Data template - no xml data?

Question

Hello,
I have a data template that does not seem to want to display my data. I am at a loss as to why… The select works and returns the data correctly.
Data I get when I run the select is from SQL Developer:
01-JAN-08     Hourly     1155     31     0
01-JAN-08     Salary     269     1     0
01-FEB-08     Hourly     1196     56     2
01-FEB-08     Salary     271     0     2
01-MAR-08     Hourly     1396     45     0
01-MAR-08     Salary     316     6     0
My data template is here:
<dataTemplate name="AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
     <!-- Confidential and Copyright AZZ Inc. -->
     <properties>
          <property name="xml_tag_case" value="upper"/>
     </properties>
     <parameters>
          <parameter name="P_START_DATE" dataType="date"/>
          <parameter name="P_END_DATE" dataType="date"/>
     </parameters>
     <dataQuery>
          <sqlStatement name="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
               <![CDATA[
SELECT TURNOVER_MONTH AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis) AZZ_PAY_BASIS,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_date_start <= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
AND pps_actual_termination_date IS NULL OR pps_actual_termination_date >= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
THEN 1 --active during period
END) EE_ACTIVE,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_actual_termination_date IS NOT NULL
AND pps_actual_termination_date BETWEEN trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM') AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)
THEN 'T' --term during period
END) EE_TERM,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_date_start BETWEEN trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM') AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)
THEN 'N' --new hire
END) EE_NEWHIRE
FROM (
SELECT ppb.name pay_basis,
pps.date_start pps_date_start,
pps.actual_termination_date pps_actual_termination_date,
TURNOVER_MONTH
FROM per_all_people_f ppf,
per_periods_of_service pps,
per_all_assignments_f asg,
hr_soft_coding_keyflex hsck,
hr_all_organization_units hou_gre,
hr_all_organization_units hou,
per_person_type_usages_f pptu,
per_person_types ppt,
per_pay_bases ppb,
hr_lookups hrl_l,
(SELECT DISTINCT(TRUNC(to_date(substr(:p_start_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') + rownum -1, 'MM')) turnover_month
FROM all_objects
WHERE rownum <= to_date(substr(:p_end_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') - to_date(substr(:p_start_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') + 1)
WHERE ppf.person_id = pps.person_id
AND ppf.person_id = asg.person_id
AND asg.pay_basis_id = ppb.pay_basis_id
AND pps.period_of_service_id = asg.period_of_service_id
AND asg.soft_coding_keyflex_id = hsck.soft_coding_keyflex_id
AND hsck.segment1 = hou_gre.organization_id
AND hsck.enabled_flag = 'Y'
AND asg.primary_flag = 'Y'
AND asg.assignment_type = 'E'
AND asg.organization_id = hou.organization_id
AND ppf.person_id = pptu.person_id
AND pptu.person_type_id = ppt.person_type_id
AND user_person_type IN ('Employee','Ex-employee')
AND hrl_l.lookup_type(+) = 'LEAV_REAS'
AND hrl_l.lookup_code(+) = pps.leaving_reason
AND date_start = (SELECT MAX(date_start)
FROM per_periods_of_service pps1
WHERE pps1.period_of_service_id = pps.period_of_service_id
AND date_start <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND ppf.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_all_people_f ppf1
WHERE ppf1.person_id = ppf.person_id
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND asg.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_all_assignments_f asg1
WHERE asg1.person_id = asg.person_id
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND pptu.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_person_type_usages_f pptu1,
per_person_types ppt1
WHERE pptu1.person_id = pptu.person_id
AND pptu1.person_type_id = ppt1.person_type_id
AND ppt1.user_person_type IN ('Employee','Ex-employee')
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hou.date_from,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hou.date_to, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hou_gre.date_from,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hou_gre.date_to, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hsck.start_date_active,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hsck.end_date_active, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND TRUNC(pps.date_start) != TRUNC(NVL(pps.actual_termination_date, to_date('31-DEC-4712','DD-MON-YYYY')))
WHERE pps_date_start <= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
AND (pps_actual_termination_date IS NULL OR pps_actual_termination_date >= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM'))
GROUP BY TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis)
ORDER BY TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis)
]]>
          </sqlStatement>
     </dataQuery>
     <dataStructure>
          <group name="G_TURNOVER_MONTH" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
               <element name="AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH" dataType="varchar2" value="AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH"/>
               <group name="G_AZZ_PAY_BASIS" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
                    <element name="AZZ_PAY_BASIS" dataType="varchar2" value="AZZ_PAY_BASIS"/>
                    <group name="G_AZZ_EE_COUNT" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
                         <element name="EE_ACTIVE" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_ACTIVE"/>
                         <element name="EE_TERM" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_TERM"/>
                         <element name="EE_NEWHIRE" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_NEWHIRE"/>
                    </group>
               </group>
          </group>
     </dataStructure>
     <dataTrigger name="afterReportTrigger" source="AZZ_HR_TURNOVER.afterreport()"/>
</dataTemplate>
And the only output I am getting are my parms and my first group:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <AZZ_HR_TURNOVER>
<P_START_DATE>2008-01-01 00:00:00.0</P_START_DATE>
<P_END_DATE>2008-07-15 00:00:00.0</P_END_DATE>
<LIST_G_TURNOVER_MONTH />
</AZZ_HR_TURNOVER>
Any asistance is much appreciated.
Scott

