Report in a pop up window

Question

Hi,
How can i create popup window to see a report. I have a page where i want to create links on one of my column values on my report. Suppose my report shows the employee detail. Now, when user will click on employee name, i want a popup windows to appear and display a report which contains the history of his salaries which may span on multiple pages (with pagination).
Is it possible or i need to create a web page to display all this information?
Thanks
Salman

Answer 1

Hi Salman,
I guess you mean just a javascript alert Dialog box ? You would need a javascript function, an on-demand process and an application item.
Go to Shared Components --> Application Items and Click on Create --> Enter name = TEMPORARY_ITEM and click on create.
Now Click on Shared Components --> Application Process --> Create --> Enter Name = GET_SALARY --> and under Point drop-down list select On Demand (last option in the list) --> Click on Next and then enter the code
DECLARE
l_SAL NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT SAL INTO l_SAL FROM EMP WHERE EMPNO = :TEMPORARY_ITEM;
HTP.P(l_SAL);
EXCEPTION
         WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
            NULL;
END;Click Next and then Click on Create.
Now you have to call this process through a javascript and display the result using javascript alert.
Go to the Report Page and click on Edit Page ( little pencil icon next to Page section)
Now click on HTML Header and enter the below code
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function ShowSalary(pEno, pEname)
var getSalary = new htmldb_Get(null,&APP_ID.,'APPLICATION_PROCESS=GET_SALARY',0);
  getSalary.add('TEMPORARY_ITEM',pEno); // Add value of employee number to temporary item variable
  SalaryResult = getSalary.get(); // fetch the result of ON-demand process GET_SALARY
  if(SalaryResult)
      alert('Salary of ' + pEname + ' is : ' + SalaryResult );
    else
      alert('No Salary information found for ' + pEname  );
  getSalary = null;
//-->
</script>After this you have to change the link attribute in the report and instead of calling the javascript popu2 call javascript:ShowSalary('#EMPNO#','#ENAME#');
Click on apply changed and you should be all set.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=50942:48
Thanks,
Manish