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==Introduction==
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== Introduction to QPR Reporting Add-on ==
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'''QPR Reporting Add-on''' contains the following parts:
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* [[QPR Word Reports]] (reports can also be shown as pdf!)
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* [[QPR PowerPoint Reports]]
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* [[QPR Web Views]]
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* [[QPR Reporting Expression Language]]
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* [[QPR_Reporting_Add-on#QPR Reports Menu|QPR Reports Menu]]
  
'''QPR Reporting Add-on''' is a combined installation package containing the following parts:
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== Installation ==
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Follow these steps to install QPR Reporting Add-on. Installation package is available in the [[QPR_Product_Downloads#QPR_Reporting_Add-on|downloads page]].
  
* QPR Web Views
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Note that there are different folder paths for each QPR Suite version. These instructions use X in the folder names, that should be replaced by the version of the used QPR Suite.
* QPR Word Reports
 
* Expression Engine for QPR Suite
 
* QPR Reports Menu
 
  
All parts except QPR Reports Menu are .Net 4.6.1 web services hosted in IIS, and they interact with QPR Suite using QPR Web Services interface. All parts also contain the common expression language.
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1. Check whether the QPR environment uses '''Windows authentication''' (IWA) and/or '''HTTPS connection'''. Windows authentication is used when QPR system is connected to LDAP/AD and Windows user accounts are used to login to QPR. When [[QPR UI Wiki|QPR UI]] is in use, Windows authentication cannot be used for QPR Web Service. HTTPS connection is in use when QPR Portal url starts with ''https''.
 
 
In addition to the general installation instruction described by this document, the individual parts contain additional settings which are described in their own documentation.
 
 
 
==Installation==
 
 
 
Follow these steps to install QPR Reporting Add-on. Installation package is available here: https://community.qpr.com/system/files/resource/QPR%20Reporting%20Add-on%202017.1.0.zip (only for registered QPR customers).
 
 
 
Note that there are different folder paths for each QPR Suite version. These instructions use X in the folder names, that should be replaced by the number of the corresponding QPR Suite version.
 
 
 
1. Check whether the QPR environment uses '''Windows authentication''' (IWA) and/or '''HTTPS connection'''. Windows authentication is used when QPR system is connected to LDAP/AD and Windows user accounts are used to login to QPR. HTTPS connection is in use when QPR Portal url starts with “https”.
 
  
 
2. Open '''Programs and Features''' (in Windows '''Control Panel''') and click '''Turn Windows features on or off'''. Check that components listed in the following table are installed. The installation procedure depends on Windows version. QPR Reporting Add-on needs '''.Net Framework 4.6.1''' or later version.
 
2. Open '''Programs and Features''' (in Windows '''Control Panel''') and click '''Turn Windows features on or off'''. Check that components listed in the following table are installed. The installation procedure depends on Windows version. QPR Reporting Add-on needs '''.Net Framework 4.6.1''' or later version.
 
 
  
 
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!Required Components
 
!Required Components
 
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| '''Windows 10''' (already includes .NET Framework 4.6) || All components in '''Internet''' '''Information''' <br> '''Services''' (except '''FTP''' '''Server''') <br>  • Following Windows features: (see image below) <br>  '''.Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.6''' <br>  '''.Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation''' <br><br> [[File:Windows features 1.jpg]]
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|'''Windows 10'''
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(already includes .NET Framework 4.6)
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* All components in '''Internet''' '''Information Services''' (except '''FTP Server''' and '''WebDAV Publishing''')
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* Following Windows features: (see the image below)
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** '''.Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.6'''
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** '''.Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''
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[[File:Windows features 1.jpg]]
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| '''Windows 8''' (already includes .NET Framework4.5.1) || All components in '''Internet Information Services''' (except '''FTP Server''') <br>• Following Windows features: (see image below) <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.5''' <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''<br><br> [[file:windows 8 features.jpg]]
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|'''Windows 8'''
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(already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1)
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* All components in '''Internet Information Services''' (except '''FTP Server''' and '''WebDAV Publishing''')
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* Following Windows features: (see the image below)
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** '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.5'''
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** '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''
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[[file:windows 8 features.jpg]]
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| '''Windows Server 2012 R2''' <br> (already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1) || All components in '''Internet Information Services''' (except '''FTP Server''') <br> • Following Windows features: (see image below) <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Features > .Net Framework 4.5''' <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Features >
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|'''Windows Server 2012 R2'''
'''ASP.NET 4.5 .Net Framework 4.5 Features > WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''<br><br> [[File:Windows server 2012.jpg|600px]]
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(already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1)
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| '''Windows''' Server 2012 (needed .Net Framework is not installed by default) || • All components in '''Internet Information Services''' (except '''FTP''' '''Server''') <br> • Following Windows features: <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > .Net Framework 4.5''' <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services''' <br> > '''ASP.NET 4.5''' <br> '''.Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services> WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''  <br> • Install .Net Framework 4.5.2: <br> Online installer: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643 <br> Offline installer: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642
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* All components in '''Internet Information Services''' (except '''FTP Server''' and '''WebDAV Publishing''')
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* Following Windows features: (see image below)
| '''Windows Server 2008 R2''' <br> (needed .Net Framework is not installed by default) || • All components in '''Internet Information''' '''Services''' (except '''FTP Server''') <br> • All components in '''.Net Framework 3.5.1''' (see image below) <br> • Install .Net Framework 4.5.2: <br> Online installer: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643 <br> Offline installer: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642 <br><br> [[File:Windows server 2008.jpg|600px]]
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** '''.Net Framework 4.5 Features > .Net Framework 4.5'''
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** '''.Net Framework 4.5 Features > ASP.NET 4.5 .Net Framework 4.5 Features > WCF Services > HTTP Activation'''
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[[File:Windows server 2012.jpg]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
3. Check that QPR Web Services web.config file is a proper one (located in '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 201X.1''' '''Servers\WebServices'''). In the default QPR installation there are files '''web.config''' and '''web.config.IWA'''. If QPR environment uses Windows authentication (refer to step 1), the latter file must be taken into use by renaming
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3. This step is for checking the QPR Suite has been configured properly. Note that this step is about configuring QPR Suite (not QPR Reporting Add-on which also has a web.config file). Check that QPR Web Services web.config file is a proper one (located in '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1''' '''Servers\WebServices'''). In the default QPR installation there are files '''web.config''' and '''web.config.IWA'''. If QPR environment uses Windows authentication (refer to step 1), the latter file must be taken into use by renaming
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* '''web.config''' to '''web.config.noIWA''', and
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* '''web.config.IWA''' to '''web.config'''.
  
a. '''web.config''' to '''web.config.noIWA''', and
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4. This step is for checking the QPR Suite has been configured properly. If using Windows authentication (refer to step 1), make sure '''C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 20XX\20XX.1\Servers\Settings\QPR_Servers.ini''' has settings '''IWACGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1''' and '''CGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1.''' under '''WAS Settings''' section.
  
b. '''web.config.IWA''' to '''web.config'''.
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5. If using QPR Suite 2019.1, common QPR authentication needs to be configured (to establish common authentication between QPR Suite WAS and WS). Follow these instructions: [[Common_QPR_Authentication#Configuring_Common_Authentication_for_QPR_Suite_Portal_and_QPR_Suite_Web_Service|Configuring Common Authentication for QPR Suite Portal and QPR Suite Web Service]].
 
 
4. If using Windows authentication (refer to step 1), make sure '''C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 201X\201X.1\Servers\Settings\QPR_Servers.ini''' has settings
 
'''IWACGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1''' and '''CGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1.''' under '''WAS Settings''' section.
 
  
 
5. Copy '''QPRWebServicesExtensions''' folder from installation package to IIS published files in '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\'''.
 
5. Copy '''QPRWebServicesExtensions''' folder from installation package to IIS published files in '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\'''.
  
 
6. Installation package contains the following preconfigured files to be used as QPR Reporting Add-on '''web.config''' file:
 
6. Installation package contains the following preconfigured files to be used as QPR Reporting Add-on '''web.config''' file:
 
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* a) '''web.config''': for HTTP connection and Anonymous authentication to the Reporting Add-on
: a) '''web.config''': for HTTP connection and Anonymous authentication
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* b) '''IWA.web.config''': for HTTP connection and Windows authentication to the Reporting Add-on
: b) '''IWA.web.config''': for HTTP connection and Windows authentication
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* c) '''HTTPS.web.config''': for HTTPS connection and Anonymous authentication to the Reporting Add-on
: c) '''HTTPS.web.config''': for HTTPS connection and Anonymous authentication
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* d) '''HTTPS+IWA.web.config''': for HTTPS connection and Windows authentication to the Reporting Add-on
: d) '''HTTPS+IWA.web.config''': for HTTPS connection and Windows authentication
 
  
 
Copy a suitable configuration file to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\''' folder and rename it as '''web.config'''.
 
Copy a suitable configuration file to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\''' folder and rename it as '''web.config'''.
  
Do not mix up <u>QPR Reporting Add-on's</u> web.config file (in '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\''') with <u>QPR Web Services'</u> web.config file (in '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 201X.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config''').
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Do not mix up <u>QPR Reporting Add-on's</u> web.config file (in '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\''') with <u>QPR Web Services'</u> web.config file (in '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config''').
  
7. Set the parameters (listed in [[Reporting Add-on#Settings|Settings]]) in the QPR Reporting Add-on web.config's '''appSettings''' section (in '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config''').
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7. Configure QPR Reporting Add-on settings listed in the [[#Web.config_File_Settings|Settings]] section. The settings are located in the '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config''' file in the '''appSettings''' section. Quick guide for usual configurations (file '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config'''):
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* a. When Windows authentication is not in use and [[Common QPR Authentication]] is used: '''wcfsecuritymode=none''' and '''qprauthenticationmode=commonqprauthentication'''
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* b. When Windows authentication is not in use without Common QPR Authentication: '''wcfsecuritymode=none''' and '''qprauthenticationmode=passedsession'''
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* c. When Windows authentication is in use: '''wcfsecuritymode=message''' and '''qprauthenticationmode=windows'''
  
8. Make a backup copy of the '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 201X.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx''' file. Replace the file with the '''servicetester.aspx.''' file from the installation package. (Alternatively, use the '''servicetester.patch''' file that described the changes to the servicetester.aspx file.)
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8. Make a backup copy of the '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx''' file. Replace the file with the '''servicetester.aspx.''' file from the installation package.
  
 
9. Make sure QPR Web Services Server is running. The installation cannot be continued until QPR Web Services Server is running properly.
 
9. Make sure QPR Web Services Server is running. The installation cannot be continued until QPR Web Services Server is running properly.
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10. In '''IIS Management Console''', go to '''Application Pools''' (in left side hierarchy). Create a new application pool by clicking '''Add''' '''Application Pool'''…. Use the settings in the image below (settings '''v.4.0.x''' and '''Integrated'''). Please do not change settings for existing application pools, if they are used by other web applications because then the other applications may stop working. Especially QPR Suite has an application pool that is '''v.2.0.x''' and '''Integrated'''.<br><br>[[File:Add application pool.jpg]]
 
10. In '''IIS Management Console''', go to '''Application Pools''' (in left side hierarchy). Create a new application pool by clicking '''Add''' '''Application Pool'''…. Use the settings in the image below (settings '''v.4.0.x''' and '''Integrated'''). Please do not change settings for existing application pools, if they are used by other web applications because then the other applications may stop working. Especially QPR Suite has an application pool that is '''v.2.0.x''' and '''Integrated'''.<br><br>[[File:Add application pool.jpg]]
  
11. Click the previously created application pool, click '''Advanced settings'''… and select '''Identity''' setting. In the opening '''Application Pool Identity''' window, click '''Built-in account''' and select '''LocalSystem''' (see the image below). Click '''OK'''  for the both open windows.<br><br>[[File:Application pool.jpg|500px]]
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11. Click the previously created application pool, click '''Advanced settings'''… and select '''Identity''' setting. In the opening '''Application Pool Identity''' window, click '''Built-in account''' and select '''LocalSystem''' (see the image below). Click '''OK'''  for the both open windows.<br><br>[[File:Application pool.jpg]]
  
 
12. Find the QPRWebServicesExtensions folder in '''IIS Management Console''' and click '''Convert to Application''' (secondary mouse button). Select the previously created application pool '''QPR Web Services Extensions'''.
 
12. Find the QPRWebServicesExtensions folder in '''IIS Management Console''' and click '''Convert to Application''' (secondary mouse button). Select the previously created application pool '''QPR Web Services Extensions'''.
  
 
13. Check the IIS authentication settings by clicking QPRWebServicesExtensions web application is IIS Management Console (on the left side hierarchy). Check that '''Features View''' is opened (in bottom), and doubleclick '''Authentication'''. The authentication settings must match with the web.config file, which was set in step 3:
 
13. Check the IIS authentication settings by clicking QPRWebServicesExtensions web application is IIS Management Console (on the left side hierarchy). Check that '''Features View''' is opened (in bottom), and doubleclick '''Authentication'''. The authentication settings must match with the web.config file, which was set in step 3:
 
 
a. For <u>Windows authentication</u>: '''Anonymous Authentication''' must be '''Disabled''' and '''Windows Authentication''' must be '''Enabled.''' (see the image below)
 
a. For <u>Windows authentication</u>: '''Anonymous Authentication''' must be '''Disabled''' and '''Windows Authentication''' must be '''Enabled.''' (see the image below)
 
 
b. For <u>Anonymous authentication</u>: '''Anonymous Authentication''' must be '''Enabled''' and '''Windows Authentication''' must be '''Disabled.'''
 
b. For <u>Anonymous authentication</u>: '''Anonymous Authentication''' must be '''Enabled''' and '''Windows Authentication''' must be '''Disabled.'''
 
 
'''ASP.NET Impersonation''' must be '''Enabled''' in both cases.
 
'''ASP.NET Impersonation''' must be '''Enabled''' in both cases.
  
[[File:Authentication.jpg|400px]]
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[[File:Authentication.jpg]]
 
 
14. Configure QPR Reporting Add-on settings listed in [[Reporting Add-on#settings|Settings]]. Especially check the '''qprwebserviceaddress''' carefully. Quick guide for usual configurations (file '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config'''):
 
 
 
:a. When Windows authentication is <u>not</u> in use: '''wcfsecuritymode=none''' and '''qprauthenticationmode=passedsession'''
 
 
 
:b. When Windows authentication is in use: '''wcfsecuritymode=message''' and '''qprauthenticationmode=windows'''
 
  
15. Create folder '''C:\temp.''' It is possible to use other folder but its location must be changed to web.config '''temppath''' setting.
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14. Check that QPR Reporting Add-on is working by making the tests listed in chapter [[#Installation_Test|Installation tests]]. If you encounter any issues, check if any of the error situations described in [[#Troubleshooting_Installation_Issues|Troubleshooting]] were encountered.
  
16. Check that QPR Reporting Add-on is working by making the tests listed in chapter [[Reporting Add-on#installation_test|Installation tests]]. If you encounter any issues, check if any of the error situations described in [[Reporting Add-on#Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]] were encountered.
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15. These rest steps are only needed when using the Reporting Add-on in the QPR Suite portal. Copy '''DWV templates''' folder from installation package as a DWV templates root folder (setting '''dwvtemplatesphysicalpath''' in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file). Also copy Word report templates folder as the templates root folder (setting '''dwrtemplatesphysicalpath''' in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file) and '''trend_down.png''' and '''trend_up.png''' files from '''DWV templates\Dashboard''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\portal\images'''.
  
