Distributing Data for Visual Discovery AE

In this section:

Report writers can create WebFOCUS procedures that prepare, model, and output data for use by Visual Discovery AE projects. The output of these procedures is used by Visual Discovery AE in several ways. For example:


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Physical File

Using the SAVE or HOLD reporting options, a physical file is created in a specific directory. This directory must be accessible by WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE.

For more information on using the SAVE or HOLD reporting options, see the Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language documentation.


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Web Browser Output

Using the default PCHOLD reporting option, the output is sent to the web browser where WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE users can save the output as text files.

For more information on using the PCHOLD reporting option, see the Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language documentation.

Note: In a future release, Visual Discovery AE projects will be able to point directly to WebFOCUS procedures.


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ReportCaster Bursting

ReportCaster can be used to schedule and burst Format VISDISAE reports. It allocates source data among Visual Discovery AE projects. For more information, see Publishing Visual Discovery AE Projects to a Larger (Web-Based) Audience and Using Parameterized Data Paths to Load Different Data Sets in a Published Project.

For more information on using ReportCaster to schedule reports, see the WebFOCUS ReportCaster documentation.


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Ad Hoc Demand

For ad hoc demand, an interface is designated to pre-filter a data set for explicit use by Visual Discovery AE projects. The generated result set creates a Visual Discovery AE text file. Users are redirected to a Visual Discovery AE project, which loads the newly created data set. For more information, see Using Parameterized Data Paths to Load Different Data Sets in a Published Project.


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