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Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652565]

Fri, 04 February 2011 09:41

Eclipse User

I have some variables/constants that I'd like to define globally for reference throughout my report.

Eg., KBDivisor=1024

I tried:
reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("KDivisor", "1024");
in the initialize method of the report.

But when I try to access this value in say an aggregation expression in a table:
dataSetRow["maxMemory"]/parseInt(reportContext.getPersistentGlobalVariable( "KBDivisor"));
I don't get any value back.

What is the trick I am missing here and is there a better best practice way to achieve what I am attempting.

Re: Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652566 is a reply to message #652565]

Fri, 04 February 2011 09:57

Eclipse User

Mike,

Are you doing this on the dataset or in an aggregation element in the
report?

Jason

On 2/4/2011 9:41 AM, Mike Wulkan wrote:
> I have some variables/constants that I'd like to define globally for
> reference throughout my report.
>
> Eg., KBDivisor=1024
>
> I tried:
> reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("KDivisor", "1024"); in the
> initialize method of the report.
>
> But when I try to access this value in say an aggregation expression in
> a table:
> dataSetRow["maxMemory"]/parseInt(reportContext.getPersistentGlobalVariable(
> "KBDivisor"));
> I don't get any value back.
>
> What is the trick I am missing here and is there a better best practice
> way to achieve what I am attempting.

Re: Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652574 is a reply to message #652566]

Fri, 04 February 2011 10:25

Eclipse User

In an aggregation element.

Re: Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652582 is a reply to message #652574]

Fri, 04 February 2011 10:29

Eclipse User

In that case what you have should work fine.

Try the attached report.

Jason

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id="1">
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name="initialize"><![CDATA[reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable( "testgbl",
"2");]]></method>
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<property name="position">4</property>
<property name="name">PRICEEACH</property>
<property name="nativeName">PRICEEACH</property>
<property name="dataType">float</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">8</property>
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<structure>
<property name="position">5</property>
<property name="name">ORDERLINENUMBER</property>
<property name="nativeName">ORDERLINENUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">5</property>
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</list-property>
<xml-property name="queryText"><![CDATA[select *
from orderdetails
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<property
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<property name="whiteSpace">nowrap</property>
<property
name="resultSetColumn">QUANTITYORDERED</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="28">
<data id="29">
<property name="whiteSpace">nowrap</property>
<property
name="resultSetColumn">PRICEEACH</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="30">
<data id="31">
<property name="whiteSpace">nowrap</property>
<property
name="resultSetColumn">ORDERLINENUMBER</property>
</data>
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</detail>
<footer>
<row id="32">
<cell id="33"/>
<cell id="34"/>
<cell id="35">
<data id="43">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">Aggregation</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="36"/>
<cell id="37"/>
</row>
</footer>
</table>
</body>
</report>

On 2/4/2011 10:25 AM, Mike Wulkan wrote:
> In an aggregation element.

Re: Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652593 is a reply to message #652582]

Fri, 04 February 2011 11:22

Eclipse User

Thanks, that is what I had with one exception. I had some functions defined in the report initialize exit and had placed the setting of the global variable after the functions. When I moved it to before the functions it worked.
Is that expected?

Re: Best practice for setting and getting global variables [message #652644 is a reply to message #652593]

Fri, 04 February 2011 14:53

Eclipse User

initialize exit? Can you post in a sample what was failing?

On 2/4/2011 11:22 AM, Mike Wulkan wrote:
> Thanks, that is what I had with one exception. I had some functions
> defined in the report initialize exit and had placed the setting of the
> global variable after the functions. When I moved it to before the
> functions it worked.
> Is that expected?

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