Column based on LOV in a classic report

Question

In a classic report i want to display a value coming from an lov, based on the value of a column. I can't seem to make this work however, not even on apex.oracle.com. I too am on apex 4.1.
What i've tried is to set the column to display as text, based on lov. I've tried named static and dynamic lovs, and tried to supply an own lov definition, both static and dynamic. Even apex_item doesn't seem to work.
As a test, i has set this up on apex.oracle.com:
Classic report:
Region source:
select status, descr, apex_item.text_from_lov(status, 'lov_status') status2
from
select 15 status, 'test for status 1' descr from dual
union all
select 30 status, 'test for status 2' descr from dual
union all
select 45 status, 'test for status 3' descr from dual
Column attributes for column status:
Display As: Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)
List of Values -> Named LOV: LOV_STATUS
LOV_STATUS (shared components -> lists of values):
this is a static lov, with these values:
15;'Status One'
30;'Status Two'
45;'Status Three'
60;'Status Four'
(which could also be used as a non-named lov like: STATIC2:15;'Status One',30;'Status Two',45;'Status Three',60;'Status Four')
Both column status as status2 simply keep displaying their value, and not the 'display value' i'd expect coming from the lov.
I could use decode or case, yes. But using an lov keeps it cleaner, especially when there are more than 3 or 4 values, and could be reused in more reports.
Am i using or doing this wrong?

Answer 1

Hi Tom,
revert the order of your LOV items ( so first description and then ID ),
like for example :
STATIC2:'Status One';15,'Status Two';30,'Status Three';45,'Status Four';60
That does the trick ( tried it ).
If you want to see an example check page 2 of the only app on apex.oracle.com
WS : bklerk
User : demo
PWD : demo123
Regards
Bas