Interactive Report Column Heading Filters using LIKE instead of =

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I have an inter active report with a column Like Below
select case when trunc(c.resp_contact_dt, 'MM') = trunc(sysdate, 'MM') or trunc(c.oth_contact_dt, 'MM') = trunc(sysdate, 'MM') then '<img src="/i/contact_2_green.png" alt="RESP A: ' || to_char(c.resp_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.resp_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') ||'
' || 'OTH A: ' || to_char(c.oth_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.oth_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || '">'
when trunc(c.resp_attempt_dt, 'MM') = trunc(sysdate, 'MM') or trunc(c.oth_attempt_dt, 'MM') = trunc(sysdate, 'MM') then '<img src="/i/contact_2_yellow.png" alt="RESP A: ' || to_char(c.resp_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.resp_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') ||'
' || 'OTH A: ' || to_char(c.oth_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.oth_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || '">'
else '<img src="/i/contact_1_red.png" alt="RESP A: ' || to_char(c.resp_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.resp_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') ||'
' || 'OTH A: ' || to_char(c.oth_attempt_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || ' C:' || to_char(c.oth_contact_dt, 'MM/DD/YYYY') || '">' end as Contact,
This column header has an User defined LOV
select '%green%' d,
'<img src="/i/contact_2_green.png">' r from dual
Union select '%red%' d,
'<img src="/i/contact_1_red.png">' r from dual
union select '%yellow%' d,
'<img src="/i/contact_2_yellow.png">' r from dual
When user select my Red image from the column header link
the filter generates where contact = '%red%' This fails
Is there a way to generate the filter contact like '%red%' without the user having to change it to like.
Is this possible in 4.0?

I am assuming Because of the crickets either I am doing my SQL to incorrectly and there is a better way to return get a popup with a changing image into an interactive report
or
There is no way to do what I am trying

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    I also ran into this problem with IRs and the useless column header box. If you want to hide the unique values list, it is a bother. First of all, you can't disable the finding of values, this is embedded in the widget ajax code. Then if you want to just hide the list, there is no real event you can hook up to. The poping up of the box is an ajax callback, and is part of the IR javascript, but this callback does not trigger any event (no apexafterrefresh for example, which is understandable). I've worked around this by overriding/extending the method which is called when ajax is done loading within the IR code. Here is a piece of code which does this (call it on page load):
       // _Finished_Loading is called when the IR is done with a GET action
       // because the posts are synchronous in this report, and no events
       // or hooks are available, the best way to preserve functionality
       // yet extending it is to override the original function, yet
       // keep the base code
       // apexafterrefresh cant be used since it is not triggered after
       // the widget ajax
       var or_Finished_Loading = gReport._Finished_Loading;
       gReport._Finished_Loading = function(){
           //overriden, but still have to call orinigal!
          or_Finished_Loading();
          //SORT_WIDGET is the widget containing all the header elements
          if(gReport.current_control=='SORT_WIDGET'){
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             $("#apexir_rollover_content").hide();
       };If you're interested, i've recently developed a plugin for use in my interactive reports which works around some of these limitations. For me, the headers are much more userfriendly than the actions > filter menu. So what i've done is: hide the orignal dropdown, and turn the searchfield into an autocompletion field, which will progressively search through the distinct column values in the IR with ajax. I've even made an option to have the searching behave like a "contains" or a "like". I'm working on a post about it, with background, documentation and source code. I'll add a post here when i finish it up, you can see if that helps you.
    I also would like to add a button later on which will simply add the entered value as a "like %value%" filter. I know how to do this and what to do, i'm just a bit short on time at the moment. I actually think that adding the button in the layout may be the hardest part... :')

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