Customize SQL Report Layout

I have a SQL report which returns 15 colums. Rather than format the report vertically with 15 rows for each record or horizontally with 15 columns for each record, I'd like to return a 3x5 table of values - is this possible.

The problem is when I execute a report and I want to
print it, the page break is not done. I want toHTML does not have any concept of a "page break" or a page even. The browser just sends the currently displayed HTML BODY content to the printer and the printer takes it from there.
Google for HTML page break and see what you find
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html%20page%20break&btnG=Google+Search
If system user want to print the report they don't
want to have problem and make a lot of test before
having the report they want. Is it possible to move
column like Discoverer ?What you see (in the browser) is what you get on the printer.
You can implement some simple column re-ordering functionality in your report using some of the techniques I showed at
Swapping columns on reports
You can even show/hide columns as per Carl's example at
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:46
So, user can play around with this until the desired columns are seen in the desired order and then use the browser's Print function to print what is on the screen.
Hope this helps.

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HTML DB Customize SQL Report Layout

Hi everybody,
Is it possible to have an automatic orientation (portrait, landscape) based on report width ? If it's to large for portrait, it switchs landscape ? If letter it's not too much large it switch to legal ? and so on.....
Thanks. Bye.

The problem is when I execute a report and I want to
print it, the page break is not done. I want toHTML does not have any concept of a "page break" or a page even. The browser just sends the currently displayed HTML BODY content to the printer and the printer takes it from there.
Google for HTML page break and see what you find
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html%20page%20break&btnG=Google+Search
If system user want to print the report they don't
want to have problem and make a lot of test before
having the report they want. Is it possible to move
column like Discoverer ?What you see (in the browser) is what you get on the printer.
You can implement some simple column re-ordering functionality in your report using some of the techniques I showed at
Swapping columns on reports
You can even show/hide columns as per Carl's example at
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:46
So, user can play around with this until the desired columns are seen in the desired order and then use the browser's Print function to print what is on the screen.
Hope this helps.

Customize portal report layout

Is it possible to customize the report layout ?
I don't want a plain table layout.
Can someone tell me where I can find documentation on how to customize portal report layout?
Thank U.
Regards Cecilie

Hi,
You can customize the Report Layout by using
the Custom option in the Report Layout section
while creating the Report.
It allows to write your own HTML code to define the Layout.
The three Layout options which can be used are:
Tabular
Form
Custom
Hope this Helps
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Vineet

Layout in sql report gets disturbed in case of blank columns

Hi All,
I have an SQL report which runs from a concurrent program.
Problem is, if there are blank columns in the report then the data shifts to the left.
As shown in the below table, if column Attribute 4 is null then the data for Error column has shifted to the left. The words Incorrect Data should come under heading Error whereas it comes under Attribute4.
ASSET_NUMBER_REC ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY_CODE ATTRIBUTE4 ERROR
316604 ABCD Incorrect Data
Can someone help me in correcting the report layout.
Regards,
Shruti

ASSET_NUMBER_REC ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY_CODE ATTRIBUTE4 ERROR
316604 ABCD Incorrect Data
Can someone help me in correcting the report layout.
Hi
SQL Report --- Do you mean SQL Query in such case,
Please use NVL function on all column, which will give you proper place result.

Report Layout width(Report based on SQL Query)

Is there any way to increase the width of the report layout? I have removed as many columns as I can and dropped the font size down but the data in the columns is still wrapping to more than one line. How can I increase the report layout width, or change the layout to landscape or something similar.
thanks

I had this problem with wrapping text. You have to create a Reports From SQL Query and choose a custom layout. Then when you go the the HTML layout section, you will need to ad nowrap to the <TD> tag (i.e. <TD nowrap>) for each field you do not want to wrap.
Martin

Data Modeler : Modifying the Table Report layout

Hi ,
I'm using SQL Data Modeler (DM) 4.0 EA .
I used the File -> reports option to generate the reports on Table and in the report
1) I couldn't see the column data type ? (Refer below table ) , Is there any options to bring on the Data Type in the Report ?
No
Column Name
PK
FK
M
Data Type
DT
kind
Domain Name
Formula
(Default Value)
Security
Abbreviation
1
ID1
P
Y
(10)
LT
2
ID2
F
Y
(10)
LT
3
ID3
Y
(1)
LT
4
ID4
Y
(10)
LT
5
ID5
F
(20,4)
LT
2) In options to manage the Table report (Reports -> Manage). Currently I can only remove a heading (like Descriptions Notes ,columns,column comments.). Is there is any way to customize the report in such a way that I can remove some columns (mostly the empty ones) from the report and add the column comments along with the column table than a new column comments table.
Please let me know ,is there is an option to customize the report .
Note: I even tried generating the report using the search then report , but it doesn't give a complete report (i was only able to generate a report on column or table name or constraints , not all together.)
Thanks,
Srinivasan.K

