Parameters in a subtemplate

Hi All,
I am calling a sub template from two places in the main template. I pass a parameter called 'section' to the sub template. The section parameter would have values like 'sec1', 'sec2' etc(Please find the xml from the data template below).
RTF template has the following code
RTF Template
<?for-each:$section?>
<?end for-each?>
The XML Input would be like
<report>
<sec1>
<col1>1</col1>
<col2>A</col2>
</sec1>
<sec2>
<col1>2</col1>
<col2>B</col2>
</sec2>
</report>
The report fails. Is there any way to achieve this?
The report works fine if I have the follwing code in the RTF Template
RTF Template
<?for-each:sec1?>
<?end for-each?>
<?for-each:sec2?>
<?end for-each?>
Thanks,
Sandesh

Hi Sandesh
$section should contain the xpath for the nodes.
i beleive you are passing string or something else,
<?variable: section; /report/sec1?>
then do this
<?for-each:$section?>
<?end for-each?>
for each requires a pointer to segment of xml, not the string like you are passing

Similar Messages

Can include sort tags by calling subtemplate?

I have some sort tags which will be used in multiple reports, so I want to have them in a subtemplate and call them from each main template. When I do this I get:
XML-22047: (Error) Invalid instantiation of 'xsl:sort' in 'xsl:template' context.
If I put the sort tags directly in the main template, everything is fine. So is there a correct way to include sorts from a subtemplate?
Thanks,
Kurz

Tim,
Thanks for the response.
I actually followed that page to learn out to do sorting based on parameters :-)
I am creating the template parameters via a subtemplate then calling that from the main template, and that works fine. I can refer to $sort1, $sort2, $sort3 in the main template. It is just trying to include the sort tags that fails.
I don't think there is anything wrong with my subtemplate call since I am calling several other templates from the same file and all of those are working.
Is there something specific you wanted to see from the templates?
Kurz

Calling subtemplate with parameters in footer

Hi,
I have the following syntax that calls a conditional footer depending on orgid and country:
<xsl:call-template name="Super"><xsl:with-param name="organiz"select="ORG"/>
<xsl:with-param name="country" select="BILL_COUNTRY_DESCRIPTION"/></xsl:call-template>
This works great if I call it from a form-field but if I paste this code into the footer it does'nt get interpreted as xsl-code.
Is there any way to work around this?
Rg. Daniel

By the way - you can call subtemplates with parameters using the short <??> notation in the real header.
Edward our local guru gave me syntax:
HEADER:
<?call@inlines:aaa?><?with-param:name;string(edward)?><?end call?>
BODY:
<?template:aaa?>
<?param:name;string(Default Value)?>
Name: <?string($name)?>
<?end template?>

Calling a subtemplate in EBS and passing parameters.

Hi All,
This question refers to a similiar post on the XML blog a while ago (http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/2006/04/11). I have created my template and subtemplate as shown below, but receive the below error at runtime. If I remove "<?$ReportName?>" from my sub template, the output is created without error.
SUB-TEMPLATE
<?template:Header?><?param:ReportName;string('My Report')?>
CompanyName <?$ReportName?> Report Date: 6.6.2006<?end header?>
TEMPLATE
-----header section
<?call@inlines:Header?>
<?with-param:ReportName;string(Employee Template)?>
<?end call?>
-----end header;begin body
<?import:xdo://ONT.SUBTEMPLATE1.en.US?>
ERROR STACK
Caused by: oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathException: Variable not defined: 'ReportName'.
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet.flushErrors(XSLStylesheet.java:1526)
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet.execute(XSLStylesheet.java:517)
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet.execute(XSLStylesheet.java:485)
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:264)
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:150)
     at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:187)
     ... 16 more
So...1) What about this code is incorrect? I think I copied it exactly from the example in the blog

Hi
I have just done a quick test to see if there is anything weird about this.
Here is what I did...
CREATE TABLE testypie
(col1 VARCHAR2(100),
col2 VARCHAR2(100));I then created a standard tabular form using the wizard and a region source of
SELECT *
FROM empI then created a PL/SQL page process with a source of this...
BEGIN
FOR i IN APEX_APPLICATION.G_F02.COUNT..APEX_APPLICATION.G_F02.COUNT
LOOP
INSERT INTO testypie
(col1, col2)
VALUES
(APEX_APPLICATION.G_F03(i),APEX_APPLICATION.G_F04(i));
END LOOP;
END;This worked fine and inserted the correct values (the ones I had just added).
What am I missing?
Cheers
Ben

Passing parameters to subtemplate.

