Report column sorting

Hi All,
I have a oracle report which extracts the output in csv format. I have to add to new columns in the exisiting report. After adding the new column, those columns are not apperaing as kept in the repeating frame. The new columns comes first in csv file and then the rest of the columns. I need that columns to be inserted in 5th and 6 th position.
Please tell me is how to do this.
Thanks in advance,
Jeeva.

Hi Ammad,
I am using oracle reports 10g. Thanks for you reply ..... My problem has been resolved. The excel output is genereated based on the order of the column in the first group data model .. After changing those columns i can able to see the output in the specified manner.
Thanks again for you time :)
Jeeva.

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Classic report column sorting

Hello to APEX forum
My Apex version is 4.2.1,
database version is Oracle 10g XE on Windows 7 Pro
After upgrading from version 3.2 to 4.2.1 report column sorting doesn't work when "Enable Partial Page Refresh" is set to "Yes".
When "Enable Partial Page Refresh" is "No" sorting is OK.
Please, help
Regards
Mark

Hi Mark,
it looks like your json.js causes troubles. It extends every JavaScript "object" with two methods called toJSONString and parseJSON. I did a quick debugging and it looks like when we construct our AJAX request to do the sorting, the jQuery AJAX handling tries to serialize those two function because it thinks it's regular data and fails with a JavaScript error.
Looking at the original source of your library at https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js even the creators had some doubts using that version of the library
json.js: This file does everything that json2.js does. It also adds a toJSONString method and a parseJSON method to Object.prototype. Use of this file is not recommended.
Are you sure that you need the parseJSON and toJSONString methods? Maybe you are fine with json2.js as well.
Regards
Patrick
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Report column sort not working

Hello,
Apex 4.1
I have a master-detail report and form. I have ticked the "Sort" box in the Report Attibutes to sort by one of the fields, a text field. However, when I click on the column heading to sort the report it sorts by the primary key id column instead.
Is there something else that needs to be done to enable a sort on a column?
Kind regards,
Simon

Hi,
Login to APEX builder. Run your page.
Select columns from report action menu and save default layout.
Regards,
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Report Column Sorting problem

I have a report based on a view. For some reason some of the columns are not being sorted correctly. After pressing the column header to sort date columns the underlying data is not sorted properly (its out of order) or its not sorted at all.
Can you please let me know if there is a known bug causing that?

I think I'm having the same problem.
I have a report with data columns, several "not shown" columns, and several column links. I've noticed that any columns in the query after a certain point, will not sort the correct column. If I show all the columns and allow them all to sort, then some of the columns will sort the data in another column. (for example clicking on the header/sort link for column x sorts the table by column y and clicking on the sort link for column z sorts column x, etc).
I've noticed that I can move columns around in my select query and no matter how they are arranged, after the 7th or 8th column in the select statement, none of the columns following that will sort properly. I've tried all kinds of things, changing my select query around, enabling and disabling sorting, adding additional null columns in, setting and unsetting the default sort order, changing the order of the columns in the report. I don't have an order by in my query or anything weird besides some where clauses (most of which are from the default search functionality).
Has anyone found a solution to this problem? We just upgraded from HTML DB 2.2 to APEX 3.0 and the problem remained the same.
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Embedded images disappear on column sorts when viewing SSRS via url in an iframe

RE: SQL Server - 2008 R2 Reporting Services
We deliver an ASP.Net MVC (5) application and some of the views show/display SSRS report via url in an iframe (so the report is displayed vi the web viewer). There are images in the header of some of these reports which display correctly on the initial
view, but "disappear" when the user uses a report column sort and/or changes the report zoom (via the SSRS web viewer toolbar). There are other quirky behaviors as well (depending on the browser), but we are dealing with IE versions 8 thru 11. I've
already set the ReportViewer.aspx to use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7">, and our application pages/views use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">.
Does anyone have a "fix" for this? I know it's related to the ReportViewer.aspx and displaying the report(s) in an iframe, but I can't seem to find any information on how to fix the issue.

Hi,
According to your description, when you preview report through url in an iframe, the embed images can be displayed, images can’t be displayed after users used sort and changed report zoom.
To troubleshoot the problem, please refer to the following steps:
Run the report in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) to make sure that the images can be displayed correctly.
The issue may be relevant to compatibility of browser, please use different browser to check whether the issue persists.
If you are using embedded image of jpg type, please change the extension of the image to png.
Set the ReportViewer.aspx to use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8">.
Here is a relevant thread you can reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/56650bf4-e65d-4f84-8ac0-a57cb26543b2/image-disappears-when-sorting-in-ssrs-for-server-report-on-report-vieweron-aspx-page?forum=sqlreportingservices
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Interactive Report wide Column Sorting hangs in Internet Explorer

