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Description:

Validates Blitz Report LOV SQLs for valid syntax. This can be useful after mass migrating reports from other tools such as Discoverer, Excl4apps, splashBI or Polaris Reporting Workbench into Blitz Report.

Parameters

LOV Name like, Category, Report Name like, Validation Result

Used tables

xxen_report_parameter_lovs, xxen_report_parameters_v

Categories

Enginatics

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Dependencies

If you would like to try one of these Oracle EBS SQLs without having Blitz Report installed, note that some of the reports require functions from utility package xxen_util.

Example Report

None

Report SQL

www.enginatics.com/reports/blitz-report-lov-sql-validation/

Blitz Report™ import options

Blitz_Report_LOV_SQL_Validation.xml

Blitz Report LOV SQL Validation - Case Study & Technical Analysis

Executive Summary

Blitz Report LOV SQL Validation is a health-check tool. It parses and validates the SQL syntax of all List of Values (LOV) definitions in the system. This is particularly useful after a mass migration of reports from legacy tools (like Discoverer), where SQL syntax might differ slightly or references might be broken.

Business Challenge

  • Migration Cleanup: You imported 500 reports from Discoverer. 50 of them have LOVs that fail because they reference a Discoverer-specific view that doesn't exist in the new environment.
  • Proactive Maintenance: Finding broken LOVs before a user tries to run the report and gets an error.

Solution

This report iterates through the LOV definitions and attempts to validate the SQL.

  • Syntax Check: It likely uses DBMS_SQL.PARSE or similar logic to check if the query is valid.
  • Result: Returns a status (Valid/Invalid) and the error message if applicable.

Technical Architecture

Key Tables

  • XXEN_REPORT_PARAMETER_LOVS: The LOV definitions.
  • XXEN_REPORT_PARAMETERS_V: Where the LOVs are used.

Logic

The report selects LOVs and runs a validation routine (likely a PL/SQL function in XXEN_UTIL) to test the SQL.

Parameters

  • LOV Name like: Filter by name.
  • Category: Filter by report category.
  • Report Name like: Filter by the report using the LOV.
  • Validation Result: Filter to show only "Error" or "Invalid" records.

Oracle E-Business Suite Reporting Library

We provide an open source Oracle EBS SQLs as a part of operational and project implementation support toolkits for rapid Excel reports generation.

Blitz Report™ is based on Oracle EBS forms technology, and hence requires minimal training. There are no data or performance limitations since the output files are created directly from the database without going through intermediate file formats such as XML.

Blitz Report can be used as BI Publisher and Oracle Discoverer replacement tool. Standard Oracle BI Publisher and Discoverer reports can also be imported into Blitz Report for immediate output to Excel. Typically, reports can be created and version tracked within hours instead of days. The concurrent request output automatically opens upon completion without the need for re-formatting.

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The installation and implementation process usually takes less than 1 hour; you can refer to our installation and user guides for specific details.

If you would like to optimize your Oracle EBS implementation and or operational reporting you can visit www.enginatics.com to review great ideas and example usage in blog. Or why not try for yourself in our demo environment.

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