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Contents

WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version 03 New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Reporting With WebFOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

WebFOCUS InfoAssist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

InfoAssist Report, Chart, and Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Active Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

App Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reporting Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Charting With WebFOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

InfoDiscovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

WebFOCUS Graphics and Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Developing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Business Intelligence Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scheduling and Distributing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ReportCaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Administering and Securing the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

WebFOCUS Client Repository and Authorization Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Server Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Configuration and Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Core Server and Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

NLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Web Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Adapter Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

All Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

SQL Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ERP Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

OLAP Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

DBMS Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Procedures Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sequential and Indexed Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Social Media Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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XML-Based Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

WebFOCUS RESTful Web Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Customer Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Contents

WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version 03 NewFeature Highlights

This documentation describes the new features available in WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version03.

It is intended for all levels of users, including application developers, administrators, andend users. It is also intended to serve as a quick reference for users upgrading from a priorrelease.

In this document:

Reporting With WebFOCUS

Charting With WebFOCUS

Developing Applications

Scheduling and Distributing Information

Administering and Securing the Environment

Server Enhancements

Adapter Enhancements

WebFOCUS RESTful Web Services


WebFOCUS is a complete information control system with comprehensive features for retrievingand analyzing data that enables you to create reports quickly and easily from real-time transactionalsystems, relational data warehouses, cubes, and any ERP or legacy source.

WebFOCUS InfoAssist

InfoAssist is a powerful report generation tool that enables business users to leverage ad hocfunctionality. With InfoAssist, you can generate highly complex reports, charts, and documentsfrom any enterprise information source without IT intervention. You can also analyze multiplereports and charts simultaneously and output report data in a variety of formats.


InfoAssist Report, Chart, and Document

New Options on the Home Tab. When working in Document Mode, in InfoAssist, a newgroup, Clipboard, has been added to the Home tab. Functions in this group enable you to cut,copy, paste, and duplicate items in your document.

Color of Line Indicator in Query Design Pane Based on Theme. When clicking and draggingfields within the Query Design pane, a line indicator displays. The color of this line is determinedby the theme.

Addition of Calendar Feature. When working with full date fields while using Traffic Lights,Filtering, or Slicers, a calendar icon now displays. The calendar feature enables you to selecta date using a calendar control.

Support for Microsoft Excel 2007 Added to Chart and Document Mode. Microsoft®

Excel® 2007 output format has been added to the Chart and Document Modes in InfoAssist.This enables the Excel (xlsx) and Excel Formula (xlsx) formats in areas of InfoAssist where anoutput format can be selected.

Implementation of Dynamic Grouping. The Dynamic Grouping functionality enables you tocreate groups of elements based on the field data type that you select. Once you define anew group, a higher-level field is created that contains the selected elements.

New Indicator Line in the Query Design Pane. When you drag a field to a new location inthe Query Design pane, an indicator line displays. This allows you to preview the placementof the selected field.

Addition of Field List Search Functionality. Field search functionality has been added tothe Resources panel in InfoAssist, enabling you to search for specific fields within a tree orlist.

Active Technologies

WebFOCUS Active Technologies reports and dashboards provide business intelligence (BI) forany computer or mobile device running a web browser. Active Technologies present data with avariety of interactive analytic capabilities in a single portable document, deliverable to any typeof mobile device. Users of rich interactive applications created with Active Technologies can easilymanipulate the data, intuitively explore information, and uncover critical trends and patterns usingdevice-specific user interface characteristics and gestures for multi-touch screens.

With Active Technologies, you can quickly develop completely portable BI applications, deliverinteractive reports and dashboards to any user, and reduce the load on the database and serversystems by allowing users to work in disconnected mode. The built-in analytics include sorting,filtering, performing data calculations, charting, and much more.

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Filtering an Active Technologies Report on a Dashboard Using Chained Form Controls.You can use the ARFILTER_ONCHANGE = ON property in a compound layout report to filter atarget active report or chart on an active dashboard with the values selected in chained activeform controls. When the value of the first active form control in a chain changes, the reportor chart is filtered with the initial value in the second and subsequent active form controls inthe chain.

Viewing Data as a Chart. When you run an active report on an iPad, you can tap Chart ortouch the right arrow for the Chart menu option to display a menu that specifies the defaultvalue for the type of chart that will be displayed and the default aggregation (calculation) thatwill be used to draw the chart. Also listed are the columns that are available for display onthe X-axis of the chart (the Group By columns).

Creating a Heading Area With Controls Using the Dashboard Bar. You can create aheading area for an active dashboard by adding a page layout for the dashboard bar(PAGELAYOUT=DASHBOARDBAR). On the page for the dashboard bar, you can insert ActiveTechnologies form controls, reports, and charts that are always displayed above the dashboardtabs.

Setting the ALPHA Background Color of an Active Technologies Report. You can setthe ALPHA background color of an active report or chart, and each report or chart object onan active dashboard, so that the color is transparent. The ALPHA background color includesthe background color of the data in the report or chart, and alternating background colors.This capability enables you to place an image in the background of a report or chart. Forexample, you can add a watermark behind a report.

Displaying the Heading in a Rollup Table. When using a rollup table generated from atabular active report, you can either display the heading that is supplied by Active Technologiesor display a custom heading that you supply in the original tabular report procedure.

Setting the Default Filter Value for a Column on an Active Technologies Dashboard.This feature sets the default filter value in an active form control and at run time automaticallyapplies the filter to the data in the report and chart objects on an active dashboard. It is anoptional property for an active form control.

Hiding a Report Object on an Active Technologies Dashboard. You may need to hide anactive report object on an active dashboard. For example, when you want to display non-datarelated objects in the first tab of the dashboard and place report and chart objects in thesubsequent tabs, you can hide the first report object using HIDDEN=ON syntax in yourWebFOCUS code. The data from the hidden report is still available for use in the global filteror other filter control.


WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version 03 New Feature Highlights

Defining Custom Styles for an Active Technologies Report or Dashboard. There arenew Active Technologies classes for styling an active report or dashboard:

The class .arLoadingMessage defines the font style of the Loading message text for anAHTML report or dashboard.

The class .arMobileTabBar defines the background color of the tab area in ActiveTechnologies for mobile web apps.

App Studio

App Studio is a Windows-based GUI development environment for creating WebFOCUS applications.App Studio provides innovative features and functions that simplify development, thereby allowingyou to concentrate on interface design, business logic, and data manipulation. Features includedata visualization, color exception reporting, intelligent drilldowns, and the ability to generateHTML pages without writing code.

