Mailto and HTTP in Reports

Question

Some of my reports in iPortal show email ids and web urls.
How do I enable the Mailto and HTTP links so that clicking on the field (withMailto) opens the email client with the addressee email id and similarly (for http) open up another browser to display that site?

Answer 1

In the report wizard, select the report from sql query. In the sql statement you can mix html tags with sql accordingly. See below the example that comes with the PEOPLE_APP of Oracle Portal. Hope this helps.
SELECT
nvl(ltrim(FIRST_NAME | |' '| | MIDDLE_NAME | |' ' | | LAST_NAME), USER_NAME) name,
decode('(' &#0124; &#0124; KNOWN_AS &#0124; &#0124; ')', '()', ' ', '<BR>(' &#0124; &#0124; KNOWN_AS &#0124; &#0124; ')') knownas,
decode(TITLE &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', ' ', '<BR>' &#0124; &#0124; TITLE &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') title,
'<IMG SRC="'&#0124; &#0124; decode(IMAGE, '', PORTAL30.wwctx_api.get_image_path &#0124; &#0124; 'noimg.jpg', owa_util.get_cgi_env('DOC_ACCESS_PATH') &#0124; &#0124; '/' &#0124; &#0124; IMAGE) &#0124; &#0124;'">' image,
'' &#0124; &#0124; EMAIL &#0124; &#0124; '' email,
nvl(WORK_PHONE, '(No Phone)') WORK_PHONE,
decode(OFFICE_ADDR1 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', OFFICE_ADDR1 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(OFFICE_ADDR2 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', OFFICE_ADDR2 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(OFFICE_ADDR3 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', OFFICE_ADDR3 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
OFFICE_CITY &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124;
OFFICE_ZIP &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>' &#0124; &#0124;
OFFICE_STATE &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124;
OFFICE_COUNTRY office_addr,
decode(MOBILE_PHONE, '', ' ', 'Mobile <B>' &#0124; &#0124; MOBILE_PHONE &#0124; &#0124; '</B><BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(PAGER,'', '', 'Pager <B>' &#0124; &#0124; PAGER &#0124; &#0124; '</B><BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(FAX, '', '', 'Fax <B>' &#0124; &#0124; FAX &#0124; &#0124; '</B><BR>') Other_numbers,
EMPNO,
USER_NAME,
'' &#0124; &#0124;
'<IMG SRC="' &#0124; &#0124; PORTAL30.wwctx_api.get_image_path &#0124; &#0124; 'tree.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="24" HEIGHT="24">' CHART,
NVL(ORGANIZATION, ' ') ORGANIZATION,
M_FIRST_NAME &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124; M_MIDDLE_NAME &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124; M_LAST_NAME managername,
nvl(to_char(HIREDATE, 'DD-MON-YYYY'), ' ') HIREDATE,
NVL(TO_CHAR(NO_OF_YRS), ' ') NO_OF_YRS,
nvl(HOME_PHONE,'(No Phone)') HOME_PHONE,
decode(HOME_ADDR1 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', HOME_ADDR1 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(HOME_ADDR2 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', HOME_ADDR2 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
decode(HOME_ADDR3 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>', '<BR>', '', HOME_ADDR3 &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>') &#0124; &#0124;
HOME_CITY &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124;
HOME_ZIP &#0124; &#0124; '<BR>' &#0124; &#0124;
HOME_STATE &#0124; &#0124; ' ' &#0124; &#0124;
HOME_COUNTRY home_addr,
nvl(to_char(DATE_OF_BIRTH, 'FMMONTH DD'), ' ') DOB
FROM PORTAL30_DEMO.PEOPLE_INFO_VW
WHERE EMPNO = :BEMPNO
AND DISPLAY_PERSONAL_INFO = 'Y'
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