Report Layouts in APEX 3.0

Hello,
i am interested in the report layouts in the new apex 3.0 version.
Does anybody have experiences with that?
Is it true, that I can edit the xml file only with a licensed version of XML publisher and not the desktop version?
By the way is ther a users guide for apex 3.0 in which the report layout section is described?
Thank you,
Tim

Hello Tim,
First, you can experience APEX 3 your self, registering to the evaluation instance.
There isn't yet a proper documentation to the new version, and even some of the internal help screens are not available yet. Still, there are several threads in this forum about the new PDF native support, that can help you understand the principles. Search the forum using the keyword "PDF" and user name "Marc Sewtz". These threads will answer the rest of your questions.
Regards,
Arie.

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declare
l_report_layout clob;
l_report_layout_id number;
begin
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where name = :P1406_LAYOUT_FILE
) loop
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flow_id,
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page_template
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l_report_layout_id,
:FB_FLOW_ID,
:P1406_REPORT_LAYOUT_NAME,
'RTF_FILE',
l_report_layout
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Hi, I think you need to provide more information.
user452458 wrote:
Hi There,
Navigation: Home>Application Builder>Application 20>Shared Components>Report Layouts
I created rtf template for a Report Query. It worked fine upto certain point.
However at some point, if I make a minor modification to the layout it is not displaying all the data that it is supposed to. What modification? added extra fields? Are those fields in the corresponding report query? change to the design of the document? did you delete the old template and re-upload after making the changes?
Moreover the preview on the RTF template works fine with the same data.Preview from where?
>
Is it a known bug? Because some of my coleagues has same issues.
Thanks
KrishnaAlso, you should change your display name to something better than user452458 ;)
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Edited by: sak on Feb 14, 2012 11:40 AM

hello
In shared Components\report queries or \reprot layouts of ApEx 3.2, has written
Named column report layouts are file based. To change, download the current file using the download button on this page, then modify the file as needed. Afterwards, upload the modified file as a new report layout.
How can I modify an XML extension file with other tool than BI publisher? (generated by BI Publisher )
regards
siya
Edited by: sak on Feb 14, 2012 11:12 AM

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Message was edited by:
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#PAGE_FOOTER_FONT_COLOR#
#PAGE_FOOTER_FONT_FAMILY#
#PAGE_FOOTER_FONT_SIZE#
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#HEADER_FONT_COLOR#
#HEADER_FONT_FAMILY#
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Helen,
The best way for your case is to use a content folder and customize it whichever way you like.
however, your question is about reports. the problem in reports is this that you have to use just one single query and the layout of the results of this query are displayed in a peculiar way.
anyway. something similar but not exactly the same as what you wanted do is the following.
use a query like the following: (with a union in between)
SELECT COLUMN1,NULL , NULL ,NULL ,NULL
FROM my_source_table
WHERE myCriteria LIKE 'SoAndSo%'
UNION
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FROM my_source_table
WHERE myCriteria LIKE 'SoAndSo%'
---------- Now, have the following codes in the layout segments:

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="20%" align="center">

<tr align="center">
<td><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="30%" align="center">
<tr align="center">
<TH><#COLUMN1.FIELD#></TH>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN2.FIELD#></TD>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN3.FIELD#></TD>
<TD class="report_cell" ALIGN="LEFT"><#COLUMN4.FIELD#></TD>
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<TR><TD></TD></TR>
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We have here BI Publisher and I use the "Enable Report Printing" option in a traditional report in Apex 4.0.2. That works great.
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