Can I create a data visualization off of a hold file?

[Egon Heidendal]

I have all the logic written in an FEX, which includes a join as well as the creation of a hold file, and I now want to use the new visualization or designer tool, is this possible or am I stuck with InfoAssist graphs only this way? The FEX was created in App studio. Version of WebFOCUS is 8207.28.13

[David Beagan]

You can have the hold file output to the foccache folder where it will stay around for about three hours. The command to do this is:

APP HOLD FOCCACHE

Once put this in the beginning of your fex and run it, then when you go to create your visualization you should find the hold file in the foccache folder.

When your visualization is created you can include the visualiztion fex at the end of your fex that creates the hold file.

[Egon Heidendal]

This would be a visualization with the new designer tool, not InfoAssist. I'm not seeing foccache as an option under workspaces:

[David Beagan]

You screenshot cuts off without showing what is under the Name column. That is whrere you should see foccache.

[Egon Heidendal]

Thank you for sharing that screenshot. I’m pretty sure mine didn’t show that option, but I will double check tomorrow when I’m back behind my machine. If it isn’t there (I do see it with info assist) is there a security setting preventing it?

[David Beagan]

I wouldn't think there would be a security setting that would allow it to be seen in InfoAssist but not in Designer.

[Egon Heidendal]

Okay, I tried it again and took full screenshots. The first one is what I use if I try to create a visualization using Developer, the second is what I see if I do the same with an InfoAssist visualization.

Developer:

 

InfoAssist:

[Egon Heidendal]

And I should mention I can see the temp hold file it if I browse to the application directories as you can see in the screenshots below, but I can't browse to that location if I hit the "create visualizations using the big plus in the top left corner.

[David Beagan]

I wonder if this is a bug or limitation of your release of WebFOCUS. The files in foccache are associated with browser session so that if more than one person runs and creates the hold file then they won't interfere with one another.

You could APP HOLD BASEAPP and hopefully then you would be able to see the hold file from Designer. Once the visualization is developed, you could then change BASEAPP back to FOCCACHE if this is to be run by the general user community.

If none of that works, you might want to contect the help desk to figure out what is going on because it seems like this should work.

[Egon Heidendal]

Thank you David, you've been very helpful so far. I've opened up a ticket with support to figure out why I am unable to see the FOCCACHE, but for the time being I'm writing the file to a different app location to create the visualization.