<p>Hi,<br><br>
i am quite new to BIRT and i am wondering how to handle report parameters.<br><br>
When i client requests a BIRT report, several parameters are sent as GET parameters<br>
to the BIRT server. These parameters obviously need to be passed to the XML data source so<br>
i can generate the data according to the supplied parameters. I have the following questions<br>
concerning this scenario. Our XML source is a PHP script which dynamically generates<br>
the source data according to the parameters.<br><br>
1.<br>
Is there a way to automatically pass the parameters (which were sent via GET by the client)<br>
to the XML data source? Right now i would have to manually attach the parameters to<br>
the URL of the XML data source and send them also as GET parameters.<br>
This is quite annoying since i always need all the parameters sent by the client in the<br>
XML data source.</p>
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<p>2.</p>
<p>Refering to point one, how can i send the parameters from the client to the XML data source manually.</p>
<p>I would think that i wpuld have to attach them as GET parameters behind the XML source url?</p>
<p>How would the syntax be? <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='
http://test/xml_source.php?param1=?'>http://test/xml_source.php?param1=?</a><br><br>
3.<br>
Is it the right way to send parameters from the client via GET?<br>
Can BIRT reports be generated for example by using a SOAP service?<br><br>
Would be very glad for some hints/feedback.<br><br>
Thanks a lot in advance.</p>
