about Reporting in xMII

[Former Member]

Hi,

What are the uses/drawbacks of session variables in xMII Reporting ?

Compare to IRPT which one is better in RealTime Scenario.

Give some examples like where we are using Sessions,

where we are using IRPT.

Regards

Vijaya

[abesh]

Hi,

I hope this article will give you some insight into IRPT and session variables : <a href="/people/abesh.bhattacharjee/blog/2006/11/29/how-to-pass-data-dynamically-between-pages-in-xmii-115">How to pass data dynamically between pages in xMII 11.5</a>

[Former Member]

Hi Abesh,

Already I have seen your Article.It's verygood. I want some specific uses/drawbacks of Session var. why in some appl we are avoiding session var.

Regards

Vijaya

[Former Member]

Hi Vijaya,

Before explaining the reason why xMII using the IRPT session variables, i will explain how it is using.

If you are using irpt based session variables you will create the session variable in the URL itself. They will be stored in Illuminator engine till the time of navigation.while using the setPropertyValue(), the value is stored browser as a cookie. Similarly it also stores the usernames, localization parameters everything in Illuminator engine in the form of XML schemas.

Now i will explain why should we use the IRPT variables.

1. Security reasons for cookies at that time you can not pass parameters in browser session variables.

2. Variable will be live till the time of total session, where as in most of the cases it should not after transferring the data from one page to another one.Even in the case of cookie you can reset the value of the variabe.

In the case of irpt session variable no need to reset the session variable.

I hope this explanation gives enough idea about this things.

If you need any additional info please let me know.

Thanks,

Rajesh.