Report Column formatting

In 9.0.2, I need to make 1 of my report column headings print as the system date.
ie.
Purchases on 05-SEP-02.
BALLS
BATS
Is there any way to do this in the column formatting page of reports?

Hi,
You cannot have sysdate in the column heading. You can put only in the additional plsql code section.
Thanks,
Sharmila

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Report column format

What are valid values for the reports column format field?
Can't find it in the help, searched the forum and looked in a selection of the pre-defined reports. Very few of the reports seem to have columns defined, and the one I did find was something like {0,date,medium}.
It would make more sense to use something like SQL*Plus column formats,

I am familiar with the to_char(number) function. I just tried it in the report as suggested. It does not format the columns in the user defined report. I tryed the same statement using a number in sqlplus and it worked fine.
This is what I'm trying to do, I copied the free space report so I could get a %free and i'm trying to format the numbers.
to_char(kbytes_alloc,'999G999G999G999D99) "Allocated MB".
I want the numbers to have 2 decimal places.
There is a column tab when creating a user defined report that would imply it formats that column.
Thank you in advance for help. By the way, I'm using the 1.1.0.21 build MAIN 21.7

SQL Report columns formatting

Hi Everyone,
I've got a basic report with a column that is a concatenation of other columns (used for break formatting), and I want to give the effect that there are still separate 'columns' in the concatenation. I've tried using CHR(9) and RPAD in the SQL query to add the 'whitespace' but as soon as Apex gets hold of it, the extra spaces are removed and I'm left with only a single space.
It does the same thing when the "Display As" value is changed to either "standard report column", or any of the "Display as text" types.
Any ideas? This is apex 4.0.0
Thanks!

I've got a basic report with a column that is a concatenation of other columns (used for break formatting), and I want to give the effect that there are still separate 'columns' in the concatenation. I've tried using CHR(9) and RPAD in the SQL query to add the 'whitespace' but as soon as Apex gets hold of it, when the browser renders the output in accordance with the HTML spec the extra spaces are removed and I'm left with only a single space.The HTML specification instructs user agents to collapse white space characters, so spaces and ASCII tabs in options will be treated as a single space.
In a standard report use
<li><tt>white-space: pre</tt> in the CSS Style property for a CSS approach
or
<li>The HTML Expression property for a <tt><pre></tt> HTML wrapper (ensuring the Display Text As column attribute is Standard Report Column rather than the default Display as Text (escape special characters) ):
<pre>#COLUMN_NAME#</pre>Better still, create a custom report template using suitable mark-up so that there are "separate columns" in the report.

Dynamic Selection of Report Column Format

Is it possible to dynamically set the number format on a report column? I thought it would be as easy as setting the 'Number/Date Format' to a session state variable such as &NUMBER_FORMAT. However, when I tried this the column returned the following value ##########.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
David

OK, this is a favorite hack of mine combined with Sergio's suggestion. Essentially, we select the column twice, display it with one column using Sergio's idea and sort it on another hidden and unformatted copy of the column (hope I didn't lose you yet):
1) Add another column of the same source to the query and give it an alias:select ename,to_car(sal,'&NUMBER_FORMAT.') sal,sal sal_sort
from emp2) Edit the report > report attributes > sal_sort column attributes. In the HTML Expression field, type #SAL#.
3) On the report attributes page, unclick the "Show" column for sal.
Now you are displaying the SAL column in the SAL_SORT column allowing the reporting engine to properly sort the column based on the unformatted SAL_SORT. I use this technique a lot for quarters. I'll show Q105, but it's sorting on an actual date behind the scenes.
Happy hacking!
Tyler

Report column format specification

I know, I can use TO_CHAR function in the SQL query to specify the column format for a user defined report. But, there is a separate tab for formatting columns when you creating a new report.
Does anyone know how to specify the column format in the "Create Report Dialog" box?
I tried with "999,999.99" and "###,###.##", doesn't seem to work.
Thanks,
Senthil.

Itt appears that on Vista/11G/SQLDev 5440 in the Create report dialog ..
report child query column formatting is lost (not saved)
report parent query column formatting according to java formats detailed here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/decimalFormat.html
such as ###,### do not take effect

Interactive Report Column Formating '%' symbol

Hi,
I have an intercative report that shows a column displaying a number and and the sysmbol %. The source query is similar to:
SELECT my_number||'%' as display_percentile
FROM dual;
Because of this the interactive report will only show this column as a string type and not number type, therefore my math filtering options are not available. Is there a way that I can display the column as a number type and still have it display as 50%
I am using Application Express 4.1.0.00.32
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: 968358 on 05-Dec-2012 02:09
Edited by: 968358 on 05-Dec-2012 02:10

968358 wrote:
Thank you fac586,
Forgive me, I am a newbie at this and I am still at a loss. Where can I change the report column attributes to reflect css and alike. Do I need to do this on the report template or in the column attributes. When I have looked in the column attributes I cant see anywhere other than on the column link.Add a style sheet using the page HTML Header property attribute:
<style>
/* Replace COLUMN_ALIAS with the alias of the % column in your report */
td[headers="COLUMN_ALIAS"]:after {
content: "%";
</style>

Interactive report column formatting

When control break is applied for any column in interactive report then the color applied to any column does not get applied.
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td[headers="ABC"] {color: RED;}Sanjay

user12957777 wrote:
When control break is applied for any column in interactive report then the color applied to any column does not get applied.
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td[headers="ABC"] {color: RED;}
With the control break the IR generates different mark-up, so you need to add another selector to the rules so there's a match on the column cells in both the standard and break report views.
See +{message:id=9208685}+
(Please update your forum profile with a real handle instead of "user12957777".)

