About Parameter Form

suppose i had two databases. A&B
application use the database A.
i want to use database B for reports calling from application which is using database A.
I want to use seprate database for reports.
Thank's in advance..............

The Run_Report built-in automatically passes the connect information to Reports.
You can use the web.show_document built-in to call the reports servlet directly and pass the userid string to connect to the other database.
Be aware that the url will contain the plain password. If you want to use web.show_document for running reports in a more secure way you have to read this article:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/pdf/10g/frmwebshowdoc_rep.pdf

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About html parameter form

Hi Guys,
if i put the code as below in the before form value
<html>
<body bgcolor="#29716F">
<form method=post action="http://localhost/reports/rwservlet?">
<input name="hidden_run_parameters"
type=hidden value="report=account_statement.rdf&userid=scott/tiger@ora10&desformat=pdf&destype=Cache">
<center>
<p><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr>
<td><input type=submit></td>
<td width=15>
<td><input type=reset></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><hr><p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
the html parameter form works file ,it can take the user parameters into report output.
but if i put this code in after form value
it doesn't work, can not pass user parameters into output.
Actually, i just want to move submit and reset buttons down, let them are displayed after customized parameter form.
anybody has idea about this? Thanks in advance.
Appcat
Message was edited by:
user577805

Hello,
To display the buttons "Submit" and "Reset" at the bottom of the Parameter Form, just put the lines
<input type=submit>
<input type=reset>
just before the tag </form>
Example of "After Form Value" :
<table><tr>
<td><input type=submit></td>
<td width=15>
<td><input type=reset></td>
</tr></table>
</center>
</body>
</form>
</html>
Regards

XML Publisher report in EBS - Parameter Form Problem

Hi,
XML Publisher is a very powerful tool for report developing.
In EBS, we have some efficient issue for showing the parameter form when submit a concurrent program.
If the report is D2K Report or PL/SQL script, when submit a request, it almost shows the parameter form immediately after entering the name of the concurrent program.
But if the report output is XML and generate report using XML Publisher, it takes about 1 minutes to show the parameter form.
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Best regards,
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Hi All,
Is there any suggestion, for the issue that t takes long time to show the parameter form?
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Rep-52005 error when running a report from form with parameter form

I am trying to run a report from a web deployed form and this report has a parameter form. I am getting a Rep-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
I am using Oracle Forms/Reports 10.1.2.0.2. My code is below. The first part works fine where I run a report with no parameter form, but the second part when I have a parameter form gets the about error.
PROCEDURE call_report (
p_report_name VARCHAR2,
p_reportobj_name VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
p_parameter_list paramlist DEFAULT NULL,
p_parameter_string VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
IS
repid report_object;
v_rep VARCHAR2 (100);
rep_status VARCHAR2 (100);
v_report_url VARCHAR2 (240);
v_interface VARCHAR2 (50);
v_report_parameter VARCHAR2 (1);
vc_user_name VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_password VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_connect VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_connect VARCHAR2 (300);
v_reportserv VARCHAR2 (30);
v_job_number number;
BEGIN
/* Get the database to run the report against and
find out if the report has any parameters */
SELECT report_parameter_flag
INTO v_report_parameter
FROM program_list
WHERE program_type = 'REPORTS'
AND UPPER (screen_id) = UPPER (p_report_name);
vc_user_name := get_application_property (username);
vc_user_password := get_application_property (password);
vc_user_connect := get_application_property (connect_string);
v_reportserv := 'rep_xxxx_ias10g_home';
v_report_url := 'http://xxxx.state.il.us';
v_job_number := length(v_reportserv) +2;
vc_connect :=
vc_user_name
|| '/'
|| vc_user_password
|| '@'
|| vc_user_connect;
v_interface := get_application_property (user_interface);
IF ( v_interface = 'WEB'
AND v_report_parameter = 'N'
THEN
repid := find_report_object(p_reportobj_name);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_comm_mode, synchronous);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_destype, cache);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_desformat, 'pdf');
-- v_reportserv := get_report_object_property (repid,report_server);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_server, v_reportserv);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_other, p_parameter_string);
v_rep := run_report_object (repid);
rep_status := report_object_status (v_rep);
IF rep_status = 'FINISHED'
THEN
web.show_document (
v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet/getjobid='
|| substr(v_rep,v_job_number)
|| '?server='
|| v_reportserv
,'_blank'
ELSE
message ( rep_status
|| 'Report output aborted');
END IF;
ELSIF ( v_interface = 'WEB'
AND v_report_parameter = 'Y'
THEN
repid := find_report_object (p_reportobj_name);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_comm_mode, synchronous);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_destype, cache);
set_report_object_property (repid, report_desformat, 'pdf');
set_report_object_property (repid, report_server, v_reportserv);
set_report_object_property (
repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet'
v_rep := run_report_object (repid);
rep_status := report_object_status (v_rep);
IF rep_status = 'FINISHED'
THEN
web.show_document (
v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet/getjobid='
|| substr(v_rep,v_job_number)
|| '?server='
|| v_reportserv
,'_blank'
ELSE
message ( rep_status
|| 'Report output aborted');
END IF;
ELSE
run_product (
reports,
p_report_name,
synchronous,
runtime,
filesystem,
p_parameter_list,
NULL
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
message (SQLERRM);
END;
My parameter form comes up and I enter the necessary information and hit submit query button. Then I get the Rep-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
Shellie Bricker

