Interactive report column with an external link - Sort, chart functions

interesting.... the message text did not make it into the post (twice). But edit seems to work.
Our problem....
We have an interactive report with a column that in some cases will contain information allowing us to build a link. We have updated the report query to return the data tagged with the <a href..... on rows that can be links. The links are displayed and function correctly. However, if we click on the column header so we do something like sort, the page hangs. If we try to create a report using this column we get an error.
We have also tried marking the column as a link in the IR definition. With that design, the sort and reporting isn't an issue, but all the rows are links, which is not what we need.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?
Thanks, Nann
Edited by: Nann on Feb 6, 2010 11:07 AM

Hi Peter,
Thanks for your suggestion. We ended up with a slight variation in the design that allowed us to mark the column as a link.
Basically we have a column just for the link.
In our query we now have 2 columns. One that builds the url, the other the text we want displayed as a link.
If that row should not have a link in it the query returns null for both columns.
We only display the link column in the report.
We use the url column in the link definition .
We've disabled the sort and other functions on this column.
All works as we wanted.
Thanks
Nann

Similar Messages

Passing parameter from interactive report column link to new page

I'm very simply trying to pass the value of the column link to the where clause on the next page.
Interactive Report on P2 has column link fid alias in sql query.
I read somewhere to refer prefix the interactive report column with IR ??
So I have item name P2_FID, value #FID#. Anyway, I've tried a kazillion things.
Created a hidden item with same source value... sigh.
Is there a syntax to refer to a report column link, rather than an item_id in a region where clause?
Is there a simple direct way to do this?
Thanks,
Pamela
-----pls/apex/f?p=163:1:2746459963336955::NO::P2_FID:119

Thank you Varad...
Unfortunately, I am still getting no data found. (and there IS data).
a) Do you mean in the link column section of the report attributes? that is done: item 1 name= IR_P2_FID, value = #FID#
b) Do you mean my changing my hidden page item to ir_p2_fid with its source value as #FID# ? also done.
Do I need this hidden item?, and if not how do I refer to link in the where clause of the called page's sql region?
3) Where Fishery_id = :IR_P2_FID
Where Fishery_id = &IR_P2_FID
Thanks again!
Pamela

How to display data in interactive report column without colons (:)

Dear Apex gurus,
I'm a newbie and have just created an Apex application from a spreadsheet. I've created a named list of values and used it in a checkbox against a field in the default page 3 Create form.
When I've selected multiple values in my check box in the form, the data in the interactive report appears as one line with colons separating the selected values like this: Dog:Cat:Bird
What I would like is to have the data appear in the interactive report column as a multi-line list like this:
Dog
Cat
Bird
I can work around this by modifying the SQL code in the Region Source of the Region Definition of the report (Default Page 1 interactive report) to replace the colons with <br>
SELECT replace("PETS_CHOSEN",':','<br>') "PETS_CHOSEN", FROM "MYAPP" Note: this doesn't format properly in the posting. I replace the colon with a html br
This works, but seems to be a hack to me. I am guessing that I've missed a simple option setting somewhere, but I can't find it.
The other problem with this solution is that when I export the report to Excel, what is exported is Dog<br>Cat<br>Bird, which is seems worse than colons.
Thanks,
- Morgan
Edited by: mnrussel on 16-Feb-2009 04:13

Hi Morgan,
I think you have at least two choices:
1 - Replace the colons with ', ' (comma and space) - sort of reasonable on screen and in an export
2 - Create a second page that has the same report but uses the "export: csv" template. Create a manual link to this page to replace the standard Export link. When such report pages are requested, they download immediately instead of displaying. You can, therefore, use commas in this one and <br> tags in the on-screen report version
Andy
ps - To display tags in a post, use &lt; for < and &gt; for >

Interactive report performance problem over database link - Oracle Gateway

Hello all;
This is regarding a thread Interactive report performance problem over database link that was posted by Samo.
The issue that I am facing is when I use Oracle function like (apex_item.check_box) the query slow down by 45 seconds.
query like this: (due to sensitivity issue, I can not disclose real table name)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,b.col3)
, a.col1
, a.col2
FROM table_one a
, table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND a.col4 = 100
AND b.col5 = a.col5
table_one and table_two are remote tables (non-oracle) which are connected using Oracle Gateway.
Now if I run above queries without apex_item.checkbox function the query return or response is less than a second but if I have apex_item.checkbox then the query run more than 30 seconds. I have resolved the issues by creating a collection but it’s not a good practice.
I would like to get ideas from people how to resolve or speed-up the query?
Any idea how to use sub-factoring for the above scenario? Or others method (creating view or materialized view are not an option).
Thank you.
Shaun S.

