Generating delimited output from Reports Runtime R60

When generating a delimited file using Runtime how can you predict or determine how Oracle will form the output rows from the report layout? Does anyone have any documentation on Runtime that explains the generation process as there is nothing in the Runtime Reference manual.

The only documentation (such that it is) that I've found on this is in MetaLink, in Note 68245.1 "Delimited Output in Reports" and a tiny bit more in Note 120072.1 "Suppressing header on delimited output".
- Bill

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Hello friends,
I am trying to produce delimited data based on a query which outputs department names.
The output data should look like:
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either ! depending on your application, if you want to set it dynamically or only want it in delimited.
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: It seems there may be a problem when trying to use the generate
: delimited output command in Developer 6.0 Reports run-time.
: I have a report with a formula column that performs a simple
: calculation 'x is what percent of y,' where x and y are fields
on
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: generate delimited output without any problems. It is quite
: nice. Unfortunately this is not true when using the run-time
: exacutable outside of Report Builder.
: The report runs without a problem, but when I choose to
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seems
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: formula column then it fails. If I remove the formula column
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: Thanks,
: Scott H.
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pl_id ParamList;
nom_rep varchar2(20);
cla_rep varchar2(20);
cod_dis varchar2(4);
nom_arch varchar2(100);
fec date;
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cod_dis := :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS;
END IF;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI IS NOT NULL THEN
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Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'DELIMITED' );
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nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1577.rep';
nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaPlanos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=2 THEN
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          nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1578.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaLargos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
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          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaDetallados' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
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                    nom_rep := 'TDVENRLI1545.REP';
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EXCEPTION WHEN Run_Product_Failure THEN
message('Error');
END;
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PROCEDURE GUARDAREXCEL IS
pl_id ParamList;
nom_rep varchar2(20);
cla_rep varchar2(20);
cod_dis varchar2(4);
nom_arch varchar2(100);
fec date;
--byt12122007.sn
repid REPORT_OBJECT;
     vURL VARCHAR2(500);
     rep_status VARCHAR2(20);
     vJobID VARCHAR2(100);
     v_rep VARCHAR2(100);
VAR NUMBER;
w_name_repserv VARCHAR2(30);
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BEGIN
     --w_name_repserv:=F_OBTIENE_SERVREP;
w_name_repserv:='repserv';
pl_id := Get_Parameter_List('mytmp_params');
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END IF;
pl_id := Create_Parameter_List('mytmp_params');
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS IS NOT NULL THEN
     cod_dis := :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS;
END IF;
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Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI||'%');
ELSE
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,'%');
:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI:='%';
END IF;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=1 THEN
cla_rep := '001';
ELSE
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          cla_rep := '002';
     ELSE
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     ELSE
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END IF;
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Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_FECHA',TEXT_PARAMETER,to_char(:BK_PARAMETROS.FECFIN, 'DD/MM/YYYY'));
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_CLASE',TEXT_PARAMETER, cla_rep);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'PARAMFORM',TEXT_PARAMETER,'NO');
/*Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESTYPE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'File');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'MODE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'Character');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'DELIMITED' );*/
select sysdate into fec from dual;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=1 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1577');
--nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1577.rep';
nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaPlanos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1577');
END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=2 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1578');
          --nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1578.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaLargos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1578');
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ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=3 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1576');
                    Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_XLS',TEXT_PARAMETER, '1');
          --nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1576.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaDetallados' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
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                    --nom_rep := 'TDVENRLI1545.REP';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaTodos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
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--Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESNAME',TEXT_PARAMETER, nom_arch);
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     rep_status := REPORT_OBJECT_STATUS(v_rep);
     WHILE rep_status IN ('RUNNING','OPENING_REPORT','ENQUEUED')     LOOP
          rep_status:= report_object_status(v_rep);
     END LOOP;
     IF rep_status = 'FINISHED' THEN
          vJobID := SUBSTR(v_rep, INSTR(v_rep, '_', -1)+1);
          vURL:='/reports/rwservlet/getjobid'||vJobID||'?'||'server='||w_name_repserv;
     END IF;
     WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT(vURL, '_blank');
     IF NOT form_success THEN
          MESSAGE('Error: PL/SQL held against Button failed to execute');
          RAISE FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE;
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/*Run_Product(REPORTS, nom_rep, SYNCHRONOUS, runtime, FILESYSTEM, pl_id,'');
EXCEPTION WHEN Run_Product_Failure THEN
message('Error');*/
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As others have pointed out, writing to Excel might not be optimal, particularly if you are acquiring data at a high rate (and would therefore be writing a lot of data). We actually use Excel in our data acquisition routine, mainly reading from a WorkSheet to get the parameters of a particular stimulus, but also writing the outcome of the response to the stimulus. As it happens, our "acquisition rate" in this example is on the order of several samples per minute, so there's no problem using Excel (we also sample 16 channels of analog data at 1 KHz -- this gets written as a binary file).
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You can burst with eText and I have done it
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I don't think it makes sense either since your
generating a flat-file and not a customer or internal
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Also, if you would like you can use the
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http://bipublisher.blogspot.com/2008/03/bi-publisher-b
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