I have an application that contains an interactive report. The Column Sorting and Filtering functions work fine in Firefox. However, if I try to sort a wide (110 byte - it contains a hyperlink) column in Internet Explorer, APEX produces the 'loading data' image and then hangs. Even a sort of a narrow (3 byte) column is noticeably slower in Internet Explorer than in Firefox.
We are running APEX 3.1.1 on Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production with the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

Hello,
I answer you over your post.
Joe Bertram wrote:
Hi,
That's an interesting issue. What kind of images are these? Are they the default images installed or are they your custom set of images?The images are png files included as they were icons into the table.
>
You say the images disappear when you sort the report. Does it happen when you sort on demand in the dashboard or when you sort it in the report itself? Or both?Only when sort from the dashboard. From the report itself, the answers works fine.
>
What are your environment details?Server:
OBI 10.1.3.4.1.090414.1900
Windows 2003 server
JDK 1.6.0.17
Thin Client:
Internet explorer 8
>
Thanks for the extra info.
Best regards,
-JoeIt happens also in other two environments (Development and Pre-production) with the same SW architecture.
Thanks for your time.

Null Index Error When Sorting Standard Report Column

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The problem stems from trying to use the standard column sort on any of the columns. When I click the column header in any of the the reports, the page submits the request to sort the column (for example: request="fsp_sort_6", etc...), and then the page refreshes with all three reports displayed. The report for which you actually 'clicked' a column header will be sorted. However the other two will display with an error (code ORA-06502) saying that the report cannot parse the query because of a null key index value in one of the corresponding tables being queried.
The weird thing is - this only happens on other computers - not when I'm on my workstation developing in my apex workspace/schema. I've even given each of the three reports a seperate static ID attribute so that I can identify each using those unique IDs.
I have to say - I am stumped. Any help would be much appreciated. If you need more details, feel free to respond to this thread.
Thanks!

What version of APEX are you using? This was supposed to be fixed in 3.1 however it isn't because we still experience it sometimes, we just have never been able to re-create it in order to raise an SR. Getting to the bottom of this would be fantastic for us as it's the one thing which makes me extremely nervous of implementing new applications which are production-critical. The only workarounds are to flush the SGA or edit the report in production so the query is different (usually just fetch back null somewhere and then hide the column). This clearly isn't acceptable however without a reproducable test case there isn't much which can be done! :(

Reports serialising when column sort attributes used

If an Apex user has two sessions and runs the same report page in both, then if the report uses column sort attributes (rather than an ORDER BY in the SQL), the second is blocked by the first; once the first completes the second then runs and completes. This appears to be because the user preferences for column sorting are being updated each time, even if they have not been changed.
This application demonstrates the problem:
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=15827:2
Create 2 sessions using that URL. The page has a report based on ALL_OBJECTS with an item "Owner" to filter on. Enter "%" in the first session and press Enter and the report will run, taking about 1 minute. Meanwhile in the second session enter a specific owner (or just XXX) and press Enter. The second report will finish just after the first finishes, even though when run alone it only takes half a second or so.
Is this a bug?

Hi Tony,
If you're using this on unauthenticated pages, then the sort preferences are stored per user for the APEX_PUBLIC_USER (or HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER), which is potentially why you're seeing the serialisation/dead-locking.
Could you perhaps use the suggestion by Scott in this thread -
Re: Report sorting affected by other users
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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 <br>
SELECT replace("PETS_CHOSEN",':','<br>') "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<br>Cat<br>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 <br> tags in the on-screen report version
Andy
ps - To display tags in a post, use &lt; for < and &gt; for >

Print or download ALV report with sort options

Dear friends,
How i can download into excel or print ALV report with sort options, like customer name column with similar values should not repeat in the print out or download file.
Regards,
Praveen Lobo

Hi Praveen,
Use this code, its working:-
*FOR SORTING DATA
DATA : it_sort TYPE slis_t_sortinfo_alv,
       wa_sort TYPE slis_sortinfo_alv.
*          SORT W.R.T. CUSTOMER NAME
wa_sort-spos = 1.
wa_sort-fieldname = 'NAME1'. "field customer name
wa_sort-tabname = 'IT_KNA1'. "internal table with records
wa_sort-up = 'X'.
APPEND wa_sort TO it_sort.
CLEAR wa_sort.
"this will sort the ALV o/p for customer with same name
"now the name will not be repeated
"records with same name will be grouped
*          DISPLAY RECORDS IN ALV GRID
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
    i_callback_program                = sy-repid "report id
    it_fieldcat                       = it_field "field catalog
    it_sort                           = it_sort "sort info
TABLES
    t_outtab                          = it_kna1 "internal table
EXCEPTIONS
    program_error                     = 1
    OTHERS                            = 2.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
ENDIF.
Hope this solves your problem.
Thanks & Regards,
Tarun Gambhir
Edited by: Tarun Gambhir on Dec 31, 2008 1:13 PM