17. Copy '''DWV templates''' folder from installation package as a DWV templates root folder (setting '''dwvtemplatesphysicalpath''' in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file). Also copy DWR templates folder as a DWR templates root folder (setting '''dwrtemplatesphysicalpath''' in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file) and '''trend_down.png''' and '''trend_up.png''' files from '''DWV templates\Dashboard''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\qprsoftware\portal\images'''.
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16. Deploy Reports Menu UI element to the Portal by replacing '''mainview.tpl''' and '''headerview.tpl''' files from the installation package '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 20XX\20XX.1\Servers\Templates\WAS\Portal'''. (Alternatively, use the '''externalreportsmenu.patch''' file.)
  
18. Deploy Reports Menu UI element to the Portal by replacing '''mainview.tpl''' and '''headerview.tpl''' files from the installation package '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 201X\201X.1\Servers\Templates\WAS\Portal'''. (Alternatively, use the '''externalreportsmenu.patch''' file.)
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17. Copy '''icon_reports.png''' from '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\portal\images'''.
  
19. Copy '''icon_reports.png''' from '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\qprsoftware\portal\images'''.
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18. Copy '''jquery.filedownload.js''' from '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\Common\scripts'''.
  
20. Copy '''jquery.filedownload.js''' from '''Reports Menu''' folder to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\qprsoftware\Common\scripts'''.
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19. Add the following CSS to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\stylesheets\custom.css''':
 
 
21. Add the following CSS to '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\qprsoftware\stylesheets\custom.css''':
 
 
<pre>
 
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#ReportsToolbarMenu {
 
#ReportsToolbarMenu {
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   background-color: white;
 
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}
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
22. Restart Windows service for QPR Suite, or clear QPR Portal templates cache ('''http://SERVERNAME/QPR201X-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll?QPRWAS&*cleartemplatecache'''). In addition, clear web browser’s cache.
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20. Restart Windows service for QPR Suite, or clear QPR Portal templates cache ('''<nowiki>http://SERVERNAME/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll?QPRWAS&*cleartemplatecache</nowiki>'''). In addition, clear web browser’s cache.
 
 
  
===Settings===
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21. Check that the [[Enable_Detailed_Error_Messages_in_IIS|detailed error message are enabled in IIS]].
  
QPR Reporting Add-on is configured using the file C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config. The file has following settings in the '''configuration > appSettings''' section. The greyed settings are unusual, so for most installations they can be ignored.
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=== Web.config File Settings ===
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QPR Reporting Add-on is configured using the '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config''' file. The file has following settings in the '''configuration > appSettings''' section.
  
 
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! Description
 
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| qprwebserviceaddress || QPR Web Services’ url address. This should point directly to QPR Web Services server’s port. The default port is 9002, but the actual port in use can be seen in '''QPR Configuration Manager (Common > Server locations > Web services server)'''. <br> Example: <nowiki>http://localhost:9002/QPR201X-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc/wshttp</nowiki><br>Notes: <br> • It’s recommended to use '''localhost''' as a hostname if the QPR Web Services Server is in the same computer. <br> • The address starts with '''http''' even if QPR environment uses https. <br> • Check the proper url path from QPR Portal address ('''QPR201X-1''' in the example). The path is QPR version specific by default. <br> • Validity of the address can be checked by opening the address in the <u>server</u> computer using browser without the ending '''/wshttp''', e.g. <nowiki>http://localhost:9002/QPR201X-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc</nowiki>. A page displaying '''You have created a service''' should open. Note that this address doesn’t work in client computers (this is because “localhost” always references to that computer where the browser is running).
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|qprwebserviceaddress
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||QPR Web Service url address. This should point directly to QPR Web Service server’s port. The default port is 9002, but the actual port in use can be seen in '''QPR Configuration Manager (Common > Server locations > Web services server)'''. Example: <nowiki>http://localhost:9002/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc/wshttp</nowiki>
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* It's recommended to use '''localhost''' as a hostname if the QPR Web Service Server is in the same computer.
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* The address starts with '''http''' even if QPR environment uses https.
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* Check the proper url path from QPR Portal address ('''QPR20XX-1''' in the example). The path is QPR version specific by default.
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* Validity of the address can be checked by opening the address in the server computer using browser without the ending '''/wshttp''', e.g. <nowiki>http://localhost:9002/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc</nowiki>. A page displaying '''You have created a service''' should open. Note that this address doesn't work in client computers (this is because '''localhost''' always references to that computer where the browser is running).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| wcfsecuritymode ||QPR Web Services security settings. Must correspond to QPR Web Services settings (in C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 201X.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config). (Refer to step 3 in the installation instructions.) Options: <br> •  '''none''': Use this when Windows authentication is <u>not</u> in use. <br>  • '''message''': Use this when Windows authentication is in use <br> • '''transport''': Usually not used. <br> • '''transportwithmessagecredential''': Usually not used.
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|qprauthenticationmode
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||Determines how the Reporting Add-on authenticates users to QPR Web Service. When using QPR Suite 2019.1, options are as follows:
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* '''windows''': Windows user making the request is used to authenticate to QPR Web Service. It’s advisable to use this authentication method if available. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter) while the windows authentication mode is used, the provided session id is not used. When this option is used, ''wcfsecuritymode'' must be ''message''. Note that when using QPR Reporting Add-on with QPR UI, the setting cannot be used, because QPR UI connects to the Reporting Add-on using the user account which runs the Payara web server (not the person's user account).
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* '''commonqprauthentication''': [[Common_QPR_Authentication|Common QPR authentication]] is a mechanism where QPR products have been configured to trust each other in a way that when a user is authenticated to one of the products, the user is also authenticated to other QPR products as well. When common QPR authentication is in use, session id of the source QPR system is passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. Note that the session id doesn't need to be the QPR Web Service session id, but the session id of any QPR product may be used. The ''xsession'' parameter is used to pass the common authentication session id. This options can be used when ''wcfsecuritymode'' is either ''none'' or ''message''. Also the token authentication introduced in QPR Suite 2019.1 works with the ''commonqprauthentication'' setting. Note also that the isn't any more the ''passedsession'' setting, but the ''commonqprauthentication'' settings also covers that usecase.
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* '''fixedcredentials''': The defined user account is used for all access to QPR Web Service. The account's username and password are defined in the configuration (see settings username and password). Note that from the data security point of view this is not the best option, because users running the reports may see data that they don't see in their own account. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter), when the fixedcredentials authentication mode is used, the provided session id is used instead of authenticating using the fixed credentials. This options can be used when ''wcfsecuritymode'' is either ''none'' or ''message''.
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When using QPR Suite 2017.1 or an older version, the options are as follows:
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* '''windows''': Windows user making the request is used to authenticate to QPR Web Service. It’s advisable to use this authentication method if available. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter) while the windows authentication mode is used, the provided session id is not used. When this option is used, ''wcfsecuritymode'' must be ''message''. Note that when using QPR Reporting Add-on with QPR UI, the setting cannot be used, because QPR UI connects to the Reporting Add-on using the user account which runs the Glassfish web server (not the person's user account).
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* '''passedsession''': QPR Web Service session id must be passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. This means that the authentication to QPR Web Service must have been done beforehand by some other system than the Reporting Add-on. The parameter name is ''xsession''. Note that the session id must be the QPR Web Service session id. This options can be used when ''wcfsecuritymode'' is either ''none'' or ''message''.
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* '''commonqprauthentication''': [[Common_QPR_Authentication|Common QPR authentication]] is a mechanism where QPR products have been configured to trust each other in a way that when a user is authenticated to one of the products, the user is also authenticated to other QPR products as well. When common QPR authentication is in use, session id of the source QPR system is passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. Note that the session id doesn't need to be the QPR Web Service session id, but the session id of any QPR product may be used. The ''xsession'' parameter is used to pass the common authentication session id. This options can be used when ''wcfsecuritymode'' is either ''none'' or ''message''.
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* '''fixedcredentials''': The defined user account is used for all access to QPR Web Service. The account's username and password are defined in the configuration (see settings username and password). Note that from the data security point of view this is not the best option, because users running the reports may see data that they don't see in their own account. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter), when the fixedcredentials authentication mode is used, the provided session id is used instead of authenticating using the fixed credentials. This options can be used when ''wcfsecuritymode'' is either ''none'' or ''message''.
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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|wcfsecuritymode
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||
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This setting defines which security settings are used by the QPR Web Service (i.e. whether the Windows authentication is in use). This setting must correspond to QPR Web Service settings (in '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config'''). Options:
 +
* '''none''': Use this when Windows authentication in the QPR Web Service is not in use.
 +
* '''message''': Use this when Windows authentication in the QPR Web Service is in use.
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| dprtemplatesphysicalpath
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||Folder in the file system where QPR PowerPoint Reports template files are located.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
| qprauthenticationmode ||Determines how the add-on parts authenticate to QPR Web Services.<br>Options:<br> • '''passedsession''': QPR Web Services’ session id must be passed as a parameter. The parameter is passed differently in different accelerators. This options is usually used when wcfsecuritymode is none, but also message is possible.<br> • '''windows''': Windows user making the request is used to authenticate to QPR Web Services. When this option is used, wcfsecuritymode must be message (none is not possible).<br> • '''commonqprauthentication''': Common QPR authentication is a mechanism where QPR Suite products have been configured to trust each other in a way that when a user is authenticated to one of the products, the user is also authenticated to other QPR suite products as well. More information:<br> https://devnet.onqpr.com/pawiki/index.php/Common_QPR_Authentication#Linking_between_QPR_Products.
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| dwrtemplatesphysicalpath
When common QPR authentication is in use, session id of the source QPR Suite system is passed as a parameter to QPR Web Services Extensions.<br> • '''fixedcredentials''': A single user account is used for all requests. The account’s username and password are defined in the configuration (see settings username and password). This options is not usually used.<br> For more information, see '''Authentication and Data Security'''
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||Folder in the file system where QPR Word Reports template files are located.
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
| dwrtemplatesphysicalpath ||Folder in the file system where QPR Word Reports template files are located.
 
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| dwvtemplatesphysicalpath ||Folder in the file system where QPR Web Views template files are located.
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|dwvtemplatesphysicalpath
 +
||Folder in the file system where QPR Web Views template files are located.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| installpath ||Path for QPR Web Services Extensions binaries installation folder, which is by default '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions'''. This information is needed by Expression language WebpageAsImage function.
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| installpath
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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||Path for QPR Web Services Extensions binaries installation folder, which is by default '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions'''. This information is needed by Expression language WebpageAsImage function.
| temppath ||Path to a file where Reporting Add-on may write temporary files.
 
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"  
| templatecaching ||Determines whether template files caching is enabled ('''true''') or disabled ('''false'''). Template caching means that templates are read from file system to server memory when the IIS web application starts. When template caching is enabled, pages are processed faster and disk load as reduces. Template caching should be enabled for production environments.<br>
+
| templatecaching
 +
||Determines whether template files caching is enabled ('''true''') or disabled ('''false'''). Template caching means that templates are read from file system to server memory when the IIS web application starts. When template caching is enabled, pages are processed faster and disk load as reduces. Template caching should be enabled for production environments.<br>
 
Template caching is usually be disabled for development work, so that changes in templates can be seen immediately in result pages. When template caching is disabled, all templates are read into memory every time, when a page is requested.
 
Template caching is usually be disabled for development work, so that changes in templates can be seen immediately in result pages. When template caching is disabled, all templates are read into memory every time, when a page is requested.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
| disallowedfunctions ||Comma separated list of functions that are not allowed to be executed by the Reporting Add-On. There are some functions which are able to manipulate files in the server computer, and enabling those files may cause security issues. Function names must be written in lowercase.
 
| disallowedfunctions ||Comma separated list of functions that are not allowed to be executed by the Reporting Add-On. There are some functions which are able to manipulate files in the server computer, and enabling those files may cause security issues. Function names must be written in lowercase.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| loglevel ||Possible values: None, Error, Information, Verbose.
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| loglevel
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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||Possible values: '''None''', '''Error''', '''Information''' and '''Verbose'''.
| qprwebapplicationname ||Setting for Dynamic Web Views: Name of the QPR web application in IIS. This parameter is not mandatory, but it should be defined, as it can be used by html content to reference QPR resources published in IIS (such as images and css files).
 
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| reporttemplateparameter ||Setting for Word reports: Defines the name of the parameter which passes the report template path. See chapter [[Reporting Add-on#Working With Report Templates|Working with Report Templates]]
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|qprwebapplicationname
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||Setting for Dynamic Web Views: Name of the QPR web application in IIS. This parameter is not mandatory, but it should be defined, as it can be used by html content to reference QPR resources published in IIS (such as images and css files).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| qprtemplateidparameter ||Setting for Word reports: Parameter name which passes QPR’s Word report template object id. This can be used when the report templates are stored in QPR Portal (i.e. QPR system objects) (see chapter [[Reporting Add-on#Working With Report Templates|Working with Report Templates]])
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| reporttemplateparameter
 +
||Setting for Word reports: Defines the name of the parameter which passes the report template path. See chapter [[QPR_Word_Reports#Working_With_Report_Templates|Working with Report Templates]].
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| defaultimageformat ||Setting for Word reports: Default image format for QPR Web Service’s GetGraph operation. This setting is used if image format is not explicitly defined.
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| qprtemplateidparameter
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||Setting for Word reports: Parameter name which passes QPR’s Word report template object id. This can be used when the report templates are stored in QPR Portal (i.e. QPR system objects) (see chapter [[QPR Reporting Add-on#Working With Report Templates|Working with Report Templates]])
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| username ||Password for QPR Suite when authenticationmode is fixedcredentials.
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| username
 +
||Password for QPR Suite when ''authenticationmode'' is ''fixedcredentials''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| password ||Password for QPR Suite when authenticationmode is fixedcredentials.
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| password
 +
||Password for QPR Suite when ''authenticationmode'' is ''fixedcredentials''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| executionTimeout (in the httpRuntime tag) ||Timeout for request processing in seconds. Usually there is no need to change this setting.<br>
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| executionTimeout (in the httpRuntime tag)
The value should be increased if there are heavy requests which take time to run. Note that the timeout limit works as a protection when the processing never ends as a results of an error (this may be possible in e.g. recursive reports).
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||Timeout for request processing in seconds. Usually there is no need to change this setting. The value should be increased if there are heavy requests which take time to run. Note that the timeout limit works as a protection when the processing never ends as a results of an error (this may be possible in e.g. recursive reports).
 
|}
 
|}
  
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#* If this works, the .Net application is running properly in IIS.
 
#* If this works, the .Net application is running properly in IIS.
 
#* If this doesn’t work, <u>there is a problem with IIS settings or .Net installation</u>.
 
#* If this doesn’t work, <u>there is a problem with IIS settings or .Net installation</u>.
# Open QPR Web Services Tester, which is usually in '''<nowiki>http://SERVERNAME/QPR201X-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/servicetester.aspx</nowiki>'''. The SERVERNAME can be found in QPR Portal url address. The address starts with https instead of http, when also QPR Portal address starts with https.
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# Open QPR Web Services Tester, which is usually in '''<nowiki>http://SERVERNAME/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/servicetester.aspx</nowiki>'''. The SERVERNAME can be found in QPR Portal url address. The address starts with https instead of http, when also QPR Portal address starts with https.
 
# Set valid credentials in the '''Authentication''' tab. Confirm that QPR Web Services is working by making a query using QPR Web Services Tester in the QueryObjects tab.
 
# Set valid credentials in the '''Authentication''' tab. Confirm that QPR Web Services is working by making a query using QPR Web Services Tester in the QueryObjects tab.
 
# Check that the page contains '''RunExpression''' tab.
 
# Check that the page contains '''RunExpression''' tab.
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: 6. Go to RunExpression tab, click '''Run''' using the expression it contains by default. It should return '''Ok''' (below the Run button). This confirms that the .Net application is running in IIS and the QPR Web Services connection works.
 
: 6. Go to RunExpression tab, click '''Run''' using the expression it contains by default. It should return '''Ok''' (below the Run button). This confirms that the .Net application is running in IIS and the QPR Web Services connection works.
  
