How impromptu reports can be run in web interface.?

[jessy111]

Hi,

I am a bigginer in cognos-impromptu.I would like to know the answers to following questions.

What I am looking for is one of my front end application developed in .NET need an interface to allow the users to create some basic reports based on the search conditions entered by the user. I would like to know the following inputs from you:

1. What is the report i generate and where do we have to store it in the server.
2. What is the interface (html) to be provided to the user to generate the specific impromptu reports.
3. Does the user need to install impromptu in his machine.

Thanks
Jessy

 

[Exie]

I've done something similar to this using PHP. I simply installed Impromptu on our

http://WWW server

machine. and wrote a couple scripts.

First script produced a listing of reports the user could select from. On selection it would pass the requested report onto the second script.

The second script used OLE(COM) to open impromptu, whip open the right catalog and run the report, save it as PDF/XLS and then return that to the user.

The most difficult bits were working out security, and passing parameters into the second script for reports.

If you start off with the sample "Cognos scipt" scripts, you should be able to port this into some form of ASP/.NET page fairly easily.

Regards,
Tim.

 

[jessy111]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the reply.But i didnt get your point exactly.I want to give the user to option to pass parameter. So report shuld be dynamic. Second script you ar talking about is calling from the front end application?

Pls give me a clear idea.

Thanks
Jessy