Summary


This article describes various options for reporting against the InfoBurst Platform.


OData


Leverage an OData reporting tool like Microsoft Excel to access OData feeds from the InfoBurst Platform.  Extract detailed object metadata, and runtime and audit information..


Version


InfoBurst uses OData version 4.


Access

  • From your OData reporting tool, enter the InfoBurst Platform OData URL http://<IB_Server>:8551/odata
  • Supply an InfoBurst username and password
  • Select and refresh a feed to view feed data


See Also


System Reporting with OData

OData Reporting (Forum)


Schedules Report

The Schedules Report is an Excel-based report of all schedules their related sub-objects.


Access

  • Open the Help-About panel
  • Select Utilities
  • Select the Schedules Report button
  • After Generating, select the button again to download the report

BusinessObjects Universe

A BusinessObjects universe (.UNV) is available to report on the following:
  • Burst/XDC runtime (Activity Logs)
  • Burst deliveries

Access

The universe (zip) is attached to this article.


XDC Usage

XML Data Cache (XDC) usage information can be captured and stored in the IBT_SYS_CACHE table.

Enable Logging

An XDC must be enabled for logging before information about the XDC usage will be available in the IBT_SYS_CACHE table in the InfoBurst database repository (see Help-About > Application Details > Repository Type). The table is not available until after the first XDC is enabled and executed.
  • Open the XDC
  • Select XDC Properties 
  • Select Enable Usage Log 
  • Select the Save button

Available Columns
  • CacheID 
  • CacheName 
  • CachePath 
  • CacheKey 
  • AccessDate 
  • AccessType 
  • AccessUserID 
  • AccessUserName 
  • C1 
  • C2 
  • C3 
  • C4 
  • Meta 

Column Usage

The following records are written whenever a user requests a data cache:
  • CacheID
  • CacheName
  • CachePath
  • AccessDate
  • AccessType
  • AccessUserID
  • AccessUserName

The following records are written only when a cache is accessed via the Cache Connector:
  • AccessType: 0 
  • CacheKey: Cache Key (if used) 
  • C1: Selected blocks (if used) 
  • Meta: Custom data from connector 

The following records are written when a cached is accessed via the Cache Query Connector:
  • AccessType: 1 
  • C1: Query name 
  • C2: Query parameters (if used) 
  • Meta: Custom data from connector