Creating Visualizations. Visualizations centralize information by providing different viewsof data that are pertinent to a particular objective. Visualizations support the use of differenttypes of charts, maps, and grids. They also serve to provide information in real-time, basedon changes in underlying data or other components. A visualization can be updated, changed,or revised at any time to account for shifts in data needs. You can create a visualization fromthe Content node in the Environments Tree panel or Environments Detail panel, by right-clickinga folder, pointing to New, and clicking Visualization.

Browser Support for Output. The Output Viewer Settings tab on the App Studio Optionsdialog box enables you to set a specific browser to use for output or to use the App StudioInternal Viewer (default), and to set the navigation options for the output (run in new window,run in same window). The Browser Setup section is populated with a list of browsers that areinstalled on the App Studio machine. App Studio works with Mozilla Firefox®, Google Chrome™,and Microsoft Internet Explorer® browsers.

Reporting Language

WebFOCUS is a complete information control system with comprehensive features for retrievingand analyzing data. It enables you to create reports quickly and easily. It also provides facilitiesfor creating highly complex reports, but its strength lies in the simplicity of the request language.

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The Reporting Server Release 8.1 Version 03 includes the following Release 7.7 Version 06Reporting Language new features:

Preventing Visual Overflow. At times, the size defined for the USAGE format of a field maybe too small to fit the actual data to be displayed. In previous releases, this scenario wouldcause asterisks (***) to display in the report output in place of the actual value. Situationsthat cause this scenario include if the display value is larger than the defined display formator if a value is aggregated, the summed value does not fit into the space that was allottedfor the column by the USAGE format of the field.

Dynamically Scaling HTML Report Output. The AUTOFIT parameter can be activated todynamically scale HTML reports and charts horizontally to fill the entire container (window orframe) within your portal pages and HTML pages.

Embedded Images in Microsoft Excel (XLSX) Workbooks. The XLSX workbooks cancontain embedded images in fixed positions in each of the WebFOCUS report areas includingheaders, footers, and data cells. Additionally, graphs can be placed on individual worksheetswithin compound workbooks.

Ability to Change Default Font Style for FORMAT XLSX. The default and available fontsfor each output format are defined in the fontmap.xml file maintained within the ReportingServer. Prior to Release 8.1 Version 03, the definitions for DHTML also covered the MicrosoftOffice formats (XLSX, PPT, PPTX). As of Release 8.1 Version 03, font definitions for formatXLSX can be defined separately, allowing ease in customizing the look and feel of your XLSXworkbooks. WebFOCUS uses Arial as the default font. Use this feature to change the defaultfont to match the Microsoft Office standard font, Calibri, or your corporate standard.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation File Format (PPTX). The PPTX file format can containreports, graphs, and images with WebFOCUS styling features, as well as populate PowerPointtemplates containing preset Slide Masters, styling, and other business content.

Using PowerPoint PPTX Display Format. With PowerPoint (PPTX), Microsoft® introducedenhanced functionality in a new presentation file format. WebFOCUS Release 8.1 introducesthe capability to retrieve data from any WebFOCUS supported data source and to generate aPPTX presentation for data analysis and distribution. You can place report output on a specificslide in a PowerPoint template. This enables you to populate existing presentations withpreset Slide Masters, styling, and other business content. PowerPoint design templates (POTX)and PowerPoint macro-enabled templates (POTM) are stored on the server and can bedistributed automatically with ReportCaster.



WebFOCUS Client Amper Autoprompt Internal Processing. The performance and securityof the WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Amper Autoprompt facility has been improved because theWebFOCUS Client no longer uses XSLT templates to create the JavaScript for the AutopromptHTML page. As of WebFOCUS Release 8.1, the WebFOCUS Client uses the XML returned bythe Reporting Server to create the JavaScript for the Autoprompt HTML page. Theautoprompt_top.xslt and autoprompt_top_checked.xslt templates have been converted to thenew Release 8.1 implementation.

Automatically Sizing an HTML HFREEZE Report. An AUTO option has been added to theSCROLLHEIGHT command for use with the HTML HFREEZE reporting feature. The AUTO optionautomatically sizes the HFREEZE report within the browser page or the frame within the page.

Rolling Up Calculations on Summary Rows. Using the ROLL. operator in conjunction withanother prefix operator on a summary line recalculates the sort break values using the valuesfrom summary lines generated for the lower level sort break.

Simplified Character Functions. New character functions have streamlined parameter lists,similar to those used by SQL functions. In some cases, these simplified functions provideslightly different functionality than previous versions of similar functions. The new simplifiedcharacter functions are CHAR_LENGTH, DIGITS, LPAD, RPAD, LTRIM, RTRIM, TRIM_, LOWER,UPPER, SUBSTRING, and TOKEN.

Simplified Date and Date-Time Functions. New date and date-time functions havestreamlined parameter lists, similar to those used by SQL functions. In some cases, thesesimplified functions provide slightly different functionality than previous versions of similarfunctions. The new simplified character function are DTADD, DTDIFF, DTPART, and DTRUNC.

CHECKPRIVS Function. Given a General Privilege code as input, the CHECKPRIVS functionreturns Y or N depending on whether the connected user has been granted that privilege.

Adding a Value Test to RESTRICT=NOPRINT. This extension to RESTRICT=NOPRINT enablesyou to use a VALUE=expression clause in the RESTRICT command. The expression will beevaluated, and the value will display only if the expression evaluates to true for that value.Any value for which the expression evaluates to false will be replaced on the output by oneof the default values.

Using ACCEPT=SYNONYM in a Master File. ACCEPT=SYNONYM is used to look up valuesin another data source and retrieve a corresponding display value. The lookup field valuesmust exist in both data sources, although they do not need to have matching field names.

Using Multiple Prefix Operators on the Same Measure in SUBTOTAL. You can nowreference a field with multiple prefix operators in a summary command using the prefix operatorto differentiate between the fields with multiple operators.

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Validating Parameter Values Without Data File Access: REGEX. Parameter valuevalidation processing has been enhanced to validate the parameter value without accessingthe data using the REGEX mask, which specifies a regular expression.

Adding DBA Restrictions to the Join Condition. When DBA restrictions are applied to arequest on a multi-segment structure, by default the restrictions are added as WHEREconditions in the report request. When the DBAJOIN parameter is set ON, DBA restrictionsare treated as internal to the file or segment for which they are specified, and are added tothe join syntax.

