Capturing the Prompt Answers Supplied by the User at Runtime

The following code sample illustrates how to capture, in an XML format, the prompt answers that a user enters in at runtime. This XML can then be used to answer prompts programmatically.

package com.microstrategy.sdk.addons;

import com.microstrategy.web.app.addons.AbstractAppAddOn;

import com.microstrategy.web.app.beans.PageComponent;

import com.microstrategy.web.beans.EnumRequestStatus;

import com.microstrategy.web.beans.ReportBean;

import com.microstrategy.web.beans.WebBeanException;

import com.microstrategy.web.objects.WebObjectsException;

import com.microstrategy.web.objects.WebPrompts;

import com.microstrategy.web.objects.WebReportInstance;

public class GetAnswerXMLAddon extends AbstractAppAddOn {

public void postCollectData(PageComponent page) {

//Retrieve the Report Bean from the page

ReportBean rb = (ReportBean) page.getChildByClass(ReportBean.class);

if (rb == null) return;

try {

//Check to see if the report is the report needed

if (rb.getObjectID().equalsIgnoreCase("9CDB05884A0D22AEE1CFBAA837198D42")){

//Check to see if the report is successful (not waiting for user input or error)

if(rb.getXMLStatus()== EnumRequestStatus.WebBeanRequestSuccessful ){

WebReportInstance oInst = rb.getReportInstance();

//Retrieve the prompts

WebPrompts oPrompts = oInst.getPrompts();

oPrompts.setClosed(false);

//Print Answer XML

String answerXML = oPrompts.getShortAnswerXML();

System.out.println("Prompt Answer XML:" +answerXML);

String encodedAnswerXML = oPrompts.getShortAnswerXML(true);

System.out.println("Encoded Prompt Answer XML:"+ encodedAnswerXML);

oPrompts.setClosed(true);

}

catch (WebBeanException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

catch (WebObjectsException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

public String getAddOnDescription() {

return "Shows how to get the answerXML from prompts the user has answered";

}