Filter data in prompts

Hello experts!!!
One very interesting requirement.
I have all the reports in dashboard ready with parameters (prompts) but the issue is whenever user wants to set the prompt, he clicks on the prompt option--> (which opens the prompt) then there is match criteria and go button....he types in customer name (the first 3-4 letters) and clicks go...he is not able to see the list even though the data is present.
Eg. Customer name : ABCDEFGH
I type in ABC and click on GO.
It doesnt show me the list of customer names no matter I type in or not.....It takes lot of time to load the list...its obviously because of lot of data....
But, now my question is......whether we can filter them at report level?? like setting 'default to' in prompts,etc...
Note: I am aware that 'default to' is used to set the prompt's default value but what I am saying is there anything of that sort by which we can filter.

nobody knows the answer?
Please help!!

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Prompts in one view to filter data in other view

All,
I have 2 views (Bar chart and pie chart) in the same report. I have to put a prompt on the report where user can select date.
Now I want to show this prompt only once on the report and use that prompt to update data in both views. Where shall I put this prompt and how can I use it to filter data in both views?
Requirement is to put the prompt on the report so that user can select date and time while viewing the report.
Thanks for your help.
Regards

Hello
You can put the prompt at the report level.
I would recommend using a surface prompt view at the top of the report.
An example is provided in the call center demo ( packaged with the product) -- Reassign cases report.
Regards
Payal

Data Manager prompt

BPC 7.5 NW SP11
Question: Can i have the data manager prompt give parent node selection by default instead of only base members
I have product dimension with ProductLine as parent node and Product Item as base member. In one of our process we have a BADI which takes the Product Line and does amount calculation for all the Product Items underneath it.
My current setup is in the data manager package have a prompt for Product dimension selection. User has to select the Product Line but when the dimension selection opens it by default opens with CALC=N filter which makes the selection only on Product Items. User has to remove the filter, refresh and then select the correct Product Line parent node. Once this is done, the script logic just calls the BADI and in BADI we read the dimension selection. so it goes smoothly.
But users are making frequent mistake by selecting the Product Item (shown default) instead of Product Line(parent), understandably so.
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Product Line
--- Product Item1
--- Product Item2
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~ Dilkins

Hi Andrew,
The script looks absolutely fine. It should have worked fine. You just don't need the INFO statement.
Please refer to the below links from help.sap:
SELECT:
SELECT Prompt() Command - SAP Documentation
SELECTINPUT:
SELECTINPUT Prompt() Command - SAP Documentation
As per the link also, SELECT is for all the members, whereas SELECTINPUT is for non-calculated members.
Can you please share the screenshot of the screen where the member needs to be selected.

Issue in Date Range Prompts

Hi,
We have two fields in our Bex Query u2013 First Date of Current Month and Current Date. The fields are populated using the logic below
First Date of Current Month u2013
Current Date - This is populated using the Customer Exit function in BW Query.
We have created three universe level prompts based on the above queries
First Prompt:
<FILTER KEY= "@Select(Debit Memo Date\Debit Memo Date LOV)">
<CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION= "Between">
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "@Prompt('Enter\Select DM Start Date: ','D','First day of Current Month\First day of Current Month',mono,free)"/>
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "Select(Date2\Today)"/>
</CONDITION></FILTER>
Second Prompt:
<FILTER KEY= "@Select(Debit Memo Date\Debit Memo Date LOV)">
<CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION= "Between">
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "@Select(First day of Current Month\First day of Current Month)"/>
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "@Prompt('Enter\Select DM End Date: ','D','Date2\Today',mono,free)"/>
</CONDITION></FILTER>
Third Prompt:
<FILTER KEY= "@Select(Debit Memo Date\Debit Memo Date LOV)"><CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION= "Between">     <CONSTANT CAPTION= "@Select(First day of Current Month\First day of Current Month)"/>
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "@Select(Date2\Today)"/>
</CONDITION></FILTER>
The First prompt is running fine and giving records from the Start date entered by user to Current date, but we are not getting any records when we use second and third prompt.
Thanks,
Pankaj G

It's interesting using the same format mask for the application format mask fixed your issue, you mean to say after using the format mask in application you are able to enter time between 00:00 am and 00:59 am. I had filed a bug on this and will be working on this issue. Thanks for reporting this issue.

How can I filter data in itab.... which was retrived from infotypes.