Storing Localized Metadata in Language Files. If you want to centralize localized columntitles, descriptions, and prompts, and apply them to multiple Master Files, you can create aset of translation files and use the TRANS_FILE attribute in a Master File to invoke them.

Charting With WebFOCUS

In WebFOCUS 8, charting options have been expanded to include more advanced properties, aswell as a new output format that allows you to render a chart in the browser using a built-inJavaScript engine.

InfoDiscovery

Addition of Ring Pie Chart. A new chart type, Ring Pie, has been added to the Select aVisual menu in the InfoDiscovery Workbench. Ring pie charts are circular charts that displaythe total for the selected measure in the center of the ring. In addition, you can hover over acolored segment of the ring to view its underlying value. This makes it easy to compareindividual segments against the total.

WebFOCUS Graphics and Charts

You can include API calls in WebFOCUS procedures to create dynamic, sophisticated server-sidegraphs that showcase your business data. You can generate HTML5 charts that can be customizedusing both the WebFOCUS API calls and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) properties.

In Release 8.1.03, the following features have been added for HTML5 charts:

Nearest Neighbor Tooltip Detection. The default tooltip detection method has been changedfor line, area, and scatter charts so that when the mouse pointer moves off a point, the tooltipdisappears. To restore the previous behavior for line, scatter, and area charts, you can addthe mousemove:'nearestNeighbor' property to the interaction object.

Displaying Data Text Labels on a Bubblemap. Data text labels will display on a bubblemapif you show data values for all series and set the dataLabels property to true.



Gauge Chart Minor Grid Line Support. Gauge charts now support yaxis:minorGrid properties.By default, the minor grid lines are visible.

Support for Discrete Color Bands in Color Scales. Discrete color mode visualizes thecolorScale in discrete color bands for heatmaps and choropleths.

Hiding an Extrapolated Line That Starts Before Actual Values. By default, if missingvalues are shown on a line chart, and if they start before the start of actual values in the datasource, the line is extrapolated to include those missing values. ThemissingDataExtrapolate:false property omits those extrapolated values from the chart output.

Annotations. An annotation is text, a marker, or both that you want to place anywhere on achart. Multiple annotations can be defined within the annotations array.

SVG Color Patterns. In some cases, you may want to use patterns to distinguish chartelements such as risers and markers, or to fill chart frames. This can be a useful techniquein black and white environments where colors are not distinguishable.

In Release 8.1.03, the following features have been added for server-side charts:

Format Option for the Stack Total Value. When generating a stacked graph, you can setthe setUseDataTextStackTotalOnTopFormat(Boolean); API to true. This enables you to formatthe stack total value using the setTextFormatPreset(getDataTextStackedTotalOnTop(), int);API call.

Formatting Date and Time Values for Y-Axis Labels. Military time uses a 24-hour timeformat where numbers between zero (0) and one (1), or times using a 12-hour format withAM and PM indicators, are converted to times between 0:00 and 23:00. Numbers greaterthan one are cycled so that they map to one of these hours as well, except for cumulativemilitary time, in which case they add to the original value. You can use thesetTextFormatPreset() and setSimpleDateFormat() API calls to implement these formats.

Plus and Minus Marker Shapes. The marker shape, circlePlus, displays a circle with a plussign (+) centered in it, and the marker shape, circleMinus, displays a circle with a minus sign(-) centered in it.


To address the varied information needs of all types and levels of users, developers must beable to quickly and easily build and implement sophisticated business intelligence and datamaintenance applications. With WebFOCUS, you can create applications that deliver simplifiedend-user reporting capabilities in a secured, business-oriented environment that can easily bemaintained and customized.

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Business Intelligence Portal

The Business Intelligence Portal (BI Portal) is the successor to the Business IntelligenceDashboard. The BI Portal allows you to build complete modern websites.

Some of the highlights of the BI Portal include:

Visual editor with live preview.

Up to four banner areas.

Customizable Menu Bar.

Nine prebuilt themes.

Customizable individual objects, including different settings for different states.

User-dependent view, personalize, and edit capabilities at the portal level.

Single-area or column-based page layouts.

Optional navigation menu.

Repeatable object backgrounds.

Multiple border styles.

Easily added new pages.

Collapsible Banner. Allows optional visibility at run time. If the feature is enabled, the bannerbecomes collapsible, allowing you to expand the display area of the portal.

Fluid Canvas. A page layout option that arranges the content evenly and redistributes spaceas more items are added.

Integrated Data Discovery/Visualization. WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version 03 now offersan integrated version of the InfoDiscovery Discovery Workbench, a thin-client tool for buildinginteractive visualizations, or analytic dashboards. Visualizations are meant to help businessusers understand the hidden meaning behind large amounts of data. You can easily interpretrelationships, trends patterns and outliers. The workbench makes self-service data discoveryfor business users a reality.

Responsive Container. A container that resizes dynamically to any width based on screensize, device, and orientation, thus eliminating the need to design for a specific devicepreference.




WebFOCUS ReportCaster ensures secure, automatic dissemination of critical information to theright person in the right context. A cutting-edge report delivery engine and state-of-the-art businessevent monitoring provides companies with a single point of control for real-time alerts, as wellas a mechanism for fully automating, scheduling, storing, and instantly distributing information.For example, WebFOCUS reports and dashboards or third-party content, to anyone within oroutside the organization.

ReportCaster

Distribution Server Processing Uses IBFS System. As of Release 8.1 Version 03, theDistribution Server processing uses the IBFS system to submit scheduled jobs to a ReportingServer.

Addition of Internal Variables. As of Release 8.1 Version 03, two new internal variableshave been added. The first variable, &DSTSCHEDID, is an ID that uniquely identifies theschedule. The second variable, &DSTSCHEDDESC, is the title (description) of the schedule.For more information on all ReportCaster internal variables, see ReportCaster Variables in theReportCaster manual.

Showing Only Folders with Content. In the ReportCaster Explorer, two new icons havebeen added to control the display of folders. The Show only folders with content option allowsyou to display only folders that contain content. Once this option has been selected, you canrestore the display of all folders by clicking Show all folders.

Controlling the Setting of the FOCEXURL and FOCHTMLURL. A new configuration setting,Set FOCEXURL/FOCHTMLURL in the scheduled procedure, has been added in the ReportCasterConfiguration tool.

Specifying Multiple Distribution Methods in a Schedule. When working with schedules,you can specify more than one distribution method for one single schedule. For example, youcan distribute the schedule using FTP and Email simultaneously.