Hi!
I read Tims blog Here is the link about subtemplates and it was very intresting.
I got it working except for one thing. The parameter ReportName doesn’t work as it should.
I get the following error: oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathException: Variable not defined: 'ReportName'
If I take away <?$ReportName?> from the subtemplate this exception goes away, but I don't get the parameter value.
Do I have to declare ReportName somehow? And how do I do it?
Regards

Hi Tim,
I am not getting any errors. The output for that particular field just comes up blank. I have even tried the following template definition within the rtf:
<?template:sumAmounts?>
<?param:amounts?>
<?param:subtotal;0?>
<?choose:?>
<?when:$amounts?>
<?call:sumAmounts?>
AMOUNTS (form field with <xsl:with-param name="amounts" select="$amounts[position() > 1]" />)
SUBTOTAL (form field with <xsl:with-param name="subtotal" select="$subtotal + translate($amounts[1], ',', '')" /> )
<?end call?>
<?end when?>
<?otherwise:?>
SUBTOTAL (form field with <xsl:value-of select="$subtotal"/>)
<?end otherwise?>
<?end choose?>
<?end template?>
yet it still comes up blank. I have tried it with variables defined using xdoxslt:set/get_variable and I have also used XML tags with it.

Report locale, subtemplates and Data Model

Hi,
I have the following situation:
We have 4 templates according to language, with french the default language:
- FR: template.rtf
- NL: template_nl.rtf
- DE: template_de.rtf
- EN: template_en.rtf
The report locale is enough for BI Publisher to select the correct template, so that's OK.
Some data from our database is also based on locale (eg street names and cities).
Question 1: is it possible to use the current locale as parameter for the (sql) data model in some way (eg by using a specific parameter name)? For now we set the report locale to the correct language AND we send that same value through as a parameter. It would be cleaner to just set the report locale and be able to use that value in some way.
Question 2: all of the above templates have a footer that's being reused, each also share the same data model, but the data is again based on the current locale.
so: footer.rtf, footer_nl.rtf, footer_de.rtf and footer_en.rtf. Do I need to import all of these in their respective files or will localisation work (I doubt it)?
Question 3: Is there a way to implicitly pass all parameters that were passed to the main template, also pass to the subtemplates? (eg LANG parameter is passed to template_nl.rtf, who can use it in his data model, is there a way to automatically make LANG available for footer_nl.rtf's data model or do I need to explicitly pass it as a parameter in the <?call-template: footer?>) - again if the report locale is available in some way to the data model, it would be easy.
Thanks in advance

Hello,
Probably the easiest would be to use an OnDemand Process and some AJAX to pull your data into the extjs object.
Here's an example of an OnDemand Process.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:11
For data the easiest at the moment would be probably to use the Oracle XML functions to generate your data in XML and use that as your data feed.
You might want to take a look the new Interactive Reports included in APEX 3.1, while extjs has alot of functions there is a bit of setup involved , while the Interactive Reports all you need is a SQL query http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/irrs.html
You should search the forum for extjs as there has been quite a few successful integrations of APEX and extjs / YUI / jQuery etc.
Regards,
Carl
blog : http://carlback.blogspot.com/
apex examples : http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:5

