Issue with Carl's Auto Updating Report example

Hi. I'm trying to figure out how to implement PPR templates into my application. I've looked at Carl's example and thought downloading it to my test workspace and checking it out would be the best way forward. I've created the table per the instructions and am getting an odd error when I try to set the refresh rate:
Line: 23
Char: 3
Error: 'null' is null or not an object
This is a link to my report:
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=43812:40:12406459224965513538::NO:RP::
Does anyone have any tips, common errors, that I can check out?
Thanks a bunch. Len

OK. So I see from a previous post that region_id does not have a variable option. To find the region ID if I look at the source code for the page I use the Rnnnnn listed? Then go to the 'Edit Attributes' of the page and change the number in the HTML Header section?

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Carl's Auto Updating Report example with Apex 3.0

Hi,
I'm try to develop a page very similar to Carls' "Auto Updating Report" page and been very new to Apex I find it very hard to work out all the things I need to do from the example pages.
Is there anywhere I can download a sample application so I can explore the code through APEX to see how everything works and fits together.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Anthony

Carl,
Thanks I have it working.
Just one more question is it possible to have two reports on same page to auto update?
If I simply add another html_PPR_Report_Page with the second report_id I get an Error : "gNode is null or not an object". using IE.
function mon_Refresh()
setTimeout("mon_Refresh()",5000);
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1736701112358007',$x('r_R1736701112358007').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
works fine but
function mon_Refresh()
setTimeout("mon_Refresh()",5000);
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1736701112358007',$x('r_R1736701112358007').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1738006943370690',$x('r_R1738006943370690').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
raises an error.
Anthony

Timing issues with systemd units auto-updating rEFInd on ESP

Aim: I wanted to use systemd to auto-update the following files and directories in EFI/arch_refind/:
drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi fonts/ icons/ refind_x64.efi
Initially, I tried to do this with a single .path and .service pair but although it worked initially, I had problems with things respawning too quickly. As a result I ended up with nothingness on the ESP. I figured that the problem might be that because I had different changed-path conditions in the .path file, the .service file was getting run multiple times as pacman updated the refind package. In an attempt to address this, I split the files into four pairs with each one handling a specific change.
For updating the .efi itself:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-efi.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-efi.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/refind_x64.efi
For updating the file system driver:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-ext4.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-ext4.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/drivers_x64
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
For the fonts directory:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-fonts.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/share/refind/fonts
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-fonts.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/fonts
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -pr /usr/share/refind/fonts /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/fonts
For the icons directory:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-icons.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/share/refind/icons
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and:
# /etc/systemd/system/refind-update-icons.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -pr /usr/share/refind/icons /boot/efi/EFI/arch_refind/icons
However, I am still getting errors:
Gor 09 01:40:58 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 01:42:25 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:25:21 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:26:13 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 02:29:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
<refind is upgraded at 22:24 according to pacman's log>
Gor 09 22:24:47 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer cp[13179]: /usr/bin/cp: cannot stat ‘/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi’: No such file or directory
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer cp[13174]: /usr/bin/cp: cannot stat ‘/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi’: No such file or directory
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-efi.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-efi.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-ext4.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-ext4.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Unit refind-update-icons.service entered failed state.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: refind-update-icons.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Failed to start Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition...
Gor 09 22:24:48 MyComputer systemd[1]: Started Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
<reboot to test kernel>
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd ext4 driver to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd EFI to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopping Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:05:41 MyComputer systemd[1]: Stopped Copy rEFInd icons to UEFISYS Partition.
Gor 10 00:07:22 MyComputer systemd[1]: Starting Copy rEFInd fonts to UEFISYS Partition.
It seems that systemd is too quick. It notices that something has changed e.g. that /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi has been removed, triggers the service and then finds there is no /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi to copy because the new version has not yet been installed. In the case of the .efi files, the service always seems to somehow manage to get everything into place but in the case of the fonts and icons (icons shown above), it often does not.
I'm not sure why this happens because I based this on the service file I found the wiki for keeping the kernel and initramfs synced to the ESP. So I would think it should work for at least the single file cases, if not the directories. Indeed my EFI update service syncs the kernel and initramfsx2 to the ESP flawlessly (up to now) even though the .path unit for that includes 3 triggering conditions and the .service and .path files are set up just the same.
I've read the manual pages for systemd.{path,service,unit} and couldn't see anything obviously helpful although I'm curious about timer units so I looked at the information on those but I guess they are for rather more sophisticated services than mine. I also looked at the wiki for systemd but it does not say anything about this kind of issue.
Intuitively, I wondered if there is not a clean way of telling systemd to wait until changes to the path have completed before running the service. Obviously I can think of ways to force the service to wait just by using sleep or something but I am sure that that is not the correct way to do it. So I'm pretty sure there is something wrong about the way I've set these up but I am just not seeing what it is. Any hints would be appreciated!