Thanks for the immediate reply.
I checked on the DM again, the report comes good for the one which has the data type . But now all my data type changed to UNKNOWN and lokks like ,due to this my table report is coming without the "Data Type".
Can you please help me in fixing this unknown data type issue ?
Table report for the ones with proper Data type:
Columns
No
Column Name
PK
FK
M
Data Type
DT
kind
Domain Name
Formula
(Default Value)
Security
Abbreviation
1
ID1
Y
NUMERIC (10)
LT
2
SCRIPT
Y
VARCHAR (1024)
LT
3
UPGRADE_S
Y
VARCHAR (10)
LT
4
UPGRADE_D
Y
VARCHAR (250)
LT
5
UPGRADING_F
Y
VARCHAR (20)
LT
6
TIMESTAMP2
Y
Timestamp
LT

How to customize the table layout in WAD (BI70)

hi experts,
i want to customize the table layout in WAD.
in 3.5, i can set the table interface class,and use T_Code se24.
but now i am using BI7.0, there is no table interface, so how can i customize the table layout?

Use report designer for customerizing.

Custom Report Layout with mutliple child tables

I am trying to create a custom report layout (using Bi Publisher) where I have parent data (multiple jobs on a page) and several child tables for each job (JobDays and JobStops) and several child tables for JobDays (JobDayProviders, JobDayCrew). On the apex screen, I have a join on Jobs and JobDays and I am using functions to string each child row value for JobDayProviders and JobDayCrew together and putting a <br> in between so that they will format on separate lines within a cell. It works fine on the screen but when trying to print to pdf, it ignores these line breaks. I have also tried using <br></br> (saw an article that said just use HTML in bi pulisher) which puts two lines in between each value on the screen and is still ignored on the pdf.
for example:
Table hierarchy:
Jobs table
Job Stops
Job Days
Job Day Service Providers
Job Day Crew
Report Layout per job (will have mutlipe jobs to print, just printing 1 day per job):
Jobs.col1 JobStops.row1 JobDay.col1 JobDayProviders.row1 JobDayCrew.r1
JobStops.row2 JobDayProviders.row2 JobDayCrew.r2
JobDayProviders.row3
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Linda
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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

Report layout distorted

I am facing a problem that whenever i need some updation in query. I make the change and when i apply it, it removes all the new placeholders added and removes all the formats. How can i prevent from it?

HI
In reports layout goto Data Model and Double click the SQL Query Statement Icon, your will be displayed with Query editor where in you can change the statement as required.
i thik this should do...
rgds
bhaskar

Hyperlink from PL SQL Report to a branch

Hi,
Is there a "good" way to hyperlink from PL SQL report to a branch?
I cant use the regular report, as there is a lot of data and I need to control the layout.
I would like to go to another page and pass data to one known field.
Have tried googling and I found this page:
http://www.lucidprocess.com/blog/building-hyperlinks-in-oracle-apex-reports/
But it seems a bit "hacky", eg.. many places to edit if the page where to move or change in the future (or if one copies the page).
Is there a more "clean" way to do this, or does one have to get his/her hands dirty for such a task?

Thank you.
I managed to write the other code too:
"f?p='||:APP_ID||':686:'||:APP_SESSION||'::'||:DEBUG||'::P686_TBNR,P686_VIS_REGISTER:'||oppdrag.PE_TBNR_BET||'%2CHUSKNYTT"instead of firing the branch and using JS, I just set the two fields that change the logic and basis of the page. However as you see, the "flaw" with the code I wrote, is that if the fields or anything were to change, it will be harder to go in and edit reports that have this type of code.
Have just started with APEX, but I must say I like it a lot..
Just wish there where something inbetween the sql reports and the pl sql reports..
The possibilities of the PL SQL Reports meeting the SQL Reports flexibility would be super.
However, maybe it's good not everything is served on a plate, as this forces me to learn it more in depth. I also love challenges and I like making things properly :-)

Issue with Shared Components - Report Layouts Download

After my isp provider upgraded from APEX 3.2.1 to 4.0, I am now unable to go into the Shared Components -> Report Layouts section and access an existing report to download my rtf template. Is there another way to go and get this out of the database. I need to update a report layout that is old and I do not have a backup of the original report and do not want to spend the time to recreate.
Thanks,
Mark

If you have TOAD, or if you can install it, by connecting to your database you will be able to access your report layout via the Schema Browser. The whole path should be "All Schemas -> APEX_040000 -> Tables -> WWV_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS". In that table you will find you report layout. Double click on it and copy/paste it into a text editor.
Note: You might need to be granted some rights to access the 400+ tables of the APEX_040000 schema. Or if you have a DBA, ask him to do this for you.
Of course, if you don't want to install TOAD, I bet you could query that table from the SQL Commands of the SQL Workshop, but you would again need the rights to access said table.
Best regards,
Mathieu

