GO URL

OBIEE - The Go URL to manage Answers

About
The Go URL is used to :

add an answer in your favorites,

link an answer to an other answer

issue sql

pass filters

integrate an answers into an external Web site

generate the result data as XML

The Go Url has a focus on the answers while the dashboard url has a focus on the dashboards.

The Basic Go URL

How to reference the Go Url :
From
Oracle BI Presentation Services page
From another page on the same Web server
From a different server or sent through email

References
saw.dll?Go
/Analytics/saw.dll?Go
http://server_name_or_ip_address/Analytics/saw.dll?Go

The basic Go URL command needs the full Presentation Catalog path to the request to execute. It returns the
default result view, which is defined in the request.
To find the catalog path : Answers > Manage Catalog > Item Properties
Path of an OBI Presentation Service Object

For example, the following go URL command returns the default result view as defined in the request, where
/users/gerardn/Test is the catalog path.

saw.dll?Go&Path=/users/gerardn/Test

URL Parameters
You can modify the behavior of the Dashboard URL command by adding parameters to the URL.
Parameters
Format
NQUser
&NQUser=x
NQPassword &NQPassword=x

Definition

User ID
Password
Path of the answer to execute. You can find it in the properties page
Path
&Path=x
(Answers/Manage Catalog/ and click on the properties icon (a little hand)
of the object that you want. See picture above
The x can be one or more of the following letters:
* m : Modify Request
Link Options &Options=x
* f : Printer Friendly
* d : Download to Excel
* r : Refresh Results
Printer
Results are in a printer-friendly format, without the paging controls, hot
&Action=print
Friendly
links, and so on.
To apply filters to the answer (OBIEE 10G/11G - Passing Filters through
Passing Filters &Action=Navigate
the Go and Dashboard URL)
Results are displayed in an application-friendly format, such as for
Microsoft Excel, without the paging control, hot links, and so on. The
Application
&Action=Extract
Extract action also acts as a Navigate action (read Passing Filters to the
Friendly
&Action=Scroll
Oracle BI Presentation Services Go URL Through a URL (Navigation)) so
you can filter the results that are returned by the call.
This shows an individual result view rather than the default compound
Specific View &ViewName=x
view
This shows an individual result view rather than the default compound
Specific View &ViewID=go~x
view where x is the name of the view
This shows the results using a specified style. If the style does not exist,
Specific Style &Style=x
the default is used.
This controls the format of the results. This is the format, where x can be
Result Format &Format=x
xml, html, txt (tab separator), csv (comma separator)
File Extension &Extension=.csv
This controls the file extension of the download file
This controls the language of the report. The value permitted are the values
Language
&Lang=fr
of weblanguage
PostRequest &PostRequest=???? Command to pass a post request
for the parameter &ViewName=x, you cannot use the standard names of the views, you have to use the view
names from the XML of your report :

for charts: staticchart!# (where # stands for the number of your view)

for tables: tableView!#

for narrative views: narrativeView!#

for compound views: compoundView!#

Example
URL
saw.dll?Go&Path=/users/gerardn/Test&NQUser=user1&NQPassword=rock
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Options=md
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Action=Print

saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Action=Extract

saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&ViewName=Chart
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Style=Lime
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Format=XML
saw.dll?Go&Path=/Shared/Test/SB2&Action=Scroll&P5=1&ViewID=go~Table

Description
This logs on as user1 with a
password of rock, and displays
the answers Test
This displays the dashboard
DB2
This displays results with the
links Modify Request and
Download
Results are in a printer-friendly
format, without the paging
controls, hot links, and so on.
Results are displayed in an
application-friendly format,
such as for Microsoft Excel,
without the paging control, hot
links, and so on.
Assuming that the request
contains a Chart view named
Chart, this displays just the
Chart view.
This uses the style named Lime
to show the results.
This shows results in XML.
Displaying All Records in a
Table assuming the View to
control is called Table

Issuing SQL
The Go URL command can be used to issue Oracle Business Intelligence SQL. These forms of the Go URL
return tabular results. The basic options from &Style= and &Options= can be used here as well.
To issue Oracle Business Intelligence's simplified SQL, include the escaped SQL as a parameter to the Go URL.
For example:
saw.dll?Go&SQL=select+Region,Dollars+from+SupplierSales

where the FROM clause is the name of the Subject Area to query.

Alternatively, the command IssueRawSQL can be used to bypass the Web processing and issue SQL directly
against the Oracle BI Server.

Support
If an invalid URL is specified (for example, you type a parameter incorrectly), the browser returns the The
page cannot be found error with detailed text of HTTP 400 - Bad Request.

GUIDED NAVIGATION
OBIEE - Guided Navigation
About
Guided navigation is a feature of Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards that enables the content and layout of Oracle
BI Interactive Dashboard to change dynamically based on changes in the information being analyzed.
Specifically, sections in a dashboard page can be set up and only appear when there is interesting information
in the data.

Example

A dashboard for a sales manager might contain a section that only appears when sales volumes for major
products have declined in the current quarter, or if customer complaints have become a problem, a
section showing the rise in customer complaints would appear.

Individual links in a dashboard can work the same way. For example, when sales volumes for major
products decline, a link could appear with a message notifying the user of the decline. Clicking on the
link would bring up an analysis (or a whole dashboard page of analyses) focusing on these products.