remote system name - grid property

[Wendy]

Good morning,
I want to populate a grid from a different partition on our system using the 'remote system name' property on the grid widget. There is nothing in documentation for database-driven grids on how to use this property even though it shows up in the picture explaining the use of a database file.

I cannot get this to work for me when using the system name of the partition I want to access. When I put that name in the field for 'remote system name' property, the 'database file' property continues to pull the schemas on the local partition.

I'd appreciate anyone's advice on how to use this property.

Wendy

[Wendy]

I don't know why the post put '***' in place of 'doc...' I can't find anything in the ProfoundUI doc for 'remote system property'.

[Scott Klement]

You supply the name of a remote database in that property, and it will use that database instead of the local one.

[Wendy]

Scott,
I guess I don't understand what the syntax should be, or perhaps I don't understand what the database name actually is, because I can't get the correct combination to work.

Thank you!
Wendy

[Wendy]

Scott,
I now know what the remote database name is of the partition I want to access. I had it correct initially, according to our system administrator.
Even when I enter the correct name of the Remote System Name, it continues to give me the schema on the local partition (not sure of terminology here) and doesn't return what is on the remote partition.

Wendy

[Scott Klement]

Unfortunately, the "remote database name" won't allow you to browse for files or fields in the Visual Designer. However, if you fill in the correct values by hand, it should work correctly at runtime.

[Scott Klement]

For example, on my IBM i partition, I can run this command:

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WRKRDBDIRE

This lists the databases that I've configured for remote access. On mine, I have one that's named "WATSONJR" -- which happens to be another LPAR. (Though, it could also be another IBM i computer that's available on the network, either one would work the same way.)

Then I set my properties like this:

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I have to manually fill-in the properties (I cannot use the "..." buttons to browse for files in the schema or fields in the file) But, I can just log onto a green-screen and use WRKF and DSPFFD to find the file/field names and key them into the blanks -- so, it's easy enough.

[Wendy]

Thank you Scott, this is perfect. I was in the process of doing just that to test, however I've been interrupted so I haven't yet gotten to see results yet.

Wendy

[sophiaabigail123]

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