Attribute "Report Layout" is missing in the "Print Attributes" tab for IR

Hallo,
The attribute “Report Layout” is missing in the “Print Attributes” tab for an interactive report?
How to alter the report layout (xsl-fo) of an interactive report?
Has someone any idea where to configure this?
Btw, for the "classic" SQL Report the XSL-FO "Report Layout" can be cahnged in "Print Attributes" and this works fine for me. But I want to change the xsl-fo for the interactive report.
"If you do not select a report layout, a default XSL-FO layout is used. The default XSL-FO layout is always used for rendering Interactive Report regions. ... Unlike classic reports, the Interactive Report Print Attributes can only utilize the default XSL-FO layout and is initiated from the Report Attributes, Download section rather than directly from this screen. Once configured, these attributes only apply only to the current region and cannot be used outside the context of the region."
http://apex.oracle.com/i/doc/bldapp_rpt_print.htm
How can the "default XSL-FO layout" be changed?
Changing is necessary because the Apache FOP 1.0 reports the following error (for the transmitted default XSL-FO):
"fo:simple-page-master", "fo:region-body" must be declared before "fo:region-before"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/#fo_region-before
The default report layout is not saved in:
select * from APEX_040000.WWV_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS
Thx, Willi

I've found two workaround for getting Apache FOP 1.0 to work with Oracle Apex 4.0 for PDF printing of interactive reports:
1, Use an application process to set your custom layout for interactive reports:
[ ] grant all on APEX_040000.WWV_RENDER_REPORT3 to {YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME};
[ ] Create an Application Process e.g. "Custom Report Layout" with constraint for request 'PDF' and Process Text:
declare
v_xsl varchar2(32767);
begin
v_xsl := '<?xml version = ''1.0'' encoding = ''utf-8''?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
<fo:region-body region-name="region-body" margin-top="54.0pt" margin-bottom="54.0pt"/>
<fo:region-before region-name="region-header" extent="54.0pt"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>';
APEX_040000.WWV_RENDER_REPORT3.g_prn_template := v_xsl;
end;2, If you have some knowlege in Java change the sequnce of the the nodes in the apex_fop.jsp (or servlet), ie. changing the xsl before you use it for transformation.
The code depends on the solution you are using to parse the xsl string.
Hope this may help someone,
Willi

