How to create a standard report that allows filtering?

Question

Hi Guys and Gals,
Sometimes, the standard report is great because it gives the user the feeling of a grid. i.e. All of the values are editable on one page, kind of like a spreadsheet. That is sometimes very useful. But if there is a lot of data, a filtering mechanism is necessary.
So will one of you Apex gurus please tell me how to create a standard report that also allows data filtering?
Allowing the user to specify the number of rows displayed would be peachy-keen too.
Thanks,
Kim
P.S. I'm running Apex 4.1 with Oracle 11g.

Answer 1

Kim2012 wrote:
Your idea sounds very promising, but I apparently need a nudge in the right direction. From "Create Page", I clicked on "Form" and then "Tabular Form". Why would you do this? The advice given was
create a standard report page using the Create New Page wizardi.e. go to Home > Application Builder > Application > Create Page and click Classic Report, this was suggested because the original post said:
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So will one of you Apex gurus please tell me how to create a standard report that also allows data filtering?
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Nothing about forms. Tabular Forms, Tabular Forms. Despite many enhancements over the last few versions, tabular forms still cause problems, especially for novices trying to go beyond their own competence and the built-in capabilities of wizard-generated tabular forms.
More good advice: Re: Newbie question-how does the tabular form work?  How to populate prim key? and—if based on decent database design—out of the box you have a usable and robust application. Use an Interactive Report or a custom report template and add some CSS and you can get something a lot more powerful, flexible and better looking than any tabular form. Spend the time you haven't wasted on frustrated hacking of tabular forms adding more features and enhancements to your app.