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3.2.oracle Reports

The document provides an overview of Oracle Reports, which is a tool for developing reports. It discusses the basic concepts of Oracle Reports including creating a new report definition, defining a data model, and specifying the layout. It also covers different components that make up a data model and layout such as queries, groups, columns, frames, and parameters. Finally, it briefly discusses report triggers, the SRW package, and different report modes.

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3.2.oracle Reports

The document provides an overview of Oracle Reports, which is a tool for developing reports. It discusses the basic concepts of Oracle Reports including creating a new report definition, defining a data model, and specifying the layout. It also covers different components that make up a data model and layout such as queries, groups, columns, frames, and parameters. Finally, it briefly discusses report triggers, the SRW package, and different report modes.

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Oracle Reports

Author: ESC (Oracle Applications)


Doc.ID: Oraapps
Oracle - Reports
Reports Ver: 1.0 Date: Oct 2003
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Agenda

1. Oracle Reports Overview


2. Creating a new Report
3. Defining a Data Model for a report
4. Specify the Layout for a Report
5. Different types of Reports
6. Report Parameters
7. User Parameters
8. Report Triggers

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Reports Overview
Oracle Reports is tool for developing, displaying and
printing production quality reports. It is designed for
application developers who are familiar with SQL and
PL/SQL. Following types of reports can be created
using Oracle reports
• Tabular
•Group Left
•Group Above
•Matrix
•Matrix with Group
•Form Like
•Mailing Label
•Form Letter

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Basic Concepts

There are 3 steps to building a report with Oracle


reports

 Create a new report definition


 Define the data model ( choose the data,
relationships and calculations which you will use to
produce the report output.
 Specify the layout. You can use the default, custom if
desired or create your own layout.

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Data Model

To specify the data for a report, define a data model.


A data model consists of all or some of the following
data definition objects.
 Queries
Queries are SQL select statement that fetch data
from database.
 External Query

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Data Model

It is the name of the external query stored in a


database or file
 Groups
Groups determine the hierarchy of the data
appearing in a report and are primarily used to create
breaks
 Cross product Group
A cross product group is generally used to create
matrix reports

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Columns

 Columns
Columns contain the data values for a report. Default
report columns corresponds to the table columns
included in each query’s select list.
 Summary Column
Summary Column is a computation that is performed
on all the records of a single column. Eg sum of all
the salaries. Oracle reports has the Average, Count,
First, Last, Maximum and Minimum as summary.
 Formula Columns
A formula is a computation performed on a single
record spanning one or more columns.

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Columns

 Placeholder Columns
A place holder is a dummy column for which you can
conditionally set the data type and value via PL/SQL
or a user exit.

 Parameters
Parameters are variables fr your report that enables
you to change the selection criteria at runtime.These
parameters can be referenced elsewhere in the
report such as PL/SQL constructs providing
conditional logic for the report.

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Datalinks

 Datalinks
Data links are used to establish parent-child
relationships between queries and groups via column
matching.This data link is converted into a SQL
clause when the report is executed.

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Datalinks

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Datalinks

Datalinks can establish two relationships

 Between one query’s column and another query’s


column
 Between one query’s group and another query’s
group ( this is useful when you want the child query
to know about its parent’s data)

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Layout Editor

Layout editor is used to specify the Layout for the


report. It uses following objects.
 Repeating Frames
Repeating frames act as a placeholders for groups
and presents rows of data retrieved for the database.
Repeating frames repeat as often as the data is
retrieved.
 Frames
Frames surround other layout objects, enabling you
to control multiple objects simultaneously.

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Fields, Boilerplates

 Fields
Fields act as place holders for columns. They define
the formatting attributes for all columns displayed in
the report. A field is one of the objects that can be
located inside a frame or repeating frame.
 Boilerplate
Boilerplate consists of text and graphics that appear
in a report each time it is run. E.g. Label for fields

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Anchors

 Anchors
Anchors fasten an edge of one object to an edge of
another object,ensuring that they maintain their
relative position.

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Layout Regions

 Header
The report header pages appear once at the
beginning of each report on a set of separate
pages.They contain text, graphics, data and
computations.
 Main (Body/Margin)
The body pages appear between the header and the
trailer pages, and are the bulk of the report. Each
physical page in this section consists of a body
and a margin. The body contains the text, graphics
data and computation.

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Layout Regions

 Trailer
The report trailer pages appear once at the end of
each report on a set of separate.

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Report Modes

 Confine Mode
Confine mode restricts the movement of the fields
outside the borders of its repeating frame.

 Flex Mode
Flex mode resizes all the parent objects when the
child object bumps into a parent border.

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Report Parameters

R e p o rt P a ra m e te rs

U s e r P a ra m e te rs S y s te m P a ra m e te rs

B in d P a r a m e t e r s L e x ic a l P a r a m e t e r s

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Report Triggers

 Report triggers enable you to execute PL/SQL


functions at specific times during the execution and
formatting of report.
 Type of Triggers
– Before Report Trigger
– After Report Trigger
– Between Pages Trigger
– Before Parameter Form Trigger
– After Parameter Form Trigger

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SRW Package

 SRW package is a collection of PL/SQL constructs,


which include many functions, procedures and
exceptions that you can reference in your report.
 This procedure calls the user exit named in
user_exit_string. It is useful when you want to pass
control to a 3GL program during a report's execution.
– Syntax: SRW.USER_EXIT (user_exit_string CHAR).
– Example: SRW.USER_EXIT(FND, INIT)

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End-of-Session

Q&A

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End-of-Session

Thank You

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