Creating Schedules With Parameterized Settings. You can use parameters (ampervariables) to populate fields in the Basic and Advanced Scheduling tools.

Enabling or Disabling Distribution Server Traces. You can enable or disable the DistributionServer traces from the Server Status tab of the ReportCaster Console. To turn DistributionServer traces on or off, click the View Trace button, and click Turn On Trace or Turn Off Trace.This functionality tracks traces for the Distribution Server separately from Job traces. You donot need to turn on job traces to see distribution server traces.

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Setting Default Library Expiration Options. You can set default Library Expiration optionsin the Report Library folder, which is located on the Configuration tab of the ReportCasterConsole. You can specify a number of versions, days, weeks, months or years by which libraryreports can be set to expire. You can also disable the option for Never Expire, which controlsthe option to select this setting when scheduling a report using the Report Library option.

View Logs and Traces for Daily and On-Demand Log Purge and Library Expiration Jobs.You can view log and trace information for the daily and on-demand Log Purge and LibraryExpiration jobs. You can view purge logs and traces using the Job Logs tab in the ReportCasterConsole. You can view log and trace information, open job logs, delete job logs, refresh joblogs, or access related help for job logs on the Job Logs tab. To access a listed job for whichyou want to view logs or traces, click the Auto Log Purge folder or the Library Expiration folder,which are located in the system folder. Once you select a job, click View Log or View Trace,accordingly.

Updating Global FTP Password for All Schedules. Changing the password of an FTP userapplies to all schedules that use that user ID for that FTP server and schedule owner.

Purging Logs and Deleting Library Reports. You can purge logs and delete expired libraryreports on demand, using the toolbar options on the ReportCaster Configuration tab of theAdministration Console. Both of these tools provide a mechanism for indicating a date fromwhich logs or reports should be deleted. In addition, both tools offer options for indicating atrace preference, such as Default Traces, No Traces, or Trace On.

Enabling Brief Notifications. The Enable Brief Notification Only check box is available inthe Email Distribution and Notification folder, under ReportCaster Configuration. This settingenables you to control whether Full Notification is available as a scheduling option. When thischeck box is selected, you can only select the Brief Notification option when you schedule areport. Full Notification is not available.

Separate Job Queues for Each Data Server. The Distribution Server now has separate jobqueues for each Reporting Server, as well as an additional queue for tasks that do not requirea Reporting Server.

Publishing Schedules. You can publish schedules from the tree in ReportCaster. A publishedschedule will be visible to all users with access to the folder in which it resides.

Group Ownership of Schedules. You can create group owned schedules from the tree inReportCaster. A group owned schedule will be visible to all users within the selected groupthat can access the folder where the schedule is located.



Encrypting and Securing ReportCaster Communications. You can encrypt thecommunication between the ReportCaster application and the ReportCaster DistributionServer. To enable this functionality, click Configuration on the ribbon in the ReportCasterConsole and select the Distribution Servers folder.

Support for New Formats. PPTX for PowerPoint 2010 (*.pptx) and PPTX Template forPowerPoint Template 2010 (*.pptx) have been added to ReportCaster.

Viewing Trace Information in the ReportCaster Console. A View Trace button has beenadded to the Server Status, Job Status, and Job Logs tabs in the ReportCaster Console. Thisfunction enables administrators to view trace information in the scheduler.log, main.trc,reader.trc, console.trc, and other trace files.

Versioning Added for Scheduler.log Files. When multiple scheduler.log files are createdon the same day, ReportCaster creates a unique file for each instance, using a date and timestamp. The following format is used: scheduler_DD-MM-YY_HH-MM-SS.

New View Options on the ReportCaster Explorer Toolbar. The ReportCaster Explorertoolbar has been modified to include a View Pane button. When working with Library andWatch List reports, this option enables you to show and hide the view pane.

SFTP With Multi-Factor Authentication. In the Distribution dialog box, Multi-factorauthentication has been added for FTP Server distribution. When customizing settings for FTPServer information, you can select the Public Key and Password (Multi-factor) authenticationoption. This option indicates that the server requires authentication with a user ID andpassword.

Configuring the Default Server for SSH (SFTP). You can configure your default FTP Serverto use the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) in the FTP Settings folder in the ReportCasterConfiguration tool.

Disabling Tasks Within a Schedule. When working with an established schedule, you candisable one or more tasks within that schedule. You can also create a new schedule withmultiple tasks and then disable one or more of those tasks, as needed.


The new WebFOCUS Client repository and authorization security model uses an implementationof Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to enforce security across all resources in the repository.The flexibility of the new model enables an administrator to implement security at a granular levelfor every resource in the WebFOCUS repository.

Resource Analyzer and Resource Governor help Information Systems (IS) organizations analyzeand control end user data access, as well as provide site-specific control options.

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WebFOCUS Client Repository and Authorization Security

SAML for Single Sign On Support. WebFOCUS offers single sign on support for SAML 2.0as a candidate for release feature.

Centralized Validation of Product Variables. WebFOCUS provides enhanced protectionagainst SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks by using a centralized filter to validateall product variables by URI. When a request fails the validation test, the request is notvalidated and a generic error message is displayed to the user. Blocked requests are loggedfor administrator review and violations are aggregated into a list that can be used to developnew filters.

Parameter Prompting Behavior. The IBIMR_promptingUnset setting enables or disablesparameter prompting for Managed Reporting procedures (FEXes) when IBIMR_prompting isset to XMLPROMPT or XMLRUN, and the Prompt for Parameters setting is unchecked in theFEX Properties dialog box.

Confirmation Message When Moving Folders. You can set theIBI_Move_Confirmation_Message parameter to specify whether WebFOCUS will requestconfirmation when a user moves a folder using a drag-and-drop operation. The default valueis False.

IBI_XFrameOptions Setting. The IBI_XFrameOptions setting in the Filters category of theAdministration Console prevents your content from being embedded in other sites, as asecurity measure against clickjacking attacks.

IBI_Message_Detail Setting. The IBI_Message_Detail setting in the Security category ofthe Administration Console determines when users receive detailed or simplified errormessages. The detailed message appears in the event.log for administrator troubleshooting.

Updating Application Settings on the Command Line. You can update any WebFOCUSApplication Setting with the updateWebconfig.bat utility (for Windows) or theupdateWebconfig.sh utility (for UNIX). These command line utilities modify theibi\WebFOCUS81\config\webconfig.xml file and automatically encrypt any passwords youupdate.