Hi Shaun
Okay, I have a million questions (could you tell me if both tables are from the same remote source, it looks like they're possibly not?), but let's just try some things first.
By now you should understand the idea of what I termed 'sub-factoring' in a previous post. This is to do with using the WITH blah AS (SELECT... syntax. Now in most circumstances this 'materialises' the results of the inner select statement. This means that we 'get' the results then do something with them afterwards. It's a handy trick when dealing with remote sites as sometimes you want the remote database to do the work. The reason that I ask you to use the MATERIALIZE hint for testing is just to force this, in 99.99% of cases this can be removed later. Using the WITH statement is also handled differently to inline view like SELECT * FROM (SELECT... but the same result can be mimicked with a NO_MERGE hint.
Looking at your case I would be interested to see what the explain plan and results would be for something like the following two statements (sorry - you're going have to check them, it's late!)
WITH a AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_one),
b AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_two),
sourceqry AS
(SELECT b.col3 x
       , a.col1 y
       , a.col2 z
FROM table_one a
    , table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND   a.col4 = 100
AND   b.col5 = a.col5)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,x), y , z
FROM sourceqry
WITH a AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_one),
b AS
(SELECT /*+ MATERIALIZE */ *
FROM table_two)
SELECT apex_item.checkbox(1,x), y , z
FROM table_one a
    , table_two b
WHERE a.col3 = 12345
AND   a.col4 = 100
AND   b.col5 = a.col5If the remote tables are at the same site, then you should have the same results. If they aren't you should get the same results but different to the original query.
We aren't being told the real cardinality of the inners select here so the explain plan is distorted (this is normal for queries on remote and especially non-oracle sites). This hinders tuning normally but I don't think this is your problem at all. How many distinct values do you normally get of the column aliased 'x' and how many rows are normally returned in total? Also how are you testing response times, in APEX, SQL Developer, Toad SQLplus etc?
Sorry for all the questions but it helps to answer the question, if I can.
Cheers
Ben
http://www.munkyben.wordpress.com
Don't forget to mark replies helpful or correct ;)

Interactive report column filters to display differently than column values

Greetings...
We use images a lot in our interactive reports to provide a visual representation to a status, or something locked for update, or what-have-you. By default, when a user clicks the column heading of a column which contains images, the drop-down list that shows up displays the actual images, which is nice for the user to identify exactly which thing they want to filter on. The problem is when the user selects on of the options in the filtering drop-down, the resulting condition that is displayed under the interactive report search bar is the HTML code of the image. I'd like something else to display there because showing the user the HTML code is atrocious.
I didn't think what I want is possible, but then I came across the Page Locks page within ApEx (page 4000:291 in ApEx 4.0.1) which displays a list of all the pages of an application and whether they are locked or not. It also allows you to bulk lock or bulk unlock a bunch of pages. That page uses an interactive report with a column called "Status" which contains images that represent whether the page is locked or not. When you click the "Status" column heading to filter, instead of seeing the images of an open and closed lock, you see the words "Page Locked" and "Page Unlocked." And even better... when you select on of them, the condition that is displayed to the user is very user-friendly.
Can someone tell me how this is done so I can replicate it in my own apps?
Shane.

Why not create the IR using the text you require e.g. 'Lock', 'Unlock' and then use JQuery to replace the text in the report with the image you want. All the filters should then show the plain text and the report will display the image. e.g.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=46801:1
Here's what I did:
Firstly make sure the IR has a region template.
Then create a Dynamic Action with the following attributes:
1. Advanced
2. Event: After Refresh
3. Selection Type: Region
4. Region: [select the IR Region]
5. Action: Execute JS Code
6. Fire on page load: [checked]
7. Code:
$('td [headers="TEST"]').each(function(index) {
if ($(this).text() == 'Lock') {
$(this).empty().html('<img src="/i/htmldb/icons/locked_small.gif" alt="Lock" />');
else {
$(this).empty().html('<img src="/i/htmldb/icons/unlocked_small.gif" alt="Unlock" />');
});Where TEST is the column name.
That's it, this may also be of interest:
http://simonhunt.blogspot.com/2011/10/adjusting-interactive-report-column.html
I hope it helps
Shunt

