Dynamic Time Selection in Plug-in Report Definition

Question

I've been trying to add the ability to select the time range to a report I'm writing for my plug-in. According to the documentation, the following block can be used:
l_param_values MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_LIST;
l_param_values := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_LIST();
l_param_values.extend(3);
l_param_values(1) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodOption',
'true');
l_param_values(2) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodUserCust',
'true');
l_param_values(3) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodParam',
'0:0');
I then add that to the report definition like this:
l_report_guid := mgmt_ip.create_report_definition (
p_title_nlsid => l_report_title_nlsid,
p_description_nlsid => 'Display my report',
p_owner => l_report_owner,
p_category_nlsid => 'Category',
p_sub_category_nlsid => 'Sub Category',
p_late_binding_target_types => l_target_type,
p_show_table_of_contents => 0,
p_system_report => 1,
p_component_name => l_target_type(1),
p_parameters => l_param_values
Alas, I see no new drop-down widget to select the 24 hour/7 day/etc... range to set my graphs with. It does appear to set the current value though, when I change TimePeriodParam it does appear to change for the graphs bound to the value.
I should be on the latest version, has anyone seen a similar problem? The owner is SYSMAN and it does appear as locked, are there other settings that may have to be changed to allow user "modification" at report generation time?
Thanks,
Paul

Answer 1

One of the reports is made up entirely of metricDetails (no custom SQL). The other one it is not showing up on is made up of three tables and a chart with the following (yes, I just did just notice parameter 4...I will take that out but don't expect a change since the METRIC_DETAILS don't do anything like this).
-- the next element is a
-- capacity consumption graph that shows used capacity over
-- time
l_param_values := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_LIST();
l_param_values.extend(4);
l_param_values(1) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.sqlStatement',
'select a.COLUMN_LABEL, a.ROLLUP_TIMESTAMP, a.AVERAGE
from MGMT$METRIC_HOURLY a
where a.TARGET_GUID = ??EMIP_BIND_TARGET_GUID??
and a.METRIC_NAME = ''LogicalStatus''
and a.METRIC_COLUMN = ''SpaceAvailable''
and a.ROLLUP_TIMESTAMP > ??EMIP_BIND_START_DATE??
and a.ROLLUP_TIMESTAMP < ??EMIP_BIND_END_DATE??
ORDER BY a.ROLLUP_TIMESTAMP'
l_param_values(2) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.ChartParamController.chartType',
'timeSeriesChart'
l_param_values(3) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.ChartParamController.width',
'800'
-- 0:0=24 hours, 0:1=7 days, 0:2=31 Days
l_param_values(4) := MGMT_IP_PARAM_VALUE_RECORD(
'oracle.sysman.eml.ip.render.elem.TimePeriodParam',
'0:1'
);