Hi all,
I am trying to filter data for one internal table (ex: IT_FINAL ) by comparing those values from standard table (ex: PA0000).First I had sucessfully uploaded all data from presentation server, Now I want to compare all field value (ex: PERNR) from internal table (IT_FINAL-PERNR) and standerd table (PA0000-PERNR).If there is no matching record. then move those records to another internal table (ex: IT_ERROR).
I had tried by keeping that comparing code in loop. But I am not getting what i want.
I am sending my code here.. please suggest me to solve this issue.
SOURCE CODE
TABLES: PERNR, PA0000.
TYPES : BEGIN OF t_final,
         PERNR TYPE PERNR_D,
         BEGDA TYPE CHAR10,
         ENDDA TYPE CHAR10,
         SUBTY TYPE SUBTY,
         FANAM TYPE PAD_NACHN,
         FAVOR TYPE FAVOR,
         GESC2 TYPE GESC2,
         GESC1 TYPE GESC1,
         FGBDT TYPE CHAR10,
        END OF t_final,
        BEGIN OF t_raw,
         line TYPE char100,
        END OF t_raw.
DATA : it_final TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_final,
       it_raw   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_raw,
       it_error TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bdcmsgcoll.
DATA : wa_final TYPE t_final,
       wa_raw   TYPE t_raw,
       wa_error TYPE bdcmsgcoll.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
EXPORTING
    FILENAME                      = 'E:\Suri_test\BDC_TEST\test02.txt'
   FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
TABLES
    DATA_TAB                      = IT_RAW.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
LOOP AT it_raw INTO wa_raw.
      SPLIT wa_raw
         AT '/'
       INTO WA_FINAL-PERNR
            WA_FINAL-SUBTY
            WA_FINAL-BEGDA
            WA_FINAL-ENDDA
            WA_FINAL-FANAM
            WA_FINAL-FAVOR
            WA_FINAL-GESC2
            WA_FINAL-GESC1
            WA_FINAL-FGBDT.
WRITE:/   WA_FINAL-PERNR,
            WA_FINAL-SUBTY,
            WA_FINAL-BEGDA,
            WA_FINAL-ENDDA,
            WA_FINAL-FANAM,
            WA_FINAL-FAVOR,
            WA_FINAL-GESC2,
            WA_FINAL-GESC1,
            WA_FINAL-FGBDT.
APPEND WA_FINAL TO IT_FINAL.
CLEAR WA_FINAL.
ENDLOOP.
*NOW I GOT RECORDS IN IT_FINAL.
LOOP AT PA0000 ??????????.
IF PA0000-PERNR EQ WA_FINAL-PERNR.
WRITE:/   WA_FINAL-PERNR,
               WA_FINAL-SUBTY.
ELSE.
WRITE:/ 'HELLO NOT MATCHED DATA.'.
move to IT_ERROR.??????????
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.
*TEST DATA..............................................
5/2/21.04.2007/31.12.9999/BOY/BATLANKI//X/21.04.2007
54099520/12/02.03.2005/31.12.9999/SANTHI/BATLANK/X//20.10.1954
3453/12/02.03.2005/31.12.9999/SANTHI/BATLANK/X//20.10.1954
54099520/13/02.03.2005/31.12.9999/JAGAN/PYDIPALLI//X/25.01.1981
Thanks in advance,
Surender. B.V.

Hi Surender,
In the below program it doesnt look like you are querying PA0000 database table @ all.
Do this, once you have the presentation server uploaded into internal table IT_FINAL:
IF IT_FINAL[ ] IS NOT INITIAL.
SELECT DISTINCT PERNR FROM PA0000 INTO TABLE IT_PA0000
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN IT_FINAL
WHERE PERNR EQ IT_FINAL-PERNR.
ENDIF.
sort it_pa0000 by pernr.
Loop at it_final into w_final.
read table it_pa0000 into w_pa0000
with key pernr = w_final-pernr
binary search.
if sy-subrc eq 0.
write:/ 'match for personnel ' , w_final-pernr , ' found'.
else,
write:/ 'match not found for personnel ' , w_final-pernr.
endif.
endloop.
p.s. declaration of internal table It_pa0000 should contain only one field pernr .... if you want you can add more fields and change the SELECT query above accordingly
Edited by: Aditya Laud on Jan 25, 2008 2:57 AM

