Help Creating A Link In An IR Report Passing The Value From A Different Col

Question

Version 4.0.2.00.07
Hello,
I have an Interactive Report with a column that I need to create a link on but I need to pass the value of another column.
This report shows the Features of a particular Release. There is a select list for the Release that is selected and executes the report.
There is a column that indicates whether the Feature has a Commitment attached to it. If there is have that a link to another report that shows all the Commitments for that Feature by passing the FEATURE_ID which is also a column on the Feature report.
Query:
SELECT
      ,CASE WHEN ft.feature_id IN (SELECT cc.feature_id
                                   FROM customer_commitments cc
                                   WHERE ft.feature_id = cc.feature_id
                                  ) THEN 'Yes' ELSE 'No'
       END "Commitment Exists"
          ,ft.feature_id
FROM ....If "Commitment Exists" has a 'Yes', the 'Yes' is a link that will pass the FEATURE_ID to another report that will show the Commitments for that Feature. If the "Commitment Exists" has a 'No' then no link.
I was also wondering if the Commitment report could open in a seperate window and make it modal?
I hope this is clear and someone could help me.
Please let me know if it's not clear or more information is needed.
Thanks,
Joe

Answer 1

To accomplish this I would build the link as part of the value. So if Yes the Yes itself would be a link, if No is simply text as today.
It would look something like this:
SELECT
      ,CASE WHEN ft.feature_id IN (SELECT cc.feature_id
                                   FROM customer_commitments cc
                                   WHERE ft.feature_id = cc.feature_id
       THEN
        '<a href="f?p=&APP_ID.:NEW_PAGE:&SESSION.::::Pn_FEATURE_ID:' || ft.feature_id || '">Yes</a>'
       ELSE
        'No'
       END "Commitment Exists"
          ,ft.feature_id
FROM ....One problem with this approach is when you export the report (as a CSV for example). There are a few ways to handle this, one is to simply duplicate the column with clear text yes and no and set this column to be included on export and only visible on export. The other column, with the link, set it to no export.
The other option is to add another condition on the REQUEST value.
SELECT
      ,CASE WHEN ft.feature_id IN (SELECT cc.feature_id
                                   FROM customer_commitments cc
                                   WHERE ft.feature_id = cc.feature_id
       THEN
              decode(:REQUEST, 'CSV', 'Yes'
            , '<a href="f?p=&APP_ID.:NEW_PAGE:&SESSION.::::Pn_FEATURE_ID:' || ft.feature_id || '">Yes</a>'
       ELSE
        'No'
       END "Commitment Exists"
          ,ft.feature_id
FROM ....It seems that the link itself is getting replaced with a #. The link would look something like this:
'f?p=&APP_ID.:NEW_PAGE:&SESSION.::::Pn_FEATURE_ID:' || ft.feature_id
Hope this helps.
Oh and of course, in order for the link to display you need to change the Display Type to "Standard Report Column" otherwise the HTML will be escaped.
Thanks
-Jorge