How to generate a second csv file with different report columns selected?

Question

Hi. Everybody:
How to generate a second csv file with different report columns selected?
The first csv file is easy (report attributes -> report export -> enable CSV output Yes). However, our users demand 2 csv files with different report columns selected to meet their different needs.
(The users don't want to have one csv file with all report columns included. They just want to get whatever they need directly, no extra columns)
Thank you for any help!
MZ

Answer 1

Hello,
I'm doing it usually. Typically example would be in the report only the column "FIRST_NAME" and "LAST_NAME" displayed whereas
in the csv exported with the UTL_FILE the complete address (street, housenumber, additions, zip, town, state ... ) is written, these things are needed e.g. the form letters.
You do not need another page, just an additional button named e.g. "export_to_csv" on your report page.
The csv export itself is handled from a plsql procedure "stored procedure" ( I like to have business logic outside of apex) which is invoked by pressing the button "export_to_csv". Of course the stored procedure can handle also parameters
An example code would be something like
PROCEDURE srn_brief_mitglieder (
     p_start_mg_nr IN NUMBER,
     p_ende_mg_nr IN NUMBER
AS
export_file          UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
l_line               VARCHAR2(20000);
l_lfd               NUMBER;
l_dateiname          VARCHAR2(100);
l_datum               VARCHAR2(20);
l_hilfe               VARCHAR2(20);
CURSOR c1 IS
SELECT
MG_NR
,TO_CHAR(MG_BEITRITT,'dd.mm.yyyy') AS MG_BEITRITT ,TO_CHAR(MG_AUFNAHME,'dd.mm.yyyy') AS MG_AUFNAHME
,MG_ANREDE ,MG_TITEL ,MG_NACHNAME ,MG_VORNAME
,MG_STRASSE ,MG_HNR ,MG_ZUSATZ ,MG_PLZ ,MG_ORT
FROM MITGLIEDER
WHERE MG_NR >= p_start_mg_nr
AND MG_NR <= p_ende_mg_nr
--WHERE ROWNUM < 10
ORDER BY MG_NR;
BEGIN
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'yyyy_mm_dd' ) INTO l_datum FROM DUAL;
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'hh24miss' ) INTO l_hilfe FROM DUAL;
l_datum := l_datum||'_'||l_hilfe;
--DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ( l_datum);
l_dateiname := 'SRNBRIEF_MITGLIEDER_'||l_datum||'.CSV';
--DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ( l_dateiname);
export_file := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('EXPORTDIR', l_dateiname, 'W');
l_line := '';
--HEADER
l_line := '"NR"|"BEITRITT"|"AUFNAHME"|"ANREDE"|"TITEL"|"NACHNAME"|"VORNAME"';
l_line := l_line||'|"STRASSE"|"HNR"|"ZUSATZ"|"PLZ"|"ORT"';
     UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(export_file, l_line);
FOR rec IN c1
LOOP
     l_line :=  '"'||rec.MG_NR||'"';     
     l_line := l_line||'|"'||rec.MG_BEITRITT||'"|"' ||rec.MG_AUFNAHME||'"';
     l_line := l_line||'|"'||rec.MG_ANREDE||'"|"'||rec.MG_TITEL||'"|"'||rec.MG_NACHNAME||'"|"'||rec.MG_VORNAME||'"';     
     l_line := l_line||'|"'||rec.MG_STRASSE||'"|"'||rec.MG_HNR||'"|"'||rec.MG_ZUSATZ||'"|"'||rec.MG_PLZ||'"|"'||rec.MG_ORT||'"';          
--     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (l_line);
-- in datei schreiben
     UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(export_file, l_line);
END LOOP;
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(export_file);
END srn_brief_mitglieder;Edited by: wucis on Nov 6, 2011 9:09 AM