Interactive Report Column Headings and Row Height

I am using the div style="width:350px;" method to control the width of columns in various interactive reports. That works fine except for the following:
1. When creating filters, the <div...> stuff shows up along with the actual column heading, thus confusing some end users
2. Even when I uncheck the "Use same text for single row view" checkbox and then provide a simple single row view label, the <div> stuff still shows up on the single row view
Does anyone have a better solution?
Also, does anyone know of a way to limit the row height within an interactive report row? I have some columns of data that contain a large amount of HTML data and I'd like to be able to limit the number of rows that show on the report.
Is Oracle planning to provide some better control over the Interactive Report columns in another version? The Interactive Report is such a huge improvement in usability in APEX - it would be great to take it to another level by providing some better control over column width and row height.
Edited by: DaleB on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 AM
Edited by: DaleB on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 AM

Dale,
Unfortunately we don't have much we can use to do what you would like. I would have said it's impossible until version 4 but you could actually do something similar to what Roel has done. His trick is in the edit button. He changed the edit button to use an "onload" call to a JavaScript process. You could do the same but call a process that goes across the rows and styles each column. Now because you don't have a way to identify the column (can't use the order because the end user could change it) you'll have to write the code to look at the top row first and then style the appropriate column. As far as I can tell, this would be quite difficult and inefficient. Having said that if you need it that bad and would like some help with it, put up an example application on apex.oracle.com and provide the workspace/username/password and I'll take a look.
Regards,
Dan
http://danielmcghan.us
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapigen
You can reward this reply by marking it as either Helpful or Correct ;-)

Interactive Report column visible but cannot filter

I have a complex interactive report running on Oracle 10gR1 using Apex 3.1
When I display the report, all the desired columns are visible. However, when I try to do a filter on a particular column it does not appear in the column filter list even though it is visible in the Select Column list. All the other report columns are available in the filter list.
The specific column is the result of a join and a substitution within the SQL select. The problem column is 'file_nm'. I've bolded the line in the script below.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
George
Here's the IR sql:
WITH joined_data AS
( SELECT a.fdno fdno
, a.site_abbrv_cd site
, a.season
, a.find_id
, a.dig_ctgy_cd dig_ctgy
, a.find_ctgy_cd find_ctgy
, a.materials_qstnbl_ind matl_qstnbl
, a.color
, a.field_obj_type_nbr field_type_nbr
, a.is_inscribed_ind is_inscribed
, a.display_seq_nbr seq_nbr
, n.img_file_nm file_nm
, h.material_descr
, g.general_matl_ind primary
, g.specific_matl_ind secondary
, i.keyword
, i.kw_cls
, i.lvl_nbr
, j.kw_descr
, b.site_subdiv_type_cd AS type
, b.site_subdiv_nm AS nm
, CONCAT(b.sq_h_coord, CONCAT(b.sq_v_coord,
CONCAT(':', b.locus_nbr))) AS locus
FROM find a
LEFT OUTER JOIN ref_item_assoc m ON a.find_id = m.obj_id
AND m.deflt_dsply_img_ind = 'Y'
LEFT OUTER JOIN digital_img n ON m.ref_item_id = n.ref_item_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN find_site_subdiv ab ON a.find_id = ab.find_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN site_subdiv b ON ab.site_subdiv_id = b.site_subdiv_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN keyword_assocn i ON a.find_id = i.obj_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN keyword j ON i.keyword = j.keyword
AND i.kw_cls = j.kw_cls
LEFT OUTER JOIN material_find g ON a.find_id = g.find_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN material h ON g.material_cd = h.material_cd
SELECT site
, find_id
, season
, fdno
, matl_qstnbl
, CASE WHEN color IS NOT NULL THEN color ELSE 'No entry' END AS color
, CASE WHEN field_type_nbr IS NOT NULL THEN field_type_nbr ELSE 'No entry' END As Field_type_nbr
, is_inscribed
, seq_nbr
*, MAX (CASE WHEN file_nm IS NOT NULL THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END) AS file_nm*
, MAX (CASE WHEN type = 'AR' THEN nm ELSE 'No entry' END) AS Area
, MAX (CASE WHEN type = 'AL' THEN nm ELSE 'No entry' END) AS A_Level
, MAX (CASE WHEN type = 'LO' THEN locus ELSE 'No entry' END) AS Locus
, MAX (CASE WHEN kw_cls = 'FI_CTGY' THEN kw_descr ELSE 'No entry' END) AS find_ctgy
, MAX (CASE WHEN kw_cls = 'FI_DIGCTGY' THEN kw_descr ELSE 'No entry' END) AS dig_ctgy
, MAX (CASE WHEN primary = 'Y' THEN material_descr END) AS Primary
, MAX (CASE WHEN secondary = 'Y' THEN material_descr END) AS Secondary
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCR' AND lvl_nbr = 1) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS descr1
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCR' AND lvl_nbr = 2) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS descr2
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCR' AND lvl_nbr = 3) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS descr3
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 1) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_1
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 2) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_2
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 3) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_3
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 4) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_4
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 5) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_5
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 6) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_6
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 7) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_7
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'FI_DESCRN' AND lvl_nbr = 8) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) AS DescrN_8
, MAX (CASE WHEN (kw_cls = 'ARCH_CNTXT' AND keyword IS NOT NULL) THEN keyword ELSE 'No entry' END) as arch_cntxt
FROM joined_data
GROUP BY site, find_id, season, fdno, matl_qstnbl, color, field_type_nbr, is_inscribed, seq_nbr
ORDER BY seq_nbr