Your code seems to be implementing metalink note 139546.1 - Using Reports parameter forms with RUN_REPORT_OBJECT on the web.
For what I can see, the P_ACTION parameter should end in ?...
i.e.
P_ACTION=http://<hostname.domain:port>/reports/rwservlet?'
set_report_object_property (
repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet?'
);If this does not fix your problem, then to troubleshoot further you would have to post the code in your Before Parameter Form trigger of your report.
Hope this helps,
UPDATE:
If the above does not fix your problem, my guess is that report name is not being generated in the hidden runtime values build by the code in the Before Parameter Form trigger.
i.e.
http://localhost:8889/reports/rwservlet?report=&destype=cache&desformat=PDF
The above code will throw error REP-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
Edited by: Rodolfo Ferrari on Jul 8, 2009 9:43 PM

Values in one field based on another field in the paper parameter form.....

Hi All,
I have two fields in the parameter form. One named 'employee number' and the other named 'document number'. Now, there are multiple document numbers for every employee. I'd like the document numbers to be displayed automatically as an LOV or would like to give the user some help when the employee number is entered manually. Please let me know if this is possible in Oracle reports. I read somewhere that I'll have to call the values from the form. if that is the case. then please let me know how to go about it....
Regards,
Shri

Hi Hari,
Considering both Market Segment and Application fields are dropdown,
1) define an event for the first dropdown in the get_p method ie., Market Segment field
2) In the get_v method of the second dropdown get the value of hte 1st dropdown and filter your field accordingly
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Oracle Reports 10.1.2.3 output shows question marks, parameter form shows correct Arabic

Hi
Following is our environment
Oracle Application Server     10.1.2.3.0
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
Oracle Database 11.2.0.2.0
NLS_LANG     AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256
When client runs the report on browser (IE), the parameter form appears fine with Arabic characters.
Inserting the parameters in Arabic also look fine and characters display in Arabic but when report is generated, the output shows the inserted parameters as ????
On server, regional settings are ALL Arabic. Also the registry has NLS_LANG setting of AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256.
Report output is same for both html and pdf formats. For PDF subetting, uifont.ali file has been modified but the issue does not seem to be PDF related since the html format reports also shows ???
It is a 3 tier setup hence there is no question of having NLS_LANG registry settings for client PCs that are running Windows OS with Arabic regional settings that match the server.
Interestingly, the same report when run from a different application server having same architecture runs fine. The other application server has exact same version of OAS. Database supports Arabic and is configured as such.I tried comparing the different configuration files on both servers but apparently I cannot find the place where I should change something for the reports to show correct Arabic.
SELECT * FROM NLS_PARAMETERS
WHERE parameter IN ('NLS_CHARACTERSET','NLS_LANGUAGE');
NLS_LANGUAGE
AMERICAN
NLS_CHARACTERSET
AR8MSWIN1256
I am writing this after doing quite some research but seems like I am unable to find a solution to this.
Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you Paul for your reply.
I think you misunderstood me. I understand that it is all volunteer work and I never said I was looking for "quick" or "sure" response. I did not even use the words IMMEDIATE or URGENT in my post. I found it strange because I personally believe that there are many volunteers providing great support to others and yet my post somehow went unnoticed. In my personal opinion, however, if you do not wish to reply then you should just ignore rather than being rude. No one can force anyone to do the good work that people are doing here at oracle forums and they are all doing this out of choice. Let me also assure you that me and people like myself really appreciate their efforts.
Having said that, I wish you had taken time to read about my issue. There is infact a registry setting that specifies the NLS_LANG and it is already set under both Infrastructure and Middle Tier in the registry. I mentioned it earlier. The value is AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256 and I believe this is correct for Arabic characters.
What is confusing for me is the fact that if browser was not capable of showing Arabic characters then the static Arabic words in the reports layout (field name for instance) would also show as garbage or question marks. They appear to be fine. Since we are just passing some parameters in Arabic language and not saving anything in the database, the DB characterset does not come into play for now. Although the DB characterset is also set to store Arabic data. We are displaying the parameters that we are passing through the parameter form in the output of the report and this is where we see question marks (????).
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http://appserver1/reports/rwservlet?admin/myreport           (connecting to db1)    works fine
http://appserver2/reports/rwservlet?admin/myreport          (connecting to db1)     show question marks
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Any help will be appreciated.

Parameter form not displaying in 9i reports. Works fine in 6i!!