Help with report column formatting

Hi,
Simple question .... I have a report that has some fairly large text columns, and I want to fit the report onto one screen. Does anybody know how you can change the width of the column of a report, and get the text to wrap round within that cell ?
thanks
Tim

Tim,
You could change the display type of the longer fields to be text areas.
You may also want to look at Carl AJAX app which has a feature which hides/shows detail data without the page being refreshed.
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:22
Select the HTMLDB and Javascript -> AJAX and DHTML -> AJAX -> Show Report with Detail option.
Hope this helps
Chris

Referencing report columns in the BLOB download link format mask

Hi there,
In a basic report (Apex 4) I have a link to download a BLOB stored in the table. However to save space, instead of using 2 columns, one for the file name and one for the download link, I want to use only one column where the file name is the download link itself.
To do this, I tried using this download link format mask (ATTACH_FILENAME is the report column that contains the file name):
DOWNLOAD:ATTACHMENTS:ATTACH_BLOB:ATTACHMENT_ID::ATTACH_MIME_TYPE:ATTACH_FILENAME:::attachment:#ATTACH_FILENAME#
However it shows #ATTACH_FILENAME# in all rows instead of the actual file name!
I know that using substitution strings (&) works, so is there a way to also reference report columns in this format mask?
Thanks
Luis

Luis, did you finally resolve this? I have the same question.

Implicit date format conversion of report column

Hello,
The following expression defines date format for report column implicitly and doesn't reflect FSP_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE with language independent format mask of the column attribute anymore:
decode(end_date, to_date('31.12.2047', 'dd.mm.yyyy'), null, end_date) closed
end_date is of TIMESTAMP(0) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE type, format mask of the column attribute: DS TS
Is it expected behavior?
Thanks

Edward Shevtsov wrote:
Hello,
The following expression defines date format for report column implicitly and doesn't reflect FSP_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE with language independent format mask of the column attribute anymore:
decode(end_date, to_date('31.12.2047', 'dd.mm.yyyy'), null, end_date) closed
end_date is of TIMESTAMP(0) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE type, format mask of the column attribute: DS TS
Is it expected behavior?
ThanksThe reason might be that you compare different datatypes in the SQL statement. The output of decode depends on those parameters.
You can cast the column to a specific datatype or you make sure that your wanted datatype is used during the decode.
example
decode(end_date, to_timestamp_tz('31.12.2047', 'dd.mm.yyyy'), null, end_date) closed
or
cast(decode(end_date, to_date('31.12.2047', 'dd.mm.yyyy'), null, end_date) as timestamp(0) with local time zone) closed

Incorrect display format in report column

Hi.
A report have two columns, the first display a value based in a case expression:
NVL (DE.IMPORTE, 0) IMP_CHEQ
the second colum, displays the value formatted:
CASE WHEN DE.IMPORTE IS NULL THEN '-'
WHEN DE.IMPORTE > 0 THEN TO_CHAR (DE.IMPORTE, 'FM99G999G990D00')
ELSE '' ||
TO_CHAR (DE.IMPORTE, 'FM99G999G990D00') ||
'' END IMP_CHEQUES
As I want to sum the values of the formatted column, I choice the "sum" option in the first column, but use #IMP_CHEQUES# in the HTML Expression Column Formatting of the first (unformatted) column.
The formatting part of the column is "ignored", because the values are displayed in black, instead the indicated red color. What am I doing wrong?

Denes, thanks for your reply.
I was looking your example, and learning a little more about html formatting.
In my problem, I saw more similar your example in http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:111
I redo my answer:
A column value (DE.IMPORTE as IMP_CHEQ), is an important monetary indicator,
But the report reader wants to look the negative values in red, and for that I am using CASE to format the value color (according to the values been positives, null or negatives):
CASE WHEN DE.IMPORTE IS NULL THEN '-'
WHEN DE.IMPORTE > 0 THEN TO_CHAR (DE.IMPORTE, 'FM99G999G990D00')
ELSE '' ||
TO_CHAR (DE.IMPORTE, 'FM99G999G990D00') ||
'' END IMP_CHEQUES
in other column (IMP_CHEQUES) non visible.
Then, the column doesn't summarize IMP_CHEQUES, because these values aren't numbers.
The solution is show (and SUM) IMP_CHEQ, but set the HTML Expression column attribute as #IMP_CHEQUES#
That I don't understand is why any negative values are displayed en red color. Some is re-formatting the red colored values to the original
black color, and can't let function the "FONT COLOR /FONT" couple.
Thanks again, Marcelo.

