1. ISOM3260
Database Design and Administration
Lab 8: Oracle Reports Developer

2. Agenda
Oracle Project
Analysis, Design
Implementation,
Maintenance
Oracle Forms
Developer
SQL Tools
Oracle Reports
Developer and
integration

3. Oracle Reports Developer
• Generate reports base on SQL queries
• Create Reports Developer files first. They
are to be integrated to Oracle Forms
Create reports
using Reports
Builder
Import the
report files as
objects in
Forms Builder
Write triggers
to call the
report objects

4. Types of Reports
• Managerial Reports without user inputs
– Show Top 10 Customer/Brands/Products…etc
• Users just need to execute to print the reports
• Managerial Reports with user inputs
– Show the sales of ‘a particular’ Customer, Product
Brand..etc
• User have to specify the criteria before they print the
reports

5. Illustration 1: Show Top 5 high‐paid
staff
• SQL Code:
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT staff_no, last_name, first_name, salary, ROWNUM rn
FROM (SELECT staff_no,
last_name, first_name, salary
FROM staff ORDER BY salary DESC))
WHERE RN<=5
OR
SELECT staff_no, last_name, first_name, salary, ROWNUM rn
FROM (SELECT staff_no,
last_name, first_name, salary
FROM staff ORDER BY salary DESC)
WHERE ROWNUM<=5

6. Illustration 2: Show and count the
number of staff by Birthday Month
• SQL Code:
SELECT staff_no, last_name, first_name, to_char(sta_dob,'DD‐MM‐YYYY'),
to_char(sta_dob,'MM')
FROM staff
ORDER BY to_char(sta_dob,'MM')
• Use the Group‐by Function by Reports Developer, instead of
grouping it using SQL

7. Illustration 3: Display the staff who are younger
than the date specified
• SQL Code:
SELECT sta_staff_no,
sta_last_name,sta_first_name,
to_char(sta_dob,'DD‐MM‐YYYY')
FROM staff
WHERE sta_dob >
To_Date(:DATE_TO_QUERY,'DD‐MM‐YYYY')

8. Save the reports
• Save it as <report name>.jsp
• One jsp file contains one report
– i.e. There are 10 jsp files for 10 reports
• For integration into Oracle Forms
• The file path should have NO SPACE!

9. Integrating Oracle Reports into Forms
(1)
• Check the following pre‐requisites
– The paths of JSP reports do not contain any
spaces
– JSP reports must be located in folders with “Write
and Read” permission
(C:temp in LSKG021, LSKG005)

10. Integrating Oracle Reports into Forms
(2)
• Import Report into Oracle Forms

11. Integrating Oracle Reports into Forms
(3)
• Import the Procedures
– CALLREPORT
– CALLCUSTOMIZEDREPORT
– CALLCUSTOMIZEDREPORT2

12. Integrating Oracle Reports into Forms
(4)
• Create a trigger with codes
– Reports without variables
• CALLREPORT(‘<REPORT NAME>’,
‘<REPORT SERVER>’);
– Reports with 1 variable
• CALLCREPORT(‘<REPORT NAME>’, ‘<REPORT SERVER>’,
’<VARIABLE DEFINED IN REPORTS BUILDER>’,
<TEXTBOX LOCATION (NO SINGLE‐QUOTE)>);

13. Integrating Oracle Reports into
Forms (5)
– Reports with 2 variables
• CALLCREPORT2(‘<REPORT NAME>’, ‘<REPORT SERVER>’,
’<VARIABLE1 DEFINED IN REPORTS BUILDER>’,
<TEXTBOX LOCATION OF VARIABLE1
(NO SINGLE‐QUOTE)>,
’<VARIABLE2 DEFINED IN REPORTS BUILDER>’,
<TEXTBOX LOCATION OF VARIABLE2
(NO SINGLE‐QUOTE)>);

14. Integrating Oracle Reports into Forms
(5)
• Start Reports Server
– In Command Prompt (cmd)
• rwserver server=<Unique Name, eg. Stu_ID>
• Start Runtime in Oracle Forms

15. Summary
• Oracle Reports Developer as a tool to generate
managerial reports base on SQL queries
• Integrate the reports into Oracle Forms
• Call the reports using a trigger