Server Enhancements

The following sections describe new features for the Reporting Server.

Applications

Release 7.7 Version 06

Reporting on the Impact of Changing Adapter Connection Names. You can generate areport on the impact of changing an adapter connection name. The report provides links tothe affected files and lists such information as the connection names, type of file, usage,and application name.

Using Wildcard Characters in the in the APP Commands COPYFILE, MOVEFILE,DELETEFILE, and RENAMEFILE. You can use the asterisk (*) character as a placeholder forany number of characters, and a question mark (?) as a placeholder for zero or one characterwithin a file name or file type reference.

Configuration and Monitoring


Simplifying Upload and Quick Copy With Configuration settings. You can set defaultvalues for certain upload and quick copy parameters, such as the bulk load option and thetarget DBMS and connection.

Support for a Secure SMTP Server. You can now configure a secure SMTP email server.

Using Relative File References in Access Control to Facilitate Migration. Files thatreside in a folder under the internal server locations EDACONF, EDAHOME, APPROOT, andEDAPRFU, are registered using addresses relative to those server locations so that thereferences remain valid if a new version of the server is installed in a different file system.

Enhanced Creation of Samples and Tutorials. Sample files are now generated using theTutorials button or New/Tutorials context menu item. The legacy sample files that weredelivered in the ibisamp application in prior releases can be created with the Create LegacySample Tables and Files tutorial and created in any application.

Core Server and Clients


Account for zIIP CPU Time for CPU LIMIT Purposes. zIIP implementation has beenenhanced to account for zIIP CPU time for CPU LIMIT purposes.

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ISETUP Installation Support for SMS Allocation Rules. On sites that use SMS rules tomanage the environment, the ISETUP installation might fail due to improper space allocationor inadequate disk volume when the VOLUME keyword is overridden by the SMS rules. Nowadditional parameters are available to control the allocation.

Setting Offline Print Attributes on i5. You can now set native i5 QPRINT and SPLUSRDTAspool system values for spooled OFFLINE print files.

Enhanced Support for FILEDEFs Using DYNAM SUBMIT on HFS Servers. On HFS-deployedservers, the DYNAM SUBMIT command has been enhanced to check for a FILEDEF ddnameif a DYNAM ALLOC is not found.

Diagnostics


Showing edatemp, foccache, and Other Internal Folders on the Application Tree.Server Administrators can display the edahome, edaconf, edaprfu, scaroot, foccache andedatemp locations as folders for users on the Web Console Application Tree.

Displaying Time Statistics for Each Data Agent Connection In EDAPRINT. TheEDAPRINT.log file now displays CPU and server times for each data agent connection.

Metadata


Decomposing Date Fields With DTPART and DTRUNC. The Decompose Date feature forsynonyms has been enhanced to create DEFINE fields that provide additional standard dateformats for a date or a date-time field.

Enhancements to the Metadata Wizard on the Web Console. The Metadata Wizard hasa new Join step that lets the user create a star schema. The Measures and Dimensions stepcreates measure groups for the facts and hierarchies selected in the Join step, and attributescan be assigned.

Updating Synonyms With Metadata From an RDBMS Table. The context menu option forNew/Synonym in the Web Console or DMC is now labeled Synonym (Create or Update). Whenthis option is selected for a relational data source, a check list of available properties isdisplayed. The user can select the properties that should be updated for the databasemetadata.



Performing CHECK FILE on a Synonym. The Properties page for a synonym now has aCHECK FILE button which generates a report showing the number of segments, number offields, and the length of all fields.

Controlling the Case of DBMS Column Names for a New Table. For data sources suchas Greenplum, where lowercase column names are preferred, the case of the FIELD and ALIASattributes can be specified from the Data Management Console or Web Console.

Enhanced Data Security in Generic Cube Synonyms. The REQSCOPE setting has beenadded to the TABLE Miscellaneous Service category to limit the scope of a request againsta generic cube (by reference cluster synonym) to only those fields referenced in the OLAPstructure. It also controls how DBA rules are applied, if present in any Dimension basesynonym.

Propagation of Dimension View Information to a HOLD File. The SET HOLDATTR=CUBEcommand propagates certain OLAP metadata from the referenced synonyms in a request tothe output HOLD file that the request generates.

SQL and Excel Date Format Customization When Creating Synonyms. Master Fileformats DATE and the date portion of date-time fields can be customized during SQL or Excelsynonym creation.

Expose the BYTEORDER Attribute in the Synonym Editor. The Synonym Editor nowsupports the BYTEORDER attribute for file data sources to specify whether the most significantbyte in Integer values is first or last when files are transferred to a system with a differentbyte order.

Configuring Field Qualification for Joins in the Synonym Editor. The option to fully qualifyfield names in the join criteria of a cluster synonym has been added to the Column Managementoption of the Synonym Editor. The choices are Always and For duplicate fields (the default).

Simplifying USAGE Attribute Specification for Date-time Fields. The Synonym Editornow provides a simplified process for specifying USAGE attributes for DATE and TIME columns.

NLS


Change to Server Default Code Page on Windows. The default server code page onWindows has been changed from code page 437 to code page 1252, which conforms to theMicrosoft default code page for English and certain Western European languages.

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Security


Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). To prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF) attacks on the server from the browser where the Web Console runs, the servergenerates a CSRF token to be sent with all POST requests.

Prevention of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks. All Web Console output is now encodedso that code containing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks cannot be executed.

Default PTH Security Provider Configured During Installation. To make sure the serveralways starts securely, the default security provider configured by the installation process isnow the PTH (server internal) provider.

Encrypting Data at Rest. When the server io_encryption setting is ON, binary, alpha, anddelimited HOLD files in edatemp and foccache are encrypted. Data agent trace files (tsxxx.trc)and agent output files (tsxxx.tro) are also encrypted and cannot be opened outside of theWeb Console or DMC.

Hiding Detailed Connection Information and Error Messages. For security purposes, theserver administrator can disable certain server features for basic users, including the serverversion, server name and release, login information, and list of user privileges.

Web Console Parameter Validation. Every parameter on every form displayed by the WebConsole is registered with an internal table that documents the valid values and thepermissions needed to change them. When a form is submitted, each parameter is validatedto ensure that these have been followed.

Calculating Privileges for Any Registered or Unregistered User or Group. The serveradministrator can calculate the privileges of any registered or un-registered user or group onthe server by right-clicking the Access Control tree and selecting Show Privileges.

