How to get client IP Address

Hi All

I have a requirement to show the IP address of the user on the report. Is it possible to get the IP address and display it in BIRT report?

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Yaytay

BIRT desn't know anything about your client, as far as the report engine is concerned there may not even be a web client, so the answer you are looking for depends on how you have deployed the report engine.
If you let us know how you are running the report there may be a way to access the client address.

Jim

yrraja

Thanks Jim for the reply.

I am using the BIRT sample viewer 3.7.2 deployed on Tomcat server.

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Yaytay

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'yrraja'" data-cid="109045" data-time="1346701732" data-date="03 September 2012 - 12:48 PM">
Thanks Jim for the reply. 
 
I am using the BIRT sample viewer 3.7.2 deployed on Tomcat server. 
 
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The I think this will work: 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
var request = reportContext.getHttpServletRequest();
var requestFieldMap = new Packages.java.util.Hashtable();

requestFieldMap.put( "RemoteAddr", request.getRemoteAddr() );
requestFieldMap.put( "RemoteHost", request.getRemoteHost() );
</pre>
 
The attached file demonstrates this by dumping a load of contextual information - even if it doesn't get you what you need it might give you a point in the right direction. 
 
Note that I haven't actually tested this with the viewer in Tomcat

Jim

bgbaird

Yaytay, nice example, thanks!

yrraja

Jim, Thanks a lot.

I do see that the required information is being dumped in this report. This example is very helpful.

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Yaytay

I just put a better version of this report onto devshare: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/1540-obtaining-contextual-information-from-a-report-server'>http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/1540-obtaining-contextual-information-from-a-report-server</a> 
 
Jim