how your dba or database programmer can improve your argos reporting!

How your Database Professionals can Improve your Argos Reporting1

How Your DBA or Database Programmer Can Improve Your Argos Reporting!

Presented ByBruce Knox

University of ArkansasDivision of Agriculture

Cooperative Extension Service

BAS S274 October 14th 2008


Argos provides THE missing Banner Reporting Tool


Even with Argos, there remains a need for further simplification



• Current Banner Record Sets




• Flattened Banner Data




• Flattened Banner Data

• Using Desktop Data with Banner


Views, Views, and Banner Views



• To Deal with Effective Dated Records




• To Flatten The Database




• To Flatten The Database

• Using Existing Banner Provided Views


Effective Dated Records


Effective Dated Records• The #1 Bane of Ad Hoc Banner Reporting


Effective Dated Records• 99% of all Ad Hoc Reports

are for Current Banner Records



are for Current Records

• Oracle Views can Deliver them without the need for Additional Selection Criteria



are for Current Records

• Views can Deliver them without the need for Additional Selection Criteria

• Just JOIN the Views and the Query is Done!


What Was Hidden Here?


What Was Hidden Here? FROM FTVORGN

WHERE

TRUNC(FTVORGN_EFF_DATE) <= SYSDATE

AND (FTVORGN_NCHG_DATE > SYSDATE OR FTVORGN_NCHG_DATE IS NULL)

AND (FTVORGN_TERM_DATE > SYSDATE OR FTVORGN_TERM_DATE IS NULL)

AND FTVORGN_STATUS_IND = 'A'


Thousands of Related Tables


Thousands of Related Tables• The #2 Bane of Ad Hoc Banner Reporting


Thousands of Related Tables• The #2 Bane of Ad Hoc Banner Reporting

• Oracle Views Can Flatten the Database


Views


Oracle Views


From the Users’ Point of View


Views


Banner Views


Banner Views• Banner Actually Includes Useful Views


Banner Views• PEVEMPL: Employee Information View



• A Commonly Used View




• Flattens 16 Tables




• Flattens 16 Tables

• Obscures the Source Column Names


Banner Views


Importing Desktop Data


Importing Desktop Data• Oracle Operates Best with Data in Oracle



• Upload Data Interactively with APEX



• Upload Data Interactively with APEX

• Loading an Excel file

• Upload Using Batch Scripts


Oracle Application Express


Loading Excel Workbooks• All you need is the Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls) ODBC Driver

• And you can load the structured data using instructions available from http://helpdesk.evisions.com

• But, you will not have access to another data source.

http://helpdesk.evisions.com/


Batch Scripts


SQL*Plus Batch Script• -- publication_approval.sql Test Script for SQL*Plus External Table Loads

• -- SET ECHO OFF

• -- 01/29/08 bknox Created

• --this script named publication_approval.sql is to be run by a matching publication_approval.bat for the Application.

• --If your file to load is publication_approval.csv• --then filename1 => 'D:\orcl_ext\Application\publication_approval.log'

• SET FEEDBACK OFF• SET TIMING OFF• COLUMN Variable HEADING "Variable" FORMAT A16• COLUMN Value HEADING "Value" FORMAT A30

• HOST DEL D:\orcl_ext\Scripts\publication_approval_run.log• -- ONCE THE TESTING IS DONE HOST DEL D:\orcl_ext\Publications\publication_approval.log

• SPOOL publication_approval_run.log

• SELECT ' Host_Name: ' Variable, host_name Value FROM v$instance• UNION ALL• SELECT ' DB_Instance: ' Variable, SUBSTR(SUBSTR(global_name,1,30),1,instr(SUBSTR(global_name,1,30)||'.','.')-1)

Value FROM global_name• UNION ALL• SELECT 'Oracle Version: ' Variable, version Value FROM v$instance;


SQL*Plus Batch Script• SET FEEDBACK ON

• TRUNCATE TABLE pub_approval;• -- TRUNCATE TABLE is the preferred way to empty the Table, but only works when run by the Table Owner.

• --DELETE FROM pub_approval;

• INSERT INTO pub_approval• ( FUND,• ORGN,• PIDM )• SELECT • FUND,• ORGN,• PIDM• FROM pub_approval_ext;

• SET FEEDBACK OFF

• select 'Current-Record-Count:PUB_APPROVAL', COUNT(*) FROM PUB_APPROVAL;

• SPOOL OFF

• -- Note that publication_approval_run.log is the result of SQL*Plus FEEDBACK• -- publication_approval.log is the result of SQL*Loader via the External Table Load• begin• CES.email_files(• from_name => 'Publications',• to_names => '[email protected]',• subject => 'Pubs Approval External Table Load',• message => 'D:\orcl_ext\Scripts\publication_approval_run.log',• filename1 => 'D:\orcl_ext\Publications\publication_approval.log',• filetype1 => 'text/plain');• end;• /• EXIT


Windows Script• REM Windows Batch Script for running publication_approval.sql • REM which loads Internal Table from External Table.

• D:• cd oracle_ext

• cd Scripts• DEL D:\ORACLE_EXT\Publications\publication_approval.log• DEL D:\ORACLE_EXT\Publications\publication_approval.bad• DEL D:\ORACLE_EXT\Publications\publication_approval.dsc

• sqlplus pubsid/pwd@APPS @D:\oracle_ext\Scripts\publication_approval.sql• EXIT


Bonus: Report “Template”


Conclusions• Use Oracle Views to Simplify Banner

• Use Banner Views Whenever Available

• Use Batch Scripts to Upload Spreadsheets


Questions?Bruce Knox bknox @t uaex.edu

http://www.uaex.edu/bknox

http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerArgos.htm

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture


Thank You! And, thanks to the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the Middle Tennessee State University





Contact InformationBruce Knox bknox @t uaex.edu


http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerArgos.htmhttp://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerScripts.htm password is scripts

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture




http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerScripts.htm


Argos Resources• Training classes http://www.evisions.com/calendar• Documentation and videos http://www.evisions.com/support/argos • Argos Listserve http://www.evisions.com/community • Argos Coop http://datablocks.evisions.com• Evisions HelpDesk http://helpdesk.evisions.com

http://www.evisions.com/calendar

http://www.evisions.com/support/argos

http://www.evisions.com/support/argos

http://www.evisions.com/community

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