Reports

Application Developer -> Concurrent -> Executable

First we develop a report in report builder 6i as per the client requirements.
After that we will transfer the .rdf file into respective directory through WINSCP 3 or FTP or
TOAD or SECURECRT (SSH) or FILEZILLA
And then we will define EXCUTABLE there we have to specify the shortname, application,
execution method and execution filename (Report_name or package or procedure)
And then we will define concurrent program there we mention concurrent program name,
shortname, application, executable name, incompatibilities and parameters.
And then add this concurrent program to request group
And then add this request group to particular responsibilities
The user who is having these responsibilities he can only submit the request.
If we develop a report in the purchase order then we will move the .rdf file into PO-TOP/reports/US.

How can you Implement MultiOrg in Reports?

Before report:
Srw.user_exit (fnd srwinit)
Fnd_profile.get (user name,:p_user_name);
Fnd_profile.get (Resp_name, p_resp_name) ;( I want responsibility also)
After report:
Srw.user_exit (fnd srwexit);
User parameters:
P_conc_request_id

Formula column:
o For doing mathematical calculations and returning one value
Summary Column:
o For doing summary calculations such as summations etc
Placeholder Column:
o We can get running totals and etc
These columns are useful for storing the value in a variable. Used to assign a value through
formula column

How to get page number and total pages in Oracle Reports?

Page Number: SRW.GET_PAGE_NUM (page_num)
Total pages: Records count / Maximum Records Per Page
Note: Record Count Can be obtained by running actual query for count of records in before report,
and MaxRecordsPage can get from the MAXIMUM_RECORDS_PER_PAGE property.

Matrix report: To create a matrix report, you need at least four groups: one group must be a
cross-product group, two of the groups must be within the cross-product group to furnish the
"labels," and at least one group must provide the information to fill the cells. The groups can
belong to a single query or to multiple queries.
Lexical & Bind Parameters in Reports

Lexical Parameters:
Lexical parameter is a replacement of text string in select statement, it is preceded by &
(ampersand).
For this we need to create user parameter. It should be character and it is initialized.
We need to pass the values at runtime for lexical parameter.
Lexical references are placeholders for text that you embed in a SELECT statement.

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 You can use lexical references to replace the clauses appearing after SELECT, FROM, WHERE,
GROUP BY, ORDER BY, HAVING, CONNECT BY, and START WITH.
For columns, you must enter Value if Null, and for parameters, you must enter Initial Value.
Report Builder uses these values to validate a query with a lexical reference.

Bind Parameters:
Bind parameter is a replacement of single value or expression in select statement. It is
preceded by : (colon).
It can be number, date, or character data type. It cannot be used in FROM clause.
Bind references (or bind variables) are used to replace a single value in SQL or PL/SQL, such as
a character string, number, or date. Specifically, bind references may be used to replace
expressions in SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, HAVING, CONNECT BY, and START WITH
clauses of queries.
Bind references may not be referenced in FROM clauses or in place of reserved words or
clauses.
You create a bind reference by entering a colon (:) followed immediately by the column or
parameter name. If you do not create a column or parameter before making a bind reference
to it in a SELECT statement, Report Builder will create a parameter for you by default.

What are SRW package and some procedures in SRW?

It is the standard reports package and it has many procedures like USER_EXITS, DO_SQL,
RUN_REPORT, MESSAGE, TRACE, BREAK, SET_ATTR

How do you submit concurrent request from a PL/SQL code?

Declare
V_request_id number;
Begin
V_request_id :=
FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST(APPL_SHORTNAME,CONC_PROGRAM_SHORTNAME,DESC,PARAM);
Commit;
If v_request_id > 0 then
Dbms_output.put_line (Successfully Submitted);
Else
Dbms_output.put_line (Not Submitted);
End if;
End;
Note: If it is success then it returns the submitted request, otherwise it is 0.

How can we execute the query in the report trigger? And what is use of
SRW.DO_SQL?
Using SRW.DO_SQL we can execute the DDL and DML queries. This procedure executes the
specified SQL statement from within Report Builder. The SQL statement can be DDL, or DML
(statements that manipulate data).