===Authentication and Data Security===
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=== Running Multiple QPR Reporting Add-ons ===
 
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It may be needed to run multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances in the same server machine, e.g. when different versions or different QPR Reporting Add-on settings are needed. Running multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances simultaneously is possible: Copy the '''QPRWebServicesExtensions''' folder with a different name to IIS root folder, and make all the settings made to the default folder to that folder. The other instance is referenced using the other folder name in URLs.
This chapter contains information about authentication and data security of the add-on and QPR Suite to make the installation successful also from security point of view. The add-on needs to <u>authenticate</u> to QPR Web Services to get needed data. There are three methods to authenticate:
 
 
 
* '''Use Windows authentication'''. Windows user authenticates to the add-on (provided by IIS), and same user is used to authenticate to QPR Web Service (this is called impersonation). It’s advisable to use this authentication method if available.
 
 
 
* '''Pass QPR Web Service’s session id as a url parameter to the template'''. The accelerator uses the session id directly when accessing to QPR Web Services. This approach requires a functionality in QPR Portal to first authenticate to QPR Web Service and then pass the session id to the template. Use this authentication method, if Windows authentication is not possible.
 
 
 
* '''Preset username and password''' (either QPR or Windows user) in QPR Reporting Add-on configuration. These credentials are used by the add-on when logging in to QPR Web Services. This authentication method is only used for special purposes.
 
 
 
The authentication method is determined by QPR Reporting Add-on setting "qprauthenticationmode".
 
 
 
===Running Multiple QPR Reporting Add-on Instances Simultaneously===
 
 
 
It may be required to run multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances simultaneously, e.g. when different versions or different QPR Reporting Add-on settings are needed. Running multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances simultaneously is possible: Copy the QPRWebServicesExtensions folder with a different name to IIS root folder, and make all the settings made to the default folder to that folder. The other instance is referenced using the other folder name in URLs.
 
 
 
===Uninstallation===
 
 
 
Follow these steps to uninstall QPR Reporting Add-on:
 
# In '''IIS Management Console''' click '''Remove''' for the '''QPRWebServicesExtensions''' web application (mouse secondary button).
 
# Delete the web application’s folder '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions''' in the disk.
 
# Revert the original '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 201X.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx''' from release package.
 
 
 
===Troubleshooting===
 
  
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=== Troubleshooting Installation Issues ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!Issue
 
!Issue
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|Following errors are returned by Expression Engine tester: ''The message with Action 'http:// schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/RST/ Issue' cannot be processed at the receiver, due to a ContractFilter mismatch at the EndpointDispatcher. This may be because of either a contract mismatch (mismatched Actions between sender and receiver) or a binding\security mismatch between the sender and the receiver.  Check that sender and receiver have the same contract and the same binding (including security requirements, e.g. Message, Transport, None). Secure channel cannot be opened because security negotiation with the remote endpoint has failed. This may be due to absent or incorrectly specified EndpointIdentity in the EndpointAddress used to create the channel. Please verify the EndpointIdentity specified or implied by the EndpointAddress correctly identifies the remote endpoint.''
 
|Following errors are returned by Expression Engine tester: ''The message with Action 'http:// schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/RST/ Issue' cannot be processed at the receiver, due to a ContractFilter mismatch at the EndpointDispatcher. This may be because of either a contract mismatch (mismatched Actions between sender and receiver) or a binding\security mismatch between the sender and the receiver.  Check that sender and receiver have the same contract and the same binding (including security requirements, e.g. Message, Transport, None). Secure channel cannot be opened because security negotiation with the remote endpoint has failed. This may be due to absent or incorrectly specified EndpointIdentity in the EndpointAddress used to create the channel. Please verify the EndpointIdentity specified or implied by the EndpointAddress correctly identifies the remote endpoint.''
 
||The reason is the QPR Web Services and QPR Web Services Extensions WCF settings don’t match. Please check installation steps 3, 4 and 6.
 
||The reason is the QPR Web Services and QPR Web Services Extensions WCF settings don’t match. Please check installation steps 3, 4 and 6.
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|-
 +
||
 +
When running a report, the following error appears:
 +
<pre>
 +
Requested registry access is not allowed.
 +
The type initializer for 'MS.Utility.EventTrace' threw an exception.
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Error in opening document - the document is not valid Office Open XML format
 +
</pre>
 +
||
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This is a user rights issue. Check that the ''Application Pool Identity'' is ''LocalSystem''.
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|-
 
|-
 
|When opening QPR Web Services Tester, the following message appears: ''... Redirecting to mainservice page ...''.
 
|When opening QPR Web Services Tester, the following message appears: ''... Redirecting to mainservice page ...''.
 
||There may be a problem with IIS handler mappings. Tests with following settings:
 
||There may be a problem with IIS handler mappings. Tests with following settings:
 
* Remove '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\web.config''' if it exists. Make a backup before deleting.
 
* Remove '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\web.config''' if it exists. Make a backup before deleting.
* Contents of '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\web.config should be'''
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* Contents of '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\web.config should be'''
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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</pre>
 
</pre>
  
*Contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr201X-1\Portal\web.config should be
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*Contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\Portal\web.config should be
  
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
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|}
 
|}
  
== [[QPR Word Reports]] ==
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===Uninstallation===
 +
Follow these steps to uninstall QPR Reporting Add-on:
 +
# In '''IIS Management Console''' click '''Remove''' for the '''QPRWebServicesExtensions''' web application (mouse secondary button).
 +
# Delete the web application’s folder '''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions''' in the disk.
 +
# Revert the original '''C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx''' from release package.
  
== [[QPR Web Views]] ==
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== QPR Reports Menu ==
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QPR Reports Menu is a dropdown menu for QPR Suite Portal to open reports and web pages that can be referenced using urls. The menu is able to add context related information automatically to the url as parameters, such as model, diagram and object id. Report items in the menu are configured in the file C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml (the location may vary).
  
==QPR Reports Menu==
 
Reports Menu is a dropdown menu for QPR Portal to open reports and web pages that can be referenced using urls. The menu is able to add context related information automatically to the url as parameters, such as model, diagram and object id.
 
Report items in the menu are configured in the file C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml (the location may vary).
 
 
===Reports Configuration===
 
===Reports Configuration===
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Report items in the menu are configured in the file '''C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml''' (note that your location may be different). The configuration is an xml file having a root tag '''reportsmenu''' and subtags '''menuitem''' for individual report items. The menuitem tag has menu item settings as subtags which are described in the following table.
  
Report items in the menu are configured in the file '''C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml''' (note that the location may be different). The configuration is an xml file having a root tag '''reportsmenu''' and subtags '''menuitem''' for individual report items. The menuitem tag has menu item settings as subtags which are described in the following table.
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Settings can be defined using static string values or expressions. If the value is defined using an expression following attribute is added to the settings tag: '''expression="true"'''. Note that the setting tags must be in the order that they are defined in the following table. Settings that are not mandatory, can be left out.
 
 
Settings can be defined using static string values or expressions. If the value is defined using an expression following attribute is added to the settings tag: '''expression="true"'''.
 
 
 
Note that the setting tags must be in the order that they are defined in the following table. Settings that are not mandatory, can be left out.
 
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
 
! Parameter
 
! Parameter
 
! Description
 
! Description
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Following default tabs name are available: pgplugin_processmaps, pgplugin_navigator, pgplugin_actions, pgplugin_organizations, scplugin_scorecards, scplugin_strategymaps, scplugin_analysis, scplugin_navigator, scplugin_reports, scplugin_actions, discussion, byuser, bytime, actionanalysis
 
Following default tabs name are available: pgplugin_processmaps, pgplugin_navigator, pgplugin_actions, pgplugin_organizations, scplugin_scorecards, scplugin_strategymaps, scplugin_analysis, scplugin_navigator, scplugin_reports, scplugin_actions, discussion, byuser, bytime, actionanalysis
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|'''passparameters''' (string)|| List of parameters that are passed to the external report (see available parameters in chapter [[Reporting Add-on#Portal Context Parameters|Portal Context Parameters]]). Passed parameters may be restricted, because e.g. SSRS gives an error when parameters are passed that are not defined in the report.
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|'''passparameters''' (string)|| List of parameters that are passed to the external report (see available parameters in chapter [[QPR Reporting Add-on#Portal Context Parameters|Portal Context Parameters]]). Passed parameters may be restricted, because e.g. SSRS gives an error when parameters are passed that are not defined in the report.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|'''order''' (integer)|| An integer which determines order of reports in the menu. The reports are shown in the ascending order. If there are multiple reports with a same order number, the alphabetical order of the reportName parameter determines the ordering (secondary sorting).
 
|'''order''' (integer)|| An integer which determines order of reports in the menu. The reports are shown in the ascending order. If there are multiple reports with a same order number, the alphabetical order of the reportName parameter determines the ordering (secondary sorting).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|'''waitanimation''' (boolean)||Determines whether to use report loading wait animation, which is able to improve user experience. The report source needs to support this feature (DWR and DER does). Alternatives '''true''' and '''false'''.
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|'''waitanimation''' (boolean)
The animation may only be used if the report access url has same DNS name and port than QPR Portal. This is because the disappearance of the animation is based on a cookie that is set by report providing server when the report is ready. When the cookie is received from the response of the report providing server, the loading animation is removed.
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||Determines whether to use animation while waiting report loading. This only works in the Word reports. Options '''true''' and '''false'''.
  
If the loading animation doesn’t work correctly for any compatibility issue, disable it (set to false).
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The animation may only be used if the report access url has same DNS name and port than QPR Portal. This is because the disappearance of the animation is based on a cookie that is set by report providing server when the report is ready. When the cookie is received from the response of the report providing server, the loading animation is removed. If the loading animation doesn’t work correctly for any compatibility issue, disable it (set to false).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|'''visibility '''(string)|| Determines the visibility status of the report item in the menu. Available statuses are:
 
|'''visibility '''(string)|| Determines the visibility status of the report item in the menu. Available statuses are:
:'''visible''': The report is visible and can be opened.
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* '''visible''': The report is visible and can be opened.
:'''disabled''': The report is visible in the menu in a grey color, and it’s not openable. This status can be used to imply, that there is some condition preventing from running the report, such as the required type of element is not selected.
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* '''disabled''': The report is visible in the menu in a grey color, and it’s not openable. This status can be used to imply, that there is some condition preventing from running the report, such as the required type of element is not selected.
:'''hidden''': The report item is not visible in the menu at all.
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* '''hidden''': The report item is not visible in the menu at all.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|'''visiblemessage''' (string)||Tooltip text shows for visible report items when cursor is moved over the report item. The text may contain html code.
 
|'''visiblemessage''' (string)||Tooltip text shows for visible report items when cursor is moved over the report item. The text may contain html code.
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|[OpenWindow parameters]||QPR Portal’s '''OpenWindow''' function parameters. These parameters determine e.g. size and position of the window. Available parameters:
 
|[OpenWindow parameters]||QPR Portal’s '''OpenWindow''' function parameters. These parameters determine e.g. size and position of the window. Available parameters:
: • target (string)
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* target (string)
: • width (integer)
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* width (integer)
: • height (integer)
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* height (integer)
: • scroll (boolean)
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* scroll (boolean)
: • preventcaching (boolean)
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* preventcaching (boolean)
: • x (integer)
+
* x (integer)
: • y (integer)
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* y (integer)
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||xsession||QPR Web Service session id. External report can use this to login to QPR Web Service.
 
||xsession||QPR Web Service session id. External report can use this to login to QPR Web Service.
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||portalsessionid||QPR Portal session id. Note that this is different than QPR Web Service session id. Portal session id is needed, when the url refers to the QPR Portal itself and no Windows authentication is used. QPR Portal session id is added to the url as a parameter named SES.
 
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||currentuserid||Current user id.
 
||currentuserid||Current user id.
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|}
 
|}
 
==QPR Reporting Expression Language==
 
This chapter describes the expression language used by QPR Suite Reporting Add-on and several QPR Suite accelerators. Expressions (formulas) enable to define values dynamically, meaning that values can be calculated based on the information that is available only at runtime.
 
The expression evaluation is case sensitive, which applies e.g. for parameter and function names. Actually all function names are not case sensitive, but it’s easiest to consider they are.
 
Expressions can be combined using '''operators'''. Expression's priority order starting from the greatest priority is: primary, unary, power, multiplicative, additive, relational, logical '''and''', logical '''or'''. Following operators can be used:
 
*Logical or:  '''or''', '''||''' (these are equivalent)
 
*Logical and: '''and''', '''&&''' (these are equivalent)
 
*Relational: '''=''', '''!=''', '''<>''', '''<''', '''<=''', '''>''', '''>=''' (!= and <> are equivalent)
 
*Basic calculations:  '''+''', '''-''', '''*''', '''/''', '''%'''
 
*Bitwise: '''&''' (bitwise and), '''|''' (bitwise or), '''^''' (bitwise xor), '''<<''' (left shift), '''>>''' (right shift)
 
*Unary: '''!''', '''not''', '''-''', '''~''' (bitwise not)
 
*functions: '''Abs(1)''', '''doSomething(1, 'dummy')'''
 
In expressions, characters \ and ' need to be written as \\ and \' (i.e. escaped).
 
 
The expression language supports .Net 4.5 datatypes. Following table contains examples, how to write literals of some basic datatypes.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
 
! '''Data type'''
 
! '''Example'''
 
|-
 
|| integer || 123456
 
|-
 
|| double || 123.456, 0.123
 
|-
 
|| boolean || true, false
 
|-
 
||string||'Hello world!'
 
|}
 
When operating with dates, note that all dates returned by QPR Web Services are strings formatted in XML date format (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffzzz). They can be converted to datetimes using '''StringToDate''' function.
 
 
In the expressions unicode characters can be defined using syntax '''\uxxxx'''. For example, new line is '''\u000D\u000A''' (carriage return and line feed characters used in Windows systems).
 
===Arithmetic Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
! '''Example expression'''
 
! '''Result'''
 
|-
 
|| Abs|| Returns the absolute value of a specified number. || Abs(-1)||1
 
|-
 
||Acos|| Returns the angle whose cosine is the specified number. ||Acos(1)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
|| Asin || Returns the angle whose sine is the specified number. || Asin(0)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Atan ||Returns the angle whose tangent is the specified number.||Atan(0)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Ceiling|| Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the specified number.||Ceiling(1.5)||2 (double)
 
|-
 
||Cos||Returns the cosine of the specified angle.||Cos(0)||1 (double)
 
|-
 
||Exp||Returns e raised to the specified power.||Exp(0)||1 (double)
 
|-
 
||Floor||Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the specified number.||Floor(1.5)||1 (double)
 
|-
 
||IEEERemainder||Returns the remainder resulting from the division of a specified number by another specified number.|| IEEERemainder(3, 2)||-1 (double)
 
|-
 
||in||Returns whether an element is in a set of values.||in(1 + 1, 1, 2, 3)||true
 
|-
 
||Log||Returns the logarithm of a specified number.||Log(1, 10)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Log10||Returns the base 10 logarithm of a specified number.||Log10(1)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Max||Returns the larger of two specified numbers.||Max(1, 2)||2
 
|-
 
||Min||Returns the smaller of two numbers.||Min(1, 2)||1
 
|-
 
||Pow||Returns a specified number raised to the specified power.||Pow(3, 2)||9 (double)
 
|-
 
||Random||Returns a random value between 0 and 1 (the value can be 0 but cannot be 1).||Random()||0.358024762 (double)
 
|-
 
||Round||Rounds a value to the nearest integer or specified number of decimal places.||Round(3.222, 2)||3.22 (double)
 
|-
 
||Sign||Returns a value indicating the sign of a number.||Sign(-10)||-1
 
|-
 
||Sin||Returns the sine of the specified angle.||Sin(0)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Sqrt||Returns the square root of a specified number.||Sqrt(4)||2 (double)
 
|-
 
||Tan||Returns the tangent of the specified angle.||Tan(0)||0 (double)
 
|-
 
||Truncate||Calculates the integral part of a number.||Truncate(1.7)||1
 
|}
 
 
===String Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| CharAt (string)||
 
* input string
 
* index number (int)
 
||Return character of the '''index number''' position in the '''input string'''. The indexing starts from zero.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| Contains (boolean) ||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
|| Return true if the '''first string''' contains the '''second string'''; otherwise false.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||CropText (string array)||
 
* input string
 
* min characters (int)
 
* max characters (int)
 
* crop characters (string array)
 
|| Crops a text into several parts. Length of the parts is between provided minimum and maximum characters. Text is cropped in positions where the crop characters appear (crop characters are excluded from the result).
 
