Senior APEX rimblas.com/blog. Co-author of "Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition" with "Themes & Templates" chapter

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1 Hooked on Classic (Reports) Learn tips & techniques to make them sing Jorge Rimblas 1.1

2 Jorge Rimblas Senior APEX rimblas.com/blog Co-author of "Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition" with "Themes & Templates" chapter Oracle DB since 1995 APEX since it was HTMLDB in 2004 Always involved in web technologies jrimblas in OTN Forums 1. 2

3 Age: 13 years! Staff: 80+ employees 68 consultants/developers 2015: 60% Growth APEX Solutions: 12 Years! Largest APEX practice in North America Oracle Center of Excellence 1. 3

4 Agenda Why? Template Types Generic Column Templates Named Column Templates Analytic Functions Limitations Resources 2. 1

5 Final Slides Available After The Presentation 2. 2

6 Why? Standard Functionality Ease of use Flexibility 3. 1

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9 Template Types 4. 1

10 Generic Columns & Named Columns 4. 2

11 Generic Columns Column Template Named Columns Row Template 4. 3

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13 Generic Columns 5. 1

14 Every column looks the same <td> #COLUMN_VALUE# </td> 5. 2

15 Every column looks the same <td class="t-report-cell" #ALIGNMENT# headers="#column_header_name#"> #COLUMN_VALUE# </td> 5. 3

16 Column Template Conditions Four Column Templates Condition for each template Condition types: PL/SQL Expression, even or odd rows 5. 4

17 Using conditions 5. 5

18 Duplicate the template 5. 6

19 Modify the template 5. 7

20 Assign the template 5. 8

21 Step by step details rimblas.com/blog/2014/05/using-conditions-with-column-templates/ 5. 9

22 Named Columns 6. 1

23 SQL select PRODUCT_ID, PRODUCT_NAME, PRODUCT_DESCRIPTION, CATEGORY, PRODUCT_AVAIL, LIST_PRICE from PRODUCTS Named Columns #PRODUCT_ID# #PRODUCT_NAME# #PRODUCT_DESCRIPTION# #CATEGORY# #PRODUCT_AVAIL# #LIST_PRICE# 6. 2

24 Simple List 6. 3

25 Simple List <ul> <li>orange Juice <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i></li> <li>milk <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i></li> <li>eggs <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i></li> <li>bread <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i></li> <li>cornflakes <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i></li> </ul> <ul> Before Rows <li>#todo# <i class="fa fa-#checked#square-o"></i></li> </ul> After Rows 6. 4

26 Simple List Template 6. 5

27 Simple List <li>#todo# <i class="fa fa-#checked#square-o"></i></li> select id, todo, decode(completed_by, null, '', 'check' '-') checked, completed_by, completed_on from app_todos Demo p

28 Demo Adding a link to edit 6. 7

29 Benefits Standard Classic Report Functionality Edit Links Dynamic Actions Dialog Close Refresh 6. 8

30 Named Columns Mixing Layouts 7. 1

31 Contact List 7. 2

32 <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a href="#link#">&edit_button.</a> #PARTY_NAME# - #ROLE# <i class="fa"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> Two types of rows 7. 3

33 select party_id, party_name, role, type_name, entry, active_ind from parties <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a href="#link#">&edit_button.</a> #PARTY_NAME# - #ROLE# <i class="fa"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> 7. 4

34 Special Case select party_id, party_name, role, type_name, entry, active_ind from parties where party_id = 41 <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a href="#link#">&edit_button.</a> #PARTY_NAME# - #ROLE# <i class="fa"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> For a single row Or the 1st Party Row Use both types of rows 7. 5

35 7. 6

36 Analytic Functions 8. 1

37 Analytics Syntax <function> (<arg1>, <arg2>, ) OVER ( < partition clause > < sorting clause > < windowing clause > ) row_number() over ( partition by party_id order by party_name, entry ) 8. 2

38 Analytics select party_id, party_name, entry, row_number() over ( partition by party_id order by party_name, entry) rn from parties PARTY_ID PARTY_NAME ENTRY RN Scott, Michael Scott, Michael Scott, Michael michael.scott@dm.us 3 21 Schrute, Dwight Schrute, Dwight TheSilentNinja@SchruteFarms.com 2 21 Schrute, Dwight dschrute@dm.us 3 41 Halpert, James D rows selected. 8. 3

39 count(*) as analytic select party_id, party_name, row_number() over ( partition by party_id order by party_name, entry) rn, count(*) over ( partition by party_id ) total_rows from parties PARTY_ID PARTY_NAME RN TOTAL_ROWS Scott, Michael Scott, Michael Scott, Michael Schrute, Dwight Schrute, Dwight Schrute, Dwight Halpert, James D rows selected. 8. 4

40 KISS series on Analytics by Connor McDonald youtu.be/nk4i4ta4zuu 8. 5

41 select party_id, party_name, role, type_name, entry, row_number() over (partition by party_id order by party_name, entry) rn from parties :RN =

42 Putting it all together 9. 1

43 Create a new template 9. 2

44 Column Template 1 Column Template 2 <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a href="#link#">&edit_button.</a> #PARTY_NAME# - #ROLE# <i class="fa"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> 9. 3

45 Column Template 1 <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a href="#link#">&edit_button.</a> #PARTY_NAME# - #ROLE# <i class="fa"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> Adding some markup <tr class="newcontact rowstatus_#active_ind#"> <td colspan="2" class="t-report-cell heading"> <a href="#link#" class="contactedit" data-id="#party_id#">&edit_button.</a> <span class="name">#party_name#</span> - <span class="rolename">#role#</span <i class="fa cfa-check_#active_ind# cfa-1_5x" title="#active_ind#"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" class="t-report-cell contacttype">#type_name#</td> <td class="t-report-cell contactentry">#entry#</td> </tr> 9. 4

46 Column Template 2 <tr> <td align="right">#type_name#</td> <td>#entry#</td> </tr> 9. 5

47 Contact List 9. 6

48 References Demo App apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=89361 rimblas.com/blog/2014/05/using-conditions-with-column-templates/ KISS Analytics youtu.be/nk4i4ta4zuu 10

49 Q&A Template Options Power Options Jorge 11

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51 apex.world Your one stop for everything APEX 12. 2