Steps for custom forms/report

can some one tell me what to do after creating a custom report...

like where to put it and do the necessary steps to make it avialble in oracle

 

Steps to register a form. 1.

Steps to register a form. 1. create ur fmb using TEMPLATE .fmb from AU_TOP. 2.Compile ur form on the required path using f60gen form_name user/password 3.Go to APPLICATION DEVELOPER responsibilty.Navigate to Applications--> Forms 4.In FORMS, enter Form name : it is the name of the fmb without ..fmb extension, Application: the application in which u want to register it (om,inv..), User Form Name : descriptive name for ur form. 5. Save ur work and close . 6. Go to FUNCTIONS form,enter in the description tab, enter the form name , user form name.Then go to PROPERTIES tab and give the FUNCTION name and TYPE as Form.In the FORMS tab select ur form naem from the lov . The LOV will hold the USER FORM Name. 7.Go to the MENU Form ... and query for the specific menu where u want the form to be seen ..If u are not sure of the menu name then go to SYSTEM ADMINSTRATOR responsibility and query for the responsibility were u need to see the form .. In tht form the menu for thte particular responsibility will be seen .. Go to APPLICATION DEVELOPER __>Menu .. qury for thespecific menu .. attach the function of ur form to the menu . Go tot the desired reponsiblity and click the ur form .. if all above mention steps has been followed then ur form should open . Steps to register a report: 1. Create the report and compile it in Reports Builder..a .rep file will be created. Run the report successfully in reports builder. 2.Place the .rdf file in the TOP corresopnding to the application where you wnat to run it.(AR, AP, OM ...) 3. In APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER responsibility, go to Concurrent -> Executable -- executable -- name of .rdf file (without extension) short name -- name of .rdf file (without extension) description -- brief description of the report execution method -- oracle reports execution file -- name of .rdf file (without extension) 4. go to Concurrent-> Program Program -- name of the report short name -- can be name of .rdf file (without extension) Application -- Application where you want to run the report description -- description of the report 5. Save your work and go to Incompatibiloities-> make it incompatible to itself i.e. give the same name of the report. 6. Save your work and close 7. go to parameters. Add the parameters that your report requires. sequence -- as per your choice ..you can keep a sequence like 10,20,30....(It is recommanded NOT to give the sequence numbers as 1,2,3,4....as you may need to add more parameters in between) parameters names-- as you want to be displayed Value set -- select depending ion the data type of the parameter token -- the name should be exactly the same as you used in the report Check the required checkbox if needed. 8. Save your work and close. 9.Now we want to make this report available to the responsibility. go to Responsibility-> request group a) query for the request group, and as a result it will display a list of concurrent programs under that request group. Add the program, you have saved in the list, save and close. b) If you do not know the request group name, go to Responsibility-> Define query for the responsibility, you want, and see the requets group. Save and close. 10. Switch to the responsibility, go to Concurrent programs-> run select single request-> in the list you should see the program name you have registered run the program, when the status shows 'Completed- Normal' see the output.