Deployment 1

[JonAustin1905]

I have a question on report deployment.

Currently we're taking over deployment from another office, who have been manually logging into the admin page, uploading each report which has changes one at a time, and stamping them manually with a version label.

This is tedious, and for a solution such as actuate I would hope, un-nessecary.

Does anyone know of a way to deploy a folder full of reports, in an automated fashion, stamping with the same version label as it goes?

I'd be greatful for any advice!

~ Jon

 

[bcaslow]

Yes, what you are wanting can be done, but you'll have to write your own, custom code to do it. What version you're using will determine what tool options you have: version 5 or earlier and you'll need to do it in C++.

 

[JonAustin1905]

Thanks for the reply I've since written a util over the weekend in Delphi, which will upload the file and stamp it with a given version label.

I'm interfacing with Actuate 6, and so far I'm un-impressed by this over-kill reporting solution which in other area's lacks the basics..

Ahh well, I've created what I needed, thanks anyway..

~ Jon

 

[nb725]

Hi Jon,
I have the same situation where I want to deploy reports from a folder instead of uploading manually one by one. Can you please let me know what needs to be done. I am using VB6.
Thanks

 

[JonAustin1905]

I created a util in Delphi, which posts data via HTTP post calls.

First it Mimics the login call, to authenticate.

It then mimics the upload of a report, retrieving the report UID, from the HTTP output.

Using that UID, it then calls an update on the report, with the version number I wish to stamp.

Their are apparently there are other ways around this, but for my purposes, it worked fine.

I'd recommend finding a good HTTP component for VB6 if you choose to go this way.

~ Jon

 

[nb725]

I am not that much familiar with actuate api. Are you using uploadfile and soap message to accomplish this?
Thanks

 

[JonAustin1905]

Nothing so grand.. Pure HTTP Interfacing..

As far as Actuate is concerned.. My app is just another web-browser.