User Exit: User exit is a program and it is used to pass the control from oracle reports to any
other 3GL and there it will capture the data and return to the oracle reports.
We have 5 types of user exists.
SRW.USER_EXIT ('FND SRWINIT'); --BeforeReport
SRW.USER_EXIT ('FND SRWEXIT'); --AfterReport
SRW.USER_EXIT ('FND FLEXSQL);
SRW.USER_EXIT ('FND FLEXIDVAL);
SRW.USER_EXIT ('FND FORMAT_CURRENCY);
FND SRWINIT: We will call the user exit always from before report trigger. It will captures the all the
user profiles.
Syntax: Srw.user_exit (fnd srwinit)

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 FND SRWEXIT: This will call from after report trigger.
It will freeze the memory which has been occupied by the user profiles.
Syntax: srw.user_exit(fnd srwexit)
FND FLEXSQL: This is one of the user exits will be executed in before report trigger
It will retrieve key flex field segment values.
FND FLEXIDVAL: It will call from formula column. It populated KFF value in output.
FND FORMAT_CURRENCY: It is used to format the currency.
P_CONC_REQUEST_ID: We have to define this parameter in report. It captures Concurrent Program
request id, based on this request id user exist will be executed.
Begin
FND_CLIENT_INFO.SET_ORG_CONTEXT (PROFILE NAME);
End;
P_CONC_REQUEST_ID:
Bind parameter, this will automatically retrieve the request id of concurrent program. And
this request id will be use to do some concurrent processing operations. This parameter
captures user concurrent program request id from SRS window in oracle application.
How to get profile values?

FND_PRFILE.PUT (NAME in varchar2, VAL in varchar2);

FND_PROFILE.GET (NAME in varchar2, VAL out varchar2);
FND_PROFILE.VALUE (NAME in varchar2);
PUT - sets a profile option to a value for this session, but doesn't save to the database
GET - gets the value of a profile option
VALUE - returns the value of a profile options

What are report triggers?

There are five types of report triggers
1. Before parameter form It fires before run time parameter form is displayed
2. After parameter form It fires after the parameter form is displayed
3. Before report It fires before the report executes, that is after queries are
parsed but before records are fetched
from database
4. Between pages It fires before each page is formatted or displayed, except the first
page
5. After report It fires after you exit the live Previewer.

What is an anchor?
It determines the horizontal and vertical position of an object.
Anchors fasten an edge of one object to an edge of another object, ensuring that they
maintain their positions relative to its parent.

Request set: It is nothing but collection of concurrent programs and report where we can run
the programs parallel and sequence.
1)The difference between request group and request set is both will be use combine the
programs in request group we can submit only one request set or we can submit multiple
requests parallel at a time
2) We can attach request group to responsibility but cant attachment request set

Place holder, Summary and Formulae Columns?

Summary Column: A summary column performs a calculation based on another columns
value. Function are sum, count, average, minimum, maximum, first, last, %of total, std.
deviation, variance.
Formula Column: A formula column is used to perform user-specified calculations on the data
and it can be either report level or group level is used to get the values from one or more
columns.

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 Placeholder Column: A placeholder column is nothing but an empty container when created at
design time. It is populated at runtime with values calculated by the PL/SQL code from another
object such as a formula column.
A placeholder column can be set with values from:
Before report trigger
A placeholder column is used to hold the value of certain calculation or a variable that is being
carried out from a formula column. A place holder can be defined as a number, character or date
type, depending upon the type of value which will be stored into it.

What is use of SRW.MESSAGE?

This procedure displays a message with the message number and text that you specify. The
message is displayed in the format below. After the message is raised and you accept it, the
report execution will continue.
Syntax: SRW.MESSAGE (msg_number NUMBER, msg_text CHAR);

What is a format trigger?

A format trigger is a PL/SQL function. It is executed before an object is formatted.
A trigger can be used to dynamically change the formatting attributes of the object.
A format trigger is used when we want to display a particular field, if certain conditions are
met.

select.. into ... for assignment purposes.

Or
create a global variable and do the assignment.

How do we hide fields in a Report?

Using the Format Trigger we can hide the fields. Or Using Conditional Formatting triggers
/* suppose that you are building a master/detail report and, if no detail records are retrieved
for a master record, you do not want the boilerplate labels to appear. To do this, you first
create a summary column called MYCOUNT with a Function of Count in the source group of the
master repeating frame. In the format trigger for the group frame that surrounds the detail
repeating frame and its labels, you enter the following:
*/
function my_formtrig return BOOLEAN is
begin
if :mycount = 0 then
return (false);
else
return (true);
end if;
end;

How should i get a image from database to report?

In Layout Model -> File-->Import-->Image -> its asking the Path where your image is located.
Give the Appropriate Location then image is loaded from database into layout model.

