Custom template instead of Query Panel?

[RMercier]

Hello all,

I am currently employed at a company that is starting to implement Business Objects. I am fairly new at using B.O. (Designer especially), and I would like to know if there is any way to hold end-users to use a custom template that we would build instead of allowing them to use the Query Panel. If anybody knows of such a solution please advise.

Much appreciated,

Rich Mercier

 

[Sridharan]

Rich,

Why would you need to customize the Query Panel????

Sri

 

[RMercier]

Sri,

It's not that we want to customize the Query Panel, but what we want/hope to do (if possible) is create a custom template which the end user must use to run a report instead of using the Query Panel. I've been researching this with no luck, so hopefully you or somebody can help me!

Thanks in advance,

Rich Mercier

 

[skrandel]

I still don't get it. End users don't need to use the query panel. If you give them a report, they can just hit the refresh button.

If you are trying to build some sort of form that then passes paramters to BO, thats possible using VBA or ASP/JSP.

Steve Krandel
Westbay Solutions

http://www.westbaysolutions.com

 

[RMercier]

Sorry I'm so confusing...like I said I'm very new with using B.O. so please bare with me

The thing is we won't be giving them a report (we use Report Retriever for that), they will be creating their own report which is the reason why the user will need to use the Query Panel. I believe the reason we want them to use a custom template is so that the user doesn't send outrageous queries to our DB, and just to make it easier. Is using VBA or ASP/JSP the only way to go about this? Or is there some way to do it in B.O.?

Again, sorry I've been so confusing and I appreciate everybodies help!


There's a new one here everytime I post,

Rich Mercier

 

[pabloj]

With SDK license you can find (and customize) an "html query panel" (no applet, but drop down lists of objects ...),which can be easily restricted.

Stick to your guns

 

[RMercier]

thanks so much!

Rich Mercier