Conditional Column Formatting in an Interactive Report?

Is it possible to add conditional column formatting in an Interactive Report in Apex 4.1? I've found numerous examples for older versions using the standard (classic) report, but I haven't found any with the new Interactive Report. Is this possible? and if so, can someone point me in the direction of some documentation or examples?
I simply want to change the color of the text depending on whether a column has a value (eg. Error or Problem).
Thanks

JB wrote:
Is it possible to add conditional column formatting in an Interactive Report in Apex 4.1? I've found numerous examples for older versions using the standard (classic) report, but I haven't found any with the new Interactive Report. Is this possible? and if so, can someone point me in the direction of some documentation or examples?
Oracle Application Express (APEX)
As interactive reports lack the HTML Expression feature of standard reports, the simple way to do this unfortunately requires violating the separation of concerns and generating structural (a <tt>span</tt> element) and presentational (an in-line style sheet) aspects in the query:
select
⋮
 , case
 when trunc(calling_date,'DD') = trunc(sysdate,'DD')
 then
 '' || to_char(calling_date) || ''
 else
 '' || to_char(calling_date) || ''
 end calling_date
⋮For number/date columns to be properly sortable, the leading edge of the column must be an HTML comment that provides the required sort order using character semantics, as shown here.
The Display As column attribute for such columns must be set to Standard Report Column.
This method has side effects: some IR filters won't work; aggregate calculations can't be applied to the column; and report exports contain the HTML rather than the expected value.
Other approaches involve using Dynamic Actions/jQuery/JavaScript, or using the built-in highlight as suggested above, then saving the highlighted report as the default.

Report Writer Row and Column Format

Hi
Was wondering if there is a possible solution to this :-
Understand that column format is controlled by format groups. This means that all figures in the same column will take the same format (such as scaling and decimal place).
Scenario is ->
                    Colunn #1 -> column set as displaying no decimal point
Rev                  120
OP                      5
OP margin %     4.2 -> how to set this to 1 decimal point. Any formula syntax that I can use?
Regards.

Hi Vinay,
Based on my research, freezing row and column headers are different in table and matrix.
In a table, if we want to freeze column header, we should make the changes in the first Static row group in Row Groups pane with Advanced Mode as you said. If we want to freeze row header, the table should have a group ahead, then we can enable “Repeat header
rows on each page” and “Keep header visible while scrolling” options in Row Headers in Tablix Properties dialog box.
In a matrix, if we want to freeze column header, we can enable “Repeat header columns on each page” and “Keep header visible while scrolling” options in Column Headers in Tablix Properties dialog box. If we want to freeze row header, we can enable “Repeat
header rows on each page” and “Keep header visible while scrolling” options in Row Headers in Tablix Properties dialog box.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
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Images in a report column

Hi,
I'm working with obiee 11.1.1.6.1 and I need to add images in a report column.
I tried to follow the advices of Gerard for formulas as in
http://gerardnico.com/wiki/dat/obiee/image
but I don't see the images. I used the formula
'<img src="dir/dir/.../myimage.gif">' with data format HTML.
What wrong? Thank for your help.
maxb (Italy)

Hi,
Please refer this link.
I guess you have to place image into two location. Please refer the location path the below link then try to use same syntax
http://satyaobieesolutions.blogspot.in/2012/08/fmap-in-obiee-10g-obiee-11g-using-fmap.html
Thanks,
satya
Edited by: Satya Ranki Reddy on Sep 3, 2012 4:48 PM
Edited by: Satya Ranki Reddy on Sep 3, 2012 4:50 PM

How to display data in interactive report column without colons (:)

Dear Apex gurus,
I'm a newbie and have just created an Apex application from a spreadsheet. I've created a named list of values and used it in a checkbox against a field in the default page 3 Create form.
When I've selected multiple values in my check box in the form, the data in the interactive report appears as one line with colons separating the selected values like this: Dog:Cat:Bird
What I would like is to have the data appear in the interactive report column as a multi-line list like this:
Dog
Cat
Bird
I can work around this by modifying the SQL code in the Region Source of the Region Definition of the report (Default Page 1 interactive report) to replace the colons with 
SELECT replace("PETS_CHOSEN",':',' ') "PETS_CHOSEN", FROM "MYAPP" Note: this doesn't format properly in the posting. I replace the colon with a html br
This works, but seems to be a hack to me. I am guessing that I've missed a simple option setting somewhere, but I can't find it.
The other problem with this solution is that when I export the report to Excel, what is exported is Dog Cat Bird, which is seems worse than colons.
Thanks,
- Morgan
Edited by: mnrussel on 16-Feb-2009 04:13

Hi Morgan,
I think you have at least two choices:
1 - Replace the colons with ', ' (comma and space) - sort of reasonable on screen and in an export
2 - Create a second page that has the same report but uses the "export: csv" template. Create a manual link to this page to replace the standard Export link. When such report pages are requested, they download immediately instead of displaying. You can, therefore, use commas in this one and tags in the on-screen report version
Andy
ps - To display tags in a post, use &lt; for < and &gt; for >

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