Multi-Select Fields on Report

Question

I have a report that includes a few multi-select fields which are associated with LOVs.
On the report, I have the fields with LOVs set up to have a Column Filter Type of Use Named List of Values to Filter Word Contains.
When there is only one value in the field, it shows the display value of the field as I would like. However, if there is more than one value, it continues to show the stored values in a string separated by colons.
For example, the display value for two values might be Smith, Bob and Jones, Julie. (Their stored values are BSMITH and JJONES, respectively.)
When there is only one value selected, the report displays "Smith, Bob" for example. However, if two or more are selected it will show the stored values, such as "BSMITH:JJONES", separating the values by colons. Can this be changed so that the columns with multiple values will show "Smith, Bob:Jones, Julie", for example.
How can I get all of the values to show in the displayed format for multi-select fields on both reports and charts?

Answer 1

O.K.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_consultant_names (
   p_consultant_id   IN   VARCHAR2
   RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
   v_constultants   VARCHAR2 (4000);
BEGIN
   FOR c IN (SELECT consultant_name
               FROM otd_consultants
              WHERE INSTR (':' || p_consultant_id || ':',
                           ':' || consultant_id || ':'
                          ) > 0)
   LOOP
      v_constultants := v_constultants || ', ' || c.consultant_name;
   END LOOP;
   v_constultants := LTRIM (v_constultants, ', ');
   RETURN v_constultants;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS
   THEN
      RETURN v_constultants;
END get_consultant_names;and the SQL would be:
SELECT project_id, start_date,
       get_consultant_names (consultant_id) consultant_id
  FROM otd_projectDenes Kubicek
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