PL/SQL Report Headings Type question

Hi,
If I set a report to use a Heading Type of "PL/SQL", is there a way to get the region id of the report from within the PL/SQL function that I provide in the "Function returning colon delimited headings" section?
#REGION_ID# (available in a report template) doesn't seem to work.
Thanks,
Eric

Report region ids are not accessible to developers for use in the App Builder. You have to run the page, see what the generated region id is and then go back and hardcode it whereever you need.
I understand that this is going to be improved in the next release, the region id is going to be a user-defined attribute.

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