invoking discoverer report through application -...

Author : Mr Vijay Dhapola http://oracle.anilpassi.com

This article from Vijay Dhapola details the steps to invoke Discoverer Report from Oracle Applications eBusiness Suite. First Create Report in Discoverer………. Login to Discoverer Administration Edition……. Enter the Existing Business Area or Create any new Business Area as required..

Open the Business Area

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Create a Custom Folder Insert àFolderàCustom



Write the SQL for discoverer Report and Name the Custom Folder Then Validate the SQL



Now Apply Security to the Custom Folder ToolàSecurity



In Tab “Business AreaàUser” Tab

Select Your Business Area then Select the User/Responsibilities to whom you want to give access to this Report Select User/Responsibilities from Available User/Responsibilities Use “à” to transfer to Selected User/Responsibilities.



Also you can make a Business Area accessible to any User or Responsibility Go to UseràBusiness Area Tab Select User/Responsibility in Drop Down list of User/Resp The Checkbox Users and Resps are use to Show User or Responsibility or Both In the dropdown list for User/Resp Now Select the Business Area from Available Business Area and Use “à “ to transfer to Selected Business Area for your selected User Once done Press Apply then Ok



Once Security is given You must provide the Privileges to your User or Responsibility ToolàPrivileges Select your User Under Privileges tab Provide the Privileges you want to give to your User Once done Press Apply then OK.



Now Login Discoverer’s Desktop Edition Click on Create a New Workbook then Select the type of Workbook .



Click Next Select the Business Area from Available Drop Down



Then Select Your Folder Created previously in Admin Edition And Use “à” to transfer to Selected



Click Next As Required you can Use the Checkbox “Show Page Items” and “Hide Duplicate Rows”



Click Next



Here You can place some Condition to your Fetched Records… Click New and Enter Description Enter Item from Drop Down List , Enter your Condition and the Values



Click OK and Next Then You can Sort your data Click Add and Select the Column You can also Add multiple Columns



Click Next Here You can Perform some Calculation by Click on New



Click Finish Once finish it will run the query and display the results



Although my query entered in Admin Edition results 3 Records but b’coz of applying the condition Transaction_type_code=’ADDITION’ it show only One record.



Once this is done…….. Now its Time to make the report available in Application Login to Application DeveloperàFunction



Enter Function , User Function Name, Description(Optional) in Description Tab



In Properties Tab Select Type “SSWA plsql function” Maintenance Mode Support – None Context Dependence - Responsibility



In Form Tab Paramters -à Enter the Workbook name created previously workbook=TEST_WORKBOOK1 incase you want to give some parameters then you can use workbook=TEST_WORKBOOK1&Parameters=age~26*salary~1000* syntax workbook=<workbook_name>&parameters=<Parameter_name1>~<value1>*<Parameter_name2>~<value2>*<Parameter_name3>~<value3>*



In Web HTML Tab Enter HTML Call - OracleOasis.RunDiscoverer



Add the Function in Any existing or new Menu…..



Navigate to Responsibility which contain this Menu.



Please Note Discoverer Report is not invoke when you’ve direct login into Application Server through http://<url>:<port number>/dev60cgi/f60cgi You need to access through web server Otherwise it will give Error


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