What is the frame & repeating frame?

A frame is a holder for a group of fields. A repeating frame is used to display a set of records
when the number of records that are to be displayed is not known before.

How can a break order be created on a column in an existing group?

By dragging the column outside the group

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 Static & Dynamic LOV
The static LOV contains the predetermined values while the dynamic LOV contains values that
comes at run time

If 2nd parameter value is based on 1st parameter then how do u declare it?
Let v2 be the value set definition of 2nd parameter and v1 be the value set definition for the
first parameter then, In the value set definition of v2 = value $FLEX$.v1

OM: Reports
FORECAST VS ACTUAL REPORT
Description : To find the variance between plan and actuals
Parameters : Org_Id, Organization_id , Month1(MON-YYYY), Month2(MON-YYYY)
Report Format:
Month1 Month2
Item, Descr, PlanQty, OrdQty, DespQty, Variance, PlanQty, OrdQty, DespQty ,Variance
Logic :
Condition Column
Get Info OOL.ordered_quanatity
Orders booked OOH.booked_flag=Y
Orders<>cance OOH.cancelled_falg=N
lled
Month 1 to_char(OOH.ordered_date,MON-YYYY) = :p_month1
Month 2 to_char(OOH.ordered_date,MON-YYYY) = :p_month2
M1_Plan_Qty TI_APS_FORECAST_MKT.MONTH = :P_MONTH1
M1_Ord_qty OOL.ORDERED_QUANTITY where to_char (OOH.ordered_date,
MON-YYYY) = :p_month1
M1_Desp_Qty OOL.ORDERED_QUANTITY where to_char (OOH.ordered_date,
MON-YYYY) = :p_month1
AND to_char (OOH.actual_shipment_date, MON-YYYY) =
:p_month1
M1_Variance ( M1_OrdQty / M1_PlanQty ) * 100
(%)
M2_Plan_Qty TI_APS_FORECAST_MKT.MONTH = :P_MONTH2
M2_Ord_qty OOL.ORDERED_QUANTITY where to_char (OOH.ordered_date, Tables
MON-YYYY) = :p_month2 Related:
M2_Desp_Qty OOL.ORDERED_QUANTITY where to_char (OOH.ordered_date,
MON-YYYY) = :p_month2
AND to_char (OOH.actual_shipment_date, MON-YYYY) =
:p_month2
M2_Variance ( M2_OrdQty / M2_PlanQty ) * 100
(%)
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, TI_APS_FORECAST_MKT, OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL, OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL

Daily Order Load with Backlog

Description : TO find Daily Order Load With Back Log
Get item wise order load for the month and with back log in tons, meters, and nos.
WSH_WV_UTILS.CONVERT_UOM will return the qty in to_uom from from_uom.
WSH_WV_UTILS.CONVERT_UOM_RATE will return the conversion rate throughout variable.
Parameters : Org_Id, Organization_id, Customer_Name
Report Format:
CommonInforamtion: Item code, Description, Customer_name

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 Curr Month : Ord_Qty, Despacthed_Qty, Cur_Pending_Qty
Prev Month : Ord_Qty, Despacthed_Qty, Prev_Pending_Qty
Final Pending Qty: Cur_Pending_Qty + Prev_Pending_Qty
Logic :
Condition Column
Get Info OOL.ordered_quanatity
Orders booked OOH.booked_flag=Y
Orders<>cancel OOH.cancelled_falg=N
led
curr_month to_char(ooh.ordered_date,mon) = to_char(sysdate,mon)
Prev_month to_char(ooh.ordered_date,mon) = to_char(add_moths(sysdate,-
1),mon)
Desp_Qty To_char(ool.actual_shipment_date,mon) = to_char(sysdate,mon)
Pending_Qty OrdQty DespQty

Tables Related:
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, RA_CUSTOMERS, OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL, OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL

RMA ORDERS RECEIVED FOR THE SPECIFIC PERIOD

Parameters : P_Org_Id, P_Organization_id, P_ORDER_TYPE_ID, P_Customer_Name,
P_From_Date, P_To_Date
Description : RMA ORDERS RECEIVED FOR THE PERIOD
Report Format : Customer_Name, Item code, Description, Width, Thick, PackType,
RMA Quantity, Order Date
Condition Column
RMA QTY Ordered_Quantity
oett.order_type So_order_types_all sota,oe_order_type_tl oett
_id where sota.order_type_id = oett.transaction_type_id
and oett.name like %RMA%
Ooh.Order_dat Between :p_form_date and :p_to_date
e
Orders Fulfilled OLA.FLOW_STATUS_CODE =CLOSED
Group by Org_id,Organization_id,Item
Tables Related:
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, MTL_DESCR_ELEMENT_VALUES, RA_CUSTOMERS, OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL,
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL

SHIPMENT REPORT CUSTOMER WISE / ORDER TYPE WISE

Parameters : P_Org_Id, P_Organization_id, P_Customer_Name, P_From_Date,P_To_Date
Description : Shipments for the period group by customer/order_type
Report Format :
General : (Customer wise)
Detailed Report: (CUSTOMER WISE / ORDER TYPE WISE)
CUSTOMER, ORDER_TYPE, order date, order number, item code, Description, Shipped Qty
Summary: (CUSTOMER WISE / ORDER TYPE WISE)
CUSTOMER, ORDER_TYPE, Item code, Description, Shipped Qty

Condition Column
Get Info ool.ordered_quanatity

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 Orders booked ooh.booked_flag=Y
Orders<>cance Ooh.cancelled_falg=N
lled
Shipped_qty Ool.actual_shipment_date between :p_fom_date and :p_to_date
Tables Related:
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, RA_CUSTOMERS, OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL, OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL,
OE_TRANSACTION_TYPES_TL

ONHAND (Available) QTY REPORT

Parameters : P_Org_Id,P_Organization_id ,P_SUBINV_CODE
Description : Available Quantities based on todays situation
Report Format : Sub Inventory Code, Item code, Description, QOH,
Condition Column
RMA QTY Ordered_Quantity
oett.order_type So_order_types_all sota,oe_order_type_tl oett
_id where sota.order_type_id = oett.transaction_type_id
and oett.name like %RMA%
Ooh.Order_dat Between :p_form_date and :p_to_date
e
Orders Fulfilled OLA.FLOW_STATUS_CODE =CLOSED
Group by Org_id,Organization_id,Item
Tables Related:
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, MTL_RESERVATIONS, MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITIES
(The link between MTL_RESERVATIONS and OE_ORDER_LINES tables is OE_ORDER_SOURCES)

NO TRANSACTION ITEMS
Parameters : P_Org_Id, P_Organization_id, P_ORDER_TYPE_ID, P_Customer_Name,
P_From_Date, P_To_Date
Description : find the items that are not having any type of transaction on them for the day1 in an
organization
Report Format : Customer_Name, Item code, Description, Width, Thick, PackType,
RMA Quantity, Order Date
Logic:
Items form mtl_system_items msi
Minus
Items in mtl_material_transactions mmt
Query:
SELECT ORGANIZATION_ID,ORGANIZATION_CODE, SEGEMENT1,DESCRIPTION
FROM MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS MSI, ORG_ORGNIZATION_DEFINITIONS OOD
WHERE TRANSACTION_DATE <=:TO_DATE
AND OOD.ORGANZIATION_ID =:P_ORGANIZATION_ID
AND MSI.ORGANITION_ID =:P_ORGANZIATION_ID
MINUS
SELECT
ORGANIZATION_ID,ORGANIZATION_CODE,SEGEMENT1,DESCRIPTION
FROM MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS MMT, MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS MSI,
ORG_ORGNIZATION_DEFINITIONS OOD
WHERE TRANSACTION_DATE <=:TO_DATE
AND OOD.ORGANZIATION_ID =:P_ORGANIZATION_ID

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 AND MSI.ORGANITION_ID =:P_ORGANZIATION_ID
AND MMT.ORGANITION_ID =:P_ORGANZIATION_ID
AND MMT.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID = MSI.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID
Tables Related:
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS, ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS

CESS REPORT
INVOICES CESS tables:
JA_IN_SO_PICKING_LINES, JA_IN_SO_PICKING_TAX_LINES, JA_IN_TAX_CODES
INTERNAL RECEIPTS tables:
RCV_SHIPMENT_HEADERS, LINES, TRANSACTIONS, JA_IN_SO_PICKING_LINES
EXTERNAL RECEIPTS(PO) tables:
RCV_SHIPMENT_HEADERS, LINES, TRANSACTIONS, JA_IN_RECEIPT_LINES, JA_IN_RECEIPT_TAX_LINES,
PO_VENDORS, PO_VENDOR_SITES_ALL, PO_HEADERS_ALL, PO_DISTRIBUTIONS

