Issue with Date showing Null in interactive report

I created an interactive report for a customer and was confused to see blanks or more specifically dashes where there should be dates in one of the fields. I knew this field should have data so I did some testing and this is what I have found:
The sql I am running is:
select
assigned_to_company,
last_resolved_date,
incident_id
from
rhpd0009_im_adherence_rpt2_vw
When I run the command in SQL workshop I get the following results with data in the last_resolved_date field:
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I copied and pasted the SQL from SQL workshop and created a new interactive report and got the following results with no last_resolved_dates showing up:
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For some reason the order is different, but the first one INC1117629 shows up in both of them and has a last_resolved_date in SQL workshop, but not in the interactive report. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You
Scott

Varad,
It seems to be related to the function we use to convert Remedy dates to Viewable dates. Remedy dates are stored as an integer that represents the absolute number of seconds from Jan 1, 1970 at 12:00 AM. We use a function that converts this number into a human readable date. I have tried encapsulating the result of the function in a TO_DATE and a TO_CHAR with the same results as before. There is something about the resulting data from the date convert function that Apex doesn't like. It would be interesting to isolate what exactly the issue is, but right now I'm just trying to find a work around.
Thank You
SCott

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--GET THE BASE QUERY OF THE IR REPORT
select sql_query
into v_base_query
from APEX_APPLICATION_PAGE_IR
where application_id=:APP_ID
and page_id=:APP_PAGE_ID; -- you can only have one IR report per page
--UNCOMMENT TO VIEW THE PARAMETERS TO THE PACKAGED FUNCTION
--raise_application_error(-20001, :APP_ID||'-'||:APP_PAGE_ID||'-'||:SESSION||'-'||:P3_BASE_REPORT_ID);
--GET THE SQL FILTER CODE
select apex_ir_query.ir_query_where(:APP_ID,:APP_PAGE_ID,:SESSION,:P3_BASE_REPORT_ID)
into v_where
from dual;
--CHECK TO SEE THAT THERE IS A "WHERE" CLAUSE IN THE BASE QUERY
if instr(upper(v_base_query),'WHERE ') > 0 then
v_query:=v_base_query||' '||v_where;
else
v_query:=v_base_query||' '||v_base_where||' '||v_where;
end if;
--UNCOMMENT TO SEE THE FULL QUERY SYNTAX
--raise_application_error(-20001,v_query);
--CREATE COLLECTION FROM IR RECORDS
apex_collection.create_collection_from_query(P_collection_name=>'IR_COLLECTION',p_query=>v_query);
exception
when others then
raise_application_error(-20001, 'Interactive report not found. Contact Administrator. Could not create collection of records.');
end;
remember to update P3_BASE_REPORT_ID above to your HIDDEN ITEM name.
Set the following attributes for the process above
CONDITIONAL PROCESSING
CONDITION TYPE = Request=Expression 1
EXPRESSION 1 --> CONSTRUCT_IR_QUERY (Note: this was set on the branch in step 4 above)
6) Run the IR report, click on the "SELECT SPECIMENS" button then click on the Session link on the Developer's Toolbar and select VIEW COLLECTIONS from the popup list then click GO. You should now see the IR records.
By the way I've been testing in IE not Firefox.
...and that's it!
enjoy
Paul P

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