About place holder columns in reports

hi gurus,
i want to know about
place holder columns,
lexical parameters,
matrix reports
in reports with some common examples
can any one guide me to do this..
any help is highly appreciated..
please reply...

hi
this is forms forum plz post your thread on Report forum. hope you will get prompt answer...
sarah

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To make it simple , let us say I have a requirement to retrieve the address of an employee(address line 1,address line 2, city,country)
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<parameters>
<parameter name="P_ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID" dataType="number" />
</parameters>
<dataQuery>
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<![CDATA[
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,PAAPRV.payroll_action_id payroll_action_id
,PAAPRV.run_assignment_action_id run_assignment_action_id
,PAAPRV.run_payroll_action_id run_payroll_action_id
,PAAPRV.person_id person_id
,PAAPRV.full_name full_name
,PAAPRV.last_name surname
,PAAPRV.assignment_id assignment_id
,PAAPRV.business_group_id business_group_id
,PAAPRV.assignment_number assignment_number
,PAAPRV.registered_employer legal_employer
,PAAPRV.abn abn
,PAAPRV.grade grade
,PAAPRV.payroll_id payroll_id
,PAAPRV.time_period_id time_period_id
,PAAPRV.period_start_date period_start_date
,PAAPRV.period_end_date period_end_date
,TO_CHAR(PAAPRV.period_start_date,'DD-Mon-YYYY') period_start_display
,TO_CHAR(PAAPRV.period_end_date,'DD-Mon-YYYY') period_end_display
,PAAPRV.period_number || ' ' || TO_CHAR(PAAPRV.period_end_date,'YYYY') period_number
,TO_CHAR(PTP.regular_payment_date,'DD-Mon-YYYY') pay_date
,PAAPRV.date_earned date_earned
,PAAF.ass_attribute2 legacy_position
,HR_GENERAL.DECODE_LOOKUP('EMPLOYEE_CATG',PAAF.employee_category) paypoint
,PPB.name salary_basis
,PAAF.people_group_id people_group_id
,PAAF.collective_agreement_id cagr_id
FROM pay_au_asg_payment_runs_v PAAPRV
,per_time_periods PTP
,per_all_assignments_f PAAF
,per_pay_bases PPB
WHERE PAAPRV.time_period_id = PTP.time_period_id
AND PAAPRV.assignment_id = PAAF.assignment_id
AND PAAF.pay_basis_id = PPB.pay_basis_id
AND PAAPRV.date_earned BETWEEN PAAF.effective_start_date AND PAAF.effective_end_date
AND PAAPRV.assignment_action_id = :P_ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID
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<sqlStatement name="Q_EARNINGS_DEDUCTIONS">
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<group name="G_PAYMENT_RUN" source="Q_PAYMENT_RUN">
<element name="assignment_action_id" value="assignment_action_id"/>
<element name="payroll_action_id" value="payroll_action_id"/>
<element name="run_assignment_action_id" value="run_assignment_action_id"/>
<element name="run_payroll_action_id" value="run_payroll_action_id"/>
<element name="person_id" value="person_id"/>
<element name="full_name" value="full_name"/>
<element name="surname" value="surname"/>
<element name="assignment_id" value="assignment_id"/>
<element name="business_group_id" value="business_group_id"/>
<element name="assignment_number" value="assignment_number"/>
<element name="legal_employer" value="legal_employer"/>
<element name="abn" value="abn"/>
<element name="grade" value="grade"/>
<element name="payroll_id" value="payroll_id"/>
<element name="time_period_id" value="time_period_id"/>
<element name="period_start_date" value="period_start_date"/>
<element name="period_end_date" value="period_end_date"/>
<element name="period_start_display" value="period_start_display"/>
<element name="period_end_display" value="period_end_display"/>
<element name="period_number" value="period_number"/>
<element name="pay_date" value="pay_date"/>
<element name="date_earned" value="date_earned"/>
<element name="legacy_position" value="legacy_position"/>
<element name="paypoint" value="paypoint"/>
<element name="salary_basis" value="salary_basis"/>
<element name="people_group_id" value="people_group_id"/>
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<element name="input_value_id" value="input_value_id"/>
<element name="classification_name" value="classification_name"/>
<element name="amount_elements" value="amount_elements"/>
<element name="sort_order_elements" value="sort_order_elements"/>
<element name="sort_order_name " value="sort_order_name "/>
<element name="earnings_count" value="earnings_count"/>
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AS
P_TEST NUMBER;
P_ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID NUMBER;
FUNCTION BEFORE_REPORT RETURN BOOLEAN;
FUNCTION RETURN_TEST RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION RETURN_TEST1 RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION RETURN_TEST2 RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION CALC_VALUES(element_type_id number) RETURN NUMBER;
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P_TEST2 NUMBER;
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IS
BEGIN
P_TEST := 2;
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG,'From Before Report');
RETURN(TRUE);
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FUNCTION RETURN_TEST RETURN NUMBER
IS
BEGIN
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RETURN(P_TEST);
END RETURN_TEST;
FUNCTION CALC_VALUES(element_type_id number) RETURN NUMBER
IS
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p_test1 := null;
p_test2 := null;
if ( element_type_id = 67772 ) then
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P_TEST2 := 7;
elsif (element_type_id = 67804 ) then
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P_TEST2 := 11;
end if;
RETURN(1);
END CALC_VALUES;
FUNCTION RETURN_TEST1 RETURN NUMBER
IS
BEGIN
RETURN(P_TEST1);
END RETURN_TEST1;
FUNCTION RETURN_TEST2 RETURN NUMBER
IS
BEGIN
RETURN(P_TEST2);
END RETURN_TEST2;
END XXLCPAY_ONLINEPAYSLIP_PKG;
/

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I heard at an Oracle conference that BI Publisher running on a 4 CPU box can handle 120,000 reports an hour. Impressive huh? What this also means is that you probably don't want to put it onto your 4-CPU application server and that a smaller 2-CPU server will more than likely suffice.
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