Java - Trigger External Event

External Event Based job can be scheduled in Hyperion Portal Server, the key is to trigger the Event when the backend data loading is finished. The next code is about how to trigger the external event using Java method.

import com.sqribe.rm.*;
import java.util.Properties;
/*** example class for triggering an External event */

public class TriggerExternalEvent
{
public TriggerExternalEvent(String [] args)
{
try
{
Session session;
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// obtain a session connection
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
if (args.length < 5) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(); } else { session = SessionFactory.getInstance(args[0], args[1], args[2], new Integer(args[3]).intValue()); } System.out.println("connection established"); //---------------------------------------------------------------- // trigger external event //---------------------------------------------------------------- try { String EventName = args[4]; Scheduler sch = session.getScheduler(); ExternallyTriggeredEvent MyEvent = null; MyEvent = (ExternallyTriggeredEvent) .getExternallyTriggeredEvent(EventName); System.out.println("Event found..."); MyEvent.triggerETE(); System.out.println("Triggerred Event :: " + EventName); } catch (ReportMartException e) { System.out.println("Event not found"); e.printStackTrace(); } //---------------------------------------------------------------- // close the session when you no longer need it //---------------------------------------------------------------- session.close(); System.out.println("connection closed"); } catch (ReportMartException e) { System.out.println("connection could not be established"); e.printStackTrace(); } } /** * program entry point *

* @param String [] args - command line arguments
*/

public static void main(String [] args)
{
try
{
new TriggerExternalEvent(args);
}
catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.err.println("usage: TriggerExternalEvent ");
}
}
}