I have actually modified the refind path/service units somewhat, but it still works flawlessly for me. I usually wait for 2-5 min after pkg updates so that all the changes are synced to EFISYS before I reboot. There are the ones I use currently:
refind-efi_copy.path
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd files to EFI System Partition
[Path]
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
PathChanged=/usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux_boot.conf
PathChanged=/mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_archboot.conf
Unit=refind-efi_copy.service
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
refind-efi_copy.service
[Unit]
Description=Copy rEFInd files to EFI System Partition
# Requires=efisys.mount
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/ext4_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/reiserfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/iso9660_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sbsign --key /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.key --cert /efisys/EFI/tools/efitools/db.crt --output /efisys/EFI/tools/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi /usr/lib/refind/drivers_x64/hfs_x64.efi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf /efisys/EFI/refind/refind.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi.conf /efisys/EFI/boot/refind.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf /efisys/EFI/arch/core/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux.conf /efisys/EFI/arch/mainline/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -f /mnt/Source_Codes_Partition/Source_Codes/My_Files/Bootloader_Config_Files/refind_uefi/refind_uefi_linux_boot.conf /boot/refind_linux.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /efisys/EFI/refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -rf /usr/share/refind/icons /efisys/EFI/refind/icons
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rm -rf /efisys/EFI/refind/fonts
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cp -rf /usr/share/refind/fonts /efisys/EFI/refind/fonts
Last edited by the.ridikulus.rat (2013-07-11 15:16:18)

Carls Auto Updating Report - Updating more than one Report on a page.

Does any one know how or adapted Carl's Auto Updating Report to work with more than one report on a page.
If I simply add another html_PPR_Report_Page with the second report_id I get an Error : "gNode is null or not an object". using IE.
function mon_Refresh()
setTimeout("mon_Refresh()",5000);
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1736701112358007',$x('r_R1736701112358007').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
works fine but when I add the second call I get the "gNode is null or not an object". error.
function mon_Refresh()
setTimeout("mon_Refresh()",5000);
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1736701112358007',$x('r_R1736701112358007').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
html_PPR_Report_Page (null,'R1738006943370690',$x('r_R1738006943370690').getAttribute('htmldb:href'))
Any help most appreciated.
Anthony

Hello,
Looks like you might be running into our AJAX race condition take a look at this fix and see if it helps you out.
Race condition in htmldb_get.js
Carl

How to display more than 10 rows in an Auto Updating Report

I followed Carl Backstorm's example, http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:40:525653462286833::NO:RP:: to create a page with an auto update report/region. It's working fine (thanks, Carl) but I can't have the report display all rows (38 rows in total). Everytime I press the "Manual Refresh" button, it shows 10 (the first 10) rows only.
When the report displays at the first time, it shows all the rows (38 rows). Number of Rows and Maximum Row Count are set to 999999 and "No Pagination Selected" in the report region. But after I press the "Manual Refresh" button or specifiy an update time value (like 1 second) to have it auto update, then it only display the first 10 rows.
Is there a way to display more than 10 rows in an Auto Updating Report using Carl's example auto update report/page? Anyone can help? Thank you.
-Michele
Edited by: 106451 on Jun 30, 2010 10:12 AM

Yes, I changed it to:
function table_object(pId){
     this.id = pId;
     this.start_record = 1;          //optional
     this.num_record = 50; //optional
     this.num_record2 = 50;          //optional
I don't quite understand how these vaiables are used for though. Thanks.

Auto Updating Report

Hello.
I am using Apex 2.2.1 and am trying to get Carl Backstrom's wonderful Auto Updating Report to work.
In the Region Template he is using REGION_STATIC_ID. What is that? How do I supply this value? In Apex 3.x there is a field in which to enter a "Report Id" when creating a report. But in 2.x, I see no such field anywhere.
I went ahead and tried to create a report using his example. I made a copy of the Standard PPR template for Theme 10 (Sand). I then copied his code into my PPR copy. When I run my report, there is no refresh and also I am getting the text "#TOP_PAGINATION#" at the top of the report.
How does one get an Auto Updating report to work in Apex 2.2.1?
Thank you for any help.
Elie

