The following is a known issue in the WebFOCUS Environments area:

You can set global amper variables in the WebFOCUS Environments area, but you cannot save them. If you set a global amper variable in a procedure it will run, but if you create another procedure and run it to call the global amper variable, the following message appears:

0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 11 IN PROCEDURE MEMFEX FOCEXEC * (FOC295) A VALUE IS MISSING FOR: & COUNTRY

You can set and save global amper variables in the Projects area.

The following are known issues when using the create synonym feature:

• When you create a new synonym or business view in the Data Servers area of Developer Studio, and the Master Files folder under which you are creating the file is explored, the tools do not send a notification to Developer Studio to refresh the Master File list. If you right-click the right side of the Explorer tree and select Refresh, you can see the new Master File.
• When creating a new synonym through the Create Synonym dialog, the mouse pointer may remain in a busy state after clicking the Next button in one of the Create Synonym steps. However, the product may not actually be busy, and the pointer will change to a normal state if you perform a mouse click or move the mouse outside the area of the dialog where this is an issue.

When using the Synonym Editor to add dimensions to an existing Master File, some of the dimensions and fields added may not be visible when the file is reopened in the Modeling View of Synonym Editor, or when the file is used in Report Painter. To ensure that these dimensions are visible, open the Master File using the Text Editor and remove the lines at bottom of the file that start with the text HIERARCHY =.

The following are known issues associated with metadata:

• When using one of the Metadata tools, for example, the Create Synonym tool, you may experience an error condition when opening the tool if the timeout interval is reached. The type of error depends on the action being performed with the Metadata tool. To prevent these problems, you can increase the timeout interval value in the SESSION_EXPIRATION parameter of the HTTP Listener in the Web Console. After experiencing the problem, to continue using the tool, you must clear the cache (to delete the cookie) and increase the timeout interval.

  Note that there are cases where a message may not be displayed, for example, when trying to open a Master File in the Synonym Editor.

• The Refresh Synonym option in the Master Files context menu is currently not supported for SAP BW and SAP R/3 synonyms.
• FML Painter does not support SAP BW metadata with mandatory variables.
• When adding new WebFOCUS Environments to Developer Studio, or when adding Remote Servers, a message indicates that you should recycle your local Web and app server when attempting to use server-based tools, such as the Synonym Editor, Business View, or Create Synonym. This is done in order to clear information stored in the Developer Studio Reporting Server cache, and applies even when performing remote development, as these tools are launched from the local Developer Studio Reporting Server.

While using the Join tool, if you create a Where-based join with a parameter as a part of a Where condition you receive the message:

FOC295:A VALUE IS MISSING FOR:XXX

If you attempt to report against this join, a parsing error will occur in the Master File.

The following are known issues when working with graphs in Developer Studio:

• The Graph Assistant Selection Criteria options differ slightly in WebFOCUS and Developer Studio. WebFOCUS has the following expressions that Developer Studio does not:
  • IN a list of literals
  • NOT IN a list of literals
  • FROM-TO
  • NOT-FROM-TO

  These expressions are not currently supported in graph requests in Developer Studio.

• Graph requests that contain drill downs do not work for remote reporting and WebFOCUS Environments. If you use any type of drill down in a remote request, you will receive the message:

  Page cannot be displayed.

Some fonts may not change appearance after you change the default font style.

The following are known issues and enhancements for HTML Composer:

• In HTML Composer, you are unable to expand a single source tree control that is populated with a TOC-enabled or ODP-enabled report.
• When using HTML Composer from the Managed Reporting environment, if you change any of the Managed Reporting properties, such as the server or application settings, you will need to manually modify the HTML source code to reflect these changes.

As of Version 7 Release 7, if you do not enable the Show layout items only check box when you import an existing PDF report using the Import Existing Procedure option, a FOCUS error may be generated in the PDF Layout preview. Although the error appears in the PDF Layout preview, the PDF report runs correctly.

If you open the Procedure Viewer in the Managed Reporting area of Developer Studio and use the Command Password option to provide the password to access a Master File with DBA security, the setting is not applied. As a result, a user access error occurs if you execute a request in the Procedure Viewer against the Master File with DBA security or if you try to open any of the tools using that Master File. You can add the setting SET PASS=DBA_PASSWORD at the top of the procedure as an alternative.

You cannot run an Update Assist application when you right-click an HTML page and choose the Run on Reporting Server option. This option will be removed in a future release. However, you can still use the Run on Reporting Server option when you run an Update Assist Navigation page.