Import a subtemplate in XML PUBLISHER 5.6.2

Hi, we need to be able to reference subtemplates in our templates in XML Publisher. We were able to test
successfully on our desktop by using the following command:
<?import: file:///C:/SousGabarit/Variables/X0050_fr.rtf?>, but we failed after adapting
the command and deploying to the server.
We tried many different approaches like the following which didn't work(with the subtemplate in the same directory
as the template):
<?import:file://entete.rtf?>
<?import:file:./entete.rtf?>
<?import:./entete.rtf?>
<?import:entete.rtf?>
This worked:
<?import:http://p033c:8888/entete.rtf?> since it references an available directory on an application server. But we don't want to specify the
server and port in all of our templates since moving from one environment to
the other will mean changing every templates...
We would like to reference a relative path on the XMLP server. Is it possible to have all the subtemplates
in a directory which can be referenced in the templates directly on the XMLP
server?
What needs to be the import command then?
Thanks!

Thanks a lot for your answer Tim.
I have two questions related to this...
1- Where do you recommend we put the templates on the server? Ideally we would like the user to go through the application to upload subtemplates as opposed to give access to a folder, but I think we cannot access a subtemplate directly in the reports section of the app with a URL, right?
2- Where in the documentation can we find the information about the parameters we can use in our templates which come from the application settings, like "CURRENT_SERVER_URL"? Can we also have access to the locale? What are the other parameters available?
Thanks a lot!
Pierre-Yves

Parameters into Answer Report and MsWord

Hi,
I'm try to invoque a Answer Report in MsWord, by Oracle Publisher, and i need to create a template.
So, i have a principal document and this document have a subtemplate. I need insert into the Template
one chart designed with Answer's tools, but this chart needs to receive a parameter to deploy the information
into a cicle for example:
group 1
text 1
text 2
text 3
group 2
text 4
text 5
I don't know how the chart receive an in parameter?, because the chart don't allow to manipulate into MsWord...
Thank's for your help!
Sandra M. Salazar J.

Hi,
The following solution works for sharing parameters in CR Designer 2008. However, I am not sure if this can work with CR4E Designer. Request you to perform the mentioned steps in CR4E :
1. Click a main report with surbreport
2. Create a parameter in main report
3. Right-Click on subreport and select "Change Subreport Links"
4. Select 'Parameter' in Available Fields -> Fields to link to
5. Click Ok
6. Click Edit Subreport and drag the parameter field in the 'Details' section of your subreport.
Now run the main report, it will ask you for a prompt. The same parameter will be displayed in your subreport.
Hope this works for your cause.
Regards,
Shreyans

Subtemplate access issue

I create a subtemplate it works fine in local by repviewing the report in MS Word except I cannot see the hidden parameters (such report ID, Report Name).
However it does not work in BI Publisher, neither HTTP nor FILE.
I have read Developer/Admin Guide, as well as blogs written by Tim, BIPConsulting and BIPGirl, none them can help me solve the problem.
Can you tell me how set this in BI publisher Admin side step by step so I can use this subtemplate.
Thanks a lot.

There is however a catch to that. Please make sure no end user has access to upload
RTF templates after enabling this option. After this option is enabled, you can include
ANY XML file accessible on the server into an XSL style sheet
- such as application server security configuration files.
This is why this option is disabled by default. If only trusted developers/adminstrator have
permissions to upload RTF templates or XSL stylesheet, the solution is proably workablel.
Klaus