Server-Wide Setting to Control the HTMLENCODE Parameter. The HTMLENCODEparameter controls whether HTML tags in data are encoded as plain text or HTML tags. Thevalue ON encodes the tags as plain text so the browser does not consider them executablecode. This prevents an attack on the server from executable code inserted into data.

Displaying System and Security Functions Information. When a server is running withsecurity, you can display a report listing information for all system and security functions fromthe Access Control page.

Advanced PTH Users and Groups Management Page. A new interface was added tomanage PTH Users and Groups on a single page with easy drag-and-drop actions.



New Function CHECKPRIVS Returns the Status of a General Privilege. The functionCHECKPRIVS, given a general privilege code, returns the value Y (yes) or N (no) dependingon whether the connected user has that privilege.

New Variable Returns a List of Groups for the Connected User. The Dialogue Manager&FOCSECGROUPS variable returns the list of all groups that have the connected user as amember. The groups on the list are separated by semicolons (;).

Disabling a PTH Security Provider Account. A registered PTH account can be disabled inorder to prevent a user from signing in to the server with that account.

Expiring foccache When the Session Ends. To make the server more secure, theSESSION_EXPIRATION setting has been combined with the foccache_maxage setting so thatwhen a session expires, the session foccache files expire as well, and are removed.

Elimination of the IBIF_cmd Parameter. URLs containing the internal parameter IBIF_cmdare no longer accepted. This eliminates the ability to execute server-acceptable syntax inorder to evade the access control configured for a connected user.

Identifying a Default Provider for Trusted Groups. When multiple security providers areconfigured, one must be identified as the default provider for trusted connections whenWebFOCUS or other client software sends a trusted group ID without a security provider tothe server.

Web Console


Information Reports on Functions, Optimization, and Data Types. New informationreports listing functions with descriptions and parameters, optimization information for eachadapter, and data type conversions for each adapter are available on the Web Console Adapterspage.

Accessing Application Files Using a URL Reference. You can open a file stored on arunning server from a web session using a URL reference.

Configuring Synonym Editor and Dimension View Preferences. The Web ConsolePreferences page includes new options for configuring the Synonym Editor and DimensionViews.

Searching for Files on the Server Using the Web Console. The Search Files button onthe Applications page of the Web Console opens a page to search for files by name,description, contents, and statistics in an application directory or across the entire server.

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New User Interface for File Selection. The new user interface for selecting a file has twowindows, with a tree view on the left to select the server and application directory, and a listof files.


The following sections describe new adapter features.

All Adapters


Changing Common Adapter Settings. The Web Console Adapters page has a new buttonin the Troubleshooting group, labeled Change common adapter settings, that allows you tocustomize data type mappings and other miscellaneous settings that are common to alladapters. Adapter-specific settings are customizable by right-clicking a configured adapterfolder and selecting Change Settings from the context menu.

SQL Adapters


All SQL Adapters

Creating Indexes for an Existing Table. When you issue a CREATE FILE command for atable, an index is created in the relational DBMS for the primary key and for each indexspecified in the Access File. If you want to create a table without creating all of the indexesat that time, you can omit the index declarations from the Access File and issue the CREATEFILE command to create only the table and the index on the primary key. Then, at a later time,you can add the index declarations to the Access File and issue the CREATE FILE commandwith the INDEXESONLY phrase. The option of adding the indexes later makes loading datainto a relational table much faster.

Optimization of Full Outer Joins. The WebFOCUS join command and conditional joincommand now have a FULL OUTER join option.

Adding a New Fact To Multi-Fact Synonyms: JOIN AS_ROOT. The JOIN AS_ROOT commandadds a new fact table as an additional root to an existing fact-based cluster (star schema).The source Master File has a parent fact segment and at least one child dimension segment.The JOIN AS_ROOT command supports a unique join from a child dimension segment (at anylevel) to an additional fact parent.

Joining From a Multi-Fact Synonym. Multi-parent synonyms are now supported as thesource for a unique join to a single segment in a target synonym.



Improved Handling of a Star Schema With Fan Trap. A new context analysis process hasbeen introduced in this release that detects the multiplicative effect and generates SQL scriptcommands that retrieve the correct values for each segment context. These scripts are thenpassed to the RDBMS as subqueries in an optimized SQL statement.

Support for Discontiguous Key Definition in the Access File. Key fields in the MasterFile can be listed in the order established by the relational DBMS or in any order that isconvenient. New syntax is available that does not require reordering of the fields in the MasterFile.

Optimization of Simplified Character Functions. The SUBSTRING, LTRIM, RTRIM, TRIM_,CHAR_LENGTH, LOWER, POSITION, and UPPER simplified functions are optimized to SQL.

Optimization of Simplified Date and Date-Time Functions. The DTPART, DTRUNC, DTADD,and DTDIFF functions have been optimized for SQL adapters, as reflected in the SQLOptimization Report.

Optimization of Legacy Character and Numeric Functions. The TRIMV function with theL/B (left/both) option, TRIM, ARGLEN, and POWER functions have been optimized.

Optimization of Date and Date-Time Functions. You can determine which functions areoptimized to their SQL counterparts by adapter in the SQL Optimization Report available fromthe Web Console.

Automatically Generating FORMAT SQL_SCRIPT for HOLD Files. This feature allows thespecification for temporary HOLD file formats to be SQL_SCRIPT. It affects all ON TABLE HOLDrequests that do not have an explicit format specified. It also enables you to convert proceduresfrom disk HOLD files to SQL HOLD files through a single SET command.

Amper Variables for SQLTAG and ABORTREPORT Settings. Variables that hold the valuesof SQLTAG and ABORTREPORT settings have been added.

Extended Bulk Load Support for the ON TABLE HOLD Clause. When using HOLD with aFORMAT of a SQL database, a new option enables you to use a bulk load procedure to loadthe table.

Adapter for DB2 - Version 7 Release 7.06

Case-Insensitive Filtering. Setting server collation (either as SET COLLATION=SRV_CI orunder the NLS configuration) triggers the underlying i5 DB2 to also be case-insensitive forlocal IBM i DB2 connections.

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Adapter for C9 INC - Version 7 Release 7.06

The Adapter for C9 INC has been introduced in this release and is available as a namedadapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder. It provides read access to Salesforce datastored in C9 and supports C9 temporal features by generating fields in the Master File withtemporal properties.

