Standalone 5.6 example of running a report programmatically required

I'm a newbie to XMLP and my first impressions of it is that it is excellent. I have been working through the user guide and Mark Rittmans blog where he discusses some examples etc. I am quite comfortable with creating the templates and writing the SQL etc for the reports and running them through the XMLP Enterprise interface - so far everything works a treat.
However what I would really like to explore is how you can run a report programmatically, so far I have searched the forum and documentation and haven't found example code of how you write the software to set the RTF template and then process it against the data and deliver the output file to either the file system or email etc.
Could someone please pass on an example to get me started, like anything new once I have a basic example to enable me to understand the principles I will be away.

Thanks Klaus, I have managed to get a few examples built and it is working fine. One suggestion I would like to make though for the next version of the user guide is to list the jar files that are required to be added to your project in order to run XMLP classes - I ended up importing all of them from my Tomcat webapps folder where I had dropped in the xmlpserver.war file. I don't think I needed all of them but it was quicker than adding each one and then working out after the next "make" in what jar file the not found classes where in ;-)
I am new to all of this and assume that is what I had to do in order for my java to compile?

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This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Tramada
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3. There is another piece to this equation as well. There is another report they want sent out in batch, but it is several pages wide in SAP and several pages long. So when you run it in batch and either spool it or get it sent as an email, it is very ugly in the formatting due to all the page splits horizontally and vertically. If anyone knows how to get the report to stay together like it would if you had excel integration turned on, it would be very helpful. I have tried running it with that integration turned on, but the jobs are set up with user batch_mgr and not my id, so it isn't working well. The batch_mgr id is just a system id, not a dialog id. We also don't want the jobs set up with a regular user id because if people leave, then the jobs all need to be changed.

Kim,
I may have options for issues 1 and 2. In case of 3, what I can tell you is I understand the concern, but this is what typically happens in some standard CO reports that are not ALV compatible, I don't think there is not much there to do unless you add some custom code for the output.
In regards to point 1, yes, I have noticed that this happens in some standard and custom reporting, not sure what is going on. I came up with a work around that made the trick for my client in a similar scenario; which is editing the cost center groups. For instance, instead of having the group set as a range from 100 to 300, the groups are have listed the cost centers, 100, 200 and 300. Obviously, the disadvantage of this option is that it would require a bit of more cost center group maintenance.
In regards to point 2, I understand from your note that your users already have set up selection variants for the report. One option for you is to get the help from a developer to create a custom period variable and tiny program that runs in batch every month that would update that variable accordingly. Once that's done, you may have to update at least once, the selection variant attributes to change the period to a selection variable, so everytime from that point of time forward that the variable gets updated, it will be ready with the right value for every selection variant that uses it.
Hope this helps.
GG

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Hi,
There appear to be many threads regarding this issue, but so far I've been unable to piece together a solution to my problem.
My requirements are quite simple really.
- Invoke an Oracle Report from an HTMLDB page
- Pass parameters form the page to the report URL
- Run the report in a new window
I have created a simple example at:
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=36506:1
Page 1 contains the following HTML Header attribute
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function callMyPopup (url){
w = open(url,"winLov","");
if (w.opener == null)
w.opener = self;
w.focus();
</script>
The URL i wish to invoke is
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My question is, where would I put the code to invoke the URL? I'm trying to use the following code
javascript:callMyPopup('http://myappserver/reports/rwservlet?test/test@test+report=test.rdf+&P1_PARAMETER.');
I've tried putting this in a branch but I get a 'Page can not be displayed' error.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Andrew

Hi,
I'm trying to invoke an oracle report through a button in apex2.2. Please let me know how to display the report in a new window.
I have put the URL as of now in the branch of the button, and the report is getting displayed in the same window.
I've read some of the posts and put the URL as the target of the button instead of a branch and also used the javascript:popupURL(), but it still doesnt work for me. The URL works fine without the javascript.
I have put the URL as of now in the branch of the button, and the report is getting displayed in the same window.
Thanks in advance,
Priyanka

Run SBO report directly from SDK

Hi, is there a way to run an SBO report (for example Service Contracts) directly from SDK? The report should be given the necessary parameters too.
I know that i can call Service Contracts form, simulate a query to find the appropriate record and then simulate a click on print preview button. This way it will undoubtedly work.
But I would prefer opening the print preview directly, without the need of opening another form, that slows down the whole process. Is there a way to do this?

Tamas,
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Eddy

Run a report in PL/SQL using utl_http.request

Hi
I need to run a report in PL/SQL using utl_http.request
How that can be done ??
Thank you!

Okay, backtrack.
A web server can deliver all kinds of content. From static HTML pages, to XML files and videos and dynamic content. Including reports.
The communication language (protocol) used to talk to a web server is HTTP.
UTL_HTTP is an Oracle PL/SQL library that implements the client side of this communication. It allows the developer to write code that acts like a web browser and communicates with a web server.
Now what do you not understand and cannot use?
HTTP is not simple and easy. You need to understand the basics of this communication language in order to communicate successfully with the web server. Like knowing the difference between GET and PUT and POST commands, how the URL query string works and so on.
Once you know that, you can look at how the web server provides reports. How do you authenticate as a web browser with the web reporting system? What URLs do you use to access which reports? How do you pass name-values to the web server as report parameters? What HTTP response formats (MIME types) does the web report server provide? Which one do you plan to use and how do you parse that response into a meaning structured data format?
If you're thinking it is "easy", think again. Sure, someone here can provide sample code that for example grabs a CSV report file from a web server and (using a pipeline table function), turn that into rows and columns. But that will not teach you the fundamentals you need to know and not equip you with dealing with the problem with your own brains, hands and keyboard.
PS. In other words, learn to crawl and walk before trying to run. Get to grips with how HTTP works before diving into the deep end of web report integration.

Standalone 5.6 example of running a report programmatically required

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