How to filter data by list item

hi all,
I create list item on block BLK1 ,
name :emp_name
item type: list item
elements in list : list_elements : (null) list_item : (null)
data type : Char
maximum length : 200
and create PROCEDURE :
PROCEDURE POPULATE_LIST_BY_QUERY(P_LIST_NAME VARCHAR2,P_QUERY VARCHAR2) IS
   RG_NAME VARCHAR2(30) := 'RG_CODE_DESC' ;
   RG_ID    RecordGroup;
   errcode NUMBER;
   LIST_ID ITEM;
BEGIN
     RG_ID := FIND_GROUP(RG_NAME);
     IF NOT ID_NULL (RG_ID)
        THEN DELETE_GROUP (RG_ID) ;
     END IF;
     RG_ID   := Create_Group_From_Query (RG_NAME, P_QUERY) ;
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     LIST_ID := FIND_ITEM (P_LIST_NAME) ;
     POPULATE_LIST (LIST_ID,RG_ID) ;
END;and wrote in trigger WHEN_NEW_FORM_INSTANCE:
POPULATE_LIST_BY_QUERY('BLK1.emp_name', 'SELECT emp_name,emp_id FROM employees');
create table employees
(emp_no number(10) primary key,
emp_name varchar2(200))
Insert into EMPLOYEES
   (EMP_NO, EMP_NAME)
Values
   (1, 'hhh uuo');
Insert into EMPLOYEES
   (EMP_NO, EMP_NAME)
Values
   (2, 'hh ppp');
Insert into EMPLOYEES
   (EMP_NO, EMP_NAME)
Values
   (3, 'ph');
Insert into EMPLOYEES
   (EMP_NO, EMP_NAME)
Values
   (4, 'uuuuu');
COMMIT;when Run my form list item give me all data, no problem ,ok
My question is that can i want to filter data when write anythnig data is found im my list or part of data,
show data only by my filter,
for example:
I wrote in my list : hh
show data in list:
hhh uuo
hh ppp
I wrote in my list : h
show data in list:
hhh uuo
hh ppp
ph
I wrote in my list : uu
show data in list:
uuuuu
if not wrote anything fetch me all data,
Thanks a lot

Hi,
You can try,
POPULATE_LIST_BY_QUERY('BLK1.EMP_NAME', 'SELECT EMP_NAME, EMP_ID FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE EMP_NAME LIKE ''' || <your_search_variable> || '%''');Hope this helps.
Regards,
Manu.

SubSelect Not filter data for Parent/Child hierarchy

I have data for my parent /child dimension like that
DimCust
Fact Sal
Customer ID
Parent ID
Customer Type
Product Id
Customer ID
Year
Sales
1
1
Retailer
4
1
2015
100
2
1
Retailer
4
2
2014
200
3
3
Retailer
4
3
2014
300
4
3
Retailer
4
4
2015
400
5
5
Retailer
4
5
2015
500
In my query,
I use sub select to filter
data for year 2014c and product id 4, when I got result
it’s missed the aggregation of customer id 1 and 4.
Even I try to pass in where clause it’s also not give correct result.
code,
with
set ba EXISTS([DIMCustomer].[Level 02].allmembers, [DIMCustomer].[Hierarchy].&[MyHierarchy],"factTable")
SELECT
[Measures].[Sales]
} ON 0,
[ba]on 1
FROM (SELECT ( { [CropYear].[CropYear].&[2014] } ) ON COLUMNS
FROM (SELECT ( { [DimProduct].[ProductID].[4] } ) ON COLUMNS
FROM [myCube]))
please help me on this, what is the best practices.
Regards,
Manish

Hi manishcal16PPS,
According to your description, you want to slice the fact data on Year 2014 and Product 4. Now you find the result missing the customer 1 and 4. Right?
In this scenario, based on your Fact Sal table, both customer 1 and 4 are on Year 2015. So when you filter the data, it will not show customer 1 and 4. It returns correct result. For filtering data, either using sub select or specifying slicer axis
can achieve your requirement.
Reference:
Specifying the Contents of a Slicer Axis (MDX)
Best Regards,
Simon Hou
TechNet Community Support

How to set a dynamic filter to a prompted one?