Registering a SubTemplate

When you register a sub template via the template manager, what do you set the data detention too?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to be like the DD’s you create are pretty much tied to just one concurrent program.
So if I want to use my sub-template with an invoice template, do I have to register that sub template with the same data definition my invoice template is associated w/?
An then if I wanted to use that same sub template with a Sales Order Report, do I have to re-register it again with the data detention the sales order report is tied to?
Or is there some global Data Definition you can create for your sub-templates, or do sub templates really even need a Data Definition?
Thanks,
Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,
I have tried it,which one was mentioned clearly in documnet.please gothrough document.Other wise i am copying that information here u can go through....
Register the Subtemplate RTF File in the Template Manager
Register the subtemplate RTF file in the Template Manager. To define it as a
subtemplate, select Subtemplate = YES.
For more information about the Template Manager, see Creating the Template, page 5-4.
Enter the Import Syntax in the Primary Template
Import the subtemplate to the primary template by entering the following syntax in the
primary template. The import syntax tells the XML Publisher engine where to find the
subtemplate RTF in the Template Manager. This syntax may be entered anywhere in the
template prior to the call-template syntax:
<?import:xdo://APPCODE.TEMPLATE_CODE.lang.TERR?>
where
APPCODE is the Application code you assigned to the subtemplate in the Template
Manager. For example, if you associated this template with the Receivables
application, enter "AR".
TEMPLATE_CODE is the template Code you assigned to the subtemplate in the Template
Manager. For example, AR_CommonComponents.
lang is the two-letter ISO 639 language code for the template language you specified
for the subtemplate in the Template Manager (for example, English is "en"). This entry
must be lowercase.
TERR is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code for the template territory you specified
for the subtemplate in the Template Manager (for example, United States of America
is "US"). This entry must be uppercase.
Add the call-template Syntax to Your Primary Template
Use the call-template command to render the contents of the subtemplate in
specified, as follows:
<?call-template:template_name?>
where
template_name is the name you assigned to the subtemplate in Step 1.
Example
In this example, your company address is a fixed string that appears in all your
templates. Rather than reproduce the string in all your templates, you can place it in one
subtemplate and reference it from all the others.
The common components subtemplate will contain the following:
<?template:MyAddress?>
R&G Corporation
500 Marine Parkway
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
<?end template?>
This defines the string in a subtemplate called MyAddress. Save this template as RTF
and add it to the Template Manager using the following criteria:
• Application Code: CUSTOM
• Template Code: COMMONCOMPONENTS
• Language: English
• Territory: United States of America
• Select "Yes" for Subtemplate
Now this subtemplate and any functions therein can be referenced from any other
template.
To call this subtemplate from another template, first import it by inserting the following
syntax at the top of the calling template:
<?import:xdo://CUSTOM.COMMONCOMPONENTS.en.US?>
At the position in the template where you want to display the address, enter:
<?call-template:MyAddress?>
At runtime the contents of the MyAddress subtemplate will be fetched and rendered in
the layout of the calling template.
This functionality is not limited to just strings, you can insert any valid RTF template
functionality in a subtemplate, and even pass parameters from one to the other.

Retriving only hidden parameters from request.getParameter

Hi,
I want to retrive only the hidden parameters from previous JSP page into current JSP page. The problem here is that my hidden parameters in privious page are dynamically generated (parameter names are decided based on values retrived from the database) and I cannot retrive them using "request.getParameter(<parametername>)"
Can I find the parameter type (i.e. text box, text area, checkbox, radio or hidden) from the request.getParameter() or request.getParameterNames() methods? or is there any other way to find it.
Thanks in advance for any help

You can use the getParameterNames() or getParameterMap() methods from javax.servlet.ServletRequest to get all the parameters in the request. Even if they're dynamically generated, and you don't know the names in advance, these methods will ferret them out.
getParameterMap() returns name String, values String [] pairs, so you'll have to work with String arrays to get the input out. It's got to be that way to accomodate checkboxes and other HTML form elements that can send more than one value for a given name.
I prefer getParameterMap, because I don't like using Enumerations as much. - MOD

[Interface] - Passing variety parameters/input to PL/SQL report

Hi,
I've the PL/SQL report which can allow passing in the parameter, i use '&'.
the report is given to the end user who do not have the IDE for PL/SQL. the machanism of the report is generated into the spool file and import into excel format.
now i am wondering how to create a tool using SQL or PL/SQL to allow the end user to choose the parameter(s) dynamically and passing into the PL/SQL to generate the report based on the input selected.
the parameters like below:
package code :
week no :
year :
department :
all the above parameters, the data would be selected from the existing lookup table. the user is allow to select more than 1 input for specified parameter for instance i want to spool report for week 1 until week 5.
pls advise any solution on this topic. thanks

hi scoot,
thank for reply.
yep, i'm using sql*plus and also sql navigator 4.0 .
the user don't have the software to interact. i'm thinking of build an simple interface using VB and passing in the parameter then initiate the sql*plus to run the program in background mode.
but if you have any other solution which not need to use other software to wirte such program , pls let me know immediately. thank

Report should prompt me for parameters, please help.

