EBS R12.1.3 BI Publisher is forcing NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS to '.,'

Question

Hi all,
I developed a report in EBS 11i (11.5.10.2). It creates XML file via RDF report (only data model in it) and generates layout via XML Publisher RTF template.
I have some numbers in the report that I format in data model using TO_CHAR(some_numeric_value,'FM999G999G990D00').
This value is then simply displayed in layout as a string field. No formatting is applied in layout.
NLS settings that I use are:
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS= ,.
NLS_LANG= CROATIAN_AMERICA.UTF8
EBS profile option ICX_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS is set to value ,.
It works fine in EBS 11i (11.5.10.2). For numeric value 20354.1 I get formatted value 20.354,10 and this is exactly what I want.
A part of XML file with this value is:
<AMOUNT>20354.1</AMOUNT>
<AMOUNT_DISP>20.354,10</AMOUNT_DISP>
The same report also works fine in EBS R12.0.4
But, in EBS R12.1.3 I have encountered a problem.
With the same NLS settings as stated above I started getting formatted value 20,354.10 (decimal and grouping separators are changed).
In a log of my concurrent request I can see the message:
Forcing NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS to: '.,' for XDO processing
and my XML file now looks like this:
<AMOUNT>20354.1</AMOUNT>
<AMOUNT_DISP>20,354.10</AMOUNT_DISP>
This is not good for our customers, they want to see number formatted as 20.354,10.
We raised SR on Oracle Support, but all we got is an answer that "this is the standard behavior to have the XML report submitted with NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTER set to ".,". This is a standard and impacting only the XML data file generation in order to prevent discrepancies.".
I've tried to search for a patch that would fix this, but with no luck.
I will pursue this issue further on SR, but if anyone has an idea how to fix this I would appreciate it very much.
I know that I can use "raw" numeric value (e.g.20354.1) and format it in layout template (by using format-number), but there are many reports that I would have to change so I'd rather not do that.
Thanks!
Dalibor

Answer 1

Hi Srini,
Yes, "NLS Compliant" is checked.
I have looked at the document you suggested, and based on that I have tried different settings for ICX_TERRITORY profile, but that didn't help.
I was using language CROATIAN, ICX_TERRITORY was set on AMERICA. I tried setting it to CROATIA, but (like I sadi) that didn't help.
ICX_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS profile is set to ',.', which should produce number formatting like this: 12.345,67
When I select from FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS I see NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ',.' (correct).
But then XML concurrent report forces NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS to ".," (I see that message in the log) and when I use TO_CHAR(my_number,'FM999G999D99') I get 12,345.67 (which is not ok).
Anyway, thanks for your effort.
Dalibor