Report running endlessly

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I Have a custmized costing analysis report that we run in my company at the end of every month.
Below is the costing query
SELECT ASG.assignment_number,
xxoando_general.decode_person_name(ASG.person_id) full_name,
          to_date('31-OCT-2009') earning_date,
ASG.person_id,
     ELEMENT_NAME,
     PPC.payroll_id,
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment1,'NULL'),'NULL','',CST.segment1 ) ||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment2,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment2 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment3,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment3 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment4,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment4 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment5,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment5 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment6,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment6 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment7,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment7 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment8,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment8 )||
     DECODE(NVL(CST.segment9,'NULL'),'NULL','','-' || CST.segment9 ) account,
     DECODE(debit_or_credit,'Debit',COSTED_VALUE,0) debit,
     DECODE(debit_or_credit,'Credit',COSTED_VALUE,0) credit,
     papf.payroll_name
FROM pay_costs_v,
     pay_assignment_actions ACT,
     pay_payroll_actions PPC,
     per_assignments_f ASG,
     pay_cost_allocation_keyflex CST,
     pay_all_payrolls_f papf
WHERE ACT.assignment_id = ASG.assignment_id
AND papf.payroll_id = ppc.payroll_id
AND sysdate between papf.effective_start_date and papf.effective_end_date
AND papf.payroll_name != 'Dummy Payroll'
AND ACT.payroll_action_id = PPC.payroll_action_id
AND CST.cost_allocation_keyflex_id = pay_costs_v.cost_allocation_keyflex_id
AND ACT.assignment_action_id = PAY_COSTS_V.ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID
AND to_date('31-OCT-2009') BETWEEN ASG.effective_start_date AND ASG.effective_end_date
AND TRUNC(PPC.effective_date)=to_date('31-OCT-2009')
AND EXISTS ( SELECT NULL
FROM pay_run_result_values RRV, pay_run_results RRS
WHERE RRV.run_result_id = RRS.run_result_id
AND RRV.run_result_id = PAY_COSTS_V.RUN_RESULT_ID
AND RRV.input_value_id = PAY_COSTS_V.INPUT_VALUE_ID)
AND to_date('31-OCT-2009') BETWEEN ele_effective_start_date AND ele_effective_end_date
AND to_date('31-OCT-2009') BETWEEN inv_effective_start_date and inv_effective_end_date
AND SEGMENT1 IS NOT NULL
AND PPC.payroll_id = 82
order by ASG.assignment_number;
After the submission of the report, the status will only show normal with phase running for a long period of time without completion. Is there anybody in the house that could help me out?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Welcome to the forums !
Pl post your full OS and EBS versions, along with the explain plan for the above query. Are database statistics up-to-date ? Pl enable trace on the concurrent program as per MOS Doc 296559.1 (FAQ: Common Tracing Techniques within the Oracle Applications 11i/R12) and post the output of the tkprof file.
HTH
Srini