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Call Oracle package in Oracle BI Publisher 10g

Objective:

To call Oracle package in Oracle BI Publisher 10g.

Scenario:

Oracle BI Publisher is just a reporting tool. From which we can download excel, csv, xml, rtf, PDF reports. In which we can use only SQL statement not PL/SQL. But, we came across the scenario to call Oracle package in OBIP.  

Solution:

We can call the Oracle package in OBIP by Data template SQL.

Step 1: Crete OBIP report

Step 2: Create data template dataset using below SQL

<dataTemplate name="AIRReport" description="Industrial_MIS_Automation" 
                  dataSourceRef="BNP_RPTLIVDB_APEXRPS" Version="1.0" 
                          defaultPackage="pkg_sbfs_report_log">
                                                                <dataQuery>
                                                                                <sqlStatement name="STMT1">
                                                                                                <![CDATA[SELECT INDUS FROM DS_SBFS_MNTHLY_DATA_ANALYSIS]]>
                                                                                </sqlStatement>
                                                                </dataQuery>
        <dataTrigger name="beforeReportTrigger" 
                source="pkg_sbfs_report_log.Report_log('138','START')"/>
                                                                <dataStructure>
                                                                                <group dataType="varchar2" name="G_STMT_1" source="STMT1">
                                                                                                <element dataType="varchar2" name="INDUS" value="INDUS"/>
                                                                                </group>
                                                                </dataStructure>
        <dataTrigger name="afterReportTrigger" 
                source="pkg_sbfs_report_log.Report_log('138','END')"/>

                                                </dataTemplate>

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