If no crop characters are found, text is cropped from the max position.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||EndsWith (boolean)||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
||Return true if the '''first string''' ends with the '''second string'''; otherwise false.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||IndexOf (int)||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
* start index (int)
 
||Return the index number of the first occurrence of the '''second string''' in the '''first string'''. Indexing starts from zero. If the '''start index''' is provided, the search is started from that index.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||LastIndexOf (int)||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
* index (int)
 
||Return the index number of the last occurrence of the '''second string''' in the '''first string'''. Indexing starts from zero. If the '''start index''' is provided, the search is started from that index (calculated from the start of the string) towards the beginning of the string.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Length (int)||
 
* input string
 
||Return the number of characters in the '''input string'''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||RemoveIllegalChars (string)||
 
* input string
 
* allowed characters (string)
 
* replace string
 
||Removes from the input string all characters that are not part of the listed chars. If the replace string is provided, removed characters are replaced with that one. Examples:
 
'''RemoveIllegalChars('ABCDE', 'BD', nullvalue(), ")''' gives 'BD'
 
 
'''RemoveIllegalChars('ABCDE', 'BD', nullvalue(), ' ')''' gives ' B D '
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Replace (string)||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
* third string
 
||Replaces all occurrencies of the '''second string''' with the '''third string''' in the '''first string'''. Example:
 
'''Replace('abcd', 'b', 'e')''' gives '''aecd'''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||StartsWith (boolean)||
 
* first string
 
* second string
 
||Return true if the '''first string''' starts with the '''second string'''; otherwise false.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Substring (string)||
 
* input string
 
* start index (int)
 
* length (int)
 
||Returns a substring of the '''input string''' starting from the '''start index'''. If the '''length''' is provided, the returned string contains maximum of that number of characters.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ToLower (string)||
 
* input string
 
||Return a string where all the characters of the '''input string''' have been converted to lower case characters.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ToUpper (string)||
 
* input string
 
||Return a string where all the characters in the '''input string''' have been converted to upper case characters.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Trim (string)||
 
* input string
 
* string array
 
||Removes spaces from the start and end of the '''input string''' (if '''string array''' is not provided). If the '''string array''' is provided, the string in the array are removed from the input array.
 
|}
 
 
===Datetime Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!'''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| AddMilliseconds (datetime) ||
 
* datetime
 
* milliseconds (double)
 
|| Adds the specified number of milliseconds to a datetime.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| AddMonths (datetime) ||
 
* datetime
 
* number of months (int)
 
|| Adds the specified number of months to a datetime. Negative number of months means number of months to subtract. This function takes into account years, so e.g. when adding one month to a date in December, the result is January in the next year.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| AddTimespan (datetime)||
 
* datetime
 
* timespan
 
|| Adds the specified timespan to a datetime.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||CompareDates (int)||
 
* datetime 1
 
* datetime 2
 
||Compares two datetimes and returns zero when the datetimes equals, greated than zero if the former is later, and less than zero if the former is earlier.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||CurrentDateTime (datetime)||[none]||Returns a datetime representing the current date and time as UTC. As there are no parameters, use syntax '''CurrentDateTime()'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||FromMetricsDateFormat (datetime)||
 
* numerical value (string, double, int)
 
||Returns a date that this the provided number of days from 1.1.1900 00:00:00 UTC. QPR Metrics date values uses this date format.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GenerateTimeStampArray (datetime array)||
 
* start timestamp (datetime)
 
* end timestamp (datetime)
 
* generating type (string)
 
* increment (timespan)
 
|| Generates an array of timestamps between the start and end timestamps. The first generated timestamp is earlier or equal than the start timestamp, and the last generated timestamp is later or equal than the end timestamp.
 
Available generating types:
 
:- year
 
:- halfyear
 
:- third
 
:- quarter
 
:- month
 
:- custom
 
If type is "custom", the fourth parameter is provided, which is the increment timespan (resulting equally spaced timestamps). Note that e.g. day, week, hour are equally spaced timestamps, so they can be generated using "custom" type.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetDate (int)||
 
* datetime
 
||See (1) below (property: Date)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetDay (int)||
 
* datetime
 
||See (1) below (property: Day)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetMonth (int)||
 
* datetime
 
||See (1) below (property: Month)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetTicks (int)||
 
* datetime
 
||See (1) below (property: Ticks)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetYear (int)||
 
* datetime
 
||See (1) below (property: Year)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||NewDatetime (datetime)||
 
* year (int)
 
* month (int)
 
* day (int)
 
* hour (int)
 
* minute (int)
 
* second (int)
 
* millisecond (int)
 
* local time (boolean)
 
||Returns a new datetime with the following parameter values.
 
:- year: 1 - 9999
 
:- month: 1 - 12
 
:- day: The day 1 through the number of days in month
 
:- hour: 0 - 23 (default: 0)
 
:- minute: 0 - 59 (default: 0)
 
:- second: 0 - 59 (default: 0)
 
:- millisecond: 0 - 999 (default: 0)
 
:- local time (default: true)
 
First two parameters are mandatory.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SubtractTimespan (datetime)||
 
* datetime
 
* timespan
 
||Substracts the specified timespan from the datetime.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Timespan (datetime)||
 
* days (int)
 
* hours (int)
 
* minutes (int)
 
* seconds (int)
 
* milliseconds (int)
 
||Creates a new timespan. A timespan represent an interval between two datetimes.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ToMetricsDateFormat (double)||
 
* datetime
 
||Returns number of days between 1.1.1900 00:00 UTC and the provided datetime. QPR Metrics handles date values using this format. Also the function is needed for criteria in Web Service’s QueryObjects, e.g.
 
''' 'createddate>' +'''
 
'''ToMetricsDateFormat(CurrentDateTime())'''
 
|}
 
(1) DateTime properties in .Net Framework 4.5: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime_properties(v=vs.110).aspx
 
 
===Array Functions===
 
An array is a list of objects of any type, such as strings or integers. Arrays may contain same valued items multiple times.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| ArrayExcept (array)||
 
* array 1
 
* array 2
 
|| Returns an array which contains items that are in the array 1 but not in the array 2.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| ArrayIntersect (array) ||
 
* array 1
 
* array 2
 
|| Returns an array which contains items that are in both provided arrays.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| ArrayReverse (array) ||
 
* array
 
|| Reverses an array, i.e. first element becomes last and so on.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ArraySize (int)||
 
* array
 
||Calculates number of items in an array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ArraySort (array)||
 
* array to sort
 
* sort order (array)
 
||Sorts an array provided as a first parameter. The second parameter provides an array that contains an explicit order for the items to be used in sorting. The rest of the items that are not listed, are sorted normally and placed in the end of the outputed array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ArrayUnion (array)||
 
* array 1
 
* array 2
 
||Joins two arrays. Duplicates are not removed. If only one parameter is provided, that parameter is expected to contain an array, item of which are arrays. In that case all the items of all arrays are joined.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ArrayDistinct (array)||
 
* array
 
||Returns an array where duplicate values are removed. Order of items is preserved.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ArrayWhere (array)||
 
* array
 
* expression (string)
 
||Filters out all items in an array, where the expression is evaluated as false. The expression must return boolean value. Available arguments in the expression:
 
:- '''item''' (item in the array)
 
:- '''index''' (iteration order number starting from 0)
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Average (double)||
 
* array
 
||Calculates an average of array items. Array must contain numerical data.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Concatenate (string)||
 
*array
 
* separator (string)
 
||Concatenates items of an array into a string separated by a provided separator. Array must contain items that can be converted into string.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||IndexOfAnyInArray (int)||
 
* array 1
 
* array 2
 
||Returns an index number of the any of objects of the second array in the first array. The second array objects are searched from left to right. First object array starting from index 0. If the first array doesn’t contain any of objects in the second array, -1 is returned.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||IndexOfInArray (int)||
 
* array
 
* item to search (object)
 
||Returns an index number of an object in the array. First object array starting from index 0. If object is not found, -1 is returned.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ItemAt (object)||
 
* array
 
* int
 
||Returns an item from an array in the provided index number. The first item has an index number zero (0).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Median (double)||
 
* array
 
||Returns the median of the provided array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Minimum (double)||
 
* array
 
||Returns the smallest number in the provided array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Maximum (double)||
 
* array
 
||Returns the largest number in the provided array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||OnlyValue (object)||
 
* array
 
||Returns the only value of the array. Throws an exception if the array contains more than one value. Return null if the array contains no values.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Sum (double)||
 
* array
 
||Calculates a sum of array items. Array must contain numerical data.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Transform (array)||
 
* array
 
* expression (string)
 
||Transforms every item of an array to another array using the provided expression. The expression has following arguments:
 
:- '''value''' which gets the value of the item.
 
:- '''index''': iteration order number starting from 0
 
E.g. '''transform([inputarray], 'substring([value], 5)')''' returns first five characters from every string of the array.
 
|}
 
 
===Dictionary Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| Dictionary (dictionary)||
 
* keys (keys array)
 
* values (object array)
 
||Creates a new dictionary based on two arrays. The two arrays must not be null, and must be the same length.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| DictionaryContainsKey (boolean) ||
 
* dictionary
 
* key (string)
 
|| Returns true if the dictionary contains the provided key; otherwise the function returns false.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetDictionaryValue (object) ||
 
* dictionary
 
* key (string)
 
* default value (object)
 
|| Returns a value from a dictionary based on key. If the key is not found and a default value is defined, the default value is returned. If the key is not found and a default value is not defined, an exception is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ContainsValue (boolean)||
 
* dictionary
 
* key (string)
 
||Returns true if the provided dictionary contains the provided value; otherwise false.
 
|}
 
 
===Conversion Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| Array (array) ||
 
* object 1
 
* object 2
 
* ...
 
|| Converts provided objects into an array. This is needed for example in functions which need their parameters as arrays.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| ArrayToDataset (dataset) ||
 
* array
 
* column name (string)
 
|| Converts an array to a dataset. The dataset has one column which name is given as a second parameter.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ByteArrayToString (string) ||
 
* input byte array
 
* encoding (string)
 
||Converts byte array into string using the provided encoding. Supported encodings depend on the system. Possible encodings are '''unicode, utf-8, utf-7, utf-32, iso8859-1, ascii'''. If null is provided, null is returned. If zero valued array is provided, an empty string is returned.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ConvertToBoolean (boolean)||
 
* input value (object)
 
* value in error (boolean)
 
||Converts a value to a boolean. The second parameter is optional and it is returned if the conversion fails. If it is not defined and the conversion fails, an error is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ConvertToDouble (double)||
 
* input value (object)
 
* value in error (double)
 
||Converts a value to a double. The second parameter is optional, and it’s returned if the conversion fails. If it’s not defined and the conversion fails, an error is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ConvertToInt (int)||
 
* input value (string)
 
* value in error (int)
 
||Converts a value to an integer. The second parameter is optional, and it’s returned if the conversion fails. If it’s not defined and the conversion fails, an error is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ConvertToString (string)||
 
* input value (object)
 
* date format (string)
 
* value in error(string)
 
|| Converts a variable of many datatypes to string as follows:
 
:- null: empty
 
:- DateTime: formatted using provided or XML date format
 
:- Boolean: "true" or "false"
 
:- Array: items comma separated enclosed with []
 
The second parameter is optional. The third parameter is optional, and it’s returned if the conversion fails. If it’s not defined and the conversion fails, an error is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DatasetColumnToArray (array)||
 
* dataset
 
* column name (string)
 
||Converts a column of a dataset to an array. The column is referenced using the column name.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DatasetRowToArray (array)||
 
* dataset
 
* row number (int)
 
||Converts a row of a dataset to an array. The row is referenced using the row number (the first is 1).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DateToString (string)||
 
* date to convert (datetime)
 
* local time (boolean)
 
* dateformat (string)
 
||Converts a datetime variable to a string. The local time parameter is optional; if omitted, the string is assumed to represent local time. If the third parameter is omitted, the string is interpreted as XML schema date format. More information of how to construct the dateformat:
 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||HtmlEncode (string)||
 
* string
 
||Performs an HTML encoding. More information:
 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee388364(v=vs.110).aspx
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||InitializeScriptEngine (ScriptEngine)||
 
* script sources (string or string array)
 
||Initializes a script engine and returns a script engine object. The script engine object can be used to run script functions (see RunScript function). A single source can be provided as a string or several sources as a string array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||InstanceIdFromFullId (string)||
 
* element full id (string)
 
||Extracts an instance id from a full id. The function returns an empty string, if the instance id cannot be extracted.
 
Example: '''InstanceIdFromFullId('SC.6346904. 5290187.4353690')''' returns 4353690
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ModelIdFromFullId (string)||
 
* element full id (string)
 
||Extracts a model id from a full id. The function returns an empty string, if the model id cannot be extracted.
 
Example: '''ModelIdFromFullId('SC.6346904.5290187')''' returns 6346904
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||NumberToString (string)||
 
* value (int, double)
 
* format (string)
 
* value in error (string)
 
||Converts a numerical value to string. This function can be used when there are special requirements related to e.g. thousand separators. Behaviour of this function depends on the server’s locale settings. If the conversion fails and the value in error is defined, that value is returned. Otherwise an error is thrown. More information about formattings:
 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k(v=vs.110).aspx#NFormatString
 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8(v=vs.110).aspx
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ObjectIdFromFullId (string)||
 
* element full id (string)
 
||Extracts an object id from a full id. The function returns an empty string, if the object id cannot be extracted.
 
Example: '''ObjectIdFromFullId('SC.6346904.5290187')''' returns 5290187
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||PresentObjectAsString||
 
* input object
 
* date format (string)
 
* value in error (object)
 
||Presents variables of many datatypes as string for debugging purposes as follows:
 
:- null: "[null]"
 
:- DateTime: formatted using provided or XML date format
 
:- String: enclosed using quotes
 
:- Boolean: "true" or "false"
 
:- DataSet: {{}}
 
:- Array: items comma separated enclosed with []
 
The second and third parameters are optional.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||RunScript (object)||
 
* script engine
 
*  function name (string)
 
* function parameters (object)
 
* ...
 
||Runs a script engine function. A script engine used to run the script needs to be provided (use function InitializeScriptEngine). Function name is provided as a second parameter. Rest of the parameters are parameters for the function.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||StringToArray (array)||
 
* string to convert
 
* separator (string)
 
* remove empties (bool)
 
||Converts a string to an array using provided separator string. If remove empties is true, there are no empty strings in the output array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||StringToDataFile||
 
* input string
 
* encoding (string)
 
||Converts a string into a byte array using the provided encoding. Supported encodings depend on the system. Possible encodings are '''unicode, utf-8, utf-7, utf-32, iso8859-1, ascii'''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||StringToDate (datetime)||
 
* string to convert
 
* local time (boolean)
 
* dateformat (string)
 
* alternative dateformat (string)
 
* ...
 
||Converts a string variable to a datetime. The local time parameter is optional; if omitted, the string is assumed to represent local time. If the third parameter is omitted, the string is interpreted as XML schema date format.
 
