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download pdf/excel from ihub using jsapi?

bcmp

Is there a way to download a PDF/excel generated/uploaded in iportal using JSPAI. Only able to find out downloadReport(format, pages, renderoption)method to download from a report design in PDF/excel format.
 
Thanks in advance
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Clement Wong

What is your use case?
 
Yes, downloadReport of the Viewer is available.
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/JAVADOCS/JSAPI-iHub3/symbols/actuate.Viewer$0.html#downloadReport'>http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/JAVADOCS/JSAPI-iHub3/symbols/actuate.Viewer$0.html#downloadReport</a>
 
The report must be first run/rendered and then you can get the report in PDF/Excel.
 
JSAPI is mainly for embedding. If you want the report in PDF/Excel without running and rendering in the browser, then you should use the excutereport.do servlet (reference @ <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub3-dev/AIG-main/index.html#page/aig/URIsApplication.34.8.html#ww145922).'>http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub3-dev/AIG-main/index.html#page/aig/URIsApplication.34.8.html#ww145922).</a>
 
You can use JSAPI to do an actuate.authenticate instead of actuate.initialize. Example:
 
 actuate.authenticate(url, reqOps, form.input_username.value, form.input_password.value, null, JSAPI_Loaded, JSAPI_NotLoaded);
 
Examples of executereport.do:
<pre class="_prettyXprint">
http://myserver:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__requesttype=immediate&invokeSubmit=true&__executableName=/folder/reportname.rptdesign

http://myserver:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__requesttype=immediate&invokeSubmit=true&__executableName=/folder/reportname.rptdesign&parameter1=value1

http://myserver:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__requesttype=immediate&invokeSubmit=true&__executableName=/folder/reportname.rptdesign&__format=pdf</pre>
Note (not documented yet in executereport.do manual): You can use __newWindow=true and the PDF will be downloaded as an attachment. If you use __newWindow=false, the PDF will be inline and be displayed in the browser.

bcmp

Use case is something like, the reports are scheduled for some time interval in the output format pdf/excel.
 
But, from app UI a link will be provided to download from iportal the scheduled pdf/excel. So looking for jsapi to handle the download part without executing the report, since it is already scheduled and executed.

Clement Wong

If you don't need to display the report first, you don't need JSAPI. You can use JSAPI for authentication though.
 
All you will need is the Information Console /iv directive to download the report (reference @ <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub3-dev/AIG-main/index.html#page/aig/URIsBIRTViewer.36.4.html).'>http://developer.actuate.com/be/documentation/ihub3-dev/AIG-main/index.html#page/aig/URIsBIRTViewer.36.4.html).</a>
 
Examples:
<pre class="_prettyXprint">
http://myserver:8700/iportal/iv?__report=/folder/report.rptdocument

http://myserver:8700/iportal/iv?__report=/folder/report.rptdocument&__format=pdf

http://myserver:8700/iportal/iv?__report=/folder/report.rptdocument&__format=pdf&__asattachment=false

http://myserver:8700/iportal/iv?__report=/folder/report.rptdocument&__format=xlsx
</pre>

bcmp

It looks like the call is made to report and then it generates/downloads in PDF/excel format. 
But ideally, would like to download PDF/excel already generated in the iportal.

Clement Wong

/iv does not run/generate a report. It views/downloads an existing report operation.
 
/executereport.do does run/generate and then views a report.