Adapter for Greenplum - Version 7 Release 7.06

Extended Bulk Load Support. DataMigrator supports Extended Bulk Load for EMC Greenplumusing the Greenplum Load Utility, gpload. This provides a faster load option than insert/update.

Unicode Support. The Adapter for Greenplum can read and write data in Unicode.

Adapter for Greenplum and PostgreSQL - Version 7 Release 7.06

A256V Data Type Mapping. The Adapter for PostgreSQL supports data type mapping usingthe following setting:

ENGINE SQLPSTGR SET CONVERSION LONGCHAR ALPHA n

The setting affects the mapping of all PostgreSQL native fields that have a data type of[VAR]CHAR(32767) or TEXT.

Adapter for Hive - Version 7 Release 7.06

Bulk Loading With DataMigrator. DataMigrator can create Hive metadata and load it intoHadoop using the Bulk Load via a Disk File load type.

Increased CREATE FILE Functionality. The CREATE FILE process for a synonym that refersto a Hive table creates columns for files created by DataMigrator with data types that Hivesupports.

Specifying the Maximum String Length When Creating Synonyms. When creating asynonym for character columns in Hive data sources, an option enables you to specify themaximum string length.

Adapter for Hyperstage - Version 7 Release 7.06

Hyperstage ODBC Adapter. A new ODBC adapter for MySQL-based Hyperstage supplementsthe existing JDBC adapter on the Windows platform.

Lookup Attribute Added to Denormalized Dimension Columns. When using Quick Copyfor a cluster join describing a collection of tables that comprise a Star Schema with adenormalized Hyperstage target, character columns in dimension tables are created with theHyperstage lookup comment attribute.



DataMigrator and Quick Copy Support for Unicode. You can load Unicode data to aHyperstage target using DataMigrator or Quick Copy.

Adapter for Hyperstage (PG) - Version 7 Release 7.06

Adapter for Hyperstage. The Adapter for Hyperstage using PostgreSQL (PG) has beenintroduced in this release and is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in theSQL folder.

Column Comments Supported as DESCRIPTION Attribute. Column Comments is nowsupported as the synonym DESCRIPTION attribute for PostgreSQL-based Hyperstage, and forall other JDBC-based engines that return Column Comments information in a JDBC Metadatacall.

Adapter for i Access - Version 7 Release 7.06

Adapter for i Access. The Adapter for i Access has been introduced in this release and isavailable as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder.

Adapter for Informix - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for SDK 4.10.x. The Adapter for Informix supports the Informix SDK 4.10.x.

JDBC Adapters - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for COMMANDTIMEOUT Setting. The SET COMMANDTIMEOUT command isintroduced for JDBC-based adapters whose drivers support the setQueryTimeout() call.

Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server - Version 7 Release 7.06

ODBC Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server. The ODBC-based adapter is introduced forMicrosoft SQL Server and is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQLfolder.

Support for View Properties. The Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server can retrieve and storeview properties (if present) in a Master File synonym.

Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for HINT. The Adapters for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle can speed up the DMLSELECT by specifying a HINT clause.

Adapter for MongoDB - Version 7 Release 7.06

Adapter for MongoDB. The Adapter for MongoDB has been introduced in this release andis available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder.

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Adapter for MySQL - Version 7 Release 7.06

DataMigrator and Quick Copy, with a MySQL database target, now support the load typeExtended Bulk Load, which provides faster load times than insert/update processing.

Adapter for Netezza - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for Column and Table Comments. The Adapter for Netezza supports column andtable comments. They can be used as titles during the Create Synonym process.

Support for Password Passthru. The Adapter for Netezza now supports Password Passthruauthentication.

Adapter for Oracle - Version 7 Release 7.06

Create Synonym Support for Materialized View. The Adapter for Oracle recognizes theOracle synonym for materialized view as a candidate and presents it among the availableobjects on the Web Console Create Synonym page.

Support for Version 12c (Cloud). Support has been added for Oracle Version 12c (Cloud).

Support for 12c Extended String Size. The Adapter for Oracle supports Oracle 12cextended-string data types. [N]VARCHAR2(32767) is supported.

Adapter for Oracle TimesTen - Version 7 Release 7.06

Adapter for Oracle TimesTen. The Adapter for Oracle TimesTen has been introduced in thisrelease and is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder.

Adapter for SAP HANA DB - Version 7 Release 7.06

Adapter for SAP HANA DB. The Adapter for SAP HANA Database has been introduced inthis release and is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder.

Metadata For Different Types of Views. The Adapter for SAP HANA can now retrievemetadata and create Synonyms for different types of HANA DB views.

Adapter for SAP HANA ODBC. he ODBC-based adapter is introduced for SAP HANA and isavailable as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder. This adapter (availableon Windows 64-bit) supports SSO with Kerberos security.

Adapter for Sybase - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for Connection Name. Connection Name has been added as a configurationparameter for the Adapter for Sybase.



Adapter for Teradata - Version 7 Release 7.06

Extended Bulk Load for Unicode Data. The Adapter for Teradata configured with CLI TeradataClient supports the loading of UTF8-encoded data through Extended Bulk Load.

Support for Version 14.10. The Teradata CLI and ODBC adapters support read/write accessto Teradata Version 14.10.

Support for Version 15.0. The Teradata CLI and ODBC adapters support read/write accessto Teradata Version 15.0.

Support for Reading INTERVAL and PERIOD Data Types. The Adapter for Teradata nowsupports read access to the PERIOD and INTERVAL data types.

Support for Long Table and View Names. Teradata introduced Extended Object Name(EON) in v.14.1. The Adapter for Teradata now supports table and view names (containingmulti-byte characters) with length up to 128-bytes.

Adapter for Vertica DB - Version 7 Release 7.06

JDBC-based Native Adapter for Vertica (SQLVRT). This adapter has been introduced inthis release and is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the SQL folder.

ERP Adapters


Adapter for Axiom EMP. The Adapter for Axiom EMP has been introduced in this releaseand is available as a named adapter on the Web Console in the ERP folder.

Adapter for SAP/R3 Setting Execution Mode. From the Change Settings page for SAP,you can select Online or Batch from the Execution mode drop-down menu.

OLAP Adapters


Adapter for Essbase. Two-tier connection support has been implemented for the Adapterfor Essbase version 11.1.2 and higher. Since these Essbase versions require ApplicationManager or higher privileges in order to be able to read the outline while reporting from acube, a user without those privileges can generate a report or create a synonym by referencinganother connection whose user ID has the required privileges.

