Including item names in report column headings

I have a report where I want to use page items in the column headings. Trying to define these using (for example) &P1_ITEM. in the report definition / custom heading does not seem to work. I can define a simple PL/SQL function to return the heading, but I have many columns and it will mean that I'll have to define a function for each column name which does not seem v elegant. Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks Simon

Hi Simon
Column Attributes
Headings Type: Column Names Column Names (InitCap) Custom PL/SQL None choose PL/SQL
Function returning colon delimited headings:
DECLARE
vHEADINGS VARCHAR2(1000);
BEGIN
vHEADINGS := 'NAME:SURNAME:CODE:CELL_NR:&P1_CELL_1.:&P1_CELL_2.:&P1_CELL_3.:' || :XXX || ':' || :YYY || ':' || :ZZZZ || :A || ':' || :B || ':' || :C;
RETURN vHEADINGS;
END;Regards
Mel

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Each report column headings has an ID equal to the column name/alias as it appears in your select statement. You can use this ID to directly access the column header DOM node, just as you are doing with a page item.
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orton

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Edited by: DaleB on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 AM
Edited by: DaleB on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 AM

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---- I succeed with the department ID because it's a page item and in the "Action When Button Clicked" of the button I filled "Set These Items" -> Item From Page B "With These Values" -> Item from Page A.
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