FULL FILL MENT REPORTS

ALLOCATION FORMULA : IF GREATEST((TOTAL REQ/ AVAIL QTY)%) THEN
ALLOCATE FIRST , AND JUST GO ON.
SHORTAGE FG LEVEL : ALLOCATE EXISTING FG QTY IN STORE FOR THE TRUCKS.
AND GIVES THE SHORTAGE REPORT.
SHORTAGE 1 LEVEL : ALLOCATE EXISTING QTY IN STORE FOR THE TRUCKS.
AND GIVES THE 1 LEVEL SHORTAGE REPORT.

Customer Credit Hold Report: Customer vs OrderHolds

Description: the details of the line items and on hand quantities of holding orders for the specified
customer or all.
Parameters: Organization_id, Cusomer_id
Tables: OOH, OOL, OE_ORDER_HOLDS, OE_HOLD_SOURCES, MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITIES,
MTL_RESERVATIONS, MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS, RA_CUSTOMERS

Can a field be used in a report without it appearing in any data group?

Yes
What is the use of hidden column?
A hidden column is used to when a column has to embed into boilerplate text.
Can a formula column be obtained through a select statement?
Yes

Question: Can u have more than one layout in report

It is possible to have more than one layout in a report by using the additional layout option in
the layout editor.
Yes it is possible to run the report without parameter form by setting the PARAM value to Null

What are the Default types we have in Concurrent program?

Columns/rows: These two fields we mansion the nos of columns/rows if we went to display
per page to the concurrent program output.
Note:- by default is landscape columns -132, rows-45

How do you print the report in the character mode?

Change the module level property of mode to character

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 How to create and trigger multiple layouts based on a condition in a reports output
using XML Publisher.

1) After developing the Report definition file (.rdf), add one more parameter as shown below.

2) This parameter value should be assigned to Place holder column (CP) like follows. We can assign
Parameter value either in the After Parameter Form or Before Report Triggers. In the below
illustration, it is assigned in the Before report Trigger.

Note: - place holder column should be placed at Report level.

3) Create the desired number of layouts in XML Publisher for the rtf as shown below.

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 4) Now add condition (If) Field for handling the multi layouts. Depending on the output of the
condition, the corresponding layout will be selected for the report output.

5) Double click on if condition which was added in the above step. Then the following screen will be
displayed.

6) Click On Add help text Button which will display the below screen.

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 What are the steps involved in development of a xml report?
to generate an XML report u can create an RDF report from report builder and then while registering
it as a concurrent program choose output type as XML...this way you can create an XML report

What is the purpose of XML report when compared to reports 6i & discoverer?
XML/BI Publisher gives the flexibility to users in order to select the output type in
EXCEL/HTML/PDF/FO, etc as per their requirement. If a User ran a report in PDF and wants to get the
same in EXCEL, its not required for them to re-run the report, Instead they can republish it using
Republish option in Tools and can select the output type whatever is required.

XML/BI Publisher reports give you additional features for Reports 6i. You can get the XML Report in
EXCEL/HTML/PDF etc as per the output type selected. Data Model in Reports 6i RDF will be the same
but you dont require a Layout model in the RDF File. You instead create the Layout in a Word
Document using the XML Publisher Desktop installed. You can directly implement XML Publisher and
is not required to implement Discoverer again.

Before the release of Discoverer 10g, Discoverer is a license free version and after its release the
license has become too costly due to which the clients are going for XML Publisher reports ignoring
Discoverer.

Advantages of XML/BI Publisher:

* Cost for implementing is very less compared to the license of Discoverer.
* Can create complex layouts same as we do it in Report 6i, where as complex reporting is not
possible in Discoverer.
* Can run the report in 5 different Output Formats and export them.
* If you require the report in 5 different output types, you dont need to run the report 5 times. You
can run the report once and can republish it again in other types.

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 * You dont require any different web browser for running the report; it can be directly run on the
Concurrent Environment itself.
* You can code the report to dynamically select the layouts (templates) in XML Publisher, Similar to
the functionality of Format Trigger in Reports 6i which is not possible in Discoverer.

Limitations/Disadvantages of XML/BI Publisher:

* Its not recommended for ad-hoc reporting like Discoverer.
* Its very hard to debug a report unlike Discoverer.
* We cant draw Pie Charts/Graphs as like in Discoverer.

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