Drill down in a report : UI issue

Question

This looks like a silly issue. Here it is: I created a link in a column in tabular forms, it's working fine. But when i created the same for Interactive report, functionally it's working correctly, but it showing #col_name# for each row value of the column. The attribute link text = #col_name#
Can anyone tell me that why I am not able to see the data values in the column in interactive form, whereas they are visible in tabular form.

Answer 1

Hi,
OK - this is what I have done.
I have created an Interactive Report with the following SQL statement:
SELECT EMPNO,
ENAME,
MGR
FROM EMP
ORDER BY UPPER(ENAME)I then create three new page items (all in the same region as the report):
P231_MGR - this is a "Hidden" item. There are no special settings on this item
P231_MGR_ENAME - this is a "Display Only" item. For this item, the Source settings are:
Source Used: Always, replacing any existing value in session state
Source Type: SQL Query (return single value)
Source value or expression:
SELECT NVL(MIN(ENAME),'-None-')
FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = :P231_MGR
P231_LAST_MGR - this is another "Hidden" item. For this item, the Source settings are:
Source Used: Always, replacing any existing value in session state
Source Type: SQL Query (return single value)
Source value or expression:
SELECT MIN(MGR)
FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = :P231_MGRI then went back to the Interactive Report and changed the SQL to:
SELECT EMPNO,
ENAME,
MGR
FROM EMP
WHERE NVL(MGR,0) = NVL(:P231_MGR,0)
ORDER BY UPPER(ENAME)(as P231_MGR is now a page item on the page, I can use it in the WHERE clause to filter the data)
I then created a button on the page called P231_UP_BUTTON, with a Text Label of "Up". The Button Position was set to "Top of Region" and the Button Alignment was set to "Left".
For this button, in the Conditions section, I have set:
Condition Type of: Value of Item in Expression 1 Is NOT NULL
Expression 1: P231_MGR
(that just stops the Up button from appearing in there is no Up available)
I then added a Branch to the page. The settings for this are:
Branch Point: On Submit: After Processing (After Computation, Validation, and Processing)
Target Type: Page in this Application
Page: 231 (which is the current page)
Set these items: P231_MGR
With these values: &P231_LAST_MGR.
When Button Pressed: P231_UP_BUTTON (Up)
Finally, I edited the MGR column on the report and made the following settings:
Display Type: Standard Report Column
Column Heading:  
Link Text: Show employees for #ENAME#
Target: Page in this Application
Page: 231
Item 1 (Name): P231_MGR
Item 1 (Value): #EMPNO#
And that was it!
Now, when the user clicks one of the links, this sets the value of the P231_MGR page item to the EMPNO for the item. The other two page items then retrieve the ENAME for the manager selected plus the MGR value (to use with the Up button)
When the user clicks the Up button, the branch is triggered and the value of P231_MGR is set to the MGR value stored in the hidden P231_LAST_MGR item
Andy