There can also be alternative date formats provided starting from the 4. parameter in case that date conversion fails. All the provided date formats are tested and an exception is thrown only if none of them could be used for the formatting.
 
More information of how to construct the dateformat:
 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ToBase64 (string)||
 
* byte array
 
||Converts a byte array (data file) into a base64 encoded string. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||UrlEncode (string)||
 
* string
 
||Performs a URL encoding. Corresponds to JavaScript encodeURIComponent() function. More information: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webutility.urlencode(v=vs.110).aspx
 
|}
 
 
===QPR Web Services Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| BelongsToGroup (boolean)||
 
* group name (string)
 
|| Returns true if the current user belongs to the provided group; otherwise false. QPR Web Services query is made to get the information. The current user is the user account which is logged to the QPR Web Services when the query is made. False is returned if the provided group doesn’t exist. Upper and lower case characters need to be written correctly.
 
Example: '''BelongsToGroup("Administrators")'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| CurrentUser (string) ||
 
* attribute name (string)
 
||Returns any attribute of the current user object. If no attribute is provided, user id is returned (attribute "id").
 
Example: '''CurrentUser()'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetAttribute (string)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* attribute (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||QPR Web Service’s GetAttributeAsString operation, see http://kb.qpr.com/qpr2017-1/index.html?getattributeasstring.htm.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetAttributes (string array)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Returns multiple attributes of a single object as an array. Attributes are defined as comma separated. Based on QPR Web Service’s QueryObjects operation.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GetPortalUrl (string)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* view (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||QPR Web Service’s GetPortalUrl operation, see http://kb.qpr.com/qpr2017-1/index.html?getportalurl.htm.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||LatestValuePeriod (string)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* series symbol or series id (string)
 
||Returns the id of the period that contains the latest (newest) measure value. Return an empty string, if no period contains a value. This information can be used e.g. in web service attribute '''prettyvalue(period=' + [periodid] + ')'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjects (string array)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Executes QPR Web Service’s QueryObjects and returns results as a string array. Only one attribute should be defined for "attributes" parameter.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsAverage (double)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Average of queried objects numerical attributes. Only one attribute is defined in "attributes". Error is thrown if attribute values are not numerical.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsConcatenate (string)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
* separator (string)
 
||Concatenates attribute values of all queried objects using defined separator. Only one attribute is defined in "attributes".
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsCount (int)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Returns number of objects returned by QueryObjects. "sortby" and "attributes" cannot be defined as they don’t affect the result.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsFirstAttribute (string)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Attribute value of the first object of queried objects. Only one attribute is defined in "attributes".
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsSum (double)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Sum of queried objects of numerical attributes. Only one attribute is defined in "attributes". Error is thrown if attribute values are not numerical.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QueryObjectsUnique (string)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
* separator (string)
 
||Concatenates unique attribute values of all queried objects using defined separator. Only one attribute is defined in "attributes".
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SubAttributesAsArray (array)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
* subattribute name (string)
 
* filter expression (string)
 
||Returns attribute values (as an array) which are presented in more complex structures. This type of attributes are e.g. graphicalproperties, customattributetypes and properties. The filter expression is for selecting desired rows. In the filter expression there are following arguments:
 
:- all sub tag attributes (with their tag names)
 
:- argument '''ordernumber''' having values 0, 1, … for xml tag order number.
 
Example, following graphicalproperties attribute:
 
  <graphicalproperties>
 
  <symbol id="920256947" x="790" y="190" width="400" height="30" instanceid="2029031131" />
 
  <symbol id="2009602777" x="230" y="640" '''width="200"''' height="40" '''instanceid="0"''' />
 
  <symbol id="368985118" x="730" y="40" width="100" height="60" instanceid="369716419" />
 
  </graphicalproperties>
 
 
Calling:
 
'''SubAttributesAsArray([instanceid], 'graphicalproperties', 'width', '[instanceid]=0')'''
 
returns 200.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SubAttributesAsDataset (dataset)||
 
* objectid (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
* columns (array)
 
||Returns attributes which are presented in more complex structures as a dataset. This type of attributes are e.g. graphicalproperties, customattributetypes, properties and hotspots. Dataset columns (names of the sub attributes) are listed as an array (in lower case).
 
|}
 
 
===Dataset Functions===
 
Dataset is a flat table like object containing multiple named columns and multiple rows. Dataset can contain zero rows, but at least one column must exist. Datasets may contain any type of data. Dataset is like a table in relational database or a worksheet in Excel. Usually dataset functions don’t change the input dataset, but create new dataset (exceptions are mentioned). Thus the input datasets may also be used in other functions.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters        '''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| AddColumn (dataset) ||
 
* dataset
 
* columnName (string)
 
* expression (string)
 
* compare mode (boolean)
 
|| Adds a new column to the dataset based on an expression. All other column values are available as arguments in the expression. Also there is an argument '''rowordernumber''', which is the row order number starting from 0.
 
In the compare mode (true), there are also values of the previous and next rows available as arguments with suffixes '''_previous, _current''' and '''_next'''. For example if there are columns '''column1''' and '''column2''', and adding a new column '''column3''', there are arguments column1_previous, column2_previous, column3_previous , column1_ current, column2_current, column1_next and column2_next.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||AddDatasetRow (dataset)||
 
* Dataset to add row
 
* column 1 value (object)
 
* column 2 value (object)
 
* ...
 
||Adds a new row to a dataset with the provided values. A row is added to the provided dataset, i.e. no new dataset is created.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||BuildHierarchy (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* instance id column name (string)
 
* object id column name (string)
 
* parent object id column name (string)
 
* hierarchy id column name (string)
 
* hierarchy parent id column name (string)
 
* level column name (string)
 
* filtering formula (string)
 
* sorting formula (string)
 
||Builds an element hierarchy based on data containing element instances. The data is provided in a dataset, where there are following columns: instance id, object id and parent object id. The object id can be derived from instance id.
 
The function constructs a new dataset where lines are in the hierarchy order. The function can handle situations where also other than the bottom level objects have been instantiated; it means that the result hierarchy will contain same instances multiple times. Following new columns are added:
 
:-      hierarchy id (explained below)
 
:-      hierarchy parent id (referring to the hierarchy id)
 
:-      level (top level is 0, the level directly below top is 1, …)
 
The '''hierarchy id''' means an id that is unique for the whole hierarchy. To enable this following technique is used: If there is an instance id PG.x.y.z which appears multiple times, the first hierarchy id is PG.x.y.z, the second is PG.x.y.z.1, the third is PG.x.y.z.2, and so on.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||CreateDataset (dataset)||
 
* column names (string array)
 
||Creates a new dataset with provided column names. The created dataset contains no rows.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DatasetCell (object)||
 
* dataset
 
* column name (string)
 
* row number (int)
 
||Gets an item from a dataset from the named column and index (first row is number 1). Returned type of data is the type of the cell.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DatasetRows (dataset)||
 
* input dataset
 
* start row (int)
 
* rows count (int)
 
||Returns a new dataset containing the defined rows (based on start row and rows count). Index is zero based.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||DatasetSize (int)||
 
* dataset
 
||Number of rows in a dataset. If dataset is null, -1 is returned.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Distinct (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
||Removes duplicate rows, i.e. rows that contains identical data.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Except (dataset)||
 
* dataset1
 
* dataset2
 
||Result dataset contains rows that are in the first dataset but not in the second dataset. The datasets must have same columns.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||From (dataset)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Returns QPR Web Service’s QueryObjects result in a dataset as string values. Columns get their names from the result data. Column names can be changed with QueryObjects syntax '''attribute(as="ColumnName")'''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||FromWithTypes (dataset)||
 
* query (string)
 
* filter (string)
 
* sortby (string)
 
* attributes (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Same as From function but data is fetched to the dataset using datatypes that QPR Web Services provides. Available datatypes are string, datetime and double.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||FullOuterJoin (dataset)||
 
* left dataset
 
* right dataset
 
* matching expression (string)
 
||Full outer join of two datasets. The expression has all column names as arguments. The datasets cannot have columns with the same names.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||GroupBy (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* list of grouped columns (string array)
 
* list of combined column names (string array)
 
* list of combine expressions (string array)
 
||Groups the dataset. Parameters:
 
:- 1. parameter is the dataset to group
 
:- 2. parameter is an array of columns to group
 
:- 3. parameter is an array of combined column names
 
:- 4. parameter is combine expression (e.g. count, sum, average or number of rows). All expressions have as arguments an array of objects to combine. Parameter names equal to column names.
 
Example: GroupBy([dataset1], Array('modelname', 'typename'), Array('count', 'objectnames'), Array('ArraySize([name])', 'Concatenate([name])'))
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||InnerJoin (dataset)||
 
* left dataset
 
* right dataset
 
* matching expression (string)
 
||Inner join of two datasets. The expression has columns names as available arguments. The datasets cannot have columns with same names. Efficiency is n2.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||InnerJoinEquals (dataset)||
 
* left dataset
 
* right dataset
 
* left column name (string)
 
* right column name (string)
 
||Inner join of two datasets where the matching expression is left column equals right column. Efficiency is n.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Intersect (dataset)||
 
* dataset1
 
* dataset2
 
||Intersect of two datasets. Result dataset contains only those rows that are in both datasets. The datasets must have same columns.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||JsonToDataset (dataset)||
 
* json object (string)
 
||Convert a JSON object into a string.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||LeftJoin (dataset)||
 
* left dataset
 
* right dataset
 
* matching expression (string)
 
||Left join of two datasets. Expression have columns names as available arguments. The dataset cannot have columns with same names.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Lookup (object)||
 
* dataset
 
* search column (string)
 
* search value (object)
 
* return column name (string)
 
* error if not found (boolean)
 
||Makes a lookup to a dataset and returns the value of the return column for the first matching row.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Matrix (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* row expression (string)
 
* column expression (string)
 
* value expression (string)
 
* grouping expression (string)
 
* row column name (string)
 
||Builds a matrix based on the provided dataset. Row and column expressions are executed for each row of the dataset, and the data is positioned to rows and columns in the matrix based on the row and column expression values.
 
The value for the input dataset row is determined by the value expression.
 
The grouping expression has an input argument "value", containing an array of all calculated value expressions for the matrix cell.
 
Row column name defines the column containing matrix row names.
 
Columns are sorted as an alphabetical order (except the matrix row name is the first).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||MetricsMeasureValue (object)||
 
* scorecard id (string)
 
* measure symbol (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
* series symbol (string)
 
* period name (string)
 
* throw error if not found (boolean)
 
||Returns Metrics measure value based on following information: scorecard id, measure symbol, series symbol and period name. This can be used when scorecards are queried and there is a need to get data from different measures.
 
If set to throw errors, an error is thrown if scorecard is not found, measure is not found or value is not found.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||MetricsMeasureValues (dataset)||
 
* element id’s (string array)
 
* series symbols (string array)
 
* value attribute names (string array)
 
* value column names (string array)
 
||Returns Metrics measure values as a dataset from multiple periods (dataset rows) and multiple series or measures (dataset columns). Each period id will have a separate row, i.e. data from different measures are combines in a same row if the measures have a same period level.
 
Element id’s, series symbols and value column names in the result dataset are provided as separate arrays. If element id's, series symbols and value attribute names arrays have less items than in the value column names, the last item is used as a rest of the items.
 
The result dataset will have '''columns, periodid, periodname, startdate''' and '''enddate'''.
 
Valid value attribute names are '''value''' and '''prettyvalue''' (these are from QPR Web Service’s values attribute). Data in result dataset are strings, and in case "value" attribute is used, they can be converted to numeric.
 
 
Example:
 
MetricsMeasureValues(Array('SC.1938773693.159'), Array('ACT_AVG'), Array('value', 'prettyvalue'), Array('valueColumn', 'prettyvalueColumn'))
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||RemoveColumns (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* columnNames (string array)
 
||Removes the specified columns from a dataset. Example:
 
RemoveColumns([dataset1], Array('name'))
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||RightJoin (dataset)||
 
* left dataset
 
* right dataset
 
* matching expression (string)
 
||Right join of two datasets. Expression have columns names as available arguments. The dataset cannot have columns with same names.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SearchDataset (dataset)||
 
* input dataset
 
* search string
 
* date format (string)
 
||Searches a string in a dataset and returns only matched rows. Date format is needed to convert dataset to string for the searching.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SortBy (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* sorting definition (string)
 
||Sorts the dataset. Sorting is defined as comma separating the sorted columns. Optionally '''asc''' (default) or '''desc''' can be added after the column name. E.g. '''attribute1 asc, attribute2 desc'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Split (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* split column name (string)
 
* split expression (string)
 
||Splits every row of a dataset into multiple rows based on the split expression. The split expression must return an array containing splitted items for a single row. Thus, the number of items in the array determines, to how many rows a single row is splitted. The splitted items are stored in a new column.
 
The split expression has all dataset column values as arguments.
 
Note that the splitting may also result to a single row or even zero rows, if the split expression returns an array of one or zero items.
 
 
Example:
 
Split([dataset], 'splitted', 'StringToArray([column_1], \',\')')
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Transpose (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* column name for headers (string)
 
||Transposes a dataset, i.e. changes its rows to columns and columns to rows.
 
If column name for headers is not provided, in the transposed dataset first column name is '''headers''' and it contains the header names of the original dataset. Rest of the header names are '''column_1, columns_2''', …
 
If column name for headers is provided, data in that column is used as headers for the new dataset (instead of generated headers described above).
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Union (dataset)||
 
* dataset1
 
* dataset2
 
||Union of two datasets. Results dataset contains all rows of the input datasets. The datasets must have same columns.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||UnionDatasetArray (dataset)||
 
* input dataset (dataset array)
 
||Unions multiple datasets provided in an array.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||Where (dataset)||
 
* dataset
 
* expression (string)
 
||Filters out all rows in the dataset where expression is evaluated as false. The expression has all columns as arguments. Also, there is an argument rowordernumber, which is the row order number starting from 0.
 
|}
 
 
===XML Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SelectXMLAttribute (string)||
 
* XDocument or XElement
 
* XPath expression (string)
 
* namespace prefix (string)
 
* namespace URI (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
||Gets an XML attribute value from an XML element that is selected from an XML document using an XPath expression. An empty string is returned if no element matches or if the attribute is not found.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SelectXMLAttributes (string array)||
 
* XDocument or XElement
 
* XPath expression (string)
 
* namespace prefix (string)
 
* namespace URI (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
||Gets a list of XML attribute values from a list of XML elements that are selected from an XML document using an XPath expression. An empty set is returned if no element matches.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SelectXMLElement (XElement)||
 
* XDocument or XElement
 
* XPath expression (string)
 
* namespace prefix (string)
 
* namespace URI (string)
 
||Selects an element from an XML document using XPath expression. The namespace definition is for the XPath expression. Null value is returned if no element matches.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||SelectXMLElements (XElement array)||
 
* XDocument or XElement
 
* XPath expression (string)
 
* namespace prefix (string)
 
* namespace URI (string)
 
||Selects an array of elements from an XML document using XPath expression. The namespace definition is for the XPath expression. An empty set is returned if no element matches.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||XmlAttribute (string)||
 
* XElement
 
* attribute name (string)
 
* default value (string)
 
||Gets an XML attribute value from an XML element. Empty value (or optional default value) is returned if the attribute is not found.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||XmlDocument (XDocument)||
 
* XML data (string)
 
* XML schema (string)
 
* custom error message (string)
 
||Constructs an XML document from a string and validates it. Type of the returned object is '''XDocument'''. The XML data is provided as the first parameter and an XML schema as a second parameter. If the XML document is not compatible with the schema (i.e. valid), an error is thrown.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||XPathEncode (string)||
 
* string
 
||Encodes a string to be suitable for an XPath expression. The function adds quotes ("") if needed.
 
|}
 
 
===Binary Data Functions===
 
File data functions are for getting file contents as a byte array from different sources. There are also functions for getting media types of files.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| HttpFileData (byte array)||
 
* url (string)
 
* alternateUrl (string)
 
|| Fetches a file as byte array through an http(s) using the provided url address. The address must point directly to the file resource. If no resource is found from url, an alternateUrl is tried.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| HttpFileMediaType (string)||
 
* url (string)
 
* alternateUrl (string)
 
|| Media type of the file fetched using HttpFileData function with a same parameter. If no resource is found from url, an alternateUrl is tried.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|| LoadFileFromDisk (byte array)||
 
* location (string)
 
|| Loads a file from the local disk drive as byte array. To take into account data security, avoid implementation where users are able to select the file to load. Users need to have read access to the file.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QprEmbeddedFileData (byte array)||
 
* object (string)
 
* attribute (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Gets an embedded file from QPR system as byte array using QPR Web Service’s '''GetBinaryData''' operation with provided parameters. More information http://kb.qpr.com/qpr2017-1/index.html?getbinarydata.htm.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QprGraphData (byte array)||
 
* object (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Gets an image file as byte array using QPR Web Service’s '''GetGraph''' operation with provided parameters.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QprGraphDimensions||
 
* object (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Returns width and height of the bitmap image that is returned by QPR Web Services GetGraph method. Width and height is returned as comma separated in the following format: width,height
 
 
For example: 700,300
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||QprGraphMediaType (string)||
 
* object (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||Media type of the file fetched using qprEmbeddedFileData function with same parameters.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||WebpageAsImage (byte array)||
 
* pageUrl (string)
 
* width (int)
 
* height (int)
 
* zoom (float)
 
* renderingdelay (int)
 
* timeout (int)
 
||More information in chapter [[Reporting Add-on#WebpageAsImage Function|WebpageAsImage Function]].
 
|}
 
 
===Other Functions===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!'''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||AggregateIntervals (dataset)||
 
* input dataset
 
* numeric behaviour (string)
 
* aggregation type (string)
 
* calculate empties (boolean)
 
* value column (string)
 
* period start column (string)
 
* period end column (string)
 
* target intervals (datetime array)
 
||Aggregates a dataset of values in one interval to another interval e.g. month to year. Works generically from any interval to another.
 
