Custom reports issue

Question

Hello,
Grid Controle 11.1.0.1 on 11.2.0.1 database
OS: SLES10 64 bit
There are Standard Reports in Oracle Grid Control, not only in Grid 10g , also in my 11g version.
For example the report:
Availabilty History (Group)
shows nice icons for 'Up' and 'Down'. If you examine how this element is being created, it is a Table from SQL. The icon column is a value: 1, 2, 3, etc. There is NO obvious way i see that this value is translated into the icon.
If we copy the sql statement into a custom report, we don't see icons, but the values. Some way the value should be translated into the icon. HOW?
If we 'create like' the report into a custom report, the icons are shown!
If I add elements from different out-of-the-box reports to my custom report, the icons are lost.
How to fix this?

Answer 1

Hello,
well, your question is a very good one!
I did myself the following test:
"create like" a new report of my own from the "Availability History (Group)" report.
Then, in this new report, I have deleted all but the "Member Summary" section, where icons are displayed instead of values.
To conclude, I have exported this report in the XML format: emcli export_report -title="Availability History 2" -owner="******" -output_file="/tmp/Availability History 2.xml"
the delete from the Grid and reimport it: emcli import_report -title="Availability History 2" -owner="******" -files="/tmp/Availability History 2.xml"
I have checked that the icons are still displayed in the imported report, thus the XML file contains everything that is required.
Here is the file content:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<ReportDefinition title="Availability History 2" description="EMR_Availability_Reports_Member_Desc" system_report="0" category="IPMSG_MONITORING_CATEGORY" sub_category="IPMSG_BPEL_REPORTS_SUBCATEGORY" show_navigation="1" generate_context="0" add_toc="0" product_name="EM" is_jit_multi_target="0" target_type="composite" is_jit_target="1" style="BLAF" oms_version="10.2.0.5.0" xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/DataCenter/ReportDefinition">
<ReportWideParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodParam" parameterValue="0:0"/>
<ReportWideParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodOption" parameterValue="true"/>
<ReportWideParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodUserCust" parameterValue="true"/>
<ReportElement element_row="3" suppress_render="0" element_name_nlsid="IPMSG_USER_TABLE_FROM_SQL" header_nlsid="EMR_Member_Summary" element_type_nlsid="IPMSG_ANY_TARGET_TYPE" element_order="0">
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.numRowsToShow" parameterValue="10"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.resourceBundle" parameterValue="oracle.sysman.resources.eml.ip.OOTBResourceBundle"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.initialSortColumn" parameterValue="1"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.sqlStatementIsPlSql" parameterValue="false"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.availabilityStatusColumn" parameterValue="2"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.initialSortOrder" parameterValue="ascending"/>
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.sqlStatement" parameterValue="SELECT C.target_name TARGET_ID, C.type_display_name TYPE_ID
,DECODE (A.availability_status,'Target Down','0','Target Up','1','Metric Error','2',
'Agent Down','3','Unreachable','4','Blackout','5','Pending/Unknown','6','n/a') STATUS_ID
FROM mgmt$availability_current A, mgmt$target_flat_members B, mgmt$target C
WHERE B.aggregate_target_guid = ??EMIP_BIND_TARGET_GUID??
and A.target_guid(+) = B.member_target_guid
and B.member_target_guid = c.target_guid
ORDER BY C.type_display_name,C.target_name"/>
</ReportElement>
</ReportDefinition>
In my opinion, what is important is the line:
<ReportElementParameters parameterName="oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TableRender.*availabilityStatusColumn*" parameterValue="2"/>
which is documented here => http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/em.102/b16246/info_pub.htm
I have no solution for you to specify this in the GUI, BUT, you are still able to design your report using the GUI (and thus display values instead of icons) and when your report is completed, you export the report, insert the line above and reimport the report.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Noel Talard
Edited by: N TALARD on Nov 16, 2010 8:36 AM