Interactive report URL syntax

Hi
I'm using Apex 3.1.2, and am fairly new to using Interactive reports. I've found the URL syntax to apply a filter on an IR, and was just wondering if it is possible to apply a sort, or even open a saved report from a URL link? I am well aware that I can work around it (using different pages with a sort pre-applied etc) but was hoping that I could do everything on one page.
Thanks!
-Marc

Hi Marc,
I just read over the document and it doesn't appear that we can do it via the URL, however you may be able to do this using JS.
Try this (I did this as a test on the emp table)
//Send filter request
var get = new htmldb_Get(null,$v('pFlowId'),'APXWGT',$v('pFlowStepId'));
get.addParam('f01','EMPNO');
get.addParam('f01','=');
get.addParam('f01','7369');
get.addParam('f01','');
get.addParam('f01','minutes');
get.addParam('p_widget_action','FILTER');
get.addParam('p_widget_action_mod','ADD');
get.addParam('p_widget_mod','ACTION');
get.addParam('p_widget_name','worksheet');
get.addParam('x01',$v('apexir_WORKSHEET_ID'));
get.addParam('x02',$v('apexir_REPORT_ID'));
get.addParam('x03','EMPNO');
var gReturn = get.get();
//Refresh report request
var get = new htmldb_Get(null,$v('pFlowId'),'APXWGT',$v('pFlowStepId'));
get.addParam('p_widget_mod','PULL');
get.addParam('p_widget_name','worksheet');
get.addParam('x01',$v('apexir_WORKSHEET_ID'));
get.addParam('x02',$v('apexir_REPORT_ID'));
get.addParam('x03','EMPNO');
var gReturn = get.get();
//Refresh HTML report
$s('apexir_WORKSHEET',gReturn);
I'll try to put a post on my blog about the full solution to this shortly ([http://apex-smb.blogspot.com/])
Martin

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user12253705 wrote:
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declare
v_base_query clob;
v_where clob;
v_query clob;
v_base_where varchar2(12):=' where 1=1 '; -- incase there is no where clause in the base query
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htmldb_collection.delete_collection( p_collection_name => 'IR_COLLECTION');
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into v_base_query
from APEX_APPLICATION_PAGE_IR
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and page_id=:APP_PAGE_ID; -- you can only have one IR report per page
--UNCOMMENT TO VIEW THE PARAMETERS TO THE PACKAGED FUNCTION
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...and that's it!
enjoy
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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 ;)

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'< href="f?p='||:app_id||':183:'||:app_session||'::::P183_OBJECT_ID:'||d.id||'">'||d.object_name||'</>'
when d.object_type_description = 'Real Time Event' then
'< href="f?p='||:app_id||':162:'||:app_session||'::::P162_OBJECT_ID:'||d.id||'">'||d.object_name||'</>'
else
   null
end as "OBJECT NAME"As you see in the above example, the link on the "Object Name" column could either redirect to page 183 or to page 162 based on the "Object Type Description" column.
The column attribute of the "Object Name" column has "Display Type" set to "Standard Report Column". That works perfectly fine in the UI of the report. However, if I download the IR data (in any format) from the Actions -> Download menu, the object name column values are downloaded with the HTML characters as:
< href="f?p=15548:183:6072319179284::::P183_OBJECT_ID:255245470513999672860510787772603748464">JP010000</>where JP010000 is the object name.
Is there a way I can strip the HTML from the column values in the downloaded files?
I am using Apex 4.1.

Rohit,
You can define the link in the query, make it hidden, use the value as column link URL. So, your query will look like the following:
d.object_name,
case when d.object_type_description ='Business Service' then
    'f?p='||:app_id||':183:'||:app_session||'::::P183_OBJECT_ID:'||d.id
when d.object_type_description = 'Real Time Event' then
    'f?p='||:app_id||':162:'||:app_session||'::::P162_OBJECT_ID:'||d.id
else
   null
end linkChange the display type of LINK column to Hidden. In column link, enter #OBJECT_NAME# as Link Text. Select URL as Target. Enter #LINK# as URL value. In APEX 4.2, you can do this in easier way by defining HTML Column Expression.
Regards,
Christina
Edited by: cbcho on Sep 27, 2012 11:35 AM

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