Hello:
I have a dashboard prompt whose values determine the columns for a constructed dynamic filter column using case statement.
There is another dashboard prompt whose value determine the the values for the dynamic filter column.
I have a need to set this dynamic filter to the operator 'is prompted'. According to the OBIEE documentation, the requirement for 'is prompted' filter is to have the dashboard prompt column match with the filter column.
I currently use a presentation variable for the dashboard prompt column that gives the filter value.
How do I make my dynamic filter to be prompted (for pre-filtering results as a default behavior) and subsequently use the presentation variable (derived from the dashboard prompt) if a user enters the appropriate prompt values?
Here is an example:
Dashboard prompt: Location Type-> (State, District, City) (The case statement on my filter determines the appropriate logical column State or District or City)
Filter Value: Dallas (pv1)
The dynamic filter will generate "City" = '@{pv1}' (Dallas in the above example)
I want this dynamic filter to be set to 'is prompted' for pre-filtering results as a default behavior.
Thanks for reading this far and looking forward to your suggestions.
Regards
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Please read this carefully, you may find what you are looking for:
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http://108obiee.blogspot.com/2009/08/dynamic-dashboard-prompts-and-columns.html
Or this one:
http://obiee101.blogspot.com/2009/04/obiee-dynamic-prompt-content.html
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http://108obiee.blogspot.com

How to filter data from a source XML? Please help!

Hi Experts,
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     <InventoryItem>
       <ItemCode>InTransit</ItemCode>
       <Quantity>1000</Quantity>
     </InventoryItem>
     <InventoryItem>
       <ItemCode>Available</ItemCode>
       <Quantity>1500</Quantity>
     </InventoryItem>
     <InventoryItem>
       <ItemCode>Restricted</ItemCode>
       <Quantity>2500</Quantity>
     </InventoryItem>
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My Target XML is as below
    <Inventory>
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    </Inventory>
The stock element contains Quantity value where ItemCode is 'Available'.
But note that there are 3 InventoryItem nodes.
So how to get the desired target XML in XI mapping? Basically I have to filter data from source XML based on value of an element. What is the best approach to handle this?
Kindly help
Thanks
Gopal

Hi venkat,
          Your solution does'nt work fine. But why are you using collapsecontext and splitbyvalue before putting the value into stock element?
           Kindly explain your concept.
My target message is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Inventory>
   <InventoryItem>
      <ItemCode>InTransit</ItemCode>
      <Quantity>1500</Quantity>
   </InventoryItem>
   <InventoryItem>
      <ItemCode>Available</ItemCode>
      <Quantity>1000</Quantity>
   </InventoryItem>
   <InventoryItem>
      <ItemCode>UnRestricted</ItemCode>
      <Quantity>2000</Quantity>
   </InventoryItem>
   <InventoryItem>
      <ItemCode>Available</ItemCode>
      <Quantity>2500</Quantity>
   </InventoryItem>
</Inventory>
I am getting the output even though stock is unbounded and I have used collapsecontext and splitbyvalue as:
<InvStock>
<Stock>1000</Stock>
</InvStock>
I should get:
<InvStock>
<Stock>1000</Stock>
<Stock>2500</Stock>
</InvStock>
Thanks
Gopal
Message was edited by:
        gopalkrishna baliga

Scheduling a report with System Date as prompt

Hi Experts,
We have came across a requirement where users want to have a date prompt.
While scheduling the report, by default prompt is to be populated with system date and it (prompt) should also allow us to select a different date.
This report is used for regular run and also for scheduling.
We need a single report with single prompt which allows us to run for any random date when prompted and also to be scheduled for the latest date.
Please give us advice/ suggestion.
Thanks
Uttam

Hi Neil,
We have tried both the approaches given by you, but it is not working for my requirement.
Let me explain it with the below scenario.
scenario:
we have developed the report by using 2 data providers,
Dp1: It is a custom Query with date as follows ( it is a Transaction data) which brings the data from 1st day of month(user prompt) to user's prompt date.
TRANSACTION_DATE BETWEEN last_day(ADD_MoNTHS(@Prompt('As Of Date :','DT','ABC\plant\Transaction Date',Mono,Free,Persistent,,User:0)
Dp2: It is also Custom Query, but it has only data on month ends.
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2) Plant (prompt)
3) Country (Prompt)
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DP1: Brings the data from 1st of June to 6th of june.
DP2: Brings the Data from Inception to last month(say 30-may-2014) because it has only month end data.
Upto this it is fine.... but
My requirement is to schedule the report daily......
Example: User want to schedule a report today(10-July-2014), tomorrow(11-July-2014) and so on...
Scheduling should be done daily i.e, it has to fetch the data 10-Jul-2014, 11-july-2014,12-july-2014.... so on.
Automatically scheduling has to take the current date.
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Filter data from Powerpivot to Excel