Adapter for SAP BW: New Connection Parameters for SNC. Two configuration parametershave been added for SAP BW adapters to support Secure Network Communication(SECURITY_MODE=SNC).

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Adapter for SAP BW NetWeaver 7.x/Hana MDX Unicode. The Adapter for SAP BWNetWeaver 7.x/Hana MDX Unicode has been introduced in this release and is available as anamed adapter on the Web Console in the OLAP/SAP folder. The adapter supports SAP BWNetWeaver 7.3 powered by the HANA database, HANA optimized infocubes, and SAP HANAoptimized Data Store objects.

Adapter for SQL Server Analysis Services - Version 7 Release 7.06

Certification of Version 2014. Certification is complete for Microsoft SQL Server AnalysisServices (SSAS) 2014.

Exposing Member Unique Names for Standard Hierarchies. The Web Console screento create a synonym for SSAS data sources has a button labeled Create Fields for MemberUnique Names. Clicking this button adds the UNIQUEIDS INCLUDE syntax to the CREATESYNONYM command. These names are now also generated using the "7X" style (0x0003),as this style yields shorter unique names and, according to MS SSAS documentation, theyare "guaranteed unique names, which are stable over time."

Unicode Support. Support has been implemented for Unicode (UTF-8) code page 65001for the SSAS adapter.

DBMS Adapters


Adapter for Salesforce - Version 7 Release 7.06

JOIN Support. Child-to-parent retrieval (reversed join) queries are now enabled for customobjects. This feature adds support for queries with multiple objects.

Procedures Adapters


Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (IWAF) - Version 7 Release 7.06 The IWAF(iWay Adapter Framework) adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 can be used with theWebFOCUS Reporting and DataMigrator server to retrieve data.

Adapter for REST - Version 7 Release 7.06

Basic Authentication Enabled for Chained Authentication. User credentials can bepassed using Basic Authentication for Chained Authentication in a SOAP or REST request.

Producing a REST Request Trace as a Text File for Diagnostics. The FILEDEF RESTTSCQcommand will produce a text file showing the information that a REST request would containwithout actually running the REST request.



Passing an Authorization Token in a REST Request Header. After authenticating througha REST call and receiving a token, all future REST calls for the web service must have thetoken passed as part of the authorization in the HTTP header.

Passing a Global Variable for the OBJECT Parameter in a REST Access File. You canpass a global variable for the OBJECT parameter value in a REST Access File.

Support for Mutual Authentication Certificates for REST and SOAP. A check box labeledSSL Mutual Authentication has been added to the Advanced HTTP connection options collapsibleform.

Sequential and Indexed Adapters


Adapter for Excel (via Direct Retrieval) - Version 7 Release 7.06

File Listener for Excel Worksheet. The File Listener component of DataMigrator can processMicrosoft Excel workbooks that are delivered to a specified directory. In addition to the synonymfor the workbook as Excel (via direct read), this requires a synonym for a flat file with thenormal file listener parameters specified. An additional segment contains a copy of thesynonym for the Excel workbook.

Adapters for Flat and Delimited Flat Files - Version 7 Release 7.06

Reading a Field Containing Delimited Values as individual Rows. A field that containsa list of delimited values (such as email addresses separated by spaces) can now be pivotedto be read as individual rows when an additional segment is added with SEGSUF=DFIX(Delimited Flat File).

Option to Show Raw Data When Creating a Synonym for a Delimited File. hen creatinga synonym for a delimited flat file, the user may need to look at the file in order to see whetherthere is a header line, what is being used as the delimiter, and what is being used as theenclosure character, if there is one. The Show File option was added to display the selectedfile.

UPLOAD Support for Discovery of Erroneous Input Data - Version 7 Release 7.06

When creating metadata and loading data from an Excel worksheet, detection of erroneousdata, such as non-numeric values, has been improved.

Trimming Blanks from Uploaded Files - Version 7 Release 7.06

When working in debug mode, the Change Common Adapter Settings page has a group namedData cleansing functionality (DCF) settings that has a drop-down list for trimming leading spacesand another for trimming trailing spaces.

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Social Media Adapters


Adapter for Google Analytics. Report against the information residing in the Google Analyticsenvironment. Metrics, such as Page Views and Users, can be analyzed by various dimensions(for example, Country and City).

Adapter for Facebook: Enhanced Create Synonym Functionality. Create Synonymfunctionality has been enhanced to create DataMigrator flows and metadata for SQL Servertables to support the warehousing of Facebook information.

Adapter for Twitter: Enhanced Create Synonym Functionality. Create Synonymfunctionality has been enhanced to create DataMigrator flows and metadata for SQL Servertables to support the warehousing of Twitter information.

Adapter for LinkedIn. The Adapter for LinkedIn has been introduced in this release and isavailable as a named adapter on the Web Console in the Social Media folder.

XML-Based Adapters


Adapter for JSON - Version 7 Release 7.06

Support for UPDATE. Using DataMigrator, data can be loaded into new JSON targets in adata flow.

Support for ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT JSON. A report can now save output in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format.

XML Write Adapter - Version 7 Release 7.06

Ability to Set Encoding in the XML Header. Previously, the XML Write Adapter alwayscreated the XML file with encoding="UTF-8" in the XML header. Now encoding can be specifiedin the synonym and is written to the XML header.

XML, Web Services, REST and Social Media Adapters - Version 7 Release 7.06

Redirection Support for HTTP Status Codes 302, 303, and 307. Support has been addedfor HTTP calls made from the XML, Web Services, REST and Social Media adapters that requirea redirection to a different URI. This support includes HTTP status code responses 302, 303,and 307.




WebFOCUS RESTful Web Services provide an API into WebFOCUS so that you can use yourpreferred development environment (for example, Visual Studio.Net or Java) to embed WebFOCUScontent within your application. WebFOCUS RESTful Web Service requests can be configured forcontent and tasks within the following areas:

WebFOCUS Authentication

WebFOCUS Managed Reporting

WebFOCUS Reporting Server

WebFOCUS Security and Administration

ReportCaster

Creating and Updating an Address Book. An optional parameter called AddEntriesObjectis now supported in the body of this request. The value for this parameter is the XML objectthat is used to indicate that additional entries are to be added to the Address Book.

ReportCaster Log and Console Functionality. ReportCaster RESTful Web Services nowinclude ReportCaster log and console functionality.

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