1. Creating Database Reports
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Creating reports
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3. Opening report builder
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4. Use report wizard to create a report
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Using report wizard
Click OK on the welcome page and then specify the type of report that you want to create
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Using report wizard
Name your report and select the desired style
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Select SQL query as a basis for the report
Build your query (you may be asked to log in at this point)
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Using report wizard
Designate columns as group fields
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Select columns to appear in the report
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Using report wizard
Specify labels and field length for each of the items
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Select a template
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Finish and view your report
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Viewing Web report
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Reports
Snapshot summary of database data
Viewed on screen
Printed on paper
Printed to a file and distributed electronically
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15. Introduction to Reports Builder Database Reports
Allows application developers to create reports that display data from Oracle 10g database
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Reports Builder allows developers to preview and distribute reports in variety of different formats including:
Web pages
Portable document format (.pdf) files
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Report Uses
A report can:
Display SQL query data
Display summary columns
Display calculated values based on formulas applied to database data
Be formatted to look like an invoice or other business document
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Report Styles
Tabular (table-format)
Form-like (looks like a form)
Mailing labels
Form letters
Group left and Group above
Displays master-detail relationships
Matrix and Matrix with group
Data value appears at the intersection of a column and row heading
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18. Creating a Report Using the Report Wizard
Enter the SQL query to retrieve all of the report data
Choose the display fields
Specify the report master-detail groups
Specify the field prompts
Select a predefined template
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19. Creating a Master-Detail Report
Specify the master and detail records on the Report Wizard Groups page
Detail records remain in Available Fields list
Master
records
Detail
records
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20. Using Format Masks in Reports
Format masks can be applied to:
NUMBER fields
DATE fields
Format masks cannot be applied to text fields
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Report Templates
Specify report appearance characteristics
Font sizes, types and colors
Graphic images
Background shading
Page numbering
Date report is created
Stored in a file with a .tdf extension
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22. Applying Templates to Reports
Use the Report Wizard Templates page to specify:
The name of a predefined template
The file path specification to a custom template
To register a template file as a custom template, modify the Developer global preferences file (cagprefs.ora)
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23. The Report Wizard Templates Page
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24. Report Builder Windows
Live Previewer
Shows how report will look when viewed or printed
Layout Model
Shows report components symbolically
Data Model
Shows underlying report data structure
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Live Previewer
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Data Model
Shows report data components
Query
Data
link
Record
group
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Data Model Components
Record group: set of records with the same column headings
Master-detail reports have multiple record groups
Default record group name: G_first_column_name
Individual fields are called columns
Column
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Report Column Types
Database – Scalar
Discrete data value retrieved from database
Summary
Data value calculated by applying a summary function to a report column
Formula
Data value calculated by applying a user-defined PL/SQL function to a report column
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Layout Model
Shows reports components symbolically
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