Hi Everyone
Is there a way to filter data from Powerpivot to Excel so that you are only selecting a subset of records to pivot over in Excel?
Paul

Hello Paul,
Your requirement isn't quite clear for me, can you explain it more detailed, please?
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Oracle Apps Custom Form, How to Filter data in the LOV

Detail Data Block I am Calling One LOV, Based on Master Block Item I want to filter data in the LOV.
in the select statement
SELECT * FROM MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS WHERE
ORGANIZATION_ID = :BLOCK_NAME.FIELD_NAME
specified
but it is showing no data found error.

Do this:
MESSAGE(:BLOCK_NAME.FIELD_NAME);
MESSAGE(:BLOCK_NAME.FIELD_NAME);
SELECT * FROM MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS WHERE
ORGANIZATION_ID = :BLOCK_NAME.FIELD_NAME
This will tell you the value of BLOCK_NAME.FIELD_NAME
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How to use OData Date filter query to filter data from OData NetWeaver Gateway Service?

Hello,
I am trying to use the OData Filter query. to filter data records from the OData Service, using Date range for filters.
Please check the below URL for the SAP's sample OData Service, with filter option.
Service Query URL :
https://sapes1.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGWSAMPLE_SRV/SalesOrderCollection?$filter=CreatedAt eq DateTime
It gives out following error :->
<message xml:lang="en">'$filter ' is not a valid system query option</message>
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Backend Service.
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I am able to filter the records using a date range.
I am sharing the information, just in case anyone out there might need it.
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This has to be done in ABAP.
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http://scn.sap.com/blogs/lindsay.stanger/2012/12/29/gateway-odata-calls-convert-ivfilterstring-to-itfilterselectoptions
http://scn.sap.com/thread/3173146
Hope these links are helpful for those looking for OData Date Range filter query.
Do let me know.
Regards,
Suraj Kumar.

How to filter data in JSP?

Hi All,
I have to filter data before I can display a drop down in my JSP. The scenario is as follows
There are 2 buttons on screen A. Button B1 and button B2.
Clicking on any one of these will result in screen B being displayed.
But if B1 is clicked then option 'ABC' should not be displayed in my dropdown.
If B2 is pressed only ABC should be displayed in the same field. (this is not a drop down now).
The current code snippet to fetch the data from the DB and display in the dropdown is:
<tr>
<td align="right" class="label" scope="row">
<span class="red"><html:label name="*" fieldId="<sectionId>.reasonId"/></span>
<html:label name="Reason:" fieldId= "<sectionId>.reasonId" />
</td>
<td colspan="2">
<html:select name= "VoidPaymentForm" property = "paymentHeader.reasonId"
fieldId = "<sectionId>.paymentHeader.reasonId" onchange="voidPaymentNSF();">
<refdata:load id="listReason" source="<%=RefDataConstants.REASON %>"
name = "VoidPaymentForm" property="paymentHeader.reasonId"
parentSource="<%=RefDataConstants.ACCOUNTING_TRANSACTION_TYPE%>"
parentCodeValue="reasonCodeRef" />
<html:option value=""> </html:option>
<refdata:options collection="listReason" labelProperty="label" property="value"/>
</html:select>
</td>
</tr>
Appreciate your help.
Thanks and Regards,
Ashley

first, your screen A needs to send the information which button has been clicked. Then screen B needs to retrieve this value, if I'm not mistaken (it has been a view years ago, that I've written JSPs), you can put the html code within an if-statement. So, only when the condition is true, it will use the html code within.

