Dynamic Columns in Excel Template

Hi
I have a requirement to have dynamic columns. The number of columns are not fixed.
Please let me know if this is feasible.
Thanks
Arun

Hi
Thanks for the link.
Can you please send me an test email.
I will share you the expected output layout.
Thanks
Arun

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Hi ,
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Suppose I have table, whose structure changes frequently on daily basis.
For eg. desc my_table gives you following column name on Day 1
SQL > desc my_table;
Output
Name
Age
Phone
On Day 2, two more columns are added, viz, Address and Salary.
SQL > desc my_table;
Output
Name
Age
Phone
Address
Salary
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dataTemplate name="XYZ" description="iExpenses Report" Version="1.0">
<dataQuery>
<sqlStatement name="Q2">
<![CDATA[
SELECT Name
,Age
,Phone
FROM my_table
]]>
</sqlStatement>
</dataQuery>
<dataStructure>
<group name="G_my_table" source="Q2">
<element name="Name" value="Name" />
<element name="Age" value="Age" />
<element name="Phone" value="Phone" />
</group>
</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>
And my Day 1, EXCEL output from RTF template should be like this.
Name     Age     Phone
Swapnill     23     12345
For Day 2 my XML file should be like this. With 2 new columns selected in SELECT clause.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dataTemplate name="XYZ" description="iExpenses Report" Version="1.0">
<dataQuery>
<sqlStatement name="Q2">
<![CDATA[
SELECT Name
,Age
,Phone
,Address
,Salary
FROM my_table
]]>
</sqlStatement>
</dataQuery>
<dataStructure>
<group name="G_my_table" source="Q2">
<element name="Name" value="Name" />
<element name="Age" value="Age" />
<element name="Phone" value="Phone" />
<element name="Address" value="Address" />
<element name="Salary" value="Salary" />
</group>
</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>
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Name     Age     Phone     Address     Salary
Swapnill     23     12345         Madrid     100000
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Regards,
Swapnil K.
Message was edited by: SwapnilK

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I am able to fulfil above requirement. Now I am stuck at below point. Need your help!
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Hi,
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Hi,
Your saying in you excel sheet your entering the details.
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there are 3 records in excel sheet
one entry contains 5 columns of data
second entry contains only 2 columns of data
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100       AA      AA1         AA2        AA3
200       BB       BB2
300       CC       CC2           CC3
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Time: 0.078 sec.
FO Formatting failed.
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Dear SDN Experts,
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Hi friend,
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So for each t1 there will be one row with columns as scn entries which I select on interface.
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Edited by: pchawan on Jul 19, 2011 11:28 PM

Dynamic columns in RTF

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<COURSE_START_DATE>15-AUG-2009</COURSE_START_DATE>
<COURSE_END_DATE>19-AUG-2009</COURSE_END_DATE>
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