Parameters:
 
:- numeric behaviour:
 
:- sum
 
:- average
 
:- averageskiptempties - aggregation type:
 
:- distribute
 
:- first
 
:- middle
 
:- last
 
:- calculate empties: true or false
 
Value column, period start column and period end column are the column names in the input dataset. Same column names are also used in the output dataset. The input dataset may also contain other columns and they are not in the output dataset.
 
Target intervals is an array of datetimes representing output dataset intervals. There must be output intervals for all range of input intervals.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ApplicationSetting (string)||
 
* setting name (string)
 
||
 
Returns application setting value by its name. Settings depend on the application where the expression language is used. E.g. application settings for applications, that are part of QPR Web Services Extensions, are defined in web.config ofQPR Web Services Extensions.
 
|-
 
||Coalesce (object)||
 
* object_1
 
* object_2, …
 
||
 
Returns first of the objects (counting from left to right) which value is
 
- for strings, first string that is not null or empty string, or
 
- for other than strings, first value that is not null.
 
Minimum of two parameters are needed. If all parameters are nulls or empties, the first parameter is returned.
 
|-
 
||DataType (string)||
 
* object
 
||
 
Return the type of provided parameter, e.g. int, string, datetime.
 
|-
 
||DiagramPath (string array)||
 
* object id (string)
 
* attribute name (string)
 
* parent relation (string)
 
* separator (string)
 
* options (string)
 
||
 
Returns an array of EA/PD diagram paths for an object or an object instance. An array is returned as there can be several diagram paths if the object has several instances or if diagrams have been instantiated. Value of the provided attribute is used to identify an object in the diagram path (usually object "name" is used).
 
Parent relation is the relation attribute name for getting parent objects (usually “parentobjects” is used). Also a "separator" character must be provided (usually "/"). "Options" is for QueryObjects operation for getting parent objects.
 
This function can be used more generically to follow any relation path e.g. Metrics scorecards.
 
Note that the object itself (1. parameter) is not part of the path.
 
|-
 
||DynamicWebViews (string)||
 
* template name (string)
 
* parameter names (string array)
 
* parameter values (object array)
 
||
 
Runs a QPR Web Views template.
 
|-
 
||DynamicWordReport (byte array)||
 
* report name (string)
 
* parameter names (string array)
 
* parameter values (object array)
 
||
 
Runs a QPR Word Reports report.
 
|-
 
||Escape (string)
 
||
 
* input string escaping types (string)
 
* number of escapings (int)
 
||
 
Available escaping types:
 
* '''javascript''': chars to escape: double-quote, single-quote, backslash ("'\)
 
* '''json''': chars to escape: double-quote, backslash ("\)
 
* '''qprws''': chars to escape: double-quote, backslash ("\)
 
* '''xml''':
 
* '''expression''': chars to escape: single-quote, backslash ("'\)
 
* '''uri''':
 
* '''url''':
 
* '''html''':
 
* '''uridecode''':
 
* '''urldecode''':
 
* '''htmldecode''':
 
In all escaping the escape char is \.
 
Number of escapings means how many times the escapings are applied to the input string. It's optional (default is 1).
 
|-
 
||Eval (object)||
 
* expression (string)
 
||
 
Evaluates an expression.
 
|-
 
||ExecuteRecursion (object)||
 
* return expression (string)
 
* recursion expression (string)
 
* recursion initial value (object)
 
* exclude traversed (boolean)
 
||
 
Executes a recursion based on provided expressions. There are two expressions:
 
* '''return expression''': Determines the value a recursion step returns. The expression contains an argument '''recursionresult''' which is an array containing the return expressions of all the one level below recursion steps.
 
* '''recursion expression''': Determines the next level recursions item. Must return an array. The value of this array item will be given to the next step of the recursion. The expression contains an argument '''currentrecursionstep''' which is the recursion value of the current step.
 
The '''recursion initial value''' is the value where the recursion starts.
 
Exclude traversed means that items that have already been encountered during the recursion are excluded from next level recursion items.
 
Example: '''ExecuteRecursion('1 + Sum([value])', 'QueryObjects(\'[\' + [value] + \'].childobjects\', \'\', \'\', \'id\', \'\')', 'PG.123.456')'''
 
|-
 
||ExecuteSearch (string array)||
 
* search configuration (XDocument)
 
||Executes search for QPR objects and returns matched object id's as a string array. The search is based on a search configuration provided as an xml document. The schema of the XML document is described in Appendix 1.
 
|-
 
||ExecuteTasks||
 
* configuration file contents (string)
 
* default log file location (string)
 
||
 
Executes QPR Suite ETL Task Workbench task.
 
|-
 
||ExecuteVBScript||
 
* scriptParameters (string)
 
* workingDirectory (string)
 
* timeout (string)
 
||
 
Executes Visual Basic script using Windows Script Host.
 
|-
 
||GenerateNumberArray||
 
* start (int)
 
* increment (int)
 
* count (int)
 
||
 
Generates an integer array starting from '''start''' integer, using defined '''increment''' till the '''count''' is generated.
 
|-
 
||GetLog (string array)||dateformat (string)||Get QPR Web Services Extensions log written thus far as a string array.
 
|-
 
||GetSessionId (string)||[none]||Returns QPR Web Service session id, if there is a valid session. If not, returns an empty string.
 
|-
 
||If||
 
* condition (boolean)
 
* true value (object)
 
* false value (object)
 
||
 
Usual programming conditional statement. The '''condition''' is evaluated, and if the condition is true, the '''true value''' is returned; otwerwise it returns the '''false value'''. If the condition is evaluated to a null value, the false value is returned. The false value is optional, and in that case null is returned if condition is false.
 
If the condition is true the false value (expression) is not evaluated and vice versa.
 
Example: '''if([variable1] = 2, 'value is two',
 
'value is something else')'''
 
|-
 
||IsNull (boolean)||
 
* object
 
||
 
Return true if the value is null, otherwise false.
 
|-
 
||IsNumeric (boolean)||
 
* string
 
||
 
Returns true if the input string can be converted to a numerical value, otherwise false.
 
|-
 
||ListFiles (dataset)||
 
* directory (string)
 
* recursive (bool)
 
||
 
Returns a list of files in the provided directory as a dataset. In the recursive mode, also files in the subdirectories are returned. Files full path is returned. Name of the column is "filepath".
 
|-
 
||Loop (object)||
 
* array expression (string)
 
||
 
Loops through an array and calculates an expression for every iteration. The function gives a value of the last iteration’s expression as a result. If array length is zero, a null value is returned. Following arguments are available in the expression:
 
* '''value''': Item in the array.
 
* '''previousresult''': Result of previous iteration’s calculated expression. For the first iteration, this value is null.
 
* '''index''': Iteration order number starting from 0.
 
Example: '''Loop(StringToArray('4,2,3', ','), 'coalesce([previousresult], 0) + [value]') (gives 4+2+3=9)'''
 
|-
 
||MeaPortalSessionId (string)||
 
* portal url (string)
 
* username (string)
 
* password (string)
 
||
 
Logins to QPR Portal and returns QPR Portal session id. Portal url is in the form <nowiki>http://HOSTNAME/QPR/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll?QPRPORTAL&*pudev</nowiki>
 
|-
 
||NullValue (null)||[none]||Return a null value.
 
|-
 
||OdbcReadData (dataset)
 
||
 
* connection string (string)
 
* query (string)
 
* connection timeout (int)
 
* query timeout (int)
 
||Reads data from an ODBC source and returns the data in a dataset. To use the function, '''connection string''' and '''query''' need to be defined. Help for finding different kinds of connection strings can be found in http://connectionstrings.com.
 
 
Connection and query timeouts are optional, and they can be changed if needed. Note that appropriate ODBC drivers need to be installed. Example for reading reading all data from Excel file sheet "Sheet1": '''OdbcReadData('Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)}; DBQ=C:\\test.xlsx;', 'Select * from [Sheet1$1]')'''
 
|-
 
||RaiseError||
 
* error message (string)
 
||
 
Raises (throws) an error and shows an error message that is passed as a parameter. This can be used if there is a more complex logic for parameter validation.
 
|-
 
||ReportsMenu (string)||
 
* menu configuration(s) (string or string array)
 
* template name (string)
 
||
 
Returns html code for configured report items.
 
Template must have parameter reportitems, which is a dataset containing report definitions.
 
visibility, reporturl, reportname, visiblemessage, disabledmessage, target, width, height, scroll, preventcaching, x, y
 
|-
 
||SwitchCase (object)||
 
* control expression (object)
 
* condition1 (object)
 
* value1 (object)
 
* condition2 (object)
 
* value2 (object)
 
* ...
 
||
 
Conventional programming "switch" statement. If '''control expression''' equals '''condition1, value1''' is returned and so on. Control expression may be string, integer, double or date. If no condition matches, the '''default value''' is returned. Note that the number of parameters must be an equal number (4, 6, 8, …).
 
Example: '''SwitchCase([variable1], 1, 'value is one', 2, 'value is two', 'value is something else')'''
 
|-
 
||ToJavascript (string)||
 
* input object
 
||
 
Convert an object into a notation that can be used in JavaScript code. Dates are converted into following kind of format: '''new Date(123456789)'''
 
|-
 
||ToJson (string)
 
||
 
* input object
 
||
 
Converts an object into JSON string. Dates are converted into following kind of format '''/Date(123456789)/'''
 
|-
 
||UsageLog (string)||
 
* Log line (string)
 
* Log file (string)
 
* Log mode (string)
 
||Writes a line of text to a local file in disk. The function can be used e.g. for usage logging. Parameters:
 
:- '''Log line''' is a line of text to append to the log file.
 
:- '''Log file''' is the full path and name for the log file.
 
:- '''Log mode''' is optional can be one of the following: o '''1''': Errors are skipped.
 
:o '''2''': Error message is returned by function as a string.
 
:o '''3''': An exception is thrown by the function. This means that the expression calculation fails.
 
If no errors occur, the function returns an empty string. When using Windows authentication, all users need to have write access to the log file. The function may be used in an Expression or Variable tag in Word reports. Note the possible security and performance issues when writing files.
 
Example: '''UsageLog(CurrentDateTime () + ';' + CurrentUser() + ';' + ReportName(), 'C:/Logs/QPRReportsLog.txt')'''
 
|}
 
 
===QPR Word Reports Functions===
 
These functions are only available when used in QPR Word Reports.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|-
 
||ReportTemplateData (byte array)||templatepath||Gets a QPR Word Reports template Word file as byte array based on provided template path.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ReportName (string)||[note]||Returns the name of the current report.
 
|}
 
 
===QPR Web Views Functions===
 
These functions are only available when used in QPR Web Views templates.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! '''Function'''
 
! '''Parameters'''
 
! '''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ExistsTemplate (boolean)||template name (string)||Returns true if the template exists; otherwise false.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||ReadTemplate(string)||template name (string)||Returns template contents as a string. Template must be referenced using absolute path (see DWV documentation). It’s possible to read any type of files by adding the file suffix to the file name (for '''tpl''' files, no suffix is added) Example: to read file schema.xsd in the root folder, use path '''/ schema.xsd'''.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||TemplateName (string)||[none]||The current template, i.e. the name of the template where the expression is run.
 
|-
 
||TemplateParameters (dictionary)||[none]||Returns all template parameters as a dictionary (string, object).
 
|-
 
||TemplatePath (string)||[none]||The current template’s path, i.e. the folder path of the template where the expression is run. The folder path starts from the templates root folder. No starting or ending slashes are part of the path.
 
|}
 
 
===WebpageAsImage Function===
 
The expression language contains a function '''WebpageAsImage''' which takes a screenshot of a webpage and returns it as a PNG image (datatype is byte array). The function uses PhantomJS, a web browser that doesn’t contain a graphical user interface (headless browser), in the server to open the page. WebpageAsImage contains following parameters:
 
 
* '''webpage url''': Url address of the webpage. Mandatory parameter.
 
* '''width (px)''': Width of the headless browser window in pixels. Mandatory parameter.
 
* '''height (px)''': Height of the headless browser window in pixels. Mandatory parameter.
 
* '''zoom''': Web browser zooming given as a decimal number. E.g. value 0.75 equals 75% zoom. Parameter is optional and by default it's 1.0.
 
* '''rendering delay (ms)''': After all http resources related to the webpage have been downloaded, the rendering delay time (defined in milliseconds) is waited until the screenshot is taken. Default value is 0 meaning the screenshot is taken immediately. Use the rendering delay, if it takes some time for the web page to render itself, or run animations and the screenshot should be taken when animation is finished.
 
* '''timeout (ms)''': Timeout in milliseconds after which the function call is aborted and an error is returned. This parameter is optional and the default value is 30 seconds. Increase the timeout if the default is not enough to download and render the webpage.
 
 
'''Usage example''': Following example uses the WebpageAsImage function to get a screenshot of QPR Community’s main page as an image to a Word report:
 
<pre>
 
<#image imagedata=="WebpageAsImage('<nowiki>https://community.qpr.com</nowiki>', 2000, 1000, 1.0, 1000)" maxwidth="17">
 
</pre>
 
 
Following server side configurations are needed for QPR Reporting Add-on’s web.config to enable the WebpageAsImage function:
 
* '''temppath''': Folder path that is used by the WebpageAsImage function to temporarily store PhantomJS configuration files during function execution. No files are left after function is finished. This setting is mandatory. Make sure that the user running the IIS application has write permissions to the
 
* '''installpath''': Path for the PhantomJS executable file phantomjs.exe. This setting is optional, and by default it is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\bin\phantomjs.exe. When making the installation as instructed, the default path is correct.
 