Af:table filter date format : task-flow navigation issue

hi
When trying to use the date format configured on the Entity Object, with Format Type as Simple Date and Format as "dd-MM-yyyy", there seems to be a problem when using task-flows.
The approach involves an explicitly configured attributeValues binding to use in f:validator and af:convertDateTime components in the af:inputDate in the filter facet, as discussed in the forum thread "af:table filter date format"
at af:table filter date format
I used JDeveloper 11.1.1.3.0 to create the example application
in http://www.consideringred.com/files/oracle/2010/TableFilterDateFormatIssueApp-v0.03.zip
- The page filterEmp.jspx shows expected behaviour, the filter uses the configured date format and there is no problem when navigating to another page and back.
see the screencast at http://screencast.com/t/CtQ9rsVFH3k
- The page menuBTFPage.jspx allows for some navigation after using the filter resulting in the filter showing a date in the wrong format, using scenario (sc1)
-- (sc1-a) : run menuBTFPage.jspx
-- (sc1-b) : on "menu-btf : menu", click the "do go-filter-emp-btf" link
-- (sc1-c) : on "filter-emp-btf : filterEmpFragment", filter on HireDate using "10-03-2005"
-- (sc1-d) : click the "do goReturnSuccess" button
-- (sc1-e) : back on "menu-btf : menu", click the "do go-filter-emp-btf" link again
-- (sc1-f) : back on "filter-emp-btf : filterEmpFragment", see the HireDate filter value in the wrong format as "2005-03-10"
-- (sc1-g) : click the "do goReturnSuccess" button again, which results in an error "The date is not in the correct format."
see the screencast at http://www.screencast.com/t/ORHauBd3oQ
questions:
- (q1) Can the behaviour in scenario (sc1) be reproduced?
- (q2) Why is the filter value in the wrong date format in step (sc1-f)?
- (q3) What can be done to have the filter value consistently in the configured date format, so that errors as in step (sc1-g) can be avoided?
many thanks
Jan Vervecken

hi
First a short summary of relevant aspects of service request 3-2190488381:
- development has reviewed bug 10193260
- development identified some code where a pattern was not applied and started fixing the problem
- out of the blue, development asked "Will clearing out the filter field completely when moving out of ataskflow be an acceptable behavior ?"
- I pointed out some concerns (even in a phone call with development), but development did not see any alternative not "perceived to be very risky because of the current design", so the question whether the clearing-all-filter-fields approach would be acceptable became superfluous.
- following this, bug 10193260 suddenly became an enhancement request (for reasons I still don't understand)
- a workaround was suggested (for behaviour not perceived as a bug), "Clearing the search fields during taskflow exit in the backing bean (in the app)." for which I also received a modified version of my example application TableFilterDateFormatIssueApp-v0.04.zip with an implementation of the suggested workaround
As an exercise to try an understand the suggested workaround (an because my example application seemed to have been modified using the currently yet-to-be-released JDeveloper 11.1.1.4.0) I re-implemented it in the example application
at http://www.consideringred.com/files/oracle/2010/TableFilterDateFormatIssueApp-v0.05.zip
It has a filter-emp-workaround-btf task-flow with a method-call activity on a managed-bean method, responsible for clearing the search fields, resulting in behaviour where the error "The date is not in the correct format." does not occur,
as can be seen in the screencast at http://screencast.com/t/Nq7TkkRQ
public void clearFilterFields()
    BindingContainer vBindingContainer =
      BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
    DCBindingContainer vDCBindingContainer = (DCBindingContainer)vBindingContainer;
    DCDataControl vDCDataControl = vDCBindingContainer.getDataControl();
    ApplicationModule vApplicationModule = vDCDataControl.getApplicationModule();
    ViewObject vViewObject = vApplicationModule.findViewObject("EmployeesVOVI");
    ViewCriteriaManager vViewCriteriaManager = vViewObject.getViewCriteriaManager();
    vViewCriteriaManager.clearViewCriterias();
    vViewObject.clearCache();
}Because the managed-bean method requires access to the ADF Model binding layer to get to the View Object instance used for the filtered table, the method-call activity has a page element configured in DataBindings.cpx referring to the same usageId as the page element for the page fragment showing the filtered table. So that both the method-call and view activity depend on one and the same Binding Container (e.i. PageDef file).
The method-call activity, responsible for clearing the search fields, would need to be called before each task-flow-return activity.
As there can be multiple view activities with multiple filtered tables in a bounded task-flow, would that result in multiple method-call activities responsible for clearing search fields (all to be called before each task-flow-return activity)?
It looks like a more general/generic approach is desirable for the suggested workaround to be feasible.
- (q5) Does the suggested workaround imply (as bug 10193260 is not a bug) that all bounded task-flows with filtered tables should implement it to avoid errors about formatting?
thanks
Jan

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