Look at the interactive report Column Attribute, Allow Users to Filter check box might not be checked for this column. Thanks.
--Manish

Script to find report columns with XXS vulnerabilities

Hi,
Report columns with display as "Standard Report Column" are vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting attacks. I have written a simple script to find these report columns and described an easy way to change them all at once. Check: http://wiki.shellprompt.net/bin/view/Apex/XssExamples
Regards Pete

Hi Pete,
good that you bring up that security issue!
I was talking to Joel during ODTUG about the "Standard Report Column" default the wizard uses and he said that this might be changed in the next version to use the more secure "Display as Text (escape special characters, does not save state)"
Patrick
My APEX Blog: http://inside-apex.blogspot.com
The ApexLib Framework: http://apexlib.sourceforge.net
The APEX Builder Plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/apexplugin/

Make interactive report column nowrap

How do I make one of the interactive report column nowrap? In the standard report, I can add "white-space:nowrap" to column formatting, but IR does not have this option.

Hi,
Regular reports typically use different class name and other attributes for headings/data cells.
In some cases, the TD tag that contains the data uses the "headers" attribute containing the column name or alias. Many browsers can use this for styling.
For example: [http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=267:114]
In the region's Region Header, I have:
<style type="text/css">
td[headers=ENAME] {background-color:red}
#ENAME {background-color:yellow}
</style>I've used the background-color style to make it obvious, but other styling can be used if required. On this report, the column heading uses the column name/alias for the ID, so I've also used #ENAME to style that as well.
Andy

Interactive Report filtering with hidden item column names

I have created an Interactive Report and changed some of the default column headings by using hidden Items with appropriate title. However, when I look at the filter option in the "Gear" drop-down, the only column names which appear are the default ones. There are blank lines for the columns using hidden Items. Any suggestions for having the hidden item content appear in the filter column name list?
Thanks,
George

George,
What is it you're actually trying to do here? Maybe there's an easier way?
Hidden items aren't going to show up in the Column List.
I'm guessing you're trying to separate a long list of column names using '----------' or something like that? We're looking to do just that in our application, but obviously we don't want to users selecting these dummy entries. We tried using the IR column groups, but those make the list look even more cluttered IMHO. (Plus setting the sort order w/in the groups doesn't seem to affect the drop-down column lists, which seems counter-intuitive to me).
If anyone has other suggestions for breaking up the column list display, I could use something immediately (going into beta-test in 2 weeks!).
Thanks,
Stew

Interactive Report Performance With Conditional Link

Apex 3.2
I have a interactive report.
The underlying sql would return 127000 rows
The sql is
select
lde.ods_system,
lde.ldekey,
msg.sendersystem,
msg.messagetype,
msg.messageversion,
msg.msgseqnumber,
msg.alternatekey,
msg.crudmarker,
msg.clrbookdate,
msg.clrbookresult,
lower('udf_'||msg.messagetype) button,
lde.ldekey||'.'||msg.alternatekey||'.'||msg.msgseqnumber udm_key
from
clr_esbmessageheader msg,
clr_adm_systemmessage adm,
udm_lde lde
where
adm.ldeid = lde.ldeid and
msg.sendersystem = adm.system and
msg.messagetype = adm.messagetype and
msg.messageversion = adm.messageversion and
msg.receiversystem = 'SCIPS'
order by msg.clrbookdate desc
This report only takes 1 second to display.
I need to add a conditional link to another page, so I used
case
when lower('udf_'||msg.messagetype) = 'udf_distreceipt' then
'<a class="type" href="' || apex_util.prepare_url('f?p='||:APP_ID||':52:'||:APP_SESSION||'::'||:DEBUG||':RIR'||':IR_MSG_KEY,P52_PG:'|| lde.ldekey||'.'|| msg.alternatekey ||'.'|| msg.msgseqnumber ||','|| 50, null, 'SESSION') || '"title="Go to udf_distreceipt Report">udf_distreceipt</a>'
else 'no link' end table_link
The sql seems to be ok, because the report accepted it, but selecting the new column and saving the report takes forever (over 2 mins)
Now the report takes over 2 minutes to run and I still need to add more conditions.
Have I coded the link incorrectly ?
Gus