 
In addition, in IIS Management Console, application pool’s identity must be set to LocalSystem to that running PhantomJS has enough rights. These settings should have been set properly during the QPR Reporting Add-on’s installation.
 
 
More information about PhantomJS:
 
* http://phantomjs.org
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhantomJS
 
 
===ExecuteSearch Function Configuration===
 
The search is based in a defined '''scope''', which is a set of objects where the search is targeted. A scope can be e.g. all published models, or all defined types of elements. The scope also includes element attributes where the search is targeted. A scope consist of multiple '''scope parts''', which are QPR Web Services queries.
 
 
The objects defined by the scope are filtered using a '''criteria'''(the search results are the matching objects). Criteria can be any expression containing and, or, not and parenthesis.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!'''XML element'''
 
!'''Description'''
 
! '''Attributes'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||executesearch (1)||
 
Root element.
 
||
 
* '''scopecombining''': and, or
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
||scopepart (1…n)||Defines a scope part, which contains a web service query, transformation and attributes.
 
 
Possible parent elements: executesearch
 
||
 
* '''query''': QPR Web Services query
 
* '''options''': QPR Web Services query options
 
* '''transformation''': transformation relation name
 
|-
 
||criteria (1…n)||Defines criteria for the search. There can be criteria elements inside other criteria elements to form a hierarchical structure which represents expression calculation order.
 
 
Criteria can be defined under executesearch for a criteria for all criteria parts, or the criteria can be defined under a certain criteria part.
 
 
Possible parent elements: executesearch, scopepart, criteria
 
||
 
* '''type''':
 
** '''and''' (one to many sub criteria)
 
** '''or''' (one to many sub criteria)
 
** '''not''' (one sub criterion)
 
** '''comparison''' (no sub criteria)
 
Rest of the attributes may be used when type is comparison:
 
* '''text search''': contains, begins, is
 
* '''number/date search''': =, <, >, <=, >=, <>
 
* '''text/number/date search''': isnull
 
* '''text/number/date''': reference value depending on search type.
 
* '''attribute''': compared QPR Web Services attribute.
 
* '''matchcase''': true or false. Used only in text search.
 
|-
 
||attribute (0..n)||Defines searched attributes related to a scope part. Parent element is scopepart
 
||
 
* '''name''':  name of the attribute
 
|}
 
 
'''Example''':
 
<pre>
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<executesearch xmlns="http://www.qpr.com/QPRSuite/ExecuteSearch" scopecombining="or">
 
  <scopepart query="[PG.1127739389].activity" transformation="" options="">
 
      <criteria type="and">
 
        <criteria type="comparison" text="Review" attribute="name" comparisontype="begins" matchcase="true" />
 
        <criteria type="comparison" attribute="customattribute1.value" comparisontype="isnull" />
 
        <criteria type="or">
 
            <criteria type="comparison" attribute="startdate.value" comparisontype="isnull" />
 
            <criteria type="comparison" date="2016-12-18T00:00:00" attribute="startdate.value" comparisontype="&lt;=" />
 
        </criteria>
 
        <criteria type="or">
 
            <criteria type="comparison" attribute="enddate.value" comparisontype="isnull" />
 
            <criteria type="comparison" date="2016-12-18T00:00:00" attribute="enddate.value" comparisontype="&gt;=" />
 
        </criteria>
 
      </criteria>
 
  </scopepart>
 
  <scopepart query="[PG.1127739389].activity" transformation="käsitteenominaisuus">
 
      <criteria type="and">
 
        <criteria type="comparison" text="searchThisStringHere" attribute="name" comparisontype="contains" matchcase="false" />
 
      </criteria>
 
  </scopepart>
 
</executesearch>
 
</pre>
 
 
Search configuration schema:
 
<pre>
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.qpr.com/ QPRSuite/ExecuteSearch" xmlns:search="http://www.qpr.com/QPRSuite/ExecuteSearch" elementFormDefault="qualified">
 
  <xs:complexType name="criteria">
 
    <xs:sequence>
 
      <xs:element name="criteria" type="search:criteria" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 
      </xs:sequence>
 
    <xs:attribute name="type" use="required">
 
      <xs:simpleType>
 
        <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
 
          <xs:enumeration value="textcomparison"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="and"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="or"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="not"/>
 
        </xs:restriction>
 
      </xs:simpleType>
 
    </xs:attribute>
 
    <xs:attribute name="searchtexttext" type="xs:string"/>
 
    <xs:attribute name="attributenumber" type="xs:stringdouble"/>
 
    <xs:attribute name="comparisontypedate" type="xs:dateTime"/>
 
    <xs:attribute name="attribute">
 
      <xs:simpleType>
 
        <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
 
          <xs:minLength value="1"/>
 
        </xs:restriction>
 
      </xs:simpleType>
 
    </xs:attribute>
 
    <xs:attribute name="comparisontype">
 
      <xs:simpleType>
 
        <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
 
          <xs:enumeration value="containbegins"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="contains"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="is"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="begin="="/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="&lt;"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="&gt;"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="&lt;="/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="&gt;="/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="&lt;&gt;"/>
 
          <xs:enumeration value="isnull"/>
 
        </xs:restriction>
 
      </xs:simpleType>
 
    </xs:attribute>
 
    <xs:attribute name="matchcase" type="xs:boolean"/>
 
    </xs:complexType>
 
  <xs:element name="executesearch">
 
    <xs:complexType>
 
      <xs:sequence>
 
        <xs:element name="scopepart" maxOccurs="unbounded">
 
          <xs:complexType>
 
            <xs:sequence>
 
              <xs:element name="criteria" type="search:criteria" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 
              <xs:element name="attribute" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
 
                <xs:complexType>
 
                  <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
 
                </xs:complexType>
 
              </xs:element>
 
            </xs:sequence>
 
            <xs:attribute name="query" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
 
            <xs:attribute name="options" type="xs:string"/>
 
            <xs:attribute name="transformation" type="xs:string"/>
 
          </xs:complexType>
 
        </xs:element>
 
        <xs:element name="criteria" type="search:criteria" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 
      </xs:sequence>
 
      <xs:attribute name="scopecombining">
 
        <xs:simpleType>
 
          <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
 
            <xs:enumeration value="and"/>
 
            <xs:enumeration value="or"/>
 
          </xs:restriction>
 
        </xs:simpleType>
 
      </xs:attribute>
 
    </xs:complexType>
 
  </xs:element>
 
</xs:schema>
 
</pre>
 
 
==QPR Expression Engine==
 
 
'''Expression Engine for QPR Suite''' contains the following components:
 
 
: - Expression Engine Web Service
 
 
: - Expression Engine Service Tester
 
 
'''Expression Engine Web Service''' is a web service used to run expressions. This expression engine is embedded into many other accelerators, such as DWR and DWV.
 
 
'''Expression Engine Service Tester''' is an extension to QPR Web Service Tester, and it can be used to test expressions when e.g. developing report templates or configuration files for other accelerators. It’s possible to define multiple expressions which are calculated consecutively in a single web service operation. In that case expression results are stored in variables, and variables can be used in subsequent expression. Example:
 
 
 
var1='''3 + 9 / 3'''
 
 
var2='''2*[var1]'''
 
 
var3=''''Value is ' + [var2]'''
 
 
 
Expression Engine Web Services is a IIS hosted web application, and Expression Engine Service Tester is implemented with changes to QPR Web Service Tester web page html template.
 
 
===Expression Engine Input Parameters===
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
! colspan="4"|Type: '''rootobject'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
! '''Attribute'''
 
!'''Type'''
 
!'''Description'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|webServiceSessionId || string || QPR Web Service’s session id. Used only if '''authenticationmode=passedsession.'''
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
| expressionSet || string[] || List of expressions.
 
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 
|variableNameSet || string[] || List of variable names. The variables get the calculated expression values, and the variables are available as arguments for the next expressions. The value of the last expression is returned by the operation.
 
|}
 
 
Following output data format is used by both services.
 
 
===Example===
 
 
Following image shows QPR Web Service tester where Expression Engine Service Tester is installed.
 
[[file:example.jpg|700px]]
 
  
 
==Acknowledgements==
 
==Acknowledgements==

Revision as of 13:05, 8 March 2022

Introduction to QPR Reporting Add-on

QPR Reporting Add-on contains the following parts:

Installation

Follow these steps to install QPR Reporting Add-on. Installation package is available in the downloads page.

Note that there are different folder paths for each QPR Suite version. These instructions use X in the folder names, that should be replaced by the version of the used QPR Suite.

1. Check whether the QPR environment uses Windows authentication (IWA) and/or HTTPS connection. Windows authentication is used when QPR system is connected to LDAP/AD and Windows user accounts are used to login to QPR. When QPR UI is in use, Windows authentication cannot be used for QPR Web Service. HTTPS connection is in use when QPR Portal url starts with https.

2. Open Programs and Features (in Windows Control Panel) and click Turn Windows features on or off. Check that components listed in the following table are installed. The installation procedure depends on Windows version. QPR Reporting Add-on needs .Net Framework 4.6.1 or later version.

Windows Version Required Components
Windows 10

(already includes .NET Framework 4.6)

  • All components in Internet Information Services (except FTP Server and WebDAV Publishing)
  • Following Windows features: (see the image below)
    • .Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.6
    • .Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation

Windows features 1.jpg

Windows 8

(already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1)

  • All components in Internet Information Services (except FTP Server and WebDAV Publishing)
  • Following Windows features: (see the image below)
    • .Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > ASP.NET 4.5
    • .Net Framework 4.5 Advanced Services > WCF Services > HTTP Activation

Windows 8 features.jpg

Windows Server 2012 R2

(already includes .NET Framework 4.5.1)

  • All components in Internet Information Services (except FTP Server and WebDAV Publishing)
  • Following Windows features: (see image below)
    • .Net Framework 4.5 Features > .Net Framework 4.5
    • .Net Framework 4.5 Features > ASP.NET 4.5 .Net Framework 4.5 Features > WCF Services > HTTP Activation

File:Windows server 2012.jpg

3. This step is for checking the QPR Suite has been configured properly. Note that this step is about configuring QPR Suite (not QPR Reporting Add-on which also has a web.config file). Check that QPR Web Services web.config file is a proper one (located in C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices). In the default QPR installation there are files web.config and web.config.IWA. If QPR environment uses Windows authentication (refer to step 1), the latter file must be taken into use by renaming

  • web.config to web.config.noIWA, and
  • web.config.IWA to web.config.

4. This step is for checking the QPR Suite has been configured properly. If using Windows authentication (refer to step 1), make sure C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 20XX\20XX.1\Servers\Settings\QPR_Servers.ini has settings IWACGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1 and CGIBinaryHost=127.0.0.1. under WAS Settings section.

5. If using QPR Suite 2019.1, common QPR authentication needs to be configured (to establish common authentication between QPR Suite WAS and WS). Follow these instructions: Configuring Common Authentication for QPR Suite Portal and QPR Suite Web Service.

5. Copy QPRWebServicesExtensions folder from installation package to IIS published files in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\.

6. Installation package contains the following preconfigured files to be used as QPR Reporting Add-on web.config file:

  • a) web.config: for HTTP connection and Anonymous authentication to the Reporting Add-on
  • b) IWA.web.config: for HTTP connection and Windows authentication to the Reporting Add-on
  • c) HTTPS.web.config: for HTTPS connection and Anonymous authentication to the Reporting Add-on
  • d) HTTPS+IWA.web.config: for HTTPS connection and Windows authentication to the Reporting Add-on

Copy a suitable configuration file to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\ folder and rename it as web.config.

Do not mix up QPR Reporting Add-on's web.config file (in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\) with QPR Web Services' web.config file (in C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config).

7. Configure QPR Reporting Add-on settings listed in the Settings section. The settings are located in the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config file in the appSettings section. Quick guide for usual configurations (file C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config):

  • a. When Windows authentication is not in use and Common QPR Authentication is used: wcfsecuritymode=none and qprauthenticationmode=commonqprauthentication
  • b. When Windows authentication is not in use without Common QPR Authentication: wcfsecuritymode=none and qprauthenticationmode=passedsession
  • c. When Windows authentication is in use: wcfsecuritymode=message and qprauthenticationmode=windows

8. Make a backup copy of the C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx file. Replace the file with the servicetester.aspx. file from the installation package.

9. Make sure QPR Web Services Server is running. The installation cannot be continued until QPR Web Services Server is running properly.

10. In IIS Management Console, go to Application Pools (in left side hierarchy). Create a new application pool by clicking Add Application Pool…. Use the settings in the image below (settings v.4.0.x and Integrated). Please do not change settings for existing application pools, if they are used by other web applications because then the other applications may stop working. Especially QPR Suite has an application pool that is v.2.0.x and Integrated.

Add application pool.jpg

11. Click the previously created application pool, click Advanced settings… and select Identity setting. In the opening Application Pool Identity window, click Built-in account and select LocalSystem (see the image below). Click OK for the both open windows.

Application pool.jpg

12. Find the QPRWebServicesExtensions folder in IIS Management Console and click Convert to Application (secondary mouse button). Select the previously created application pool QPR Web Services Extensions.

13. Check the IIS authentication settings by clicking QPRWebServicesExtensions web application is IIS Management Console (on the left side hierarchy). Check that Features View is opened (in bottom), and doubleclick Authentication. The authentication settings must match with the web.config file, which was set in step 3: a. For Windows authentication: Anonymous Authentication must be Disabled and Windows Authentication must be Enabled. (see the image below) b. For Anonymous authentication: Anonymous Authentication must be Enabled and Windows Authentication must be Disabled. ASP.NET Impersonation must be Enabled in both cases.

Authentication.jpg

14. Check that QPR Reporting Add-on is working by making the tests listed in chapter Installation tests. If you encounter any issues, check if any of the error situations described in Troubleshooting were encountered.

15. These rest steps are only needed when using the Reporting Add-on in the QPR Suite portal. Copy DWV templates folder from installation package as a DWV templates root folder (setting dwvtemplatesphysicalpath in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file). Also copy Word report templates folder as the templates root folder (setting dwrtemplatesphysicalpath in QPR Reporting Add-on’ web.config file) and trend_down.png and trend_up.png files from DWV templates\Dashboard folder to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\portal\images.

16. Deploy Reports Menu UI element to the Portal by replacing mainview.tpl and headerview.tpl files from the installation package Reports Menu folder to C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 20XX\20XX.1\Servers\Templates\WAS\Portal. (Alternatively, use the externalreportsmenu.patch file.)

17. Copy icon_reports.png from Reports Menu folder to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\portal\images.

18. Copy jquery.filedownload.js from Reports Menu folder to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\Common\scripts.

19. Add the following CSS to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\qprsoftware\stylesheets\custom.css:

#ReportsToolbarMenu {
  cursor: pointer;
}

#ReportsToolbarMenu .activetarget {
  background-color: inherit;
}

.visiblereportmenulink, .reportmenumain > a {
  background: url(../portal/images/icon_reports.png) no-repeat left -1px;
}

.disabledreportmenulink {
  background: url(../portal/images/icon_reports.png) no-repeat left -1px;
  color: #BBBBBB !important;
  cursor: default;
}

#InformationViewFrame {
  background-color: white;
}

20. Restart Windows service for QPR Suite, or clear QPR Portal templates cache (http://SERVERNAME/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll?QPRWAS&*cleartemplatecache). In addition, clear web browser’s cache.

21. Check that the detailed error message are enabled in IIS.

Web.config File Settings

QPR Reporting Add-on is configured using the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions\web.config file. The file has following settings in the configuration > appSettings section.

