Custom substitution strings in custom report layout (XSL-FO)

I copied the default generic column report layout (XSL-FO) and made my own template. Everything worked except that I would need to pass some of my custom substition strings to the XSL-FO template. For example, I had a subsitution string named PDF_HEADER_TITLE. I could not simply hard-code it as &PDF_HEADER_TITLE. because it would fail to generate the pdf file. Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?
Thanks.
Andy

Hey Smitha Mohan,
In fact SAP BW MDX supports limited string manipulation and only with NAME and UNIQUENAME attributes.
Here are some samples that you can use in universes:
MID([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.NAME,1,4)
LEFT([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.NAME,2)
RIGHT([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.NAME,3)
MID([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.UNIQUENAME ,1,4)
LEFT([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.UNIQUENAME ,2)
RIGHT([0COSTELMNT].currentmember.UNIQUENAME ,3)
Use them along with Concate()
Hope it should solves the req.
Gracias...!!
Let's play with Aurora (BO XI 4.0)
Edited by: BOCP-BOE on Oct 28, 2010 3:10 PM

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<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN2.FIELD#></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN3.FIELD#></TD>
so #COLUMN1.FIELD# must be some kind of array, but I am not finding any documentation anywhere on how to reference the individual values. All I need is the very first value of the COLUMN1 variable. Once I have that value, I can put it where I need it, but I can't get at that value, just the array.
I have searched portal center, the app server documentation, html documentation. I have googled everything I could think of, but came up with nothing. I found a similar question on this forum, but no one responded with an answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Helen,
The best way for your case is to use a content folder and customize it whichever way you like.
however, your question is about reports. the problem in reports is this that you have to use just one single query and the layout of the results of this query are displayed in a peculiar way.
anyway. something similar but not exactly the same as what you wanted do is the following.
use a query like the following: (with a union in between)
SELECT COLUMN1,NULL , NULL ,NULL ,NULL
FROM my_source_table
WHERE myCriteria LIKE 'SoAndSo%'
UNION
SELECT NULL,COLUMN2 , COLUMN3, COLUMN4, COLUMN5
FROM my_source_table
WHERE myCriteria LIKE 'SoAndSo%'
---------- Now, have the following codes in the layout segments:

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="20%" align="center">

<tr align="center">
<td><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="30%" align="center">
<tr align="center">
<TH><#COLUMN1.FIELD#></TH>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN2.FIELD#></TD>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN3.FIELD#></TD>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN4.FIELD#></TD>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN5.FIELD#></TD>
</tr>

<TR><TD></TD></TR>
this should produce a report with a table structure (you may see the whole if you give BORDER="1" in the main table tag). Within this table, the first column of the first row should be showing top-leftmost column value once (COLUMN1 value) and then the next rows would show last four column values as a table block on the right-bottom part.
with kind regards,
naqvi

Reports Layout- storing custom report layouts that aren't FOP/RTF

I am actually setting up a similar environment to the supported FOP processor, but with a JasperReports custom j2ee web application (WAR).
I am having some degree of success. Instead of relying on passing user/pass for a JDBC connection, I have reports mapped by XML elements. The reports just pick up off of the document already being sent with the xPath record root at /DOCUMENT/REGION/ROWSET/ROW.
I have planned on saving the jrxml reports as Report Layouts into APEX, so that the templates are also saved directly with the application and sent with the request, making the server side more of a dumb processor.
I have had some success in this setup except for what looks like one issue.
It appears that the jrxml remains intact on the upload, verified by viewing the CLOB contents of WWV_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS.PAGE_TEMPLATE.
I was going to say that it appeared that the "+" characters were being stripped, but after starting up my packet sniffer, it appears that is is actually because the fields (xml, template, etc) are not url_encoded prior to transmission. They are getting to the OC4J server, but not read correctly by the default HttpServletRequest.
I realize that should this remain consistant, I can call the .Reader of the request object and actually pick up the POST parameters manually.
Question:
Is there anyway that this could be corrected in a future release, patch, or is there a way I can modify this behavior?
Am I the only one who has seen this or does anyone suspect I have done something wrong in my setup?
-Richard
Configuration
OS: Windows Vista 32bit
Database: 10gR2 XE
APEX: 3.2.0.00.27
OC4J: JDev 10.1.3.4 (running in debug)
Edited by: rwendel on Aug 5, 2009 1:48 AM - Added Configuration
Edited by: rwendel on Aug 5, 2009 12:15 PM - Shameless mid-day bump

I guess I have further confirmed this, by manually setting the particular character, "+" to its URL encoded equivalent "%2B" in the table WWW_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS. After this, on receipt of the object at the Java receiver, it is formatted correctly. Furthermore, the getReader or getInputStream of the HttpServletRequest doesn't help because at this point it is empty.
I figure if all else fails, I can put a dreaded trigger on to the WWV_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS, or an after the fact process to URL encode the contents. Heck, I am already unsupported as far as the printing goes, amirite
-Richard

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