Connection XML Definition

Overview

This activity enables you to specify the connection XML definition details for user interfaces under an activity in a component. You can specify the report data source details for XML updation for a report if Service Required is set as “No”.

Click the checkbox next to a component in the multiline and click the “Specify User Interface Layout” link from the “Specify Screens and Reports – Select Component” page.
Click the “Report Definition” link from the “Generate Service” tab in the “Specify User Interface Layout” page.
Click the “Generate XML Connection” link from the “Report Definition” page.

The “Connection XML Definition” page appears.

The following details are displayed in the header:

Business Process	The description of the selected business process is displayed from the main page.
Component	The description of the selected component under the specified business process is displayed from the main page.

Select the following fields in the header:

Activity	Use the drop-down list box to select the activity for which you want to define XML connection details. The list of activities under the specified component is displayed as options. Mandatory
User Interface	Use the drop-down list box to select the user interface for which you want to define XML connection details. The list of user interfaces under the selected activity is displayed as options. Mandatory

The following details are displayed in the multiline:

Activity	The name of the selected activity.
User Interface	The name of the user interface under the selected activity.
Report Task	The name of the report task.
Report Name	The name of the report defined in the report definition.
Report Type	The type to which the report belongs.
Provider	The existing name of the provider.
Service Name	The existing name of the service.
Database Name	The existing name of the database.
User Name	The existing name of the user.

Enter the following fields in the “Report Data source Details” section of the page:

Provider	Use the drop-down list box to select the provider. A predefined list of providers is displayed as options. Mandatory
Server Name	The name of the data source server. Mandatory
Database Name	The name of the data base which is the data source. Mandatory
User Name	The login name for the user for the specified database server. Mandatory
Password	The password for the user.
Confirm Password	Enter the password again to confirm the password for the user.
Blank Password	Click this checkbox if you do not want to set a blank password for the user.
Update Global XML	Click this checkbox if you want to generate the global XML. This xml is applicable for all the reports having service required as “No” for launching the report. If the individual xml detail is not available the details of the global xml will be accessed for launching the report.

Click the checkbox next to a record in the multiline and click “Update Selected Records”.

The system generates an XML for each of the selected records.

Note: If a report definition contains one or more sub reports then an individual connection xml will be generated for each report. While launching the report if the report connection xml is not available for the report then the data source details are obtained from the global connection xml.

Prerequisites:

4 Business processes, components, activities and user interfaces should have been defined through the “Define Process” activity.

4 Report definition with service required as “No” should be completed.