I am trying to use the tool here business objects query builder output
And there are virtually no examples, so I'm struggling to make it work. It produces no errors, but outputs no file in the directory where the batch file is, that I can see.
Here is the code inside querybuilder.bat:
set lib=c:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\java\lib
java -cp "querybuilder.jar;poi-3.8-20120326.jar;%lib%\*" org.bukhantsov.querybuilder.Program %*
Here is the code inside what I am running, which I've named RunQuery_ALLACTIVE.bat, except of course with my Server, Username, and Password changed for the purpose of this post.
I have this all on one line, with no line breaks.
querybuilder.bat -cms:SERVER -username:OURUSERNAME -password:OURPASSWORD -query:"SELECT * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS where SI_SCHEDULE_STATUS = 9 order by SI_NAME" -auth:windowsad -excel "Output.xls"
Can't tell if the - options go on different LINES ?
Can't tell if I'm supposed to put output file in quotes, or if it should be an existing file or not?
can't tell if for Windows AD (which we use), I would put "Windows AD" or WindowsAD, I'm assuming no spaces obviously.
Tons of unanswered questions on this tool - it LOOKS cool, but has anyone actually successfully used it? Can't really find comments or history on the 'net..
To answer your questions:
The options go on the same line, not on different ones
As Joe said, you'll need to specify the output file as -excel:"Output.xls"
If you want to use Windows AD, you'll probably need to specify secWinAD (case-sensitive).
If you're not sure about the command line options, I suggest you build up gradually: first only specify the required options, then add the optional ones one by one so you know which one is giving you problems.
Also, I noticed that the download page contains a version compiled for XI3.x and BI4. Make sure you use the correct version, corresponding to the version of BusinessObjects you're using. Also, verify the path in the batch file to see if it points to a valid folder containing the JAR files for the BusinessObjects environment.
Update:
I just noticed that the same author/developer created another application (GUI, not command line) that might be a bit easier to use. Have a look here.
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I'm writing a batch file to perform recurring operations with choice menu options etc...
but I got stuck on two points.
I tried to read up, but I don't know exactly how to ask questions using search engines.
I try to explain myself.
Problem 1
I need to copy files to a known location, I'd like the batch to stop at some point
and asked me the default source is D:, do you want to copy from here or elsewhere? if so, insert new path
Problem 2
I'm working on Windows .wim images, the command below, as you know, is used to export a single index of these images.
When this command is executed I would like it to stop and ask me if that 4 can go well, or if not
gave me the opportunity to enter another value.
dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:d:\Sources\install.wim /SourceIndex:4 /DestinationImageFile:C:\test\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity
At the moment I have not solved the problem.
I create many one-action .bat files which accept drag-and-drop, and just pass an appropriate switch to main executable. The problem with .bat files is that I cannot reliably handle ANY name that was passed to me!
People complain that my programs not working because of funny names in paths or files. Most common examples contain characters like ()%!& and very long names, etc.
I searched this issue and the answer is always escaping; but how in a world I would escape a string that comes to me by arguments, like %1? So far I used short 8.3 names form, "%~s1", until it failed me too…
My question is, should I stop using Windows batch scripts? since I still have to program for XP, I don’t want to even look at PowerShell (or any dependences to Python or any other scripting language).
I am currently facing an issue which I don't know how to fix. I got the following Julia code:
while true
print(watch_file("test"))
end
So this should get me all the file changes in the directory named "test". At least on windows.
Now thats all well and good, and it kinda works, at least for creating a file or moving a file to that directory. This is an example of what I get:
("New Textfile.txt",Base.FileEvent(true,false,false))
But when I delete or rename that file, I don't get the filename of the file deleted or renamed.
("",Base.FileEvent(true,false,false))
Is there a different method/function I can get the filename with, even when the file is deleted or renamed? Or even better, a way that archives this and is cross-platform-compatible? Any help appreciated.
EDIT: If you could give me an alternative that supports recursive monitoring, that would be even better.
In Linux, Julia 0.4.5 and 0.4.3 watch_file returns file name always. It is a very platform-dependent feature (like in Node.js https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_caveats) and only manual polling can be truly platform-independent solution.
I have a machine monitored by nagios that has the following line in nrpe.cfg
include_dir=/etc/nagios/cfgs/
The 'cfgs' dir consists of following files with various commands.
servers.cfg
database.cfg
regular.cfg
However, some commands are repeated among these cfg files but they differ in the arguments. Eg: check_disk command on database has different threshold and on servers have different threshold for the same command.
My question is: If there are multiple definitions of a command, which command is picked up by nrpe? Is there some way to identify it?
You generally can not have duplication in command names in your nrpe.cfg files - though no error is thrown if there are duplicates. I've had this happen before (accidentally) with very large configs, and nrpd has always chosen to use the very LAST matching command it found. In my case, being a single config file, it was always easy to spot the LAST matching command in the file. With many included files, this could be an issue. I believe it would load these files in alphabetical order with the include_dir command you provided.
In any case, I'd look for more unique names for these duplicates. Such as 'check_disk_db' for the one checking database disks. These names can be just about anything you want them to be - but remember to change them on the Nagios side as well. Using unique command names would make your life as a Nagios admin much easier.
As far as figuring out which is actually being used. You can turn on debugging. The debugging output doesn't include the file the command came from, but does show you what options were passed and exactly which actual commands where executed via the check command. This info should be enough to see which nrpe command was selected.
I have a strange file in my file system without the extension part. The filename is "15.". The weird thing is that it is not one of those without the dot part (like just "15"), but the one with the dot but no extension ("15.") -- it is literally an illegal filename in windows, and not sure how did it get created in the first place.
I know it is a text file and it is about 15KB in size; however, due to the weirdness in name, I can't open it with any application -- I've tried to open in notepad, wordpad, etc., have tried the 'type' command to spit it out on commans shell, tried to shell-open enclosing filename in quotes, and so on -- all methods result in a 'file not found' error except the notepad, which says '15.txt' is not found.
Due to the nature of the issue and the way search engines optimize the search, it is extemely hard to search for an answer in any of the search engines online. So, I just wanted to put this question out there and see if anybody had to deal with a similar issue and have found any way to rename the file or even to change the extension.
Filenames that are valid in NTFS but cannot be used from Windows can be created when accesing disks or shares from other operating systems like Linux.
If you don't have a Linux installation at hand, then get hold of a "live" CD, boot Linux, and change the filename.
That may sound like a hassle, but Windows-only solutions (moving stuff around, deleting the directory) are even worse.
Use REN: http://ss64.com/nt/ren.html
It is a command prompt command (run > cmd > cd wherever > ren 15. 15.txt )