BI Publisher PDF Security
by Using PeopleTools and PeopleCode, we can add additional security features to BI Publisher generated PDF reports to help safeguard your company’s data.
Category: PeopleCode
IsMenuItemAuthorized?
IsMenuItemAuthorized() is a delivered PeopleCode function that tells us, True or False if the current user has access to a specific page.
Expand your Binds …with PeopleCode
PeopleCode has two little gem functions that expand binds: ExpandBindVar and ExpandSqlBinds.
At first glance, these two functions look similar. A cursory glance at PeopleBooks show that they both expand binds in strings. Even the parameter list is the same (not). But how they are used is two very different situations and are not interchangeable.
PeopleCode: Adding Images to BI Report
As requested, this is the PeopleCode behind placing images in BI Publisher Reports Episode
Use XML Files in BI Publisher with PeopleSoft Batch Reporting
Running a BI Publisher report in batch doesn’t mean it has to use PSQuery as a data source. As per MOS (Doc ID 962712.1), an XML File is the most efficient way to feed the report data.
Posting BI Publisher Reports to the PeopleSoft Process Monitor
Using a quick change, we can get BI Publisher Reports generated through the Process Scheduler to post to the Processes detail page along with the other files and logs.
User Uploaded Images in PeopleTools
Enable users to upload images such as employee photos, catalog items and assets into your PeopleSoft Application
Using Design Time Images in PeopleTools
Part 1 of series on Images.
Using images in your PeopleTools Page designs
Add Watermarks to PDF Documents with PeopleCode
PeopleCode enables watermarking PDF documents through the delivered PSXP_ENGINE:PDFMerger class. One of that class’s properties is the PSXP_ENGINE:Watermark class. By manipulating a few properties of this Watermark class, we can add a text or image watermark to a PDF document.
Merging BI Publisher PDF Documents with PeopleCode
Use PeopleCode delivered API’s to merge PDF documnets
Invoking BI Publisher with PeopleCode
Use the PeopleTools delivered APIs to invoke BI Publisher reports with PeopleCode
BI Publisher / PeopleCode / PeopleTools / XML
Create an XML file with XMLDoc
Use the XMLDoc object in PeopleCode to quickly build an XML File