Attaching file along with Notification

Question

Hi,
I am looking for a way to attach a file (say a PDF or XLS file) to the workflow notification so the the recipient can open the file from the attachment. Is this possible?
The requirement is whenever a purchase requisition is raised, the requester will run a custom report that produces the on-hand quantity of all the items in the requisition in a PDF output. This file will be attached to the requisition and then he initiates for approval. The approval notification has to pick this attachment and should show it to the approver (either as an attachment or inline).
Is there a way in workflow notification to meet this requirement?
Expecting your guidance....
Best Regards,
Prasad Dhanakodi

Answer 1

Hey there,
I'd suggest you populate a dynamic URL link from the notification to the attachment in the DB.
When you attach a file say, "A380.jpg", you can find the document_id of that image using
query:
SELECT document_id
FROM fnd_documents_tl
WHERE file_name = 'A380.jpg'
output: document_id = 11807
Use this document_id to get the media_id of the file. Media_id is the actual file_id.
SELECT media_id
FROM fnd_documents_tl
WHERE document_id = 11807
output: media_id = 318949
Use the media_id in below query to get the file details.
SELECT file_id, file_name,file_content_type,file_data
FROM fnd_lobs
WHERE file_id = 318949
In this table, "FND_LOBS" you can find the BLOB column, "FILE_DATA" which stores the actual file.
If you want to show this file on a webpage, ie. if the user wants to see the image of the item
from a custom form for items,he can click a button on the form which will take him to a webpage
where he will be able to see the image.
For this, you can use the below query to get the url for the image:
SELECT fnd_gfm.construct_download_URL(fnd_web_config.gfm_agent,318929)
FROM dual
Aaron