Frequently Asked Question

Symptom

• Need4Viz navigation element is not working : no interaction is done on the related Input Control when a selection is made in the navigation element

Reason and Prerequisites

Environment:

• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform : 4.3 SP2+
• Need4Viz : all versions
  

Steps To Reproduce:

1. In a Webi report, configure an Input Control to filter a bloc of the report
2. Create and configure a new Need4Viz navigation element to interact with this Input Control
3. When selecting a value in the navigation element, the Input Control is not updated (nothing changes)

In the Console of the browser, the following error message is displayed :

Cause:

• In SAPBI 4.3SP2+, the Restful API used by N4V to interact with SAPBI are the ones served by the Tomcat (and not the WACS). But, by default, the Restful URL configured in the CMC is the WACS URL. 

Solution

From versions 4.3SP2+, configure the Restful URL as relative path in the CMC (or explicitly use the Tomcat port and not the WACS port). As indicated in the installation guide of N4V for Webi :