Create Simple Printable SQL Reports in APEX 3.2 Without a Print Server

Oracle Apex 3.2
Oracle 11g
OHS
I thought I'd post an answer on how to get a printable SQL report in Oracle Apex without having to configure a print server. I'm sure that similar things have been posted in various other places, but I found the documentation for using custom row templates (to create a printable report) to be incomplete at best. For my needs, I was not looking for an awe inspiring report printout, but rather simple directory information printouts. For example, if you wanted a printable report to look like this:
=================================
CURRENT ACTIVE EMPLOYEES REPORT
=================================
First Name: Bob                  Employee ID: 0000000000
Last Name: Swarts              Company Credit Card Number: 0000-0000-0000-0000
Middle Initial: F                  Social Security Number: 000-00-0000
First Name: Sue                  Employee ID: 1111111111
Last Name: Johnson           Company Credit Card Number: 1111-1111-1111-1111
Middle Initial: G                 Social Security Number: 111-11-1111
etc.....In MS Access, doing this is very easy. From what I understand, this is also very easy to do this using PDF software with a print server. However, if you are like me, you don't want to waste time and money by obtaining and configuring a print server (even if it is free). However, never fear because you can create simple reports like this with relatively minimalistic effort; and you can do so without having to configure a print server.
1.) Create a new page
2.) Create a new sql query report region on the page
3.) Make your query just as you would normally.
For this example the query would be:
select first_name, employee_id, last_name, company_credit_card_number, middle_initial, social_security_number from employee_table4.) Go to "Shared Components"
5.) Under "User Interface" click on "Templates"
6.) Click on the "Create" button
7.) Select "Report"
8.) Select "From Scratch"
9.) For the "Template Class," choose one of the "custom" classes. For the "Template Type," choose "Named Column"
10.) Click the "Create" button
11.) Now that you created a custom row template, go back to "Shared Components" and then to "Templates"
12.) Find your custom template and click on it
CUSTOM TEMPLATE HOW TO
1.) In the "Row Template 1" textbox, you are going to create some custom css that will display the data on the page. The css to make the report look like the report above would be:
<div style = text-align: justify">
<table>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px"><b>First Name: #1#</b></td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px"><b>Employee Id: #2#</b></td>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px">Last Name: #3#</td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px">Company Credit Card Number: #4#</td>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px">MI: #5#</td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px">Social Security Number: <b>#6#</b></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style = "page-break-after: always">----------------------------------------------------------------</p>
</div>
{code}
As you probably figured out, the numbers between the two pound signs ("#") are substitution strings for the variables in your select query in the SQL report. As you have also probably noticed, the "page-break-after: always" line will always make it so that only one report is shown on a page. To fix this, we will need to use logic and row template 2.
2.) For the "Row Template 1 Condition," select "Use Based on PL/SQL Expression" from the select list.
3.) In the textbox for the row template 1 expression enter in the following: {code}substr('#rownum#',-1) = 0 or substr('#rownum#',-1) = 5{code}
***** This condition will make sure that this template is applied when the last digit in the row number is either a "0" or a "5." So, only 5 reports will be displayed per page.
4.) Now go down to "Row Template 2" and enter in the following in the textbox:
{code}
<div style = text-align: justify">
<table>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px"><b>First Name: #1#</b></td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px"><b>Employee Id: #2#</b></td>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px">Last Name: #3#</td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px">Company Credit Card Number: #4#</td>
<tr>
<td style = "width: 200px">MI: #5#</td>
<td style = "width: 225px">&nbsp</td>
<td style = "width: 215px">Social Security Number: <b>#6#</b></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>----------------------------------------------------------------</p>
</div>look familiar? that is because it exactly the same code as above, except without the page-break-after piece.
5.) For the "Row Template 2 Condition," select "Use Based on PL/SQL Expression" from the select list.
6.) In the textbox for the row template 2 expression enter in the following: substr('#rownum#',-1) != 0 or substr('#rownum#',-1) != 5***** This condition will make sure that this template is applied when the last digit in the row number IS NOT a "0" or a "5."
7.) Scroll down to column headings and enter this in the textbox for the "Column Heading Template": OMIT
8.) Click the "Apply Changes" button
9.) Now go back to your application and the page you want to apply the custom report to
10.) On the report, click on the report tab
11.) Scroll down to "Layout and Pagination"
12.) Click on the "Report Template" select list
13.) Select your custom template
14.) Click the "Apply Changes" button and run the page
Try printing the report, if it does not print correctly, try it in Opera, Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome. Please note that it is my understanding that only Firefox does not understand the css "page-break-after: always"
If needed, add some css to the page to hide tabs and other items when you print.
~Andrew Schulltz

DOH. Too much copy/paste.
In my code, I was setting an application variable to contain the email address I was retrieving from AD. Once commented out, it worked fine.
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Report Layout is not same for excel and odf

I have a footer created in my report layout
When i export the report to pdf it displays at the end of the page but when I export it to an excel
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The order of extracted records can no be assumed to be constant, any SQL optimizer can change behavior, even without any wide upgrade, but a single database or kernel patch as well as many operation of database administrator can change the order, as well as a change of user behavior, if they fill now another field in selection. So it is good practices to always sort (or use sorted type) internal table extracted or use a ORDER BY clause (provided there is an index in database, else do not)
Read online documentation of SELECT statement clause ORDER BY
The order of the rows in the result set refers to all columns that are not listed after ORDER BY, is undefined, and can be different in repeated executions of the same SELECT statement.
There are also some [MANY > 1000] OSS notes on the subject (look for your database, e.g. 1858427 - Incorrect Sorting of SQL-Select Statement, 1859655 - The result set of an SQL-Select Statement may not be sorted, 1858479 - Result set of select statement is not sorted, 1858569 - Incorrect access to result set of SELECT statement, etc.)
Also if you sort an internal table and require records with same key values to keep their respective order, use the STABLE clause.
Regards,
Raymond

SQL Reporting Services with Java EE

I have developed a Java application for calling the SQL Reports. A couple of reports are made in the server. This SQL Reporting server is deployed and the client is made in the java using Werb services. Whenever a search is done from the Java application, reports are displayed on the JSP page using the web service methods. But the problem is the entire report is displayed. Is there any way to display the report based on the particular item search. Suppose, if search is made on "Australia" in the coulumn Country, the report should contain only Australian related data. Currently the search is based on the report name itself.

bobz wrote:
jschell wrote:
bobz wrote:
Is there any book on SQL Reporting services with Java
[http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2005/jw-0110-sqlrs.html]
This looks hopeful.I have already developed a java EE for calling reports with the help of ---"MSDN Virtual Lab: Implementing SQL Server Reporting Services with a Java Enterprise Edition (EE) Application (ID:1032315323)". Now I need to find out the parametrized reports(passing parameters to the report calls and more customization using java). In .NET, reportviewer controller is available for this purpose. I want to achieve the same type of thing using java.The protocol of controlling the Report Server is a feature of the Report Server.
To control it you learn the protocol. To use it you program it in java.
The first has nothing to do with java. The second obviously does.

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