Siebel BI Publisher Reports - Parent Child Combine

Question

Hi,
As per my clients requirement, I need to develop reports in BI Publsiher which are similar to Combined Datastream Reports in Actuate. Its like I need to combine the Parent and Child records into a single record set and show the output. The siebel bookshelf 8.1 has not given any information about this. Is there anyway I can achieve this kind of reports ?
Thanks in advance,
Jagdish

Answer 1

So your XML has the parent-child right?
<ListOf_ssServiceRequest>
     <ssServiceRequest>
          <ssAccount>Geltzer Contract Furniture</ssAccount>
          <ssClosedDate/>
          <ssCustomerRefNumber>wdxwdxws</ssCustomerRefNumber>
          <ssDescription/>
          <ssOwner>BMASON</ssOwner>
          <ssPriority>Low</ssPriority>
          <ssSrNumber>1-2Z0T</ssSrNumber>
          <ssSeverity>Low</ssSeverity>
          <ssStatus>Open</ssStatus>
          <ssId>1-2Z0T</ssId>
          <ssCreated>08/06/1999 07:25:56</ssCreated>
          <ssUpdated>05/28/2004 05:02:58</ssUpdated>
          <ssCreatedBy>0-1</ssCreatedBy>
          <ssUpdatedBy>1-1ZW</ssUpdatedBy>
          <ListOf_ssAction>
               <ssAction>
                    <ssComment/>
                    <ssContactFirstName>David</ssContactFirstName>
                    <ssContactLastName>Geltzer</ssContactLastName>
                    <ssCreatedByName>HTADMIN</ssCreatedByName>
                    <ssDescription>Call customer for post-service satisfaction and confirmation of sucessful resolution</ssDescription>
                    <ssDone/>
                    <ssOwnedBy>DCOLLINS</ssOwnedBy>
                    <ssPrivate>N</ssPrivate>
                    <ssStarted/>
                    <ssStatus>Not Started</ssStatus>
                    <ssType>Call - Outbound</ssType>
                    <ssId>3SIA-2RNIE</ssId>
                    <ssCreated>03/15/2005 09:08:55</ssCreated>
                    <ssUpdated>03/15/2005 09:08:55</ssUpdated>
                    <ssCreatedBy>3SIA-2LX2K</ssCreatedBy>
                    <ssUpdatedBy>3SIA-2LX2K</ssUpdatedBy>
               </ssAction>
               <ssAction>
                    <ssComment/>
                    <ssContactFirstName>David</ssContactFirstName>
                    <ssContactLastName>Geltzer</ssContactLastName>
                    <ssCreatedByName>HTADMIN</ssCreatedByName>
                    <ssDescription>Repair the equipment with the new parts</ssDescription>
                    <ssDone/>
                    <ssOwnedBy>HTADMIN</ssOwnedBy>
                    <ssPrivate>N</ssPrivate>
                    <ssStarted/>
                    <ssStatus>Unscheduled</ssStatus>
                    <ssType>Field Repair</ssType>
                    <ssId>3SIA-2RNI9</ssId>
                    <ssCreated>03/15/2005 09:08:55</ssCreated>
                    <ssUpdated>04/26/2005 09:49:20</ssUpdated>
                    <ssCreatedBy>3SIA-2LX2K</ssCreatedBy>
                    <ssUpdatedBy>3SIA-2LX2K</ssUpdatedBy>
               </ssAction>
          </ListOf_ssAction>
     </ssServiceRequest>
</ListOf_ssServiceRequest>
So you can create a template to follow the tree
<?for-each:ssServiceRequest?>
Account: <?ssAccount?>
<?for-each:ssAction?>
Name: <?ssContactFirstName?> <?ssContactLastName?>
<?end for-each?>
<?end for-each?>
Hope this helps
regards
Tim