Attribute Description
qprwebserviceaddress QPR Web Service url address. This should point directly to QPR Web Service server’s port. The default port is 9002, but the actual port in use can be seen in QPR Configuration Manager (Common > Server locations > Web services server). Example: http://localhost:9002/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc/wshttp

Notes:

  • It's recommended to use localhost as a hostname if the QPR Web Service Server is in the same computer.
  • The address starts with http even if QPR environment uses https.
  • Check the proper url path from QPR Portal address (QPR20XX-1 in the example). The path is QPR version specific by default.
  • Validity of the address can be checked by opening the address in the server computer using browser without the ending /wshttp, e.g. http://localhost:9002/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/mainservice.svc. A page displaying You have created a service should open. Note that this address doesn't work in client computers (this is because localhost always references to that computer where the browser is running).
qprauthenticationmode Determines how the Reporting Add-on authenticates users to QPR Web Service. When using QPR Suite 2019.1, options are as follows:
  • windows: Windows user making the request is used to authenticate to QPR Web Service. It’s advisable to use this authentication method if available. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter) while the windows authentication mode is used, the provided session id is not used. When this option is used, wcfsecuritymode must be message. Note that when using QPR Reporting Add-on with QPR UI, the setting cannot be used, because QPR UI connects to the Reporting Add-on using the user account which runs the Payara web server (not the person's user account).
  • commonqprauthentication: Common QPR authentication is a mechanism where QPR products have been configured to trust each other in a way that when a user is authenticated to one of the products, the user is also authenticated to other QPR products as well. When common QPR authentication is in use, session id of the source QPR system is passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. Note that the session id doesn't need to be the QPR Web Service session id, but the session id of any QPR product may be used. The xsession parameter is used to pass the common authentication session id. This options can be used when wcfsecuritymode is either none or message. Also the token authentication introduced in QPR Suite 2019.1 works with the commonqprauthentication setting. Note also that the isn't any more the passedsession setting, but the commonqprauthentication settings also covers that usecase.
  • fixedcredentials: The defined user account is used for all access to QPR Web Service. The account's username and password are defined in the configuration (see settings username and password). Note that from the data security point of view this is not the best option, because users running the reports may see data that they don't see in their own account. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter), when the fixedcredentials authentication mode is used, the provided session id is used instead of authenticating using the fixed credentials. This options can be used when wcfsecuritymode is either none or message.

When using QPR Suite 2017.1 or an older version, the options are as follows:

  • windows: Windows user making the request is used to authenticate to QPR Web Service. It’s advisable to use this authentication method if available. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter) while the windows authentication mode is used, the provided session id is not used. When this option is used, wcfsecuritymode must be message. Note that when using QPR Reporting Add-on with QPR UI, the setting cannot be used, because QPR UI connects to the Reporting Add-on using the user account which runs the Glassfish web server (not the person's user account).
  • passedsession: QPR Web Service session id must be passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. This means that the authentication to QPR Web Service must have been done beforehand by some other system than the Reporting Add-on. The parameter name is xsession. Note that the session id must be the QPR Web Service session id. This options can be used when wcfsecuritymode is either none or message.
  • commonqprauthentication: Common QPR authentication is a mechanism where QPR products have been configured to trust each other in a way that when a user is authenticated to one of the products, the user is also authenticated to other QPR products as well. When common QPR authentication is in use, session id of the source QPR system is passed as a parameter to the Reporting Add-on. Note that the session id doesn't need to be the QPR Web Service session id, but the session id of any QPR product may be used. The xsession parameter is used to pass the common authentication session id. This options can be used when wcfsecuritymode is either none or message.
  • fixedcredentials: The defined user account is used for all access to QPR Web Service. The account's username and password are defined in the configuration (see settings username and password). Note that from the data security point of view this is not the best option, because users running the reports may see data that they don't see in their own account. If the session id is provided (in the xsession parameter), when the fixedcredentials authentication mode is used, the provided session id is used instead of authenticating using the fixed credentials. This options can be used when wcfsecuritymode is either none or message.
wcfsecuritymode

This setting defines which security settings are used by the QPR Web Service (i.e. whether the Windows authentication is in use). This setting must correspond to QPR Web Service settings (in C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\web.config). Options:

  • none: Use this when Windows authentication in the QPR Web Service is not in use.
  • message: Use this when Windows authentication in the QPR Web Service is in use.
dprtemplatesphysicalpath Folder in the file system where QPR PowerPoint Reports template files are located.
dwrtemplatesphysicalpath Folder in the file system where QPR Word Reports template files are located.
dwvtemplatesphysicalpath Folder in the file system where QPR Web Views template files are located.
installpath Path for QPR Web Services Extensions binaries installation folder, which is by default C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions. This information is needed by Expression language WebpageAsImage function.
templatecaching Determines whether template files caching is enabled (true) or disabled (false). Template caching means that templates are read from file system to server memory when the IIS web application starts. When template caching is enabled, pages are processed faster and disk load as reduces. Template caching should be enabled for production environments.

Template caching is usually be disabled for development work, so that changes in templates can be seen immediately in result pages. When template caching is disabled, all templates are read into memory every time, when a page is requested.

disallowedfunctions Comma separated list of functions that are not allowed to be executed by the Reporting Add-On. There are some functions which are able to manipulate files in the server computer, and enabling those files may cause security issues. Function names must be written in lowercase.
loglevel Possible values: None, Error, Information and Verbose.
qprwebapplicationname Setting for Dynamic Web Views: Name of the QPR web application in IIS. This parameter is not mandatory, but it should be defined, as it can be used by html content to reference QPR resources published in IIS (such as images and css files).
reporttemplateparameter Setting for Word reports: Defines the name of the parameter which passes the report template path. See chapter Working with Report Templates.
qprtemplateidparameter Setting for Word reports: Parameter name which passes QPR’s Word report template object id. This can be used when the report templates are stored in QPR Portal (i.e. QPR system objects) (see chapter Working with Report Templates)
username Password for QPR Suite when authenticationmode is fixedcredentials.
password Password for QPR Suite when authenticationmode is fixedcredentials.
executionTimeout (in the httpRuntime tag) Timeout for request processing in seconds. Usually there is no need to change this setting. The value should be increased if there are heavy requests which take time to run. Note that the timeout limit works as a protection when the processing never ends as a results of an error (this may be possible in e.g. recursive reports).

Installation Test

Do the following tests to confirm that QPR Reporting Add-on is working:

  1. Open http://SERVERNAME/QPRWebServicesExtensions/ExpressionEngine.svc. The address starts with https instead of http, when also QPR Portal address starts with https. There should open a page stating You have created a service. If an internal server error (error code 500) with no error details is returned, test the url in the server, because in the server the error message has more details.
    • If this works, the .Net application is running properly in IIS.
    • If this doesn’t work, there is a problem with IIS settings or .Net installation.
  2. Open QPR Web Services Tester, which is usually in http://SERVERNAME/QPR20XX-1/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/servicetester.aspx. The SERVERNAME can be found in QPR Portal url address. The address starts with https instead of http, when also QPR Portal address starts with https.
  3. Set valid credentials in the Authentication tab. Confirm that QPR Web Services is working by making a query using QPR Web Services Tester in the QueryObjects tab.
  4. Check that the page contains RunExpression tab.
  5. Query for example [UM].users like in the image below. When clicking QueryObjectsAsXml, the test is successful, if a text starting with <ResultsetHierarchy … appears. Note that your query results may be different than the results in the image. If this test doesn’t work, there is a problem with QPR Web Services.


Installation test.jpg

6. Go to RunExpression tab, click Run using the expression it contains by default. It should return Ok (below the Run button). This confirms that the .Net application is running in IIS and the QPR Web Services connection works.

Running Multiple QPR Reporting Add-ons

It may be needed to run multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances in the same server machine, e.g. when different versions or different QPR Reporting Add-on settings are needed. Running multiple QPR Reporting Add-on instances simultaneously is possible: Copy the QPRWebServicesExtensions folder with a different name to IIS root folder, and make all the settings made to the default folder to that folder. The other instance is referenced using the other folder name in URLs.

Troubleshooting Installation Issues

Issue Resolution
Web browser returns Could not load type 'System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule' from assembly 'System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. See the resolution here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2015129
Web browser returns: Memory gates checking failed because the free memory (nnn bytes) is less than x% of total memory. As a result, the service will not be available for incoming requests. To resolve this, either reduce the load on the machine or adjust the value of minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService on the serviceHostingEnvironment config element. The reason for this error is that there is little free memory in the system, and thus the primary solution is to get more free memory in the system. It’s still possible to set the free memory limit to a lower level, but this may cause instability. To do that, find the setting minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService from the QPR Web Services Extensions’ web.config and set the limit lower (e.g. to 2). More information:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn458357(v=vs.110).aspx

Web Server returns Request URL Too Long and HTTP Error 414. The request URL is too long. Open IIS Management Console, open QPR Web Services Extensions, click Request Filtering, click Edit Feature Settings... and increase Maximum URL length (Bytes) setting (e.g. add two or three zeroes at the end).
Following errors are returned by Expression Engine tester: The message with Action 'http:// schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/RST/ Issue' cannot be processed at the receiver, due to a ContractFilter mismatch at the EndpointDispatcher. This may be because of either a contract mismatch (mismatched Actions between sender and receiver) or a binding\security mismatch between the sender and the receiver. Check that sender and receiver have the same contract and the same binding (including security requirements, e.g. Message, Transport, None). Secure channel cannot be opened because security negotiation with the remote endpoint has failed. This may be due to absent or incorrectly specified EndpointIdentity in the EndpointAddress used to create the channel. Please verify the EndpointIdentity specified or implied by the EndpointAddress correctly identifies the remote endpoint. The reason is the QPR Web Services and QPR Web Services Extensions WCF settings don’t match. Please check installation steps 3, 4 and 6.

When running a report, the following error appears:

Requested registry access is not allowed.
The type initializer for 'MS.Utility.EventTrace' threw an exception.
Error in opening document - the document is not valid Office Open XML format

This is a user rights issue. Check that the Application Pool Identity is LocalSystem.

When opening QPR Web Services Tester, the following message appears: ... Redirecting to mainservice page .... There may be a problem with IIS handler mappings. Tests with following settings:
  • Remove C:\inetpub\wwwroot\web.config if it exists. Make a backup before deleting.
  • Contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\web.config should be
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
        <httpErrors>
            <clear />
        </httpErrors>
        <handlers accessPolicy="Read, Execute, Script">
            <remove name="AssemblyResourceLoader-Integrated-4.0" />
            <remove name="AssemblyResourceLoader-Integrated" />
            <remove name="AXD-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
            <remove name="AXD-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
            <remove name="AXD-ISAPI-2.0" />
            <remove name="AXD-ISAPI-2.0-64" />
            <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />             
       <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-Integrated-4.0" />
            <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
            <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-Integrated" />
            <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-ISAPI-2.0" />
            <remove name="PageHandlerFactory-ISAPI-2.0-64" />
            <remove name="svc-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
            <remove name="svc-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
            <remove name="svc-Integrated-4.0" />
            <remove name="svc-ISAPI-2.0-64" />
            <remove name="svc-ISAPI-2.0" />
            <remove name="svc-Integrated" />
        </handlers>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>
  • Contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\qpr20XX-1\Portal\web.config should be
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <handlers accessPolicy="Read, Execute, Script" />
        <directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
        <defaultDocument>
            <files>
                <clear />
                <add value="Default.htm" />
                <add value="Default.asp" />
                <add value="index.htm" />
                <add value="index.html" />
                <add value="iisstart.htm" />
                <add value="default.aspx" />
                <add value="QPR.Isapi.Dll" />
            </files>
        </defaultDocument>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Uninstallation

Follow these steps to uninstall QPR Reporting Add-on:

  1. In IIS Management Console click Remove for the QPRWebServicesExtensions web application (mouse secondary button).
  2. Delete the web application’s folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\QPRWebServicesExtensions in the disk.
  3. Revert the original C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR 20XX.1 Servers\WebServices\servicetester.aspx from release package.

QPR Reports Menu

QPR Reports Menu is a dropdown menu for QPR Suite Portal to open reports and web pages that can be referenced using urls. The menu is able to add context related information automatically to the url as parameters, such as model, diagram and object id. Report items in the menu are configured in the file C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml (the location may vary).

Reports Configuration

Report items in the menu are configured in the file C:\DWV templates\ReportsMenu\ReportsMenuConfiguration.xml (note that your location may be different). The configuration is an xml file having a root tag reportsmenu and subtags menuitem for individual report items. The menuitem tag has menu item settings as subtags which are described in the following table.

Settings can be defined using static string values or expressions. If the value is defined using an expression following attribute is added to the settings tag: expression="true". Note that the setting tags must be in the order that they are defined in the following table. Settings that are not mandatory, can be left out.

Parameter Description
reportname (string) Visible name of the report in the dropdown menu.
reporturl (string) Url to the report. Characters ? and & are automatically added to the end of the url if needed for appending url parameters. To build SSRS report urls, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms153586(v=sql.110).aspx.
availabletabs (string) List of QPR Portal tabs where the report is available. Available tab names can be found in http://kb.qpr.com/qpr2017-1/index.html?getportalurl.htm (see "Also Portal internal view names..."). The tabs need to be defined in lower case. If this parameter is empty, the report is visible in all tabs.

Following default tabs name are available: pgplugin_processmaps, pgplugin_navigator, pgplugin_actions, pgplugin_organizations, scplugin_scorecards, scplugin_strategymaps, scplugin_analysis, scplugin_navigator, scplugin_reports, scplugin_actions, discussion, byuser, bytime, actionanalysis

passparameters (string) List of parameters that are passed to the external report (see available parameters in chapter Portal Context Parameters). Passed parameters may be restricted, because e.g. SSRS gives an error when parameters are passed that are not defined in the report.
order (integer) An integer which determines order of reports in the menu. The reports are shown in the ascending order. If there are multiple reports with a same order number, the alphabetical order of the reportName parameter determines the ordering (secondary sorting).
waitanimation (boolean) Determines whether to use animation while waiting report loading. This only works in the Word reports. Options true and false.

The animation may only be used if the report access url has same DNS name and port than QPR Portal. This is because the disappearance of the animation is based on a cookie that is set by report providing server when the report is ready. When the cookie is received from the response of the report providing server, the loading animation is removed. If the loading animation doesn’t work correctly for any compatibility issue, disable it (set to false).

visibility (string) Determines the visibility status of the report item in the menu. Available statuses are:
  • visible: The report is visible and can be opened.
  • disabled: The report is visible in the menu in a grey color, and it’s not openable. This status can be used to imply, that there is some condition preventing from running the report, such as the required type of element is not selected.
  • hidden: The report item is not visible in the menu at all.
visiblemessage (string) Tooltip text shows for visible report items when cursor is moved over the report item. The text may contain html code.
disabledmessage (string) Tooltip text shown for disabled report items when cursor is moved over the report item. The text may contain html code.
accessrights (boolean) Determines if user has access to see the report item as boolean value (“true” if there are rights to see the report item).
[OpenWindow parameters] QPR Portal’s OpenWindow function parameters. These parameters determine e.g. size and position of the window. Available parameters:
  • target (string)
  • width (integer)
  • height (integer)
  • scroll (boolean)
  • preventcaching (boolean)
  • x (integer)
  • y (integer)

Portal Context Parameters

The following table lists information that can be passed to reports as url parameters.

Parameter Description
modelid PD/EA or Metrics model id
diagramid Diagram id (i.e. process level). Note that for the top diagram level, the id is "PG.<modelid>.0" which represents the model object.
objectid Object in details pane.
tab Name of the tab where the report is run.
zoom Zoom percentage. Only available in PD/EA tabs.
viewid View id
xsession QPR Web Service session id. External report can use this to login to QPR Web Service.
currentuserid Current user id.
scorecardid Scorecard id. Only available in Metrics.
seriesid Series id. Only available in Metrics.
periodid Period id. Only available in Metrics.

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