The following are known issues in ReportCaster:
- In WebFOCUS Version
8, the legacy ReportCaster API uses the ReportCaster and Library
Content folders that are created by the migration process. If you
have not migrated content to WebFOCUS Version 8 from an earlier
release of WebFOCUS, you must manually create the ReportCaster folder
in order to use the legacy ReportCaster API to create a schedule
unless you specify the full IBFS path in the Schedule description.
The ReportCaster folder must be created with the Auto Create My
Content Folders property set. The Library Content folder(s) created
by migration are the default destinations for Library output from
scheduled Managed Reporting procedures and Reporting Server procedures.
These folders must exist unless a full IBFS path is specified as
the destination for Library output at schedule creation time.
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When distributing
a file directly to the printer in PDF format, the APDF format is
not supported.
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The
security privileges that control the ability to schedule task types
and distribution methods are not applied when using the ReportCaster
API.
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Certain
security authorizations that are respected by the GUI tool are not
applied to ReportCaster API programs. Users can create some objects
(Access Lists, Distribution Lists, and Schedules) in a folder where
they are allowed to create new items.
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Signing
off the Business Intelligence Portal (BI Portal) or Dashboard does
not close the ReportCaster Explorer window. Close the ReportCaster
Explorer window manually when you sign off or close the BI Portal
or Dashboard window.
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The
OK button is not active when the first value in a Static or Dynamic
parameter value list is selected. The workaround is to select a
value other than the first value and then change the selected value
to the first value.
- When using Mozilla
Firefox, if you select Save in the ReportCaster
Console and then select the Prevent this page from creating additional
dialogs check box within the Please ensure that you
restart the Distribution Server message dialog box, this will result
in subsequent attempts to save changes by displaying a message informing
you that the save request failed to execute. To recover from this
error, close and reopen the ReportCaster Console. When you save configuration
changes, do not select the Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs
check box.
End User Scheduling Tool
The following is a known issue in the
ReportCaster End User Scheduling tool:
- When using the Recurrences
ribbon, the non-visual user is not able to return to the tool after
pressing the Spacebar key or the OK button. Although the tool does
not close, non-visual users believe that they were sent back to
the tree.
Library Reports
The following are known issues in Library
reports:
- When you double-click
an On-Demand Paging Library report in the BI Portal tree, the report
displays but is missing the Web Viewer control bar at the bottom.
Select the View option to view the report.
ReportCaster Explorer displays report in the View pane.
- When viewing a On-demand
Paging report from the Library Versions View Pane, the Web Viewer
control bar is not fully visible and displays with a vertical scroll
control. The workaround is to view the On-demand Paging report in
a new window by selecting the Open option
from the toolbar or the context menu for the selected Library report,
as shown in the following image.
- Report expiration
is not working for all expiration types.