reports".
The sample configuration file follows:
(c) Actuate Corporation, 1999-2000.
Last updated: 07/05/00.
-->
<Config>
<SearchPath>
<Location>..\Libraries</Location>
</SearchPath>
<Design>
<Connection
Type="AcProgressConnection"
Description="Connects to Progress' sample database"
Alias="Sports"
IsDefault="false">
<Property
PropName="DatabaseList">
-db sports -H localhost -S sportssvr
</Property>
<Property
PropName="StartUpParameters">
-SV -S oibrkrsvr -H localhost -N tcp
</Property>
</Connection>
</Design>
<Runtime>
</Runtime>
</Config>