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ghoang
New Contributor III
9 months ago

Using XFBR String Service in WS Assembly

I'm new to WS assembly - trying to get a simple example of setting up an xfbr and use it in a cubeview but not successful. Here's what I did - what did I do wrong? 1. Set up XFBR String Service: ...
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RobbSalzmann
Valued Contributor II
4 days ago

In my experience, It's not necessary to create a "String service" XFBR then reference it by calling a Service Factory.  I don't know why OS chose to this complicated design approach for assembly-based XFBR.

Simplified Approach:

Here's how to do it in a way that calls the XFBR directly, no service, no implementing an undocumented interface with the version hardcoded into its name (IWasXFBRStringV800), no calling a factory to build and return that service:

  1. Right click the assembly directory where you want to create your XFBR. 

     

     
  2. Select Add File. 
  3. elect Dashboard String Function Business Rule assembly file

     

     

  4. The file name becomes the name of the assembly file and the rightmost element of the Assembly file's namespace.
  5. In your component or cube view, reference the assembly XFBR as follows:
    1. XFBR(Workspace.{WorkspaceName}.{AssemblyName}.{AssemblyFileName}, {FunctionName}, paramName=value)