Hi Gus,
Are you wanting to put the link in the query for a specific reason?
I had to do a similar thing in the past and just completed the column link section for the column.
Why not just have the following in the query:
case
when lower('udf_'||msg.messagetype) = 'udf_distreceipt' then
udf_distreceipt
else null END table_link
Then do the linking using column link section:
You would specify your link text as #TABLE_LINK# which should then be conditionally displayed due to the case statement, then add in all the page item and values to pass across using a normal link column.
Thanks
Paul

Interactive Report, issue with backgroud color of Column Heading.

Hi,
I am using Theme -16
and there is a Interactive Report with the following columns Headings
Employee Name   Employee No DOB
Now, the label of the first column is changed from Employee Name to Employee<br>name.
The column heading is now displayed as follows.
Employee   Employee No   DOB
Name         problem is when I add a break in any of the column heading..the background color of the column headings is different than the first one (little bit darker).
Why the background ground of the column heading is different in both these cases??.
Thanks,
Deepak

Why the background ground of the column heading is different in both these cases??.The report heading background is controlled by the CSS rule
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA th {
background: #4e4e4e;
font-weight: bold;
color: #fff;
border-top: 1px #ccc solid;
border-bottom: 1px #aaa solid;
white-space: nowrap;
vertical-align: center;
letter-spacing: 1;
font-size: 8pt;
background-image: url(../ws/report_bg.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}This uses a [gradient image|http://apex.oracle.com/i/ws/report_bg.gif] that is repeated horizontally to provide a shaded background from light to dark grey. As the background image doesn't repeat vertically, when the height of the heading is more than the height of the image the gradient is replaced by the underlying background colour (#4e4e4e). This is what's happening when the break is inserted into the header text: the height of the heading increases, causing more of the darker area of the background image/underlying colour to be visible.

Link to Interactive Reports application with parametes

Hi ,
I'm trying to link a reporting application to a interactive report application and but I'm not sure on how I should pass parameters ?
Any clues on how to use the URL to achive this ?
V

V,
Does this help you...
Interactive Report - Show Saved Reports as Tabs
Anthony.

Interactive Report Column Formating '%' symbol

Hi,
I have an intercative report that shows a column displaying a number and and the sysmbol %. The source query is similar to:
SELECT my_number||'%' as display_percentile
FROM dual;
Because of this the interactive report will only show this column as a string type and not number type, therefore my math filtering options are not available. Is there a way that I can display the column as a number type and still have it display as 50%
I am using Application Express 4.1.0.00.32
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: 968358 on 05-Dec-2012 02:09
Edited by: 968358 on 05-Dec-2012 02:10

968358 wrote:
Thank you fac586,
Forgive me, I am a newbie at this and I am still at a loss. Where can I change the report column attributes to reflect css and alike. Do I need to do this on the report template or in the column attributes. When I have looked in the column attributes I cant see anywhere other than on the column link.Add a style sheet using the page HTML Header property attribute:
<style>
/* Replace COLUMN_ALIAS with the alias of the % column in your report */
td[headers="COLUMN_ALIAS"]:after {
content: "%";
</style>

Interactive report – column heading in multiple rows

I am using interactive report. My question to the expert/guru’s is: - How do I change column heading into multiple row with text wrap.
For example:- My column heading is
Is Employee Trained ? -------> (single row display)
I want to make it display like
Is Employee
Trained ? ------> (Multi row display)
Sagar

Hi,
What you could do is, disable the download csv function from IR (Interactive Report Attributes--> Search Bar-- Uncheck Download) and in the region header create a link and redirect it to another page which will have the csv report output.
e.g. <a href="#" onclick="javascript:redirect('f?p=&APP_ID.:3:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.:3::');"" >Download Report </a>
Here I am redirecting the link to Page 3. On Page 3 create a sql report with the same query and make report template to csv. Thanks,
Manish

Interactive report column with an external link - Sort, chart functions

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for