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How to hide the Information OnDemand icon/link in BusinessObjects XI Release 2 Service Pack 3 InfoView on WebSphere

June 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm

[businessobjects] [businessobjects xi] [Hide] [OnDeman] [ondemand] [release]

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Symptom
How to hide theInformation OnDemandicon/link in BusinessObjects XI Release 2 Service Pack 3 InfoView on WebSphere.

Cause
In case of the WebShpere application server, the web.xml file needs to be modified in two different places instead of one as in the case of Tomcat.

Resolution
Modify thehome.jspfile
1. Back up the home.jsp file found here:
<WAS installed directory>\AppServer\profiles\<AppServer name>\installedApps\<Cell name>\<desktop.war application name>.ear\desktop.war\Infoview\main
2. Open thehome.jspfile in a text editor.
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3. Search forredirectOnDemandServicesand comment out following code:
<! — <tr>
<td class="homepage">
<a class="homepage" href="javascript:redirectOnDemandServices();" mce_href="javascript:redirectOnDemandServices();">
<fmt:message key="main.home.link.ondemand"/> </a> </td> </tr> –>
4. Search formain.home.bullet.ondemandand comment out following code:
<! — <tr>
<td class="homepage">
<br><li><fmt:message key="main.home.bullet.ondemand"/></li>
</td>
</tr> –>
5. Save the JSP file.

Modify theweb.xmlfiles
1. Stop WebSphere.
2. Back up theweb.xmlfiles found here:
<WAS installed directory>\AppServer\profiles\<AppServer name>\config\cells\<Cell name>\applications\<desktop.war application name>.ear\deployments\< desktop.war application name>\desktop.war\WEB-INF
and here:
<WAS installed directory>\AppServer\profiles\<AppServer name>\installedApps\<Cell name>\<desktop.war application name>.ear\desktop.war\WEB-INF
3. Open theweb.xmlfiles in a text editor.
4.Search forapp.supportondemandand change "true" to "false".
5. Restart WebSphere and log on to InfoView.

Keywords
Hide OnDemand icon on Websphere , 9092265