Report template substitution strings? (APEX 2.2.0)

Hi all,
I am trying to customize a report template. I would like to know if there is a way to get the sort link that goes into the column headers. The next page and previous page links have the #LINK# substitution string. #COLUMN_HEADER# doesn't give me enough flexibility.
Would I have to use a named column template for this? (I don't have much idea what that is. I read about it on Scott Spendolini's blog entry on "Click in a Row".)
Cheers!

Hello,
>> I could using JavaScript rewrite the column header to be what I want after the page renders, but I'd rather it show up the way I want in the first place
Can you be more specific about what is it that you want? The report engine allows you to use custom headings. Can’t that feature help you achieve what you want?
>> Is there a list of the substitutions strings that are available to the column header?
The substitution strings you see on the templates populated by the APEX engine with snippets of code you can’t control. You can define your own substitution strings, in the application definition page (under shared components), set them with the code you need, and use them throughout the application, including in templates. The way to use them is a bit different – instead of the “#STRING# syntax, you need to use the “&STRING.” Syntax.
Regards,
Arie.

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apex version: 4.2.0.00.27
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EXPORTED CODE:
wwv_flow_api.create_template (
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,p_is_popup => false
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'<title>#TITLE#</title>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_common2.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker-ext.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_show_hide_region.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_desktop_all.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_legacy.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<link rel="stylesheet" href="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/pbh/css/pbh.css" type="text/css" />'||unistr('\000a')||
''||unistr('\000a')||
'#APEX_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#TEMPLATE_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#THEME_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#PAGE_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#TEMPLATE_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#APPLICATION_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#PAGE_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#HEAD#'||unistr('\000a')||
'</head>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<body #ONLOAD#>#FORM_OPEN#'
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'<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t20PageBody" width="100%">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<td width="100%" valign="top" id="t20ContentBody">'||unistr('\000a')||
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'</tr>'||unistr('\000a')||
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'#FORM_CLOSE# '||unistr('\000a')||
'#DEVELOPER_TOOLBAR#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#GENERATED_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#GENERATED_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'</body>'||unistr('\000a')||
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'</table>'
,p_current_tab => '#TAB_LABEL#'
,p_non_current_tab => '#TAB_LABEL#'
,p_notification_message => '<table summary="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="t20Notification">'||unistr('\000a')||
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,p_breadcrumb_def_reg_pos => 'REGION_POSITION_01'
,p_theme_class_id => 1
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,p_grid_always_use_max_columns => false
,p_grid_has_column_span => true
,p_grid_emit_empty_leading_cols => true
,p_grid_emit_empty_trail_cols => false
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RESULT IN APEX for the HEADER
<html lang="&BROWSER_LANGUAGE." xmlns:htmldb="http://htmldb.oracle.com">
<head>
<title>#TITLE#</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_common2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker-ext.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_show_hide_region.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_desktop_all.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_legacy.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/pbh/css/pbh.css" type="text/css" />

#APEX_CSS#
#TEMPLATE_CSS#
#THEME_CSS#
#PAGE_CSS#
#TEMPLATE_JAVASCRIPT#
#APPLICATION_JAVASCRIPT#
#PAGE_JAVASCRIPT#
*#APEXCSS#*_
*#TEMPLATECSS#*_
*#THEMECSS#*_
*#PAGECSS#*_
*#APEXJAVASCRIPT#*_
*#TEMPLATEJAVASCRIPT#*_
*#APPLICATIONJAVASCRIPT#*_
#HEAD#
</head>
<body #ONLOAD#>#FORM_OPEN#
The added substitution strings are bold + underlined.
Is there a parameter (application, export, template, instance level) that we can set to prevent this ?
Edited by: Karel C on 12-feb-2013 5:32
Edited by: Karel C on 12-feb-2013 5:32

Hi Patrick,
The version info is: wwv_flow_api.set_version(p_version_yyyy_mm_dd=>'2009.01.12');
This should be wwv_flow_api.set_version(p_version_yyyy_mm_dd=>'2012.01.01');
... but this error is due to a manual modification of the export file.
We parameterise some values, so that the we can use the old-school DEFINE variables in our deploy process via SQL/plus.
One of the developers made a copy-paste error when doing that ...
So there is no bug !
Thanks for the tip !!
Kind regards,
Karel

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Apex substitution strings cross reference chart

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i finally managed to publish the (full?) list of Apex template substitution strings, in form of cross reference chart.
Errors, omissions and comments are welcome.
See the Apex template substitutions xref chart at:
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Link in my customized Report Template doesn't work – Apex 3.1

I created a report template based on columns of my report
My query report is:
SELECT MEM_NAS ID, MEM_NOM NAME, MEM_DATE_NAIS BIRTH
FROM ACMT_MEMBRE;
My customized report template have this Row Template definition:
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I have this error message:
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How can my report template get the “ID” from my query report ?
Apex version: 3.1
Edited by: mario_romero77 on Jun 8, 2012 10:06 AM

mario_romero77 wrote:
I created a report template based on columns of my reportAlways post code wrapped in <tt>\...\</tt> tags to prevent the forum software mangling it.
My query report is:
SELECT MEM_NAS ID, MEM_NOM NAME, MEM_DATE_NAIS BIRTH
FROM ACMT_MEMBRE; My customized report template have this Row Template definition:
<tr onclick="redirect('f?p=&APP_ID.:6:&SESSION.:::6:P6_NAS:#ID#');">
<td #ALIGNMENT# class="t16data_edit">#NAME#</td>
<td #ALIGNMENT# class="t16data_edit">#BIRTH#</td>
</tr>
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CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');"> CHECK$01');">
{code}Where do you see this? It looks like there's a mismatch between the report columns returned by the query and those referenced in the report template. Or the data contains unsafe HTML characters that aren't being escaped.
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{code}
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{code}
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Message was edited by:
Jacob_B

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the last entry is the property name to get data from, i.e. the
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Hello,
#REGION_STATIC_ID# is available in some places in the report template. But the PPR javascript uses the APEX engine created ID get into the fast track report engine so it's not going to work that way.
But you can still do what you want to do what you want to do. Use the #REGION_STATIC_ID# in your region say something like this #REGION_STATIC_ID#_body the use the javascript to get that element and then use that element
along with getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag)
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=38704:2:::NO::P2_ID1:22
to grab the report table and then it's ID which you can then feed into your javascript. It will only be 2-3 more lines of javascript.
Carl

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