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8.3

Pass parameter from ASP.Net page to Cognos to create report

Asked by taduh in Active Server Pages (ASP), Impromptu

Tags: Cognos; ASP.Net

Hi Experts,

I have an ASP.NET webpage with a gridview in which I have placed a Hyperlink field whose value is my Order ID (the key to my SQL table). I have a Cognos report built with a prompt page where in you can choose the Order ID and it will give you details for that Order. The gridview shows cursory information for each unprocessed Order in the SQL table. My charge is this: to put an HTML Link in the GridView so that the person using that webpage can click on the Order ID link and produce a detailed report for that Order. I almost have it working except when I click on the HTML link it takes me to the Prompt page and I have to select the Order ID again from the Prompt page in order to produce the report for that Order. Is there any way to send a parameter with the Cognos report request so that it knows which Order I want to produce the report for, rather than having to re-select the Order ID on the Prompt page?

I have pasted my .aspx page code.

Thanks,

taduh 
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<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="CDARS_Acct_Placements._Default" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
    <style type="text/css">
 
 
        .hiddencol
        {
           display:none;
        }
</style>
    <form id="form2" runat="server">
    <table bgcolor="#0B01C5">
        <tr>
            <td>
                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="lblHeader" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Italic="True" 
                    Font-Names="Times New Roman" Font-Size="XX-Large" Font-Underline="True" 
                    ForeColor="#FFFF99" Text="CDARS Placed Orders"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </td>
            <td>
                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" 
        AutoGenerateColumns="False" BackColor="#FFFFAE" BorderColor="#0000CC" 
        BorderStyle="Solid" CellPadding="10" DataKeyNames="Order_ID" 
        DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Trebuchet MS" 
        Font-Size="Small" GridLines="None" PageSize="15" HeaderStyle-Wrap="False">
        <PagerSettings FirstPageText="First" LastPageText="Last" Mode="NextPrevious" 
            NextPageText="Next" Position="TopAndBottom" PreviousPageText="Prev" />
        <RowStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" VerticalAlign="Top" />
        <Columns>
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Processed">
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:CheckBox ID="Order_Processed" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" 
                        Checked='<%# Databinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Order_Processed") %>' 
                        OnCheckedChanged="Check_Clicked" />
                </ItemTemplate>
                <ItemStyle BackColor="White" />
            </asp:TemplateField>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_ID" HeaderText="Order ID" 
                SortExpression="Order_ID" />
            <asp:HyperLinkField DataTextField = "Order_ID" runat="server" 
                    DataNavigateUrlFields ="Order_ID"
                    DataNavigateUrlFormatString = "http://essdev/cognos8.2/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&amp;m=portal/report-viewer.xts&amp;ui.action=run&amp;ui.object=%2fcontent%2fpackage%5b%40name%3d%27CDARS%27%5d%2freport%5b%40name%3d%27CDARS%20Account%20Place%20Order%27%5d&amp;cv.ccurl=1&amp;ui.backURL=%2fcognos8.2%2fcgi-bin%2fcognos.cgi%3fb_action%3dxts.run%26m%3dportal%2fcc.xts%26m_folder%3"
                    Target="_blank"
                    HeaderText = "Click for Report" />    
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Cust_Customer1_Name" HeaderText="Cust1 Name" 
                SortExpression="Cust_Customer1_Name" >
                <HeaderStyle Wrap="False" />
                <ItemStyle Wrap="False" />
            </asp:BoundField>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_Customer2_Name" HeaderText="Cust2 Name" 
                SortExpression="Order_Customer2_Name" HtmlEncode="False" >
                <HeaderStyle Wrap="False" />
                <ItemStyle Wrap="False" />
            </asp:BoundField>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_Cust_Sig" HeaderText="Cust Sig?" 
                SortExpression="Order_Cust_Sig" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_Amount" HeaderText="Amount" 
                SortExpression="Order_Amount" DataFormatString="{0:C2}" 
                HtmlEncode="False" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_Placement_Date" HeaderText="Place Date" 
                SortExpression="Order_Placement_Date" DataFormatString="{0:d}" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Location_Name" HeaderText="Branch" 
                SortExpression="Location_Name" HtmlEncode="False" >
                <ItemStyle Wrap="False" />
            </asp:BoundField>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_LANID" HeaderText="Branch Rep" 
                SortExpression="Order_LANID" >
                <HeaderStyle Wrap="False" />
                <ItemStyle Wrap="False" />
            </asp:BoundField>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Order_Date" HeaderText="Submit Date/Time" 
                InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="Order_Date" > 
                <HeaderStyle Wrap="False" />
                <ItemStyle Wrap="False" />
            </asp:BoundField>
        </Columns>
        <HeaderStyle Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Trebuchet MS" Font-Underline="True" 
            ForeColor="#0000CC" Wrap="False" />
        <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" BorderColor="Blue" BorderStyle="Solid" 
            BorderWidth="1px" ForeColor="Black" />
    </asp:GridView>
    <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:CDARSConnectionString %>" 
        
        
        SelectCommand="SELECT [Order_ID], [Cust_Customer1_Name], [Order_Processed], [Order_Customer2_Name], [Order_Cust_Sig], [Order_Amount], [Order_Placement_Date], [Location_Name], [Order_LANID], [Order_Date] FROM [vw_CDARS_Order_Placements] WHERE ([Order_Processed] = @Order_Processed) ORDER BY [Order_ID] DESC">
        <SelectParameters>
            <asp:Parameter DefaultValue="False" Name="Order_Processed" Type="Boolean" />
        </SelectParameters>
    </asp:SqlDataSource>
   </form>
</body>
</html>
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