Parameter form does not show up with any options mentioned in the cgicmd.dat.
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In 6i reports destype=cache shows the report output on screen but in 9i it doesn't, the report just sits in the cache dir of reports on the middle tier.
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How to Change the display format of Parameter form in HTML

I have created a parameter form to allow user to choose the parameter values before printing the report. The parameter which will display in the web-browser has its own predefined format. How am i going to change this format? eg. changing the Background color, table background color, put in some pictures, set the alignment of the text and fields....
Now I am able to change the header and footer. I can put in the company logo in the header by changing the report escape - Before form value and the footer in the report escape - after form value. How about the body which all the boilet text and fields will be display here? I need to change the alignment, the table background color and the text style and format also... where should i change this?
Thanks

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Dear Oracle Users' Group:
I have problem with "Parameter Form" in Oracle Report.
The Report that I created has the SQL:
"SELECT A.FIELD1, A.FIELD2
FROM MYDATABASE.MYTABLE A
WHERE
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When the report is run, it asks for the parameter
and generates the report based on the runtime
parameter. Works perfect on Oracle8i database's
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====================
General Information
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Comments:
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Initial Value:
Validation Trigger:
List of Values:
(For the list of values, I have put the SQL:
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MYDATABASE.MYTABLE A", Also I had
tried with list of fixed values like A, B, C)
Web Setting
Additional Attributes (HTML):
================
But the report does NOT work when called from the Web.
(This is only because of the problem with this Parameter
Form in my report. If I get rid of the parameter form by
changing the last line of my SQL to: "A.FIELD1 = 'Chicago'",
it works fine from the Web).
When accessed the report from the Web, the error I get
is:
Oracle Reports Server CGI - Report Job has terminated with this error.
Reports Server Replies:
REP-0788: Warning: The value of restricted LOV parameter P_1 is not among the selectable values.
I do not know what is the error with this simplest Parameter Form based Report!!
In the Property Palette (above) of the Field, there was a field named "Additional Attributes (HTML)"
under "Web Setting" heading.
Do I need to write something there!!
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thanks.
kimmy

Hi, Kimmy
Try: &paramform=yes]http://webserver.com:80/dev60cgi/rwcgi60.exe?server=repserver&report=rep1&userid=scott/tiger@orcl&destype=cache&desformat=htmlcss&paramform=yes
I've also sent you an email about key maps.
Enjoy! Web Reporting is a great feature.
Pedro.

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Thats what I was worried about.
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Hi ..
I want to create a report from a view,and that view would create after parameter form of that
report.
Example..
I want to select max(sal) of each Dept.where employee hired between 1-jan-2007 and 31-jul-2007'
I want when i Passes dates in Parameter FOrm
a view i.e select empno,deptno,sal, from emp created.
that means that view contains only data about that certain period
SO in Report Query i can write
select deptno,max(sal) from vw_employee
group by deptno.
This is just an example....my real problem is very hard and only can be done by doing create a view as per given dates in Report Parameter Form.
Waiting for Reply
Regards
Danish Hayder

Wrong ideea.
You should have the parameters in the report's query:
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Why do you want to create a view in the report, seeing that it's best to use parameters.
Moreover, think that the oracle user running the report would have to have the priviledges to create views, which may not be good security policy.
Still, if you insist on creating the view when running the report, then you'd better create the view from a stored procedure, that would receive as parameter the SQL select for creating the view.
So, you'd have the stored procedure:
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begin
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I've created a form and loaded it to the server repository via Form Manager. Now I can access it in my browser like this:
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Without Showing Parameter Form !!!!!!!

To who may concern,,,,
I have designed an oracle form and a button to print the oracle report. Is there possible to avoid showing the parameter form and the button directly print the report.
A piece of source code is appreciated.
Thank's in advance
Best regards

pass a parameter to report
PARAMFORM=NO
this will stop the parameter form from showing.
To have the report directly printed use
DESFORMAT=PRINTER.
Check the online help for information about how to pass parameters from forms to reports.

Passing Parameters into Parameter Forms

I am having a bit of difficulty trying to get a parameter form to display and the report to execute properly with an additional parameter defined in the url.
Here is the applicable line in cgicmd.dat file...
key: report=test3.rdf server=xxxx userid=xxxx/xxxx@xxxx destype=cache desformat=htmlcss P_group_no=%1 %P
I then try to open this webpage...
http://server/cgi-bin/rwcgi60.exe?key+10
With the %P setting on the Parameter Form page is displayed as it should and the appropriate form parameter is populated with a 10. However when I go execute the form it displays the following message.
Oracle Reports Server CGI - Error occurred while parsing the Reports Server command line.
If I remove the %P parameter and pass in the same argument list then the report display properly. Additionally if I try to run the report with the %P, but without the P_group_no=%1, letting that be defined in the parameter form it also works fine.
Anyone have any suggestions?
-Gregory Buchholz
[email protected]

How about using paramform=yes in you url and just giving a default value to the parameter you want in the report definition?

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