Field as page item

Hi All
I have a report and i want to know if i can have a specific field both as page item and in the report, if so how do i do that.
Thanks

Hi,
You can do that by creating a calculation which simply contains the item you want as a page item. You then put the calculated item on the page and keep the report item in the report.
Rod West

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Hi,
I'm trying to update a number field on an apex page by summing up the values of multiple page items. I've tried to follow this tutorial http://st-curriculum.oracle.com/obe/db/apex/r40/apexdynactions/apexdynactions_ll.htm , especially the "Create a Set Value Dynamic Action Using PL/SQL" part.
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END;
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But it gives me an error that I need to declare the identifiers, yet it works if I only use one item and I can perform any arithmetic.In your code is missing the ":" for the items P3_ITEM2 and P3_ITEM3.
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I had a look at your application and can see the link your using for the kids and tech fields modal isn't passing the session ID which is why it is asking you to log in again.
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the same way I can using ASP, PHP and Cold Fusion.
Users should have the ability to write server-side
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right now I spend more time trying to figure out how
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programming application in today's day and age should
prevent experts from getting under the hood.And I can build a Portal in HTML DB in 1/10 the time it will take me to do it in any other language. It's like anything else - proficiency comes with practice and work.
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IF $x(‘P55_REASON’).disabled then
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Display page items based on Authorization Scheme...

I have a report form that shows all my columns, but I have two columns that I only want "Admin" and "Edit" from my authorization scheme to be able to edit; but I would like for "User" to view.
Currently I have "authorization" enabled for the two items, and set for "Edit". This works, except the "User" logins cannot view the items.
I thought of two possibilities, both I think I'd need help on though!:
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2. Set up something in "Conditions" that would show as "text" for "User", and as "Text Field" for "Admin" or "Edit"?
I would have no clue how to do this...
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Kevin
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I'm pretty new to Apex .....
I have a form with text items as first few entries and then a radio button list and few text items again. On selecting certain radio button I have a popup window which acts as an interface for the next text item in the calling page. The purpose of having the popup window is that the text item following the radio button takes the input with certain character delimiters along with the data. Instead of using delimiters while entering the data I want a meaningful data to be keyed in the popup window and all the string operation to be done as a background process. I have been successful this far. I'm using the below javascript on click of the submit button.
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Value set using Javascript is only in your browser page but is not yet available in the session. This is why the report doesn't return the expected output.
Before refreshing the report you would need to set the session state of this item.
You can set it after you assign the item a new value or before the report is refreshed
For Interactive Reports, this is available built in
you can go to Report Attributes >Advanced Attributes -> Page Items to Submit and specify P2_X1 for the field(and any other page item that the report is dependent on)
For standard reports, you can create a Dynamic Action that is triggered "before refresh" of the report's region, and choose PLSQL as the action types, give a dummy BEGIN NULL END; for the code and specify this item name in the page item to submit field so that it sets the items's value in session.

JQuery "setting all items to READONLY based on a page item" not working

I am attempting to use jQuery to set all input fields to "readonly" if the question is in "locked" status (i.e., if P2_QUESTION_LOCKED page item is set to yes ("Y")). The following is the code that I placed in the page attributes (in the javascript section):
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Workspace: RGWORK
Application: Financial Disclosure (Application 45806)
User Name: TESTER
Password: test123
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http://apexjscss.blogspot.com
PLEASE IGNORE THIS THREAD. A THREAD IS ALREADY OPEN. HAD A HICCUP WITH THE INTERNET.
Robert
Edited by: sect55 on Dec 12, 2010 3:11 PM

Hi Robert,
I have changed your code to
if ($x('P2_QUESTION_LOCKED') )
   if ($v('P2_QUESTION_LOCKED') === 'Y')
        $('input').attr('readonly','readonly');
   }Especially the
$x('P2_QUESTION_LOCKED') == 'Y'to
$v('P2_QUESTION_LOCKED') === 'Y'I have also moved your code into "Execute when Page Loads".
Couldn't try the code because I was not able to login, but I think the code should work.
Regards
Patrick
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Need to create a report based on date ranges and for this created a interactive report and two page item datepicker fields P15_fromdate and p15_todate. Report works fine with this criteria.But user wants one more field quarter(P15_quarter), When they select the quarter the range values has to get reset and as to get applied to report.
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Need help how to reset the page item fields.
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Ligon,
You're right to think this is pretty laborious stuff. A co-worker wanted to do the same, to make sure users didn't lose a change when clicking Cancel. I suggested he look at calculating the query checksum before and after, which he tried. But it got very cumbersome very fast and he ended up dropping the idea. He's fairly new with Apex, but he's also a quick study, so it's not like he's a novice coder.
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I want to add a search field in a SQL Report. I have something like this
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So after i refresh the report:
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How could i submit a page item from JS ?
King Regards,
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PS: I'm using APEX 4 and using dynamic actions it's the same like the Javascript call.(still doesn't submits the :P1_SEARCH item)

Hi Dan,
I would suggest not to use the undocumented
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Dan.Cearnau wrote:
PS: I'm using APEX 4 and using dynamic actions it's the same like the Javascript call.(still doesn't submits the :P1_SEARCH item)That's true, but have a look at Anthony's blog posting http://anthonyrayner.blogspot.com/2010/07/report-filtering-with-apex-40-dynamic.html which explains a workaround to pass the new values for a classic report as well.
Regards
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Page Item

Hi All
I have a cross tab report and on the left axis , i have a field "county" and on the top axis i have two fields "month income" year income".I have to show only counties which have "month income".My question how can i create a new page item which has "No"
"Yes"
"All"
In the drop down box, so that the end useer can choose .Please any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi,
You could have a status kind of calculated column with a case statement. In your calculation for Status calc you could say something like below:
case when month_income is null or month_income = 0 then 'No'
else 'Yes'
end
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