XML output from Repostiory Reports

Question

Hi,
Any ideas why the table definition report (cktci.rdf) data from the Repository Reports cannot be generated to XML?
I'm running Designer ver. 9.0.2.91.9, Reports ver. 9.0.2.0.3 . XML is not on the destination format list in Repository Reports, but if you type in xml, the DESFORMAT parameter is correctly set to it. However, only part of the data model is output to the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Generated by Oracle Reports version 9.0.2.0.3 -->
<CKTCI>
<LIST_G_IRID>
<G_IRID>
<IRID>*****</IRID>
<NAME>SODO</NAME>
<LIST_G_LEV>
<G_LEV>
<VERSION>1.8</VERSION>
<LEV>0</LEV>
</G_LEV>
</LIST_G_LEV>
<CS_TABS>1</CS_TABS>
</G_IRID>
</LIST_G_IRID>
<D_USERNAME>REP_OWNER</D_USERNAME>
<D_USERNAME1></D_USERNAME1>
<F_COL_DET>N</F_COL_DET>
<F_VW></F_VW>
<F_SNP></F_SNP>
<TABLES_YN>Yes</TABLES_YN>
<VW_TYPE>No</VW_TYPE>
<SNP_TYPE>No</SNP_TYPE>
<COL_DET>Yes</COL_DET>
<D_TABTY1></D_TABTY1>
<CF_PROP_NAME></CF_PROP_NAME>
<P_NULL_IND>Optional ? : </P_NULL_IND>
<P_DOMAIN_NAME>Domain : </P_DOMAIN_NAME>
<P_UPPERCASE>Uppercase ? : </P_UPPERCASE>
<P_ORAC_SEQ>Sequence : </P_ORAC_SEQ>
<P_DEF_VAL>Default Value : </P_DEF_VAL>
<P_ORD_SEQ>Order By Sequence : </P_ORD_SEQ>
<P_SORT_ORD>Sort Order : </P_SORT_ORD>
<D_YN></D_YN>
<D_YES>Yes</D_YES>
<D_NO>No</D_NO>
<D_NULL>Yes</D_NULL>
<D_NOT_NULL>No</D_NOT_NULL>
<D_NULL_IND></D_NULL_IND>
<D_VERSION>1.8</D_VERSION>
<D_CONTAINER>ZSI-WARTA/SODO</D_CONTAINER>
<D_VERSION1>&nbsp</D_VERSION1>
<D_CONTAINER1>&nbsp</D_CONTAINER1>
<COUNTER>*****</COUNTER>
</CKTCI>
The biggest problem is that the main group G_APP from the report definition is not generated to XML, in spite of its parameter "Exclude from XML Output" being set to No. Any ideas why this happens?
Regards,
Tomasz

Answer 1

hello,
you can specify the look of the XML tags in the "XML Settings" property of the respective field. so let's say your datamodel has the colun called NAME then by default the xml tag would look soemthing like this
<NAME>this is the value </NAME>
now if you set the value for the
"XML Tag" property and the "XML Tag Attributes" property to e.g. facet and name="his-name"> (the * is just to terminate the the values in this text) the generated XML tag would look something like
<facet name="his-name">name="his-name"></facet>
columns that are not in the datamodel (like i asume you mean by <stuff> and <futurestuff> you can create by adding formula columns into your datamodel. formula columns have the same "XML settings" section in their property sheet and can be modified accordingly.
hope this is what you are looking for.
thanks,
ph.