Issue Action links,Column sorting in OBIEE(11g) 11.1.1.7.0

Hello everyone,
I want to provide the feature column sorting to my users but i dont want to provide any feature to users when they click on right mouse button.When we click on right mouse in action link column value it is giving the "action links","include/exclude columns" options etc.
I disabled the do not display the action link report name in the column properties.
Also disable the include/exclude columns options in the interaction XYZ properties of the view.
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prassu

Hi Timo,
I am using data control web services to get these attributes on to the jspx page. The table has the value property which is binding to the iterator( #{bindings.SUMMARY_LINES_ITEM.collectionModel}).
The table has various coulmns like order no, status, request and so on..where Order no and status are converted to a cmd link which navigates to another page on a query.
I don't understand how setting sorting to true in one of the columns can make it not found in the iterator! And I get the errors only if sorting is done first before querying(clicking on one of the values in a column to navigate to another page).
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Sue

Report not initially sorted as defined by Report Attributes "Sort Sequence"

I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
[Note: It seems to work part (or all?) of the time under our 4.1 implementation.]
Thanks,
Howard
I thought this one would be easy!

Howard (DBA in Training) wrote:
I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
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Name of a report column instead of her ID

Hello,
Is there in htmldb a function witch return the name of a column report if I have the id of the column ?
I ask this question, because I used the folowing in order to find a sort preference used in a report, for example :
v_preference := 'FSP'||wwv_flow.g_flow_id||
'_P'||wwv_flow.g_flow_step_id||'_R'||v_region_id||'_SORT' ;
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Now, the result in v_sort is : 1 or 1_desc : if my report is sorted on the first column...
but I want to have the name of the column not the Id ?
Thanks.

Jina,
The sort preference is only used internally to append an order-by to your query before executing it. It's not always set, so if you reset your preferences, or if you run a report for the first time, it would be NULL. Also, if you click on a heading to sort your report, the value you get depends on when you read that preference, it could be either your previous or current sort column ID. And there's no API available that lets you translate the column ID into a column name.
Regards,
Marc

Urgent - Report Column based on LOV - Value not found in LOV

Hi All,
Recently, we have upgraded to HTMLDB 2.0 from HTMLDB 1.5.
I have a SQL report. One of the columns is based upon LOV - Display as Text (Based on LOV, does not save state).
For the "Ids" of the report, it should display the corresponding "Names" from the LOV.
But, for the cases, where no record exist in LOV for some Id, then it is directly showing the Id instead of "-" (which i have specified in Display Null Text) in the report column attributes.
Before upgrade, it was working fine.
Any idea where is the issue.
Please help.
Thanks in advance,
Monika

Hi,
Can anybody help me in sorting out this issue please.
For your reference, i have made a test case on
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=20451:4:3519837362944582:::::
Here, there are 2 tables
1. MY_EMP_COUNTRY(emoid, empname, cntry_id)
2. MY_COUNTRY_LOOKUP(id, name,active)
LOV is created on table 2
select name d, id r
from my_country_lookup
where active = 'Y'
And, on the page a SQL report is created
select empname, cntry_id
from my_emp_country
where, cntry_id is based upon the LOV.
Since, in lookup table, cntry_id = 4 is set inactive, it is not picked up by the LOV and hence on the report instead of showing the NULL text it is showing the cntry_id (4).
The attributes of report column cntry id -
Named LOV = CNTRY_LOV
Display Null = YES
NULL text = -
Display Extra Value = YES
Am I missing anything.
thanks,
Monika

JavaScript: Disabling textarea in report column cell

Hi,
Andi (ATD) helped me with formatting report columns, coloring them depending on a value. See:
Javascript - Referencing report column value
Now I want to add a feature:
If the value is '1' then disable the textarea in the next column, otherwise not. The function is:
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var h = document.getElementById(f1);
var t = h.parentNode;
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var rows = t.rows;
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var i;
var j;
var c;
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// var textarea = t.getElementsByTagName("textarea");
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for (k = 1; k < rows.length; k++)
i = rows[k].cells[c];
j = rows[k].cells[c+1];
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// j.disabled = 'true';                        // nothing happens
// j.firstChild.disabled = 'true';           // does not work
// j.textarea.disabled = 'true';           // does not work
}See the 'j' object: I can make the whole cell disappear but it looks ugly. Examining it with firebug I was thinking I must use sth. like firstChild or textarea, but it does not work. I find it still quite tricky to manipulate tables in Apex...
Could someone help with this?
Thanks a lot,
Roger

Hi Roger,
You're sort of nearly there!
The next cell to the right of the one you are testing will contain a TEXTAREA object. Your j variable can get to this using something like:
j = rows[k].cells[c+1].getElementsByTagName("TEXTAREA")[0];The issue with using the visibility method that you have used will then disappear as you've applied it to the whole TD object, so all borders will go - applying this to the new j will only hide the textarea object instead.
Andy

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