Persistent URL

Introduction

The "persistent URL" (or "bookmark URL") feature provides an URL containing all report configuration state, which can be bookmarked or mailed to other users to execute the same report.

Specifying a non-default output format

By adding some parameters to this URL, it is also possible to make a direct link to a specific format of the report.

The format can be specified by adding a request parameter xrpfmtpref whose value has the following syntax:

<format-dir>-<format-name>-<extension>

The meaning of the <format-dir> and <format-name> is explained in the format documentation.

If the format is customizable by additional request parameters (= those starting with xrpfmtpref_), you can add those too.

Examples

To directly link to the PDF, add the following to the persistent URL:

&xrpfmtpref=xrp-pdf-pdf

Directly link to CSV with some preferences:

&xrpfmtpref=xrp-csv-txt&xrpfmtpref_splitCharacter=pipe&xrpfmtpref_encoding=UTF-8

Directly link to a dynamic chart:

&xrpfmtpref=xrp-dynchart-png&xrpfmtpref_type=bar&xrpfmtpref_extension=png

Directly link to a custom defined chart in dir "charts" and file "chart1.xml":

&xrpfmtpref=charts-chart1-png