A Report With No Data

  A Report With No Data

  

       In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

Praise be to Allah, blessing and peace be upon our prophet Mohammed, his family and his companions. After that,

        The Oracle Report is a visual representation of the company data stored in one or more database tables or views. If your report is running correctly, this means, your code behinds calling this report works just fine. In fact, It is just all about the 
execution of a code to achieve the report mechanism of calling it.

        On the other hand, a report running with no data does not mean your report is at the save mode. It's only a warning message that denotes one or more ambitious problems is waiting for you. Even though it is only one problem, but it.causes it has so many reasons 

    Today's task in shaa Allah, I will list the reasons for displaying a report with  no  data even though there is a data stored in the database.

Problem Definition:   

      A report with no data.

Problem Reasons:

 7 Reasons Leads To A Report With No Data:

          1.        No data stored into the database.

         2.        Invalid report query conditions.

         3.        Incompatible parameter name.

         4.        Incompatible parameter types.

         5.        The parameter numbers are not equal.

         6.        Invalid data input.

         7.        Invalid report name.

Problem Task Solution:

7 probabilities for a solution to a report with no data:

•    Execute the report query into SQLPLUS or Toad to check for data. If it displays data then the problem exists either in the report or the parameter form.

•     Comment each suspected condition at the where clause query line by line.Then, re-execute the query. Repeat these steps until you get the data displayed.

                

      Start inspection through checking up these questions with answers:

                         i.   Are the database tables' constraints and relationships correct?

                       ii.   Is there any incorrect data inputs by the user himself?  
               iii.    Is  the query parameters are logically correct?

               iv.     Is the  query parameters format mask matches?  

                  v.    Is the specified value for the parameter date has data?

              vi.   Is there any irrelevant conditions in the where clause of the report's query.

3.        Mismatch Parameters' Names : 

      This means the report parameter name itself is not the same one as on the parameter form or page. You may have:

           ·        A spelling mistake; So you have to make sure that both names are the same. You may use, copy & pate just to assure equality on both sides.

          ·       One single extra space; using copy and paste may lead to one or more extra character space.
         ·  A colon character, You may copy the parameter preceding colon ':'  in the report query as follow:

 SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(v_report_id,REPORT_OTHER, 'paramform=no'

                                      ||' :P_DEPT_ID='|| TO_CHAR(:DEPTS.DEPT_ID));

 Note:  The report will also display with no data just in case the report parameter has no initial value. Otherwise, it will display data upon the initial value.

4.        Incompatible Parameter Types: 

        The report parameters' types MUST BE compatible with the parameter form's parameters according to Oracle Explicit & Implicit Data Type Conversion rules, e.g. Oracle treats 1500 the same as '1500'. But using TO_NUMBER  function in a  string contains non-numeric characters, the function returns an error. 

 SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(v_report_id,REPORT_OTHER, 'paramform=no'

                                               ||' :P_DATES='|| TO_CHAR(:EMP.HIRE_DATE, 'DD-MM-RRRR'));

Note:  All parameters in the parameter form called especially date & number parameter data type MUST BE in character data type. Otherwise, no data will be displayed. If  NOT the form item datatype is not defined as the character data type you MUST convert it using TO_CHAR()  as giving in the example.

5.        Unequal parameters' numbers: 

      The number of a report parameters referenced in the report query  MUST BE equal to the parameters' form numbers referenced in the parameter form's code. This involves one or more  extra parameter report not includes in the parameter  form or the vice versa .You have to count them and remove any redundant or extra parameters.

6.        Invalid Data Input:

       This may occur from the application user or the oracle developer or the application testers; they may input incorrect data when calling a report from the parameter form, a developer, e.g. may write the report query contains a range of  date  parameters as the following:

  

WHERE INVOICE_DATE BETWEEN :P_START_DATE AND :P_END_DATE

  

The wrong date input:

From: 15-01-2017   To: 01-01-2017   

  

The correct date input:

From:   01-01-2017    To: 15-01-2017

Note: 
         The date range is reversed, so you can solve this problem if you correctly reverse the wrong date range to the correct one. A good developer can expect this problem and handle it through writing a date range validation on each item on the parameter form to enforce the user to input the correct logical date range and etc.

7.        Invalid Report Copy:

         This case rarely happens, a developer may mistakenly replace an old report copy of the new one. So you have to pay more attention to this mistake. So you have to test and review all report copy from the correct working folder and the valid path. Making sure you have the correct generated run time copy of both the page or form and the report. 

Learn more about:

·        Calling Oracle Report 10G
·        Oracle Arabic Report 10G

Hope this helps...

My success only comes from Allah, pls. note your comments and suggestions are great help for me in progress thanks in advance.