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SQL DeveloperReporting:
Most Powerful
Least Utilized ?
Jeff Smith
Senior Principal Product Manager
Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || @thatjeffsmith
Database Tools, Oracle Corp

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 Routinely ask the same
questions, run the same queries?
 Everyone, right? Yet only about
15-20% of users take advantage
of the reporting feature
That Panel You Look at But Never Click On?

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 SQL/PLSQL =>
 Grid,
 Script output
 Chart or graph
 Basic HTML rendering
 Defined & ran via SQLDev
 295 Predefined Reports or
 Make your own!
What is a Report?

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 Define once, run against any ORCL connection
 Grid output can be sorted, filtered, exported – just like a query
 Optionally prompt user for values/binds
 Optionally drill down into other reports
 Render HTML (basic, 3.0 standard only)
 Export to PDF
 Also available via Command Line Interface > HTML
Basic Reporting Features

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Visual Aids

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 Describe your database
or instance
 Copy to User Defined,
edit to fit your needs
Canned Reports

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 Your SQL
 Your design
 Keep to yourself,
or share!
User Defined Reports

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Demo!

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1. Define Master Report
2. Add Child Report
3. To LINK data from
master to child, BIND
the data
Parent/Child Binding

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50+ Styles of Charts to Choose From

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 Live preview your chart
during design time
 Provide a connection to
supply REAL data
 Tell SQLDev what data
to feed to the charts
Defining Charts & Graphs

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 Just like SQL, you can use
binds ‘:’ or substitution vars
‘&’, ‘&&’
 Once defined in query you
can customize prompts in
Binds panel
Prompt for Inputs

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Prompts

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 Call a related report
 Avail from Context Menu
Drill Down Reports

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Trick #1: Code Actions into your Reports

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Trick #1, How To: Edit the XML

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Trick #2: Multi-Level Reporting

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 Courtesy @ba6dotus
 Embed HTML/js via HTML/DBMS_OUTPUT
Wicked Awesome Reporting from the Community

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 Save your folder to XML
 Make it available
 Download/save
 Open in SQLDev
 Preferences > Third Party
Extensions > Reports
Sharing Reports

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Reports + CLI = HTML/Scheduling

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Multi-Level Reports
Adding Custom Actions
Child Reports
More On Charts
Command Line to HTML Reports
Tips in More Detail