Hi All,
I am using Crystal version 10, So is there any way I can get the behaviour of my parameters as dynamic parameter? I have this requirement because when I am deploying the Report on BO server, and try to open the report from InfoView, it is not prompting me for parameters, rather it is giving me the copy which we had scheduled earlier. To get the fresh data with different parameters, we again need to schedule the report.
What I want is simple, Whenever user clicks on the report link in infoview, I should be promted for the parameters my report is using.
Please help..
Thanks
-Azhar

Hi
It would prompt whenever it's refreshed.
You can refer to Business View manager guide from [here|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir2/en/xir2_bv_admin_en.pdf ] for detailed information.
Hope this helps!!
Regards
Sourashree

How to avoid the parameters accepting screen generated by crystal report

Hi ,
I designed one rpt file which will take one parameter and trying to run that file from java servlets. But I am getting one problem. I am passing parameters from jsp and setting those to the crystal report but, instade of generating the report, it is generating one jsp page which is having text feild , after enter the parameter value onece I submit this page then only I am getting required output.
anybody please help me in this. Below I am placing my code.
               ReportClientDocument reportClientDocument = new ReportClientDocument();
               CrystalReportViewer viewer = new CrystalReportViewer();
               ServletContext cxt = req.getSession().getServletContext();
               String fileName = "C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop/lib-so/ix_sample2.rpt";
               try
                    String realPath = fileName;
                    reportClientDocument.open(realPath, 0);
                    viewer.refresh();
                    viewer.setReportSource(reportClientDocument.getReportSource());
               catch(Exception e)
                    System.out.println("inside catch block...");
                    e.printStackTrace();
               IReportSource reportSource = reportClientDocument.getReportSource();
               Fields oFields = new Fields();
               ParameterField portfolio = new ParameterField();
               portfolio.setName("Portfolio");
                Values oValues = new Values();
                  ParameterFieldDiscreteValue oParameterFieldDiscreteValue = new ParameterFieldDiscreteValue();
                   oParameterFieldDiscreteValue.setValue(new Integer(16));
                   oValues.add(oParameterFieldDiscreteValue);
                   portfolio.setCurrentValues(oValues);
                   portfolio.setReportName(fileName);
                   oFields.add(portfolio);
                      viewer.setOwnPage(false);
                           viewer.setParameterFields(fi);
                   try {
                         viewer.processHttpRequest(req, res, cxt, res.getWriter());
                         viewer.dispose();
                   catch (ReportSDKExceptionBase e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
thanks,
Mallikarjun
Edited by: mallikarjuna.ch1 on May 17, 2009 9:58 AM

