Query to find all text attachments for items

Question

I am using the query below to try to find all active items for my org that have an attachment of type 33 (something we have defined I believe) and contain specific text. Some of the items appear to meet all criteria (active, right category, etc) but do not show up in my results. Can someone please take a look and see if there is a join missing, an outer join that should be used, or an overall easier way to do this query and get the text information?
SELECT i.segment1 "Item Number",
i.description "Item Description",
u.user_name || ' (' || ppx.first_name || ' ' || ppx.last_name || ')' "Created By",
i.creation_date "Created Date",
to_number(r.revision) "Revision",
to_char(r.effectivity_date, 'MM/DD/YYYY') "Effectivity Date",
nvl(tx.short_text, '<No Drawing Info>') "Drawing Info / Attachment"
FROM apps.mtl_system_items_b i,
apps.mtl_item_revisions_b r,
apps.fnd_user u,
apps.per_people_x ppx,
apps.fnd_attached_documents ad,
apps.fnd_documents d,
apps.fnd_documents_tl t,
apps.fnd_documents_short_text tx
WHERE i.organization_id = 90 AND -- for MBE only
r.organization_id = 90 AND -- for MBE only
ad.pk1_value = 90 AND -- for MBE only
ad.entity_name = 'MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS' AND
(upper(tx.short_text) LIKE '%DWG%' OR
upper(tx.short_text) LIKE '%SIZE%' OR
upper(tx.short_text) LIKE '%DRAW%') AND
tx.short_text != 'DWG NONE' AND
d.document_id = t.document_id AND
t.source_lang = 'US' AND
t.LANGUAGE = 'E' AND
to_number(ad.pk2_value) = i.inventory_item_id AND
t.document_id = ad.document_id AND
tx.media_id = t.media_id AND
d.category_id = 33 AND
i.inventory_item_status_code = 'Active' AND
i.inventory_item_id = r.inventory_item_id AND
u.employee_id = ppx.person_id AND
u.user_id = i.created_by AND
to_number(r.revision) =
(SELECT MAX(to_number(r2.revision))
FROM apps.mtl_item_revisions_b r2
WHERE r2.inventory_item_id = i.inventory_item_id) AND
r.effectivity_date =
(SELECT MAX(r3.effectivity_date)
FROM mtl_item_revisions_b r3
WHERE r3.inventory_item_id = i.inventory_item_id)
GROUP BY i.segment1,
r.revision,
i.description,
u.user_name,
ppx.first_name,
ppx.last_name,
i.creation_date,
r.effectivity_date,
tx.short_text
ORDER BY i.segment1 ASC;
Thank you!
Message was edited by:
matt.schutz

Answer 1

There is no workbook/worksheet linkage to a business area. So you cannot search for a business area and find all the workbooks "attached" to that business area. The attachment of workbooks is at the folder level. It is actually possible, if you are sharing folders among business areas, to create a workbook with data from 2 or more business areas. I have tested that and it is indeed possible. In Discoverer Administrator you can check on folder dependencies to see what workbooks use the folder. Though in my version of Discoverer, there is a problem with Discoverer Plus, such that the workbook save in Plus is not creating this dependency information like it should. At least I have not found any way to take a business area and determine what workbooks would fall under it. Maybe someone else has found a way.
John Dickey