Hi Carl.
Thanks very much for helping me out.
I've posted my Apex 2.2.1 app onto my workspace on OTN. Of course, this workspace is a 3.0.1 workspace, and so, I see the REGION_ID field in the report region. This field is missing in my 2.2.1 workspace.
Here is the link and credential info you'll need to see my report page.
workspace = play30
username = [email protected]
password = flowers
The relavent page is page 3 - "Errlog Report".
With respect to the way you're auto updating your report, I have a couple questions.
1) The #REGION_STATIC_ID# and #REGION_ID# values -- are these the same as the region_id obtained via the query:
SELECT region_id
FROM apex_application_page_regions
WHERE application_id = :app_id
AND page_id = :app_page_id
AND region_name = 'Errlog Report';
2) You're using AJAX to auto update a report region, and so, I was expecting to see some reference to the javascript function htmldb_get(). And yet I see you are not calling this function anywhere in the javascript you're using. Perhaps the functions you are using are calling htmldb_get() behind the scenes, I don't know.
We've not upgraded to 3.0.1 because we have so many Apex (2.x) apps being used in production (and this number is increasing as more users see what we've done) that we need to find a suitable time to upgrade without affecting users too much. We read in the Apex install notes that we need to make our database instance unavailable during the upgrade (an hour or so), and so, finding this hour of space is the main hurdle blocking our upgrade to 3.0.1.
Thanks, again, for any help/advice. It is much appreciated.
Elie

URGENT: Issue with hierarchy level keys and report drill down

Hi,
BASIC STRUCTURE:
I have created a subject area with 3 facts (FACT_A, FACT_B, FACT_C) and 4 dimesnions (TIME_DIM,DIM_2,DIM_3,DIM_4). Each fact table also has additional aggregate tables aggregated along levels of the time dimension. Also our timw dimension has aggregated dimension tables like TIME_DIM_WEEK, TIME_DIM_MONTH, TIME_DIM_QUARTER and TIME_DIm_YEAR.
GOAL:
All 3 facts have the same measures M_1 and M_2 in them but may not have data for the same dimension values selected.
For example
For month JAN 2000 FACT_A.M1=100$ and no data exists for JAN 2000 in FACT_B and FACT_C. Then in the report
for JAN2000 it should show FACT_A.M1= $100, FACT_B.M1 = 0 and FACT_C.M1 =0. In this case I should be able to drill down to the lowest level.
ISSUE:
The time dimension TIME_DIM has the following levels - Total -> Year -> Quarter -> Month -> Week -> Day
However I am having an issue with drill down in the reports whenever I pull metrics from more than 1 fact at a time. I have defined the level keys but not sure if I need to do anything in addition since I am using aggregates.
I have to fix this issue quickly. Please help me.

Alastair,
All the fact tables have aggregated facts as sources.
I have checked the levels set for each of the sources to the time dimesnion table in BMM and they look okay. So the Time dim table in BMM has 4 source tables
Time_Day (level set to day, table key is "day"),
Time_month (level set to month, table key is "Fiscal_Month_Code"),
Time_Quarter(level set to quarter, table key is "Fiscal_Quarter_Code") and
Time_Year(level set to year, table key is :Fiscal_Year_Code").
Note: No time week aggregate added as logical source.
Again the time dim hierarchy based off of this table has levels: Total -> Year ->quarter -> Month -> week -> day
The levels keys set for each level are
Year -> Primary key is Year_Name (YYYY)(Checked as chronological key) and another key is Year_Num (YYYY)(Checked as chronological key)
Quarter->Primary Key is Quarter_Name (YYYY Qn), another key is Quarter_Number (Format n where n can assum values 1,2,3,4). Both keys are set as chronological keys
Month -> Primary key is Month_Name (MON YYYY), another key is Month_Num (Format n where n can assume values from 1 to 12) Both keys are set as chronological keys
Week -> Primary Key is week name (YYYY Wk nn, where nn can have values from 1 to 53), another key is week num (nn, where nn can have values from 1 to 53)
Day -> primary key set to day (date format)
Issue1: When I try to drill to lower levels it throws out an error saying report cannot find any data because filters may be too restrictive even though I see data at higher level
For ex: If I drill down to Year: 2010 and Qtr: 2010 Q2 and M1:$100 when I click on Qtr to drll to month level it throws me the error
Issue2: when I add year and qtr colums to the report I see data as below which is incorrect
Year_Name Qtr_Name data:FACTA_M1 Data: FactB_M1
2009 2009 Q1 $10 $5
2009 2009 Q2 $20 $80
2009 2009 Q3 $20
2009 2009 Q4 $30
2010 2010 Q1 $100
2010 Q2 $101
2010 Q3 $102 $230
2010 Q4 $103
2011 Q1 $10
In the above example year_name is not showing up for 2010 Q2 and after. However if I change the primary key for level 'Quarter' by having key consist of year name and quarter name instead of just quarter name the issue doesnt occur and drill down works great. The only issue is when I drill from qtr it first shows year name and quarter name instead of showing the next level which would be month name.
Sorry about the long message but I thought you might notice something in how I have set up the keys.
Thanks

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=============
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==========
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==========
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==============
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by fdenis:
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