Configure Custom Fields in Reports

Every report that should be custom fields enabled must be modified in the RDF-file. Reports not changed will not have custom fields available. Customers have to edit layout to show custom fields on the actual printout..

Adding the Custom Field data to the Reporting XML

Three changes to the RDF code are required for each LU in each report

1. Connect LU:s (often more than one) to a Report Block using a meta data method call. Also clear the table from connections to keep a well maintained Meta data table.
2. Bring up the rowkey(s) in the cursor.
3. Make a call(s) to add custom fields to the XML.

Code modification needed

Newly generated RDFs from the Developer Studio (after APP8 SP1) will contain the new changes required for supporting custom fields. Existing RDFs have to be modified according to the below shown changes.

DEFINE PKG                = MODULE_RPI
DEFINE VIEW               = MODULE_REP
...
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW &VIEW AS
Report_SYS.Define_Report_('&VIEW','&MODULE','&LU', 'Component Information','&TABLE','&PKG..&METHOD',7);
Report_Lu_Definition_API. Clear_Custom_Fields_For_Report(‘MODULE_REP’);
Report_Lu_Definition_API.Enable_Custom_Fields_for_LU(‘MODULE_REP’,  ‘Module’, ‘MODULES/MODULE’);
 
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY &PKG AS
...
   CURSOR get_module IS
      SELECT module, name, description, version, version_desc, rowkey
         FROM module_tab
         WHERE Report_SYS.Parse_Parameter(module, component_) = 'TRUE'
         AND   Report_SYS.Parse_Parameter(version, version_) = 'TRUE';
...
BEGIN
...
FOR master_ IN get_module LOOP
...       IF (do_xml_) THEN
         .
         .
         Xml_Record_Writer_SYS.Add_Custom_Fields(xml_stream_, ‘Module’,master_.rowkey,‘MODULE_REP’);
         Xml_Record_Writer_SYS.End_Element(xml_stream_, 'MODULE');   
      END IF;
END LOOP;

Adding Custom Fields data fields on to the Report Layout