Thanks a lot for worthful suggetion Neeraj.
I got resolved my problem. I have one more issue, please give a clarification about that.
my doublt is,
For parameterized rpt file running purpose I need to set the database details . every jar file is placed in application lib only. And my CRConfig.xml file also placed bellow.
              <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><CrystalReportEngine-configuration>
    <timeout>1</timeout>
    <ExternalFunctionLibraryClassNames>
          <classname> </classname>
          <classname> </classname>
    </ExternalFunctionLibraryClassNames>
<keycode>B6W60-01CS200-00GCPT0-0JY1</keycode>
<Javaserver-configuration>
<DataDriverCommon>
     <JavaDir>D:\inventex\crystal_report\Business Objects\j2sdk1.4.2_08\bin</JavaDir>
    <Classpath>$</Classpath>
     <IORFileLocation>$</IORFileLocation>
     <JavaServerTimeout>1800</JavaServerTimeout>
     <JavaServerStartupTimeout>30</JavaServerStartupTimeout>
     <JVMMaxHeap>64000000</JVMMaxHeap>
     <JVMMinHeap>32000000</JVMMinHeap>
     <NumberOfThreads>100</NumberOfThreads>
</DataDriverCommon>
<JDBC>
     <CacheRowSetSize>100</CacheRowSetSize>
     <JDBCURL>jdbc:sqlserver://10.0.0.65:1433;DatabaseName=reportmanager</JDBCURL>
     <JDBCClassName>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver</JDBCClassName>
     <JDBCUserName>malli</JDBCUserName>
     <JNDIURL></JNDIURL>
     <JNDIConnectionFactory></JNDIConnectionFactory>
     <JNDIInitContext>/</JNDIInitContext>
     <JNDIUserName>weblogic</JNDIUserName>
     <GenericJDBCDriver>
          <Default>
               <ServerType>UNKNOWN</ServerType>
               <QuoteIdentifierOnOff>ON</QuoteIdentifierOnOff>
               <StoredProcType>Standard</StoredProcType>
               <LogonStyle>Standard</LogonStyle>
          </Default>
          <Sybase>
               <ServerType>SYBASE</ServerType>
               <QuoteIdentifierOnOff>OFF</QuoteIdentifierOnOff>
               <DriverClassName>com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver</DriverClassName>
               <StoredProcType>Standard</StoredProcType>
               <LogonStyle>MySQL</LogonStyle>
          </Sybase>
     </GenericJDBCDriver>
</JDBC>
<XML>
     <CacheRowSetSize>100</CacheRowSetSize>
     <PreReadNBytes>4096</PreReadNBytes>
     <XMLLocalURL></XMLLocalURL>
     <SchemaLocalURL></SchemaLocalURL>
     <XMLHttpURL></XMLHttpURL>
     <SchemaHttpURL></SchemaHttpURL>
</XML>
<JavaBeans>
    <CacheRowSetSize>100</CacheRowSetSize>
     <JavaBeansClassPath></JavaBeansClassPath>
</JavaBeans>
</Javaserver-configuration>
</CrystalReportEngine-configuration>
still it is showing "Error finding JNDI name (sql server) " error. I am solving this problem setting these paramers through program.

SSRS with DAX - parameters multivalue vs total element

Hi all,
I'm using SSRS on top of a SSAS tabular model to create intuitive dashboards for management department.
One thing I'm struggling with is the lack of a "total" on parameters. What I'm doing is, based on the fact table, I create the datasets that will feed each parameter, so it only has the dimension members available on the fact table. That is fine
performance wise, you only have 1 element and it renders very quickly.
For a management perspective at a higher level it is important to view the totals to have the big picture of the information. In my project we are in a University, so I have the parameters Year, school (there are several schools in the university campus)
and the course (computer sciences, math, statistics, etc).
At first glance, if I'm a course coordinador I want to pick my course and have a global view, and I'm achiveing that, but imagine now, that I am the school coordinator, or the university coordenator.
I want to see the aggregate values by all courses or by all schools.
In my view I have 2 ways to do this and I come from a tradition cubes background:
1 - I would use the all element the cubes hierarchy have on each attribute
2 - I would use multivalue parameters with StrToSet (worse performance)
Using DAX what is your approach?
Best regards

Hi AsifMehmood,
Per my understanding you have create an SSRS report with SharePoint list, now you don’t know to create the distinct parameters by using CAML query, right?
For the CAML language doesn’t have any reserved word (or tag) to set this particular filter to remove duplicate results, but we can use the custom code to do this function. I have tested on my local environment and we can do that by create one hidden parameter(Param1)
to get all the values from the fields which will add the filter and then create another parameter(Param2) to get the distinct values based on the Param1, we use the custom code to do the deduplication.
Step by Steps information in below thread for your reference to create the parameters and the custom code:
"How to get distinct values of sharepoint column using SSRS"
Other similar thread for your reference:
https://audministrator.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/sharepoint-list-add-distinct-parameter-value/
If your problem still exists, please feel free to ask and also try to provide us more details information.
Regards
Vicky Liu

Parameters in a subtemplate

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for