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Week 8
March 22
• Creating a Matrix and Drill-down/Roll-up Report
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Create the SQL
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Tables
SQL
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Create the Data Model
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Report Wizard
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Select Matrix
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Report Wizard
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Report Wizard
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Rows
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Report Wizard
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Columns
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Report Wizard
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Report Wizard
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Report Wizard
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Change to small
column width
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Report Wizard
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Initial Report Layout
Column totals
Redundant
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Report Layout
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Eliminate
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Layout Model
Remove
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Layout Model
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Push button
Separate frames
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Push Button Property Palette
Leave at least a space
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Live Previewer
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Programming the Drill-Down/Roll-Up Report
Master Report
(Annual)
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Data Model 1
Parameter-list1
Drill-down Report
(Quarters)
Data Model 2
Parameter-list2
Drill-down Report
(Months)
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Data Model 2
Parameters
names
cannot be
the same!
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p_class_description
From previous report
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p_year
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Transfervalues
valuesfrom
from
Transfer
parametersand
andcolumns
columns
parameters
localvariables
variables
to tolocal
Parameter
names should
be different
from those
defined for
this report
Warning! Following this code verbatim will be a detriment to your grade
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p_year
p_class_description
From previous report
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p_quarter3
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Creating a Lexical Reference Variable
• Create a lexical reference
variable under User
Parameters of the Data
Model (in the Object
Navigator)
 Select

Create
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Create a User Parameter
 Select the new parameter, rightmouse click and select Property
Palette
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Change the Properties
Change the name
Change the data type to character
Assign an initial value (optional)
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Warning!
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Add after creating the initial data and layout models
Enlargement
select manufacturer_name, to_char(sales_month_98,'fmmm') Sequence,
to_char(sales_month_98,'Mon') Month,
&p_revenue3, &p_volume3
Lexical reference variables
from sales_97_98 s, manufacturers m
where s.manufacturer_code = m.manufacturer_code
and m.manufacturer_code = upper(:p_manufacturer_code3)
and to_char(sales_month_98,'q') = :p_quarter3 Otherwise, ORDER BY ignored
and s.product_class_code = upper(:p_product_class_code3)
group by manufacturer_name, to_char(sales_month_98,'fmmm'), to_char(sales_month_98,'Mon')
order
by to_char(sales_month_98,'fmmm');
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During Runtime...
Host variable
Lexical reference variables
(default values)
Host variable
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