Session Variables with URLs

Dennis Hancy

Hello,

We have a session variable that stores a URL.

How can we reference that variable when creating an action link on a field in an analysis?

The dialog box asks for the name of the URL. But instead of hardcoding it, we want to use the value that is stored in the session variable.

We tried a few things, such entering VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.ourURLvariable), but so far, nothing has worked.

Is there something else you can suggest? Thanks!

Dennis

asim cholas

Hello,

Which version of obiee . in 12c you have option to select the sesson variable in action link

Dennis Hancy

Hi.

We have 12.2.1.4.0.

We tried entering this as a parameter, but we received the following error message. The value of HELP_URL is something like https://www.google.com/

We also tried entering this: VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.HELP_URL), but then it attempts to open this: http://valueof(nq_session.help_url)/

Thanks.

Dennis

asim cholas

But your action link is missing.

Dennis Hancy

Yes. We were hoping to have the entire URL as a parameter. Is that possible?

Gianni Ceresa

You could use an action calling a browser script which will open a new page with your URL.

Or you must host a page somewhere (could even be the same OBIEE/OAS weblogic) receiving the URL as parameter and doing a simple redirect.

Dennis Hancy

Thanks everyone for your suggestions on this.

Because we were in a bit of a time crunch on this, we took the path of least resistance - at least for now.

We ended up defining an alias in ActionFrameworkConfig.xml - one in Dev, one in Test, and one in Prod. The URL field in Action Links allow us to reference that value, even though we're not using it a parameter.

At some point, when the proverbial dust settles, we'll look into using a browser script or implementing a simple redirect.

Thanks again. Much appreciated!

Dennis