How to get Backend-system-info?

[Former Member]

Hi guys,

is it possible to get the backend-system-info like at Design Time in the left lower corner?

User, host, port....

Best regards,

Juri

[former_member206841]

Hi Juri,

I am using an extension "Script Box" to write javascript for getting hostname and port number from the URL .

In the attached video , based on the hostname , url to launch is altered as an example.

Is this approach closer to your requirement?

Thanks

Dinesh

[Karol-K]

Hi,

can you specify which host and port do you need? the BIP or BW server?

also, what is the reason for it - what can you then make with this information?

Karol

[Former Member]

Hi Karol,

I also found this information necessary. When I use Post Response Parser to send something to HANA xs engine, I need to know what system is used to decide what IP I should use.

Best regards,

Alfred

[MustafaBensan]

Hi Juri,

Can you be a little more specific?  What lower left corner do you mean?  On the design canvas?

Regards,

Mustafa.

[Former Member]

Sorry for my mistake, in the Design Studio there is a little button in the right lower corner where you can click on to get current system information.

I would like to know whether it is possible to read this information through the SDK or .ztl function

[MustafaBensan]

Hi Juri,

You can call the DataSource.getInfo().system and DataSource.getInfo().user BIAL API methods inside a ZTL function.  However, the DataSource.getInfo().system method only returns the back end system description but not the host or port information.

Regards,

Mustafa.

[Former Member]

Right

But I need host / port information

Regards,

Juri

[MustafaBensan]

The only other thought that comes to mind is to use the approach described by Reiner Hille-Doering in the blog post SDK Tips and Tricks: Resources and Images to obtain an SDK URL and parse the information from that.  However, I am not sure if the URL determined by this approach is a complete URL that includes host and port information.  You could give it a try though.

[Former Member]

Yes I think that is the only way to determine the system for now

[MustafaBensan]

Please post back your findings if you do try the URL approach.  I'd be interested to know if it returns the host and port information as per your requirement

[MustafaBensan]

Hi Juri,

If you haven't already resolved your issue of getting the backend host/port information, Jeroen van der A has proposed an SDK solution in response to the post API to get current BO server name.  It might be applicable to your scenario too.

Regards,

Mustafa.

[carlos_weffer]

Hi Juri

You could use bookmark functionality to obtain your server name from the url by applying a substring trick:

var bookmark = Bookmark.saveBookmark("URL");

var bobjserver = Bookmark.getBookmarkUrl(id).substring(7,20);

Cheers, Carlos