Answer 1

Thanks, but I just found the problem... Never trust Oracle to handle date conversions, esp in BIP. The corrected template below -- only change was the dataType of my parms to char (!)
Scott
<dataTemplate name="AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
     <!-- Confidential and Copyright AZZ Inc. -->
     <properties>
          <property name="xml_tag_case" value="upper"/>
     </properties>
     <parameters>
          <parameter name="P_START_DATE" dataType="char"/>
          <parameter name="P_END_DATE" dataType="char"/>
     </parameters>
     <dataQuery>
          <sqlStatement name="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
               <![CDATA[
SELECT substr(to_char(TURNOVER_MONTH),1,10) AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis) AZZ_PAY_BASIS,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_date_start <= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
AND pps_actual_termination_date IS NULL OR pps_actual_termination_date >= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
THEN 1 --active during period
END) EE_ACTIVE,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_actual_termination_date IS NOT NULL
AND pps_actual_termination_date BETWEEN trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM') AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)
THEN 'T' --term during period
END) EE_TERM,
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN pps_date_start BETWEEN trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM') AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)
THEN 'N' --new hire
END) EE_NEWHIRE
FROM (
SELECT ppb.name pay_basis,
pps.date_start pps_date_start,
pps.actual_termination_date pps_actual_termination_date,
TURNOVER_MONTH
FROM per_all_people_f ppf,
per_periods_of_service pps,
per_all_assignments_f asg,
hr_soft_coding_keyflex hsck,
hr_all_organization_units hou_gre,
hr_all_organization_units hou,
per_person_type_usages_f pptu,
per_person_types ppt,
per_pay_bases ppb,
hr_lookups hrl_l,
(SELECT DISTINCT(TRUNC(to_date(substr(:p_start_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') + rownum -1, 'MM')) turnover_month
FROM all_objects
WHERE rownum <= to_date(substr(:p_end_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') - to_date(substr(:p_start_date,1,10),'YYYY-MM-DD') + 1)
WHERE ppf.person_id = pps.person_id
AND ppf.person_id = asg.person_id
AND asg.pay_basis_id = ppb.pay_basis_id
AND pps.period_of_service_id = asg.period_of_service_id
AND asg.soft_coding_keyflex_id = hsck.soft_coding_keyflex_id
AND hsck.segment1 = hou_gre.organization_id
AND hsck.enabled_flag = 'Y'
AND asg.primary_flag = 'Y'
AND asg.assignment_type = 'E'
AND asg.organization_id = hou.organization_id
AND ppf.person_id = pptu.person_id
AND pptu.person_type_id = ppt.person_type_id
AND user_person_type IN ('Employee','Ex-employee')
AND hrl_l.lookup_type(+) = 'LEAV_REAS'
AND hrl_l.lookup_code(+) = pps.leaving_reason
AND date_start = (SELECT MAX(date_start)
FROM per_periods_of_service pps1
WHERE pps1.period_of_service_id = pps.period_of_service_id
AND date_start <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND ppf.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_all_people_f ppf1
WHERE ppf1.person_id = ppf.person_id
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND asg.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_all_assignments_f asg1
WHERE asg1.person_id = asg.person_id
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND pptu.effective_start_date = (SELECT MAX(effective_start_date)
FROM per_person_type_usages_f pptu1,
per_person_types ppt1
WHERE pptu1.person_id = pptu.person_id
AND pptu1.person_type_id = ppt1.person_type_id
AND ppt1.user_person_type IN ('Employee','Ex-employee')
AND effective_start_date <= last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) )
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hou.date_from,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hou.date_to, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hou_gre.date_from,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hou_gre.date_to, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH) BETWEEN NVL(hsck.start_date_active,last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH)) AND NVL(hsck.end_date_active, last_day(TURNOVER_MONTH))
AND TRUNC(pps.date_start) != TRUNC(NVL(pps.actual_termination_date, to_date('31-DEC-4712','DD-MON-YYYY')))
WHERE pps_date_start <= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM')
AND (pps_actual_termination_date IS NULL OR pps_actual_termination_date >= trunc(TURNOVER_MONTH,'MM'))
GROUP BY TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis)
ORDER BY TURNOVER_MONTH,
decode(pay_basis, 'CAN Hourly', 'Hourly', 'CAN Salary', 'Salary', pay_basis)
]]>
          </sqlStatement>
     </dataQuery>
     <dataStructure>
          <group name="G_TURNOVER_MONTH" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
               <element name="AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH" dataType="varchar2" value="AZZ_TURNOVER_MONTH"/>
               <group name="G_AZZ_PAY_BASIS" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
                    <element name="AZZ_PAY_BASIS" dataType="varchar2" value="AZZ_PAY_BASIS"/>
                    <group name="G_AZZ_EE_COUNT" dataType="varchar2" source="Q_AZZ_HR_TURNOVER">
                         <element name="EE_ACTIVE" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_ACTIVE"/>
                         <element name="EE_TERM" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_TERM"/>
                         <element name="EE_NEWHIRE" dataType="varchar2" value="EE_NEWHIRE"/>
                    </group>
               </group>
          </group>
     </dataStructure>
     <dataTrigger name="afterReportTrigger" source="AZZ_HR_TURNOVER.afterreport()"/>
</dataTemplate>