Query of the complicated rdf-report in apex-report

I try to migrate rather complicated rdf report into Apex. I have sucesfully converted the reports file xx.rdf into:
1. xx.xdo file
2. xx.rtf word file
3. xx.xml data file
4. xx_S.pls and xx_B.pls as package files in database
The converted xx.rtf file is OK with all fields and images in right places In the Word I get a beautiful xx.pdf report when I start the preview using converted xx.xml file as the data file. -- The problem is just the package file with its several functions. The xml file has also many levels of data formed by tags like <list_g> etc.. Many of Word fields are CF fields from reports (xx.rdf) which now are as package functions with the same names.
Is there any direct way to generate the Apex report query whic form the xml data file? It seems impossible to start create an Apex query from the package functions and trying to embed on it all the same fields as in xml file. Is it possible to somehow use xx.xdo file and bi publisher as help.
Thank you very much.

Okay, there is some confusion there.. You said: "In our case the customer is not willing to invest into Oracle Reports", Yet you are converting an Oracle Report file for their application, is this NOT their report file?
Then you said " Also the customer is not very eager to use its BI Publisher for Apex reports " But APEX WILL be using BI Publisher for the PDF generation of the report, do they understand having Bi Publisher running the report that APEX can get the PDF from Bi Publsiher?
Sounds like the customer is rather snarky on their requirements..
Thank you,
Tony Miller
Webster, TX

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var url = "'http://snapper.accsp.org/reports/rwservlet?destype=cache&desformat=PDF&report=edr_landings_dollars_by_vessel.rdf&userid=evtr_report/chicken99@safis&FROMDT=" + $v("P810_FROM") + "&TODT=" + $v("P810_TO") + "&DEA_PERMIT_ID=&G_PERMIT_ID.";
popupURL(url);
}Andy

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After two days of searching these forums and AskTom, I think I need to post the following problem.
I have what seems to be a valid view of some data created as follows (with an apology for the formatting - doesn't seem to be a way of using a fixed font here):
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "PRICING_CAPABILITY"."POW_EXEC_SUMM010" ("Item",
"Jul-09", "Aug-09", "Sep-09", "Oct-09", "Nov-09", "Dec-09", "Jan-10",
"Feb-10", "Mar-10", "Apr-10", "May-10", "Jun-10", "YTD")
AS
SELECT
"Item",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Jul-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Jul-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Aug-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Aug-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Sep-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Sep-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Oct-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Oct-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Nov-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Nov-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Dec-09',"ItemValue",0)) "Dec-09",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Jan-10',"ItemValue",0)) "Jan-10",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Feb-10',"ItemValue",0)) "Feb-10",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Mar-10',"ItemValue",0)) "Mar-10",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Apr-10',"ItemValue",0)) "Apr-10",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'May-10',"ItemValue",0)) "May-10",
SUM(DECODE("ItemMonth",'Jun-10',"ItemValue",0)) "Jun-10",
SUM("ItemValue") AS "YTD"
FROM
SELECT
'New Proposals Received' AS "Item",
TO_CHAR(t1.scope_received,'Mon-RR') AS "ItemMonth",
COUNT(*) AS "ItemValue",
10 AS "SortOrder"
FROM
PRICING_CAPABILITY.POW_DATA t1
WHERE
t1.scope_received IS NOT NULL
AND extract(YEAR FROM t1.scope_received) IN (2009,2010)
AND t1.scope_received >= '01-JUL-2009'
GROUP BY
'New Proposals Received',
TO_CHAR(t1.scope_received,'Mon-RR'),
10
UNION
SELECT
'New Proposals Completed' AS "Item",
TO_CHAR(t2.pricing_approval,'Mon-RR') AS "ItemMonth",
COUNT(*) AS "ItemValue",
20 AS "SortOrder"
FROM
PRICING_CAPABILITY.POW_DATA t1
JOIN PRICING_CAPABILITY.POW_LAST_HISTORY t2
ON
t1.POW_DATA_ID = t2.POW_DATA_ID
WHERE
t2.pricing_approval IS NOT NULL
AND extract(YEAR FROM t2.pricing_approval) IN (2009,2010)
AND t2.pricing_approval >= '01-JUL-2009'
GROUP BY
'New Proposals Completed',
TO_CHAR(t2.pricing_approval,'Mon-RR')
GROUP BY
"Item",
"SortOrder"
ORDER BY
"SortOrder" ;
This view works, ie produces the right results when run (ie select * from ...) in SQL Developer and in the SQL Workshop section of Apex.
But when I attempt to produce an Apex report using it as the source of data, I get the following error:
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected
The error is displayed before any part of the report itself is displayed, ie the Region Header is displayed and then the error message.
So far, anything I've been able to find on the forums or AskTom suggests that it is probably due to a date conversion problem. But the aim here is to summarise dated records by month, so I'm extracted the year and month elements of the date values, converting them to strings (using TO_CHAR), and then using the resulting 'Mon-YY' strings to group the results.
If there is a better way, I'm interested.
But I don't understand why Apex seems to be rejecting what appear to be valid results from a valid working query.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Cheers,
Peter

Thanks again, Flavio. I'm learning and I appreciate your patience.
The solution you provided is very similar to the one I came up with after your previous message, but I didn't have the NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE parameter. I'll go back and try it.
I appreciate your explanation re Apex not needing to know and Oracle assuming that the client knows what it is doing, but it puzzles me more.
The way that I originally had things, I think, was consistent with what you have explained, but it didn't work. To make it clear:
1 I had an Oracle view that had no parameters and contained the date literal in the where clause and worked fine in both SQL Developer and in the Apex SQL Workshop.
2 The view did not return any date values. Aside from the column headings and the first column (of character strings), the body of the table comprised integer values only.
3 So, when Apex called the view, I would have expected the Oracle server to independently execute the view and return the (dateless) results to Apex, which would then present the unmodified results in a standard report. This is, I think, what SQL Developer and the Apex SQL Workshop appear to have successfully done.
My expectation seems to be consistent with at least some of your explanation (ie [Oracle assumes] "+that the client knows what it is doing+" and "+apex doesn't need to know anything about the underlying query+"), but is not consistent with actual experience, where Apex seems to know that the underlying query contains a date literal and unsuccessfully (and unnecessarily) attempts to interpret it.
I'm obviously missing something about how Apex and Oracle interact in this situation. While I don't need to know - as I have a working solution now - it is valuable to understand how things work. Makes life easier and more productive.
Cheers,
Peter

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mtbdude40 wrote:
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A blonde goes to the doctor and as she touches each part of her body with her finger she says: Doc it hurts everywhere. My leg hurts, my arm hurts, my neck hurts, and even my head hurts! Doc what's wrong? The doctor answers: Your finger is broken!
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