Calling a Report via URL

Traditionally, a Logi report is called by entering the appropriate URL in a browser. This can be done manually by typing it right into the browser's address bar or it can be done via any valid HTTP link in a different Logi report, or in an entirely separate web page or application. The basic URL for a Logi report takes this form:

http://localhost/yourLogiAppName/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=mySalesReporthttp://www.yourWebSite.com/yourLogiAppName/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=mySalesReport

The first example above is a URL that might appear on a development computer; the second, on a production server, where

• The rdPage.aspx page denotes that a Logi report definition is to be processed
• The rdReport argument value is the name of the Logi report definition file to be processed
• Additional request parameter name-value pairs can be included in the URL with separating ampersands (&).

More information about passing data in the URL's query string can found in our document Pass Information.

Specifying Report Format or Template

You can also specify a report format in the query string in order to output the report in different ways. This is done using the reserved word rdReportFormat, as follows:

http://localhost/yourLogiAppName/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=mySalesReport&rdReportFormat=PDF

When the example URL shown above is browsed, the report mySalesReport will be output into the browser as a PDF document. When you use this reserved word, ensure that you also use the rdReport name-value pair (in other words, don't rely on a report being the default report in your application and leave rdReport out of the URL). Other values for rdReportFormat include NativeExcel, NativeWord, CSV, HtmlExport, HtmlEmail, Excel, Word, XML, or GoogleSpreadsheet. Similarly, you can use rdTemplate instead of rdReport to identify an Excel, Word, or PDF template definition to be run from a URL. Learn more about the reserved words that can be used in a URL for special purposes in our document Query String Parameter Reference.

Using a Constant in a URL

If you're using a URL within a Logi report definition to call another report, for example, by using Action.Link, you can use a constant and its token to provide part or all of the URL. Suppose, for example, you've assigned the first part of the URL "http://www.yourWebSite.com" to a constant called SiteURL, in the application's _Settings definition. The URL used to call another report or web page can then make use of that constant by using its token:

@Constant.SiteURL~/yourLogiAppName/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=mySalesReport

An arrangement like